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🚢 Ahoy there! Together with @maritime_sg, we hosted the annual @pier71sg Great Circle 2024 on 19 November 2024, with over 400 attendees on board.
The event was opened by Guest-of-Honour @dramykhor, Senior Minister of State, @motsingapore and @msesingapore. Highlights included the 8th Smart Port Challenge Grand Finals and the MarineTech Start-up Innovation Showcase.
Congrats to our Smart Port Challenge 2024 winners:
🥇 @clearrobotics
🥈 @oceanrobotics
🥉 GTWings
For the first time, we also introduced additional awards of S$10,000 each to:
⚙️ AI Prize by @amazonwebservices: @mapsea_official
🌱 Maritime Sustainability Innovation Prize by @ocbcbank : GT Wings
📦 Smart Port Prize by @psa_singapore: Planys Technologies Pte. Ltd
Celebrating the event’s success, Professor Chen Tsuhan, NUS Deputy President (Innovation and Enterprise), highlighted how PIER71™ continues to evolve by expanding its network and partnerships to better support maritime start-ups.
📌 Learn about PIER71™ via link in bio👆!
The CyberSG Talent, Innovation and Growth (TIG) Collaboration Centre (The Centre) launched the CyberCall 2024 (November edition) at Cybersecurity Innovation Day yesterday, attended by over 500 participants. This is the second CyberCall run this year by The Centre — a joint initiative between @nus_singapore and @csasingapore.
The event also celebrated the success of CyberCall 2023, with seven outstanding companies receiving up to S$4 million in funding. 🎉 Congrats to pQCee, Cloudsine, Ensign InfoSecurity, MetaTrust, @st_engineering (Info-Security),@st_engineering IHQ, and Veracity Trust Network!
Mr Christopher Chen, Executive Director of The Centre, highlighted that CyberCall helps level the playing field by uniting public and private sector expertise to tackle real-world challenges and accelerate viable cybersecurity solutions.
💡 Submit your proposal for CyberCall 2024 (November edition) by 10 Jan 2025 and learn about The Centre via Link in bio 👆
#NUSEnterprise #CyberCall2024 #Cybersecurity #Talent #Innovation #Growth
Our Technology Transfer and Innovation (TTI) Team was out in full force at last week’s TechInnovation. Themed “Sustainable Urban Living”, this year’s conference saw the participation of over 6000 attendees, and showcased 150 of the latest AI-driven solutions for smart cities, healthcare, and food sustainability over three days.
Guest of Honour Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth & Ministry of Trade and Industry Ms @lowyenling.sg visited the @nusenterprise booth and met with Prof Chen Tsuhan, our researchers and the TTI team, who shared about the latest NUS innovations including plant-based abalone, the Aloop collection – circular manufacturing with recycled aluminium, and many more.
We also welcomed delegates from @osakauniversity to our booth to learn about our newly developed solutions, and how they can deepen collaborations with the @nus_singapore.
Thank you to our fantastic TTI team, researchers and supporting partners for making Tech Innovation 2024 a success! We hope you enjoyed the exhibition, gained new perspectives, and built valuable connections to keep moving forward with your innovations.
#techinnovation2024 #NUSIP
Meet SiLViA – a virtual assistant by FingerDance, a social impact start-up, designed to support Deaf and hard-of-hearing commuters!
SiLViA communicates in both sign and spoken language to offer real-time travel assistance. Powered by FingerDance’s groundbreaking proprietary Sign Language LLM generative AI technology, SiLViA ensures seamless translation between spoken and sign language for everyone.
Developed in partnership with @sadeaf_sg and SBS Transit, this AI assistant is here to make public transport more inclusive for all. 🌏🤟
🌅 Banzai! BLOCK71 Nagoya is now ready to welcome start-ups! As the first BLOCK71 location in Japan, this centre will support Southeast Asian ventures entering the Japanese market and help Japanese start-ups scale across the region. 🌏
The operational opening was graced by His Excellency Hideaki Omura, the Governor of Aichi Prefecture (first photo, third from left). Professor Tan Eng Chye, @nuspresident (first photo, second from left), emphasised that start-ups in Nagoya can leverage BLOCK71’s network and expertise to access key resources for successful expansion.
NUS Enterprise is also partnering with @eneosasia through an MOU signed on 31 October 2024. This collaboration will enhance venture-building activities for @nus_singapore start-ups to address real-world industry challenges.
📢 Stay turned to BLOCK71 Nagoya via link in bio 👆
(Also pictured in the first photo: Professor Naoshi Sugiyama, @nagoya.university President and Mr Hirotaka Sahashi, @stationai_official Corporation President and CEO, on the far left and far right.)
@block71singapore #BLOCK71Nagoya #Startups #Innovation #entrepreneurship