The Future of IoT Deployment for Smart Cities Post COVID 19

About This Webinar:

Covid-19 has been the greatest catalyst for digital transformation the world has seen. Digital readiness is no longer optional. As companies resume operations in the new normal, they need to automate processes to maintain collaboration and productivity among the mobile workforce. This is where IoT comes strongly into play, however, how can we accelerate adoption and deployment while reaping cost efficiencies? We discuss how IoT, Edge Cloud and Software Defined Networking can work hand in hand to unlock the potential of IoT deployment for Smart Cities.

Agenda

5 min

Welcome address

Wang Kangni, Assistant Director, IoT, Business Development, SPTel
10 min

The IoT Landscape and Key Trends in IoT Deployment

With the recent pandemic, how has it impacted the IoT landscape in Singapore? What are some of the key drivers and areas for growth that can be identified? Learn more in this session.

Vincent Lau, CTO and Co-Founder, Pylon City, SCS Representative
30 min
Panel Discussion: Digital Transformation in the time of COVID-19 – Driving Digital Acceleration for the Long Term
IoT is fast becoming the buzzword when people think of process automation. With this growing interest in IoT, how can service providers leverage a combination of factors such as collaboration, grants, Multi Access Edge Cloud Computing (MEC) and “as-a-Service” solutions, to speed up deployment to capitalise on growth? Our panel of experts discuss all these and more.

Panellists:
Ho Chin Chow, Deputy Director, Products, SPTel
Ong Kok Hua, Vice President, IoT, ST Engineering
Lee Yee Fung, Director, Enterprise Singapore

Moderator:
Vincent Lau, CTO and Co-Founder, Pylon City, SCS Representative
10 min

Q&A

Speakers

The Future of IoT Deployment for Smart Cities Post COVID 19

Wang Kangni

Associate Director, Business Development, SPTel

A consummate professional, Kangni has over 15 years of local and regional B2B marketing experience and has been in telecommunications for the past 8 years. Her focus has been on working with the Government sector as well as trade associations to enable SMEs to accelerate their digital journey with ICT adoption.

She currently spearheads the business development sector of SPTel to grow IoT and Edge cloud adoption and build an IoT ecosystem of like minded partners to provide holistic IoT solutioning for organisations.

Throughout her career, she has spoken regularly at industry engagements and tech events and is fluent in both English and Mandarin.

The Future of IoT Deployment for Smart Cities Post COVID 19

Vincent Lau

CTO and Co-Founder, Pylon City, SCS Representative

Vincent Lau is a serial entrepreneur and seasoned technologist with diverse knowledge ranging from cloud computing and IoT technologies to photovoltaic and energy management systems. In 2017, Vincent co-founded his third venture Pylon City, to focus on making cities greener, smarter and more energy efficient. The company spent a year in research and development, and has partnered with Nanyang Technological University (NTU) to trial Singapore’s first electric bike sharing service powered by its solar-powered charging station on campus. Pylon City was also most recently part of Cohort 3 of the Shell IdeaRefinery Programme.

The Future of IoT Deployment for Smart Cities Post COVID 19

Lee Yee Fung

Director, Enterprise Singapore

As Director for ICM & Digitalisation in Enterprise Singapore, Mr Lee Yee Fung oversees the Info-comm Technology & Media sector, working closely with Singapore-based companies within the sector to facilitate their growth both in acquiring capabilities as well as in uncovering new demand markets. Concurrently, he leads broad-based digitalisation initiatives that help SMEs build stronger digital capabilities and participate in the digital economy.

International Enterprise(IE) Singapore and SPRING came together on 1 April 2018 as a single agency to form Enterprise Singapore. As the government agency championing enterprise development, Enterprise Singapore works with committed companies to build capabilities, innovate and internationalise. The agency also supports the growth of Singapore as a hub for global trading and start-ups. As the national standards and accreditation body, Enterprise Singapore continues to build trust in Singapore’s products and services through quality and standards.

Prior to this portfolio, Mr Lee was Director for the Lifestyle Business Group in IE Singapore, overseeing lifestyle related sectors including apparel manufacturing, fashion retail, furniture, food manufacturing and food services, education, and healthcare services. Before leading the Lifestyle Business Group, Mr Lee was with the Southeast Asia Group, first as Assistant Director based in Singapore, and later as Regional Director, Indonesia, based in Jakarta.

Mr Lee holds a Bachelor (Honours) Degree in Economics from the National University of Singapore, and a Masters in Business Administration from Shanghai Jiaotong University.

The Future of IoT Deployment for Smart Cities Post COVID 19

Dr Lim Teck Beng

Senior Specialist (Wireless System) and Senior Lecturer of the Smart Connected Solutions System at Nanyang Polytechnic

His key focus is on wireless connectivity such as LPWAN (LoRaWAN). He has successfully delivered the course “LPWAN – Making it work” regularly to industries and is well received. He also engages actively with industries to understand their problems and needs in IoT deployment for market study and training needs.

The Future of IoT Deployment for Smart Cities Post COVID 19

Ong Kok Hua

Vice President, IoT, ST Engineering

Kok Hua is VP, IoT at ST Engineering where he is responsible for driving the IoT business. Kok Hua is an industry veteran with both technical and commercial experience in the delivery of solutions across the IoT, smart grid and security industries.

Kok Hua honed his technical skills early in his career at D’Crypt, a local cryptographic technology firm where he was a founding member. He spent more than a decade there working on various high-value security products and was its CTO before he decided to join the smart metering industry, one of the early IoT verticals. Over the years, Kok Hua has been involved in product design, product management, strategic partnership, P&L management and business development.

The Future of IoT Deployment for Smart Cities Post COVID 19

Ho Chin Chow

Deputy Director, Product Management, SPTel

Chin Chow is the Deputy Director of Product Management in SPTel and Product Owner of SPTel’s product portfolio consisting of Connectivity, Internet, SDWAN, IoT-aaS, Managed Network & Security. He is engaged in thought leadership within SPTel and leads the product track in its digitalization project.

He is an accomplished product management professional with 18 years of telecommunications experience. His product knowledge spans both loc

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