Untitled Document

Dr. Teresa Law – Dr. Law obtained her Ph.D. at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in the year 2001. After that, she has been working as a R&D manager and project manager in an SME for three years in Hong Kong, then she started up her own technology research & development company, Akos Advanced Technology Limited. Currently, she is working as the managing director in Akos. Dr. Law is experienced in research and development on the advanced and nanoporous materials for intelligent environmental applications. Her inventions in air purification and intelligent air quality analyses were awarded for the Technological Award in the Hong Kong Awards for Industries 2006. The products developed from the technologies are being sold to the European market.

Raj Nair is a serial entrepreneur and founder of Anasim Corporation. Prior to Anasim, he founded ComLSI, Inc., developing and licensing patents and silicon IP in advanced power delivery as well as high-speed data communications. Formerly with Intel, he consulted for investment startups and was responsible for strategic programs enabling CPU power delivery and power integrity innovations. Raj's many industry-firsts include the first electronic, automatic hydraulic excavator testing system, the industry's first integrated, distributed, high-bandwidth voltage regulation system implemented in Intel(R)'s 80196NV(tm) and 80296SB(tm), true-differential Class-B Differential Signaling line drivers, and the development of the EDA industry's very first front-end, power integrity aware floor planning and physical layout optimization tool, pi-fp. Raj holds 38+ patents in electronics and VLSI design. Many of his inventions are in commercial products. He founded the Phoenix chapter of the Arizona Nanotechnology Cluster in 2004, and co-chaired this cluster from 2004 to early 2006. His interests are in energy efficiency, Robotics & AI, and guiding startups to commercial success.

Dr Syms was previously Chief Executive of the UK Government's (dti) nanotechnology centre of excellence for health sciences at Nottingham University, where he continues to act as a Non-Executive Director. Previously he was Head of Technology Venturing for the Welsh Development Agency, a flagship project of the National Economic Development Strategy. Dr Syms has a PhD from the Tenovus Institute for Cancer Research and continued his research at Baylor College of medicine, Houston and Oxford University. He then spent three years with Amersham PLC where he developed a range of non-isotopic DNA probes before embarking on a career in technology transfer and high technology business creation. Prior to joining the WDA, Dr Syms was Chief Executive of Sussex IP, the University of Sussex's intellectual commercialisation company, was a Board Member of the DTI's Biotechnology Exploitation Programme and was responsible for leading the creation of the £4m Cascade Seed Fund. Dr Syms has led a number of university spin-out companies, one of which became a listed company on the LSE. He has worked as an investment and M&A Director and was Corporate Marketing Director for a Swiss based life science group responsible for international business development particularly in North America and the Pacific Rim. During this time he raised substantial equity funding and license income and maintains an active network with institutional and private investor groups.

Namyong Kim is the Chief Executive Officer of Curiox Biosystems Pte Ltd. He brings more than 10 years of experiences in scientific research and technical management in biotechnology instrumentation and holds more than 10 patent and patent applications and has published a number of scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals. Prior to Curiox, he was Team Leader and Senior Research Scientist leading a team to develop DropArray(TM) technology at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology in Singapore. Previously, he had worked in a wide range of environments in the USA from an early-stage start-up to a multinational company. At BioTrove, he led chemistry group developing OpenArray(TM) platform, a miniaturized platform for homogeneous biological assays. At Arradial, he joined the company after two co-founders and contributed in growing the company to 15-person team as Director of Chemistry while taking responsibility of developing capillary-based bioreactors. At Agilent Technologies, he worked on the optimization and commercialization of DNA microarrays as Research Scientist. He received his BS at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and PhD in Chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Dr Vicki G. Norton practices in the area of intellectual property law with a focus on biotechnology and chemical patent counseling and litigation. Dr. Norton has advised clients on all facets of patent enforcement and defense involving technologies including biopharmaceuticals, transgenic organisms, small molecules and nanotechnology. She also advises clients on worldwide patent strategy, including identifying patent coverage issues, auditing technology portfolios to assist clients in transactions and venture opportunities and formulating strategic objectives for prosecution. She has handled patent matters in a variety of industries, including biopharmaceuticals and small molecule pharmaceuticals, stem cell technologies, molecular biology, nanotechnology, immunology, combinatorial chemistry, probe amplification assays, diagnostics, nutraceuticals, microbiology, and therapeutic drugs and devices for physical therapy. Prior to attending law school, Dr. Norton served as a research and teaching assistant at the University of California, Davis, where she conducted research on histone acetylation and chromatin structure for her doctoral thesis. Dr. Norton is a 1994 graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law, where she was managing editor of the UCLA Law Review and elected to the Order of the Coif, and a graduate of the University of California, Davis (Ph.D., Biochemistry and Biophysics; B.S., summa cum laude, Biochemistry).

Chong Whye Keet leads the New Technologies team as well as the Natural Resources team within the New Businesses Group. The Group was established in 2007 to identify and nurture new growth areas which will create new economic opportunities for Singapore. The New Technologies team has the mission of identifying new technological growth areas for Singapore with a 5- to 10-year timeframe. Currently, the team is working on 2 areas, Robotics & Intelligent Systems (R&IS) and Nanotechnology. Prior to serving in EDB Whye Keet worked as an engineer with Hewlett-Packard in Singapore. Within EDB, Whye Keet served in a number of different portfolios ranging from consumer electronics and telecommunications to posting as Centre Director at EDB's New York office in the late 90s.

Jonathan Kua is currently Director of the New Businesses Group, EDB. This newly formed division looks 5-10 years out into the future. The aim is to develop new growth industries, key capabilities and strategic initiatives that will develop Singapore’s economy in such a way that will enable Singapore to become a leading “Global City”. From April 2004 till March 2006, Jonathan served in EDB’s International Operations as the Regional Director, Western US (based in San Francisco). In this capacity, he was responsible for EDB's centers in San Francisco and Los Angeles, which worked with leading companies in 12 Western US States and 3 Western Canadian Provinces. Prior to this, Jonathan was Head of EDB's Education Services Group, responsible for developing the private education industry in Singapore. In this capacity, he worked to attract leading schools, colleges and universities to Singapore to set up education, training and research activities, as well as developing regulations and policies to support the industry. From 1998-2000, he was EDB's Director, Boston Center from and worked with companies in New England and Eastern Canada. During his career with the EDB, which began in 1996, he has also worked to grow the Telecommunications Services, E-Commerce and Specialist Information & Publishing industries in Singapore. Jonathan graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with an MSc in Electrical Engineering, as well as a BSc in Electrical & Computer Engineering (summa cum laude).

Radiana Soh is a consultant in the Science & Engineering Division of Exploit Technologies since October 2006. Her focus is on Nanotechnology, semiconductor manufacturing as well as precision engineering technologies. She has more than ten years of experience in the field of semiconductor manufacturing. Ms Soh also received her MBA (Strategic Management) and B. Applied Science (Materials Engineering) from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.

Dr. Mark Auch has attained his Ph.D. at the Max-Planck-Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in Berlin, Germany. He has been appointed as Deputy Cluster Manager for the Opto- and Electronics Systems Cluster at IMRE for several years and has attended relevant Management courses. During his work at IMRE, he has established valuable contacts to the OLED display and plastic electronics industry. Currently, he is working as Research Scientist/Business Manager in the IMRE/ETPL Flagship project "High Peformance Flexible Barrier Substrate Technology" to commercialise and spin off a company.

Dr. Kan Shyi-Herng – Director. Previously a Post-Doc at IBN focused on developing innovative tissue engineering technologies. He has also spent more than 5 years working in the semiconductor industry with Applied Materials and Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing; Shyi-Herng has a Ph.D, MSE and BSE from Cornell University, University of Wisconsin and University of Michigan, respectively all in electrical engineering.

Dr. Michael Brandkamp is the Executive Director of High-Tech Gründerfonds and has focused on the investment business for young technological companies since 1997. In 2004 and 2005, he was the Department Manager for Innovation Financing and Shareholdings within the KfW banking group, and was previously the Associate Executive Director of tbg Technologie-Beteiligungs- Gesellschaft mbH of the Deutsche Ausgleichsbank. In 1999 he became the Director of the tbg Berlin office. He studied Economics at the Universities of Münster, Nairobi and Bonn and earned his PhD at the Technische Universität Freiberg (Saxony) at the Chair for Business Management Innovation Research.

Doris has over 18 years experience in engineering and technology investment. She joined iGlobe Partners in February of 2000. Currently Doris serves on the boards of ForteMedia Inc., Kilopass Technologies Inc. and Nexfon Inc. Since 2003 she serves on the Investment Committee of iGlobe Treasury Fund, a NZ$31 million fund supported by the New Zealand Government. Before joining iGlobe Partners, Doris held senior management positions at the National Science and Technology Board (NSTB) of Singapore, a government agency promoting R&D and its commercialization. During her eight years (from 1991 to 1999) at NSTB, she led the organization’s efforts to promote R&D investments in the electronics and telecommunications industries. She spearheaded the Research Incentive Scheme for Companies that resulted in R&D commitments by major corporations exceeding US$1 billion from 1993 to 1999. Working closely with researchers and entrepreneurs, she also seeded new ventures and provided consultation on business planning, market strategy and government seed capital. Prior to the NSTB, Doris spent seven years in research & development undertaking projects involving security and communication technologies at Chartered Electronics Industries (a member of the Singapore Technologies Group) and at Telerate, a U.S. financial data services company. Doris earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical & Electronics Engineering with Honors in 1985 and MBA in 1992 from the National University of Singapore.

Mutsunori Sano is the founder and CEO of Innovation Engine Inc (IE)., venture capital specialized in advanced technologies investment, such as nanotech, optotech and advanced electronics etc. 1995-2000, he served as general manager of Investment Research and Small Cap Investment in JAFCO, largest VC in Japan. He Involved in about 200 projects to judge/determine technology investments. 1986-1994 in Nomura Research Institute (NRI) as a head of Mid-cap Research Section, he dealt with over 500 projects for IPO operation in cooperation with Nomura Securities, Japanese largest securities firm. He has contributed technology related venture incubation and finance activities for more than 25 years. Now, he also serves as member of various public services. For example,

• Nanotech Business Creation Initiative Commercialization Committee, Chairman
• METI　Nanotech Policy Research Committee, Member
• Cabinet Office, Council for Science and Technology Policy, Member

He graduated from Kyoto University, Bachelor of Law and finished Harvard Business School, PDM

Khiang-Wee LIM is the Executive Director of the Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE) and concurrently the Programme Director for Research at Singapore’s Science and Engineering Research Council, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) and the Programme Director for the Singapore International Graduate Award (SInGA). He graduated in Electrical Engineering from the University of Malaya and completed his DPhil in Engineering Science at Oxford University. Prior to A*STAR, he had academic appointments at the National University of Singapore and the University of New South Wales in Sydney. He is currently convening the Working Group for Standardisation, Risk Assessment and Safety of the Asian Nano Forum as well as leading the Singapore national ISO/TC 229 Working group that is part of the ISO effort to develop standards in nanotechnology.

Rainer Mueller joined Invest in Germany in 2000 after one year with the Berlin Business Development Corporation and two years working for the German privatization agency for the eastern German economy. At Invest in Germany Rainer is part of the industry team “Mechanical and Electronic Technologies” and is responsible for the applied sciences and technology transfer networks - including nanotechnology. His task is to make contact with all relevant players, who represent future technological solutions, and help them with their plans to expand to Germany. Prior to that he was responsible for all activities of Invest in Germany during the FIFA World Championship 2006. Rainer also did all the speech writing for Hilmar Kopper, former Head of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Bank and DaimlerChrysler, in his capacity as Commissioner for Foreign Investment in Germany between 2000 and 2003. Rainer holds a P.h.D. in political science from the Free University of Berlin focusing his academic work on European monetary integration and crises in the international monetary system. He also studied at the London School of Economics and the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich.

Since April 2006, Dr. Tillmann C. Lauk has assumed the position of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of ItN Nanovation AG. After his graduation from the University of Munich, Dr. Tillmann C. Lauk obtained a Ph.D. and graduated from Columbia Law School (New York) with a Masters Degree in Law (LL.M.). Following his studies, Dr. Lauk began his professional career as a consultant at The Boston Consulting Group in Munich and in Zurich. In 1994, he joined the management board of Hutschenreuther AG, where he was responsible for Finance, Controlling, Human Resources, Industrial Relations, Information Technology and Logistics, as well as for Legal and Tax. He also managed the business divisions for raw materials and masses. After the successful restructuring of Hutschenreuther in 1997, Dr. Lauk was appointed as a divisional board member of Deutsche Bank Group´s Executive Management, responsible for strategic group planning and strategic controlling. In this capacity, he was responsible, inter alia, for the acquisition of Bankers Trust by Deutsche Bank AG and for the post-merger integration. The communication with the capital market also fell within his scope of responsibilities. In mid-2000, Dr. Lauk became a founding partner and the Chief Executive Officer of e-millennium 1 GmbH & Co. KG, a so-called ‘Late Stage Venture Capital Fund” for the Information Technology sector – a semi-captive investment vehicle of Deutsche Bank AG. This fund ended its operative business activity at the end of 2005. During this time, Dr. Lauk was also the Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board of SuSE Linux AG, until the latter was sold to Novell Inc.

Prof. Kazumi Matsushige is now at the positions of vice president in charge of international innovation activities, directors of a Venture Business Laboratory (VBL) and a nano-medicine merger education unit, and a professor of electrical engineering at Kyoto University. He was born in Aug. 15, 1947, and graduated from Case Western Reserve university in USA with Ph. D. degree of macromolecular science in 1975. His major research topics are molecular electronics, nanotechnology and organic electronic materials, and electric cars. Especially, he is well known as a pioneer in the field of molecular memories. He had received the the “Award of the Society of Polymer Science, Japan” in 1986 and “The Distinguished Service Award in Academia-Industry-Government Collaboration” in 2006.

Tim Watkin has a degree in physics from Cambridge University UK, and a doctorate in neural networks from Oxford University. After a period doing university research in the UK, Paris and Tel Aviv, Tim entered the patent profession in 1993, and qualified as a UK patent attorney and a European patent attorney. Between year 1996 – 1997, Tim worked in Japan including periods working in-house for major Japanese corporations. Tim joined Lloyd Wise in 1999, and has been a partner of Lloyd Wise Singapore, and a Singapore registered patent agent, since 2002. His practice is mostly related to patents for computing and electronics technology, including nanoelectronics, and his list of clients includes many well-known international companies. He has extensive experience in international patent prosecution, and has advised in several international litigations.

Dr. Rahman sits on the board of directors at Mikrotools Pte Ltd. He is also Associate Professor of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the National University of Singapore. Prof Rahman graduated from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology in Mechanical Engineering (1969). He obtained his M.Eng and Ph.D. degrees from Tokyo Institute of Technology (1976 & 1979 respectively). He worked with Makino Milling Machine Co. Ltd. (Japan) from 1979 to 1982. In 1982, he joined the Mechanical Engineering Department of the National University of Singapore. Prof Rahman's areas of research are in Miniature machine tools for micro/nano machining, Ultra-precision/high-speed machining of MEMS, dies and aero-space materials, Nano Finishing of Hard Materials Using ELID Grinding.

WATANABE Takashi is serving METI as Deputy Director for Nanotechnologies &　Advanced Materials’ Policy　Planning　Office, and also Deputy Director for Nonferrous Metals Division. He joined Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) in 1993. He has a long background with policyplanning, like industrial policies, energy policies, and international relations. Prior to the current position, he was temporally transferred to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and worked as Consul at Consulate-General of Japan in Shanghai in 2003-2006. He was Deputy Director, Petroleum Refining and Reserve Division, Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Department, METI between 2001 and 2003. Mr. WATANABE has a master degreeof Pacific International Affairs (MPIA) from University of California, San Diego and a bachelor degree of mechanical engineering from KEIO University.

Mr. Alan Ong is the Asia Pacific Operation Manger for Nanofocus AG, he is responsible to develop business strategy and increase presence of Nanofocus in the Asia Pacific region since 2003. He was previously holding the same position and successfully make the brand name for Microhandling GmbH from 2000 to 2003. Stationed in Germany from 1997 to 2000, he learned about the business tactics of European companies and contributed to the understanding of cooperation between Asian and European companies.

Ralf Zastrau is responsible for finance, strategy, company development as well as company communication and involvements. He has been with the company as managing director since 1999, and has carried out its orientation as well as transformation from a scientific start-up to a market-orientated technology company. Ralf Zastrau has many years experience in the industry, both in the medium-sized trade and industry as well as in international group companies. Ralf Zastrau obtained his commercial grounding during his studies to become an industrial clerk in the plastic industry. There then followed double degree studies to become a business information specialist and business graduate in Germany and England. Ralf Zastrau concluded his studies with an international postgraduate course to become a Master of Business Administration in the USA. After his first managerial position as head of controlling in a medium-sized company group, Ralf Zastrau entered the strategic company development of Asea Brown Boveri AG (ABB). He then took on the responsibility as a member of the management in a subsidiary company.

Kaoru YAEGASH is President, NanoGram K.K. and Vice President of Business Development, NanoGram Corporation Mr. Yaegashi joined NanoGram in 2006 as President of NanoGram’s Japanese operations where he is responsible for creating and developing NanoGram’s market potential and customer base throughout Japan and other areas in Asia. A veteran in technology business leadership in the Japanese market, Mr. Yaegashi has more than 25 years industrial experience in technology and business management, both in Japan and internationally. Most recently, he served as President of Celgard K.K., a Polypore Company, handling three business units, Celgard, Daramic and Membrana, where he and his team successfully expanded the business to market leadership positions in Japan and Asia Pacific. Prior to Celgard K.K., Mr. Yaegashi served in technical and business leadership roles at Hoechst Japan Ltd. Mr. Yaegashi holds BE and ME degrees in Polymer Chemistry from Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology.

Dr. Ackley has thirty years experience in the areas of semiconductors, fiber-optics, MEMS, and biotechnology. He has a strong interest in applying microelectronics technology to the problems facing biotechnology companies. Dr. Ackley is currently CEO of Nanotrope, Inc. a company focused on applying nanotechnology to applications in drug delivery and diagnostics. Prior to founding Nanotrope, Dr. Ackley was President and CEO of VSK Photonics, an early-stage start-up developing high-speed electronics and photonics for fiber-optic networks. He has held key positions at large companies such as Motorola, Siemens, RCA, and Hewlett-Packard, as well as at a number of other start-ups in various stages of development, including companies developing DNA chips for diagnostics and MEMS microneedles for transdermal delivery and real-time sensing. Dr. Ackley has (co)written over fifty papers, a book chapter, and has over seventy issued patents in the areas of biotechnology, nanotechnology, semiconductor devices, and photonics.

Leonard is the Manager looking after the Biomedical Engineering Hub at NYP which is also the host of the MedTech Concept (an initiative of EDB, which helps spear-head Medical Technology development in Singapore) as well as the Nanotechnology/Nanomaterials initiatives at Nanyang Polytechnic Singapore. He has 10 years in the area of Biomedical Engineering, Materials and Nanotechnology Applications, such as medical device development, biomaterials, surgical assist technology and Nanomaterials, and another 7 years before in the area of consumer product development and rapid prototyping technology.

Freddy BOEY graduated from Monash University, Australia with first class honors in Materials Engineering in 1980, subsequently obtaining his Ph.D from the National University Singapore in 1987. He joined the Nanyang Technological University in 1987 and is presently Professor of Materials Engineering and Dean, School of Materials Engineering. He has been Fellow of the Institute of Material and Fellow, IES for many years and is the Deputy President, Materials Research Society, Singapore. He sits on board major academic and research boards, including:
- Ministry of Education Committee on Research and Autonomy of University
- Resident member, Education Ministry's Research Funding Expert Panel
- Elected member, ASTAR Public Sector Funding Committee
- Co-Chairman, ASTAR Thematic Workshop on Polymer and Molecular Electronics and Devices
- External Examiner to Singapore Polytechnic and Ngee Ann Polytechnic
- University Research Recommendation Committee

Dr. Yu is the Director of the Innovation & Technology Transfer Office at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), where he has responsibility for intellectual property management, sponsored and collaboration research agreements, licensing and commercialisation of NTU technologies. He is on the Board of Directors of NTU Venture Pte Ltd and its subsidary holding companies, and is the Chairman of the Board of a NTU wholly-owned R&D company. In the area of IP management, technology transfer and commercialisation, Dr. Yu has managed large patent portfolios of diverse technologies, and negotiated numerous research collaboration agreements and licenses on behalf of univeristies as well as commercial companies. He had given lectures and talks on IP management, technology licensing and technology valuation at NTU, NUS, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) programs, and Licensing Executive Society (LES) seminars. Dr. Yu is the immediate past President of LES (Singapore). Dr. Yu was educated in Canada with a Bachelor degree in Chemical Engineering from McMaster University, and a Ph.D. degree in Medical Biophysics from the Ontario Cancer Institute, University of Toronto.

Dr. Hiroshi Yokoyama is Chief Scientist and former Director (2001-2008) for Nanotechnology Research Institute(NRI), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology(AIST). He earned his Ph.D. from Tokyo Institute of Technology in 1987. He joined in 1979 the Electrotechnical Laboratory, and started his research career in the field of liquid crystal physics with focus on the surface properties, and made several contributions that made him known as a world expert. He spent a year as a visiting scientist at AT&T Bell Labs in 1987-1988, where he started his research on organic monolayers. In early 1990s, he started his scanning probe microscopy research and invented scanning Maxwell-stress microscopy, and got interested in scanning probe-based nanofabrication. He was appointed the director, Yokoyama Nanostructured Liquid Crystal Project, ERATO, JST in 1999, which is a multi-million dollar 5-year project and came to an end in 2004. The ERATO project was succeeded by a follow-up 5-year project, entitled “Liquid Crystal Nanosystem project, also funded by JST. From 2005 through 2007, he served as the executive board member of “NanoSystem Solutions Inc.”, an AIST authorized startup company, with a view to commercializing his mask-free lithography technology and its applied products in the biochip area.

Dr Michael Khor obtained his B Sc (Hons) and PhD degrees from Monash University, Australia. He worked as an Experimental Scientist at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) in Melbourne before joining the Nanyang Technological University in 1989. Dr Khor has held the position of Director of Research at NTU (2004-2008) and Deputy Director, Singapore-MIT Alliance (SMA) prior to joining the National Research Foundation (NRF) in March 2008. He has been invited as Visiting Professor by the National Defense Academy, Japan in 2001 and was recently invited as Guest Professor by Zhejiang University, PR China. Among other research awards he received are the Japan Science and Technology Agency (STA) Fellowship and the Japan National Institutes of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) Fellowship. Dr Khor is the originator of the annual conference series on Materials Processing for Properties and Performance (MP3) and is active in the Thermal Spray Society of ASM International, serving as judge for best paper and best poster awards in recent ITSC conferences. Dr Khor sits on the editorial board of 4 international journals on biomaterials, applied ceramics, and materials science and technology. He has edited/co-edited 18 conference proceedings on advanced materials processing and surface modification technologies. His research focus on nano-bioceramics and nano-composites, spark plasma sintering (SPS) of nano-materials and nano-powders (metals and ceramics), thin films, thermal sprayed coatings, thermal barrier coatings (TBC) for aerospace applications and solid oxide fuel cells.

Prof. T. Venkatesan has spent close to 17 years at Bell Labs and Bellcore in various capacities from Member of Technical Staff to Director of a Surface Research group. He was the founding Director of the Surface Modification facility at Rutgers University. After this he was a Professor of Physics and ECE at University of Maryland College Park MD. Since last year he is a Professor of ECE and Physics at NUS where he is a Director of NUSNNI within which he is consolidating a focused Nanocore group. He is the inventor of the Pulsed laser deposition process and is a pioneer in the area of Oxide Electronics. He is a highly cited Physicist with a world ranking of 66 and has over 500 publications and 28 patents in the area of Oxides and other Nano structured materials. He has founded Neocera and helped found Blue Wave semiconductors. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), is a member of the World Innovation Forum and is currently the Vice Chair of the Forum on Industrial Applications of Physics in APS.

Dr Hiran Vedam is a senior manager in the Industry Liaison office of National University of Singapore (NUS) where she is actively involved in commercialization of NUS inventions and promotion of NUS as a resource for technology based solutions to industry especially in the nanotechnology area. Prior to joining NUS, she was the founder and CEO of Matrika Pte. Ltd and a program manager at Honeywell corporate R&D center. She received her MBA from INSEAD and PhD from Purdue University.

Lloyd Soong is CEO of Pasture Pharma (and the division of Pasture Nanotechnology). Mr Soong has 23 years experience in the medical and pharmaceuticals industry, including Swiss giant Sandoz (now known as Novartis) where he was Head of Singapore operations, General Manager of Guardian Pharmacy franchise in Indonesia, CEO Pasture Group of companies, one of the subsidiaries of which represented Chiron vaccines. He obtained his MBA in Strategic Marketing (UK) and in the course of his work in Sandoz, was trained in Basic Immunology and Organ transplantation, University of Texas Medical School (US). He is involved in research & development of Personal Protection Equipment, and prime mover in the newest product. The company is also the Global Business Development hub for their finished products.

Prof. Haixia Zhang is Professor in Institute of Microelectronics, Peking University. Prof. Zhang got her Ph.D from Huazhong University of Science and Technology at 1998, then worked in Tsinghua University. Since 2001, she joined IME PKU and focused on MEMS design and device developing. During 2004-2006, she worked as a visiting professor in UC Davis and Case Westerm Reserve University. She is serving as the Deputy Secretary General in Chinese Society of Micro-Nano Technology, and the CEO of Chinese International NEMS Network (CINN). Her research field include, MEMS Design and Fabrication; Sensors & Actuators and NEMS. Now, she is in charging of Micro-Nano Engineering center in Wuxi, which is a new platform of MEMS commercialization.

Dr Michalewicz is Founder, CEO and CTO of Quantum Precision Instruments Asia Pte Ltd. Quantum- develops sub-nanometer precision positional metrological devices and Nano Electro-Mechanical Systems (NEMS). Marek is the inventor of all QPI patents. Previously, for 10 years, he was a Principal Research Scientist in Supercomputing at CSIRO Australia. Education Doctor of Philosophy (Theoretical Physics), Institute of Advanced Studies, The Australian National University, Australia ('84-'87) Master of Science (Theoretical Physics), La Trobe University, Australia ('83-'84) Physics studies, University of Wroclaw, Poland ('76-'81) Achievements " Bell prize for supercomputing research (honorable mention, 1996): for developing a massively parallel algorithm on MasPar computer with 16,000 Processors, " defined The Grand Challenge problem in Computational Nanoelectronics (Taiwan, '95) " edited two books on Computational Life Sciences " over 40 research papers and 50 conference presentations worldwide " created the fastest computer program in the World on SX-4 supercomputer: 43 billion operations per second for NEC SX-4 supercomputer (1998) " identified four molecular surface plasmons on C60 " '84 -'87 explained tunnelling potential in the Scanning Tunnelling Microscope (STM).

After obtaining his degree from London School of Economics, Mr Arend joined Richardson Merrell (now part of Proctor Gamble) and for eight years worked in various marketing capacities up to Director of Marketing for both OTC and ethical pharmaceuticals in the USA, Australasia and Europe. Mr Arend joined Rhone Poulenc as a regional general manager (Asia/South East Asia) in charge of ethical and OTC pharmaceuticals and later was head of consumer pharmaceuticals for the group. In 1987 he started an independent consultancy advising emerging biotechnologies on business planning, strategy and fund raising. Mr Arend has been a prime mover and both executive and non-executive director in the start-up and subsequent flotation of several biotech companies including Antisoma, Osmotech, Reflect Technologies, Enzacta, Doctors Direct plc and ROAR Particles plc.

Simon is Director - Listings, at Singapore Exchange’s Markets Group. In this role, Simon's coverage includes South & Southeast Asia, Europe, and encourages companies to consider listing on Singapore Exchange (SGX), which is positioned as the Asian Gateway for international listings. Simon was Deputy Director of Infocomm Investments Private Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) for 8 years where he originated, evaluated & executed private equity investment opportunities worldwide, and managed a portfolio of investee companies to support the growth of the IT and telecommunications industries in Singapore. Before joining IDA in 1998, Simon had more than five years of experience in the private and public sectors in equity investment analysis, marketing and business development. He was an Investment Analyst with Smith Barney Shearson HG Asia Securities and ABN Amro Asia Securities (S) Pte Ltd from 1993 till 1995, and in that capacity he acted as an investment representative to institutional investors and fund managers. Simon also held the positions of Assistant Director at Singapore's Ministry of Trade & Industry, and Country Manager, Malaysia & Brunei, with Singapore Tourism Board. Simon holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Economics, from the National University of Singapore. He also attended the Asian Business Executive Programme to Tsinghua University in Beijing, P.R.C. He is a Full Member of the Singapore Institute of Directors and held a past directorship in System Access Limited.

Dr Moran is a Founding Director of Singular ID Pte Ltd a technology start-up company offering innovative products and services for brand protection, including tracking, tracing and product authentication. Singular ID is headquartered in Singapore and has a subsidiary in northern Italy. The company started operations in mid-2005 and was recently acquired by a leading pharmacuetical packaging company. Before starting Singular ID he was the manager of about 50 staff in the Micro- and Nanosystems group in the Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (Singapore). He has a Ph.D. in Engineering and M.Sc.’s in Applied Mathematics and Engineering all from Brown University, USA. His first degree is in Mechnical Engineering from the University of Cape Town, South Africa.

Edwin Chow is currently Director, Technology Innovation Division at SPRING Singapore. This role involves developing and implementing programmes to strengthen the competitiveness of Singapore Small & Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) through technology & innovation. It also includes the facilitation & support of innovative, technology start-ups. He joined SPRING in 2005, and was previously with the Economic Development Board. His time at the EDB included a stint in Milan, Italy. Edwin is a graduate of the London School of Economics.