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WELLNESSWEEK
Tech Opportunities in Boston for Singapore Technology, Manufacturing & Retailing Industry
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This programme is focused on experiential learning and incorporates case studies workshops, panel discussions, site visits and class presentations to enable participants to achieve the following:
- Boston is a global technological innovation hub, especially in Healthtech, Edtech, Fintech, & Robotics. Boston is famous for being the place where young entrepreneurs like Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook) and Drew Houston (Dropbox) started their companies. The well-known start-up accelerator YCombinator started in Boston. In June 2022. Amazon opened its Boston Tech Hub where 2000 Amazon staff work on inventing and innovating on behalf of customers. This programme will update business owners and senior management on the latest technogical innovations & collaboration opportunities in Boston:
- Understand the latest technology, innovation and entrepreneurship landscape in Boston;
- Visit Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) campus to learn about its technology and innovation ecosystems, and to explore collaborations with its technologies & spinoffs
- Visit Harvard University campus to learn about their technology & innovation ecosystems including Harvard Innovation Labs, and to explore collaborations
- Understand the dynamism of Boston and foreign investment incentives;
- Benefit from business networking sessions with Boston tech leaders (business owners & senior management)
- Design a business strategy for implementation
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Andrew Chin
Lead Instructor | Singapore University of Technology Design (SUTD)
Andrew Chin is an Educator, Serial Entrepreneurship, & Investor. He serves as President of Tsinghua University School of Management and Economics (Tsinghua SEM) Singapore Alumni Association, as well as the President of the S.M.A.R.T Entrepreneurship Club. He is the Lead Instructor for S.M.A.R.T Entrepreneurship X Global (AI & Robotics) Program Series, & S.M.A.R.T Entrepreneurship X AI Program Series at the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD).
Andrew has more than 25 years of China experience in education and publishing industry. Andrew was Head of SMU China & East Asia Initiatives where he worked closely with SMU President and senior management to craft and execute SMU China & East Asia strategy. Andrew accumulated invaluable experience in crafting and executing China strategy from his various roles, including as Business Development Director (China & Southeast Asia) for Sodexo (Fortune 500), as Chief Representative and Country Manager (China) for Thomson Learning (Fortune 500) and as Cofounder for two successful start-ups in Beijing. He was based in Beijing for 10 years. During his time at Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB), Andrew worked with selected Fortune 500 companies on their Singapore and regional strategy.
Andrew was awarded the Asian Business Fellows Scholarship by the Singapore Government to pursue the Tsinghua University-MIT Sloan International MBA Programme in Beijing in 2001.
With Singapore Management University (SMU)'s nomination, Andrew is recognized as a Specialist Adult Educator (Curriculum Development) under the Adult Education Professionalization (AEP) initiative, a national level initiative under Singapore’s SkillsFuture. Andrew initiated the SMU Internationalization Program Series with the founding Executive Director of SMU Academy