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IPI hosted its Tech Partners’ Networking Session on 29 March 2018, an annual tradition for IPI to express its appreciation for the forthcoming support demonstrated by its local and overseas technology partners from the innovation and enterprise community, industry associations, government agencies and embassies. In addition, the event provided an ideal setting to update each other on upcoming plans, forge...

IPI was a returning speaker at the Food Gifts Workshop organised by the Singapore Food Manufacturers’ Association (SFMA), Focus Network Agencies (FNA) and SPRING Singapore on 8 March 2018. Jannice Peh, Technology Manager for Food & Nutrition from IPI, shared how IPI could support food companies to source for enabling technologies in the area of food gifting innovation. Some of...

IPI played host to a delegation of Austrian representatives from the Erber group, academia, government, industry and media on 27 February 2018. Led by Dr Erich Erber, Chairman of Supervisory Board, Erber AG and EDB Singapore Economic Ambassador to Austria, the delegates were in Singapore to understand the local biotech landscape and explore potential collaboration opportunities with Singapore biotech enterprises....

From 29 January to 2 February, 15 UK-based businesses visited Singapore to meet various stakeholders and potential partners in the Singapore urban living sector and better understand opportunities in the market. The visit was organised by Innovate UK and funded by the Global Business Accelerator Programme[1]. As part of this week-long programme, the UK delegation visited IPI on 29 January...

Innovation drives economic growth and competitiveness. As countries embark on growing their economies through investments in technological development, the creation of new knowledge and protection of intellectual assets through Intellectual Property (IP) rights management and commercialisation of IP have become more important on the trade agenda. In tandem with the world embracing new technologies such as Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain,...

With more companies including multinational corporations (MNCs) tapping on external technology partnerships to grow their innovation pipelines, there is also an increased interest to understand the essentials of IP and how to better manage the open innovation process to protect one’s investments.IPI’s Senior Director, Dr Sze Tiam Lin was pleased to be invited to share at a recent lunch talk...