The EDB Society organised a Tech Forum on “Artificial Intelligence and its impact on Singapore” on 23 October 2024, in partnership with CapitaLand Investment. We were honoured to welcome Mrs Josephine Teo, Minister for Digital Development and Information and Minister-in-charge of Smart Nation and Cybersecurity, who gave a keynote speech. She shared about Singapore’s AI journey and how Singapore has updated its national AI strategy. This was then followed by a fireside chat moderated by Mr Manohar Khiatani, President of EDB Society & Senior Executive Director, CapitaLand Investment.

Following Minister’s session, there was a panel discussion by distinguished AI experts, moderated by EDB Society EXCO member, Mr John Ang, Director of Strategic Partnerships & Special Projects, Plug & Play Tech Center. The panel comprised of Mr Dan Lejerskar, CEO and Founder, EON Reality, Mr Lim Him Chuan, Group Head of Strategy, Transformation, Analytics and Research, DBS Group, and Mr Sng Ren Yeong, Managing Director of Artificial Intelligence Strategy and Solutions, Temasek. They shared their insights on AI and its impact on Singapore, from their various roles as investor, business adopter and tech application founder. Mr Lejerskar also gave a demonstration on spatial AI and how it could be adopted. The event received very good response and we were pleased to host more than 150 members and guests.