Summary of Career Discovery Forum 2019
Leave a Nest Singapore hosted our first Career Discovery Forum (CDF) this year! The forum was organised on the 14th May 2019 in At-Sunrice GlobalChef Academy.
We are honoured to kickstart the event with our keynote speaker Mr. Martin Bader, Manager of Open Sesame, At-Sunrice GlobalChef Academy.
Following the keynote session, we had our first career forum discussing on: Working in the Academia/Education Sector
With the following speakers:
1. Mr. Martin Bader, Manager of Open Sesame, At-Sunrice GlobalChef Academy
2. Dr. Lee Hwee Kuan, Head of Imaging Informatics Division in Bioinformatics Institute, A*STAR
3. Dr. Shigeki Sugii, Team Leader at Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, A*STAR; Assistant Professor, Duke-NUS Medical School; Co-Founder, Celligenics Pte. Ltd.
Our next session focused on working with the startups. Startup Lifestyle: Can Vision Alone Create Viable Business to Bring Change to the World?
The speakers include:
1. Mr. Jovan Tan, Founder and CEO, RIGHT Foundation
2. Mr. Tan Ming Jie, Co-Founder and CSO, DeNova Sciences
3. Mr. Aaron Wong, Marketing & Partnerships Manager, SinFooTech Pte. Ltd.
The final session of the day: Working in the Big Corporate
With the following speakers:
1. Mr. Malcolm Chua, Head of Incubation, Innosparks Pte. Ltd.
2. Dr. Yutaka Kuroki, Co-Founder and CSO, Delightex Pte. Ltd.
3. Mr. Koh Phee-Wah, CEO, Platform E
Overall, it was a meaningful event with the audiences and speakers left feeling inspired – along with members from Leave a Nest Singapore.