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Tuesday, May 17, 2011

12th Start-Up@Singapore Awards Ceremony

S@S logo 2009 JPGThis year, Start-Up@Singapore (S@S) saw 1000 participants from over 17 countries, making it the most successful installment thus far. The awards cermeony will showcase the finalists of the 12th Start-Up@Singapore and their ideas. Having been through months of rigorous judging processes and mentoring, the finalists will enter a final showdown on the day itself, with the winning teams from both categories walking away with attractive prizes of close to SGD$100K (USD$80K). Check out the speakers below and view the programme here.


Speakers
William W. H. Liu, Chairman of Stream Global Pte Ltd and W3 Infocomm Group Pte Ltd

Mr William Liu (or Bill as he is more commonly known) started his career in the I.T. industry in 1970 after graduating with a B.Sc Hons in Mechanical Engineering from University of Manchester and a M.Sc in OR & Management Studies from Imperial College.He is currently a Board member of SISTIC.com Pte Ltd, the National Library Board and Monte Jade Singapore. Mr Liu was actively involved in IDA’s 2015 “Intelligent Nation, A Global City powered by Infocomm” Master Plan, sitting on 3 sub-committees, viz. Infocomm Competency Council, Financial Services and Enterprise Development.

Yenn Wong, Founder of JIA Boutique Hotels group

Ms. Yenn Wong, 31, is the Founder of JIA Boutique Hotels group of which the first hotel, JIA Hong Kong, opened in March, 2004. The Philippe Starck-designed JIA was the first designer boutique hotel in Hong Kong and Starck’s first hotel in Asia. Since then she has added to the JIA “collection” with JIA Shanghai in August, 2007 and its Italian restaurant Issimo. Yenn herself has received several awards since founding JIA, which include: “Innovative Entrepreneur of the Year 2006″ by Hong Kong’s City Junior Chamber ‘Hospitality Entrepreneur of the Year’ in the Hospitality Asia Platinum Awards 2006 and the Martell ‘Rise Above’ Award 2007. She was also named on the list of top 26 “Asia’s Best Young Entrepreneurs” by Businessweek.

Kenny Eng, Founder of Gardenasia

Starting off with a product-based business concept, Kenny’s foresight and entrepreneur instincts quickly took flight when he saw the potential of lifestyle marketing and holistic services. Gardenasia soon expanded to manage portfolios ranging from corporate events, to Artwine and even garden weddings. Gardenasia imbues the philosophy of its parent company, Nyee Phoe, in her business model. Kenny was awarded the Emerging Young Entrepreneur by E-Global in 2004 and in the following year, he was an Honouree for the Spirit of Enterprise Award. Keeping himself ahead of our changing times, Kenny is also an active member of several organizations which include *Scape Co.Ltd, Kranji Countryside Association, SouthWest CDC and the Singapore Youth Olympics Organising Committee.

Event Details

When: Saturday 21st May 2011
Time: 1215PM-5PM
Where: Kent Ridge Guild House, 9 Kent Ridge Drive, Singapore, 119241

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