Panel Discussion: "De-Risking Cross-Border Expansion in Southeast Asia For (AI) Startups"
For the coming March DataScienceSG Meetup, we will be having a panel discussion for AI Startups specifically. Join us at Amazon Web Services Singapore to understand what is the current landscape like for startups, from go-to-market to funding access. Join us if you are curious about the startup scene in Singapore amidst the geopolitical waves happening in this region.
Agenda
6:30 PM – 7:00 PM Registration & Networking
7:00 PM – 8:00 PM Panel Discussion
8:00 PM – 8:30 PM Q&A and Closing
Panelists Bios
Seng Woei Yuan
As Chief of AI Ecosystem at AIMX Network, Woei Yuan focus on fostering meaningful connections among users, leaders, startups, corporations, SMEs, researchers, governments, investors, and innovators within the AI ecosystem. Additionally, Woei Yuan serves as the Ecosystem Advisor at the Centre for Progressive Artificial Intelligence Technology (CPAIT) and as an Ecosystem Partner for the AIM ASEAN Singapore Programme by the ASEAN Foundation. In these capacities, he contributes to building partnerships and supporting initiatives aimed at empowering Southeast Asian MSMEs and solving critical regional challenges through AI.
Woei Yuan’s dedication lies in transforming the technology landscape by connecting stakeholders and enabling innovation. In the lead up to his role as Director of Technology Ecosystem Cluster and China Market at MP Group, he was humbled to have had the chance to oversee the planning, partnerships-building and delivery of SWITCH (Singapore Week of Innovation & Technology), the largest startup & innovation festival in Southeast Asia. Over 5 editions of SWITCH, he had grown the platform to be THE startup & innovation festival in Southeast Asia, with over 15,000 attendees from the global startup, investor, research and tech communities in its 2023 flagship edition.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/wyseng/
Guo Longjin
For international startups, the difference between a successful SEA launch and a costly failure often lies in the "unseen" risks. Guo Longjin brings a decade and a half of expertise in turning these risks into strategic runways. Having managed legal, compliance and external affairs for NASDAQ listed companies and private companies across the most diverse regions in the world (APAC & MEAR), he understands the granular realities of cross-border expansion . From structuring the right market entry, funding & distribution to navigating the robotics and AI governance landscape, Longjin offers startups a rare combination of corporate rigor and entrepreneurial agility, ensuring that market entry is not just compliant, but profitable.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/longjinguo/
Koo Ping Shung (Moderator)
Koo has traversed through data analytics, data science, and artificial intelligence in his career for the past 20 years.
With an MBA degree and vast experience, he is able to determine where possible values are from data collected. He does it differently by building internal capabilities, through training, consulting, and mentoring, allowing businesses to continuously take advantage of their data.
Uniquely, Koo is experienced in the full process of getting value from data, from data collection, management & governance to implementation of insights through strategy and business performance measurement.
He is also a startup advisor in various startup enablers like Start2 Group (from Germany) & Ignyte (from Dubai), social enterprise Inclus SG and Cybsecurity company Cloudsine Pte Ltd.