Singapore, Oct 26, 2009: Exploit Technologies, the commercialization arm of Singapore Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), announced that the Innovation and Enterprise Week (IEW) has more than 600 registered participants for its inaugural year.

IEW Conference 2009 is a three-day executive-level conference featuring technology exhibition, talks, workshops, industry round-table sessions and networking activities for different groups of target audience held on October 20-22, 2009. This event aims to promote innovation and technology adoption amongst Singapore enterprises; support entrepreneurial activities through activities to engage the investment community; and encourage industry partnerships with a series of industry round-tables and industry forum. The focus is on strategy and networking.

The plenary session featured Dr Michael Hayden as the Distinguished Technopreneur Speaker (DTS). Dr Hayden is a world-renowned geneticist based in British Columbia who has used his scientific discoveries and talents to benefit humanity. He has made outstanding contributions in the areas of genetics, Huntington’s and other neurodegenerative diseases.

In addition, the exhibition featured technologies both from A*STAR research institutes and founding members of the Technology Transfer Network (TTN), in areas relating to infocomm technology and electronics; engineering and manufacturing; materials, chemicals and energy; as well as biomedical sciences. IEW 2009 also presented a series of speakers, well-established in their respective industries, from successful entrepreneurs, to IP professionals, to innovation evangelists, and many more.

"The good registration response to IEW 2009 speaks to the power of innovation in business and the potential for substantive change in the entrepreneurship landscape in Singapore," said Mr Boon Swan Foo, Executive Chairman of Exploit Technologies.

He further said, "To meet the challenges of this era, we need to fundamentally rethink the role in growing the economy through introducing product and process innovation, building homegrown start-ups and leveraging made-in-Singapore technology to work with collaborators to set up businesses in Singapore. We're pleased to convene a dynamic group of leaders from the industry, the investment community and government agencies who can drive this agenda forward.

“IEW 2009 encourages technology adoption, investment in start-ups and industry partnership. The Conference is one excellent manifestation of our recent and novel efforts to take technologies from lab to market, and to ensure good adoption rate,” he concluded.