SCIS Industry Day

SMU Mochtar Riady Auditorium

| 4th September 2025
| 9:00 am to 5:00 pm

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SCIS INDUSTRY DAY 2025

This event aims to promote bilateral dialogue between Industry/Public and SCIS exploring opportunities and challenges at technology frontiers of mutual interest.

This is achieved with a program by which both sides would hear the state-of-the-art and problems of priority from each other via talks, panels discussion, networking and break-out sessions.

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to SCIS Industry Day 2025 on 4th September 2025

SCIS INDUSTRY DAY 2024 : AI & Governance for Sustainable Digital Economy

SMU School of Computing and Information Systems held our inaugural Industry Day on 30 September 2024, aimed at fostering dialogue with industry and the public sector on technology opportunities and challenges.

Themed ‘AI & Governance for Sustainable Digital Economy’, the event, which showcased SCIS's research excellence and student growth through talks, panels, and networking sessions, attracted over 100 participants from academia, industry, and government.


SCIS INDUSTRY DAY 2024 : Schedule & Photo Highlights

9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

MORNING SESSION

Guest Registration & Breakfast Networking (Booth/Poster/Demo)

9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

MORNING SESSION

Opening Remark by SCIS Dean Prof. Hweehwa Pang


PANG Hwee Hwa

Dean, School of Computing and Information Systems; Professor of Computer Science;

Email: hhpang@smu.edu.sg

9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

MORNING SESSION

Overview of SCIS/SMU research by Prof. Archan Misra


Archan MISRA

Vice Provost (Research); Lee Kong Chian Professor of Computer Science; Institutional Official for Research

Email: archanm@smu.edu.sg

10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

MORNING SESSION

Panel I: AI & Governance: Challenges & Opportunities for Academia and Industry

ZHU Feida

Assoc. Prof. & Assoc. Dean, SCIS, SMU.

Jerrold SOH

Asst Professor at School of Law, Deputy Director, Centre for Computational Law, SMU

Annie ONG

General Manager, Sales, ST Engineering

Lawrence WEE

Director for Business & Ecosystems, BizTech Group, IMDA Singapore

Jeff Walters

Managing Director and Senior Partner, BCG

Miguel Fernandes

Technical Partner at AI Verification, Resaro.AI

11:00 a.m. - 11:50 a.m.

MORNING SESSION

Panel II: Career Planning and Talent Growth in the Age of AI and Sustainable Digital Economy: Perspectives from Academia and Industry

Kiruthika RAMANATHAN

Director, MITB (Digital   Transformation) Programme, SCIS, SMU

Joanna Teo

Founder, Attribute Data

Vincent NIOU

Founder, Skeleton Key

Hakaru Morikawa

Head of Customer Advisory, SAP Southeast Asia

Josh ZHANG

Managing Director, Syrius Technology Singapore

12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

LUNCH SESSION

Lunch with advisors/experts/alumni

1:30 p.m. - end

AFTERNOON SESSION

Breakout discussion sessions with opportunities to present problem statements

Urban Sustainability & Wellness 
  • Transportation, Supply Chain, Healthcare, Ageing,  Learning, Green Tech, etc.
Digital Transformation & Economy 
  • Business Intelligence, E-commerce, Digital Marketing, FinTech, Web3, etc. 
Trust & Security
  • Cybersecurity, Quantum Computing, etc.

VENUE

Mochtar Riady Auditorium
Singapore Management University
Administration Building
81 Victoria St, Singapore 188065

CONTACT

For further enquiries, please contact, 

Mandy LEW

Senior Manager

Email: mandylew@smu.edu.sg

ZHU Feida

Associate Professor of Computer Science; Associate Dean, Partnerships and Engagement; Recipient, Aptos Move Professorship

Email: fdzhu@smu.edu.sg

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