Research & Development

Co-President: Mr Laurent Fabry, Digital Content Technologies

Co-President: Prof. Mounir Mokhtari, CNRS - IPAL - Image and Pervasive Access Lab

French Chamber Contact: Guillaume Renaud

Description

The Research & Development committee was set up in September 2009; it groups professionals having an activity linked to R&D and R&T. The idea is to form a R&D platform, i.e. a large scientific base for information and experience sharing, giving exposure and visibility to the French Scientific Community in Singapore.

Highlights

South East Asia IPR SME Desk - Protecting your IP whilst Transferring Technology to South-East Asia

Oct 2016 | Conference: "Wise Innovation: A Journey Toward Smart Society" (Highlights from the conference)

The "Wise Innovation: A Journey Toward Smart Society" conference took place on 7 October 2016 and brought together French companies and Singapore governmental agencies for a day of exchange on strategies and opportunities in innovation. Through a series of three discussion panels and in the presence of keynote speaker Navi Radjou, Silicon Valley-based Innovation Strategist and Guest-of-Honour Professor Low Teck Seng, CEO of National Research Foundation of Singapore, the conference explored what it means to be innovating 'wisely', and the areas and ways in which enriching French companies can be contributing to Singapore's Smart Nation vision.

Aug 2016 | Ecosystème de la Recherche et de l’Innovation à Singapour (Institut Français Singapour)

Singapour est classé régulièrement comme l’un des pays du monde les plus propices à l’innovation et à la création d’entreprise, et avec un volume de dépenses dans la Recherche et le Développement (R&D) évalué à 2.3% du PIB.La Cité-état a su créer de véritables hub innovants regroupant géographiquement les principaux acteurs de la Recherche structurés sous forme de clusters dynamiques. Premier pays du classement pour la facilité à faire des affaires (Banque Mondiale), avec plus de 50 000 postes en R&D et de nouveaux financements conséquents, Singapour mise sur l’innovation comme "ressource" stratégique et nouveau pilier à visibilité internationale… (lire)