Tong Yen Wah
PhD. Bioenery & Anaerobic Digestion
Veteran researcher in bioenergy from food wastes and biomass wastes, with over 150 publications and 8000 citations.
Recent works in food wastes management has been successfully commercialized with distributed anaerobic digesters that can be effectively used in cities.
Currently the co-Programme Director for an NRF CREATE programme with Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) on “Energy and Environmental Sustainability Solutions for Megacities”, E2S2-CREATE, a collaborative research programme between NUS and SJTU funded by the Singapore National Research Foundation for S$89 million on studying coupled problems in megacities related to energy, environment, health and waste.
Edwin Seah
Sustainable Strategy
Over 20 years' experience in regional public policy, sustainability, and strategic communications.
Thought leader in sustainable packaging and has spoken at numerous events and conferences across Asia at the invitation of governments, companies, and multilateral organizations including the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Bank.
Former Head of Policy, Public Affairs & Sustainability at Food Industry Asia (FIA).
Authored the Food industry's Sustainable Packaging Roadmap 2020-2024. Developed model process & material standards for the use of rPET (working with Coca-Cola, Nestle, PepsiCo & Danone).
Virginia Cha
PhD. Advisor
Serial Entreprenuer, angel investor and educator.
Professor of Entrepreneurship, teaching at INSEAD,
NUS Business School, SMART (Singapore MIT Alliance for Research & Technology) and Lean Launchpad@Singapore.
Lim Chon Phung
PhD. Advisor
PhD General Management, Singapore Management University
Research Fellow, Singapore Management University
Former SVP Customer Support Service, Oracle APAC and Japan
Former VP Sales & Marketing, Hewlett-Packard APAC & Japan
Seeram Ramakrishna
PhD. FREng. Scientific Advisor
Professor of Materials, Mechanical Engineering and Bioengineering, National University of Singapore (NUS)
Chairman of Sustainable Manufacturing TC at the Institution of Engineers Singapore and Plastics Recycling Centre of Excellence (PRAS) Singapore.
A member of ISO Committees on ISO59020/TC323 Circular Economy, and TC for Circularity of Materials;
Named among the World’s Most Influential Minds by Thomson Reuters, and the Top 1% Highly Cited Researchers in Materials Science and Cross-Field by Clarivate Analytics for consecutive ten years.
Ng Pei Kang
Innovation & Technology
CEO of TRIA, a venture backed, sustainable packaging solutions company.
Over 15 years in innovation strategy, technology development, design development, design for sustainability and waste valorisation. More than 10 patents under his name.
Former Design Innovation Lead for Philips TV and Home Theatre System portfolios.
Winner of iF, EISA, Pentawards, ASEAN-Korea Excellent Design Award, Singapore Packaging Star Awards.
Honouree of Eco-Business’s A-list for Sustainability Leadership and a juror for the Singapore Good Design Award.
