The Road Towards Sustainability Dr. Jonathan S.C. Low, Acting Research Division Director, Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology (SIMTECH), A*STAR Dr. Andreas Hauser, Managing Director, TÜV SÜD Digital ServiceRayner Ng, Deputy Director, Industry Development Office, Rayner Ng, Deputy Director, Industry Development Office, Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology (SIMTECH), A*STAR Anna Lam, CEO & Founder, Crunch Cutlery Green Compass: A guide for companies in their environment sustainability journey Businesses face many push and pull factors to be environmentally sustainable. The Green Compass (GC) Improvement Model helps companies of all sizes in manufacturing and services improve their environmental sustainability while lowering their costs. The GC recommends actionable changes in businesses’ organisation and operations—spanning from their own operations to their supply network and product life cycle. The GC improvement model can help businesses and society reduce the impact of climate change and resource scarcity. Innovation Factory: Designing for Sustainability In recent years, mother nature has suffered from global warming and climate change due to carbon emissions and pollutions. Sadly, one of the main causes is waste from man-made products in the market. We often spot product designs that are misconstrued as “sustainable”, because sustainable design is not solely replacing non-recyclable materials with eco-friendly ones. It includes many more aspects of the product's life cycle. To create truly sustainable products, we must start thinking about sustainability early in the design process. 1320 – 1350 International Centre for Industrial Transformation (INCIT): SIRI goes global Vikram Kalkat, Vice President, INCIT The International Centre for Industrial Transformation (“INCIT”) is an independent non-government, not-for-profit organization based in Singapore. INCIT was founded in 2021 in the course of a joint cooperation program with the aim to internationalize the Smart Industry Readiness Index (“SIRI”) as the internationally recognized standard for the Industry 4.0 (“i4.0”) benchmarking and transformation. INCIT’s mission is driving the global adoption of SIRI and spearheading the transformation of the industrial sectors globally as it’s first task. INCIT aims to continue to bring in more globally recognised themes in the future as part of it overall mission to support manufacturing advancements that benefit mankind 1600 – 1630 Creating Real Impacts through Workforce Training Dr Zeng Xianting, Director, Advanced Manufacturing Training Academy (AMTA) Dr Ng Huey Yuen, Deputy Director, SIMTech Knowledge Transfer Office Mr Tang Jia Peng, Head of Operations Support, Alcon Singapore Manufacturing Pte Ltd The Advanced Manufacturing Training Academy (AMTA) will share how they identify the emerging skills and training required for Advanced Manufacturing in Singapore, and share a case study on how the insights are translated to enterprises through partnerships with SIMTech and Alcon, an American-Swiss healthcare technology company. 1400 - 1500 1100 - 1145 GOH Exhibition Hall Tour 1000 - 1130 Opening Ceremony of ITAP 2021 Industry Connect 22 November 2021 1300 – 1500 Launch of Let-Lab Incubator Deal Friday @ ITAP Soh Leng Wan, Assistant Chief Executive Officer, Manufacturing & Engineering Group, Enterprise Singapore Agmon Porat, CEO & Head of Industry 4.0 Lab, Let-Lab Daryl Lim You Quan, Co-Founder, Augmentus Samuel Tan, CEO & Co-Founder, Auk Industries Amit Nanavati, CEO & Founder, Bralco Advanced Materials Jiang Shutao, CEO, Hiverlab Xu Jinsong, CEO, Innowave Tech Lionel Lim, Head of Operations, TransferFi Tan Yee Jiat, Management Associate, WaveScan Technologies Zhang Yanliang, Managing Director & Chief Scientist, Weston Robot Harikrishnan Nair, CEO, Zuno Launch of Let-Lab Incubator As the PE ITM is being refreshed this year, there is a need to ensure that our local companies keep abreast of technology trends. One of Enterprise Singapore (ESG)'s key strategies is to groom new companies in key technology areas such as additive manufacturing, IIoT, robotics, optics and IC design. To do so, ESG will work to strengthen the manufacturing startup ecosystem by providing mentors (incubators and accelerators) and capital (VCs and CVCs). ESG will be establishing new incubators and accelerators, such as Let-Lab, an Israeli Industry 4.0 technologies accelerator. As Let-Lab is the accelerator arm of Ultra Clean Holdings Inc. (UCT), Singapore startups are offered industry-specific guidance and test-bedding opportunities in industries where barriers to entry are high (e.g. semicon, O&G), and would be able to gain access to Israeli and other foreign markets through both UCT and Let-Lab's partners Deal Friday @ ITAP Powered by Enterprise Singapore, Deal Friday @ ITAP is a platform for Singapore start-ups, investors and corporates to forge investment deals, co-innovation opportunities and business partnerships. The session will see an exciting line up of fundraising pitches from Industry 4.0 start-ups, to investors with an interest in technologies such as robotics, AI, analytics and IoT. 1600 – 1730 CCUTT MOU Signing followed by Decarbonisation through Catalyst Innovation and Modularisation Dr. Chen Lu Wei, Senior Scientist, Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences (ICES), A*STAR Takuya Hashimoto, Manager, Regional Innovation & Solution Centre, IHI Asia Pacific Pte Ltd Gabriel Loh, Team leader, Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences (ICES), A*STAR Turning a climate killer into valuable products Global population and economic growth have led to a corresponding tremendous increase in CO2 emission. CO2 is well-known as a climate destroyer, but new technologies and business ideas can turn it into a source of economic benefit. A*STAR's Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences (ICES) has been working on a coordinated decarbonisation strategy to transform the chemical industry and improve sustainability. This talk will introduce ICES' research activities on CO2-based product development and translation. These include the conversion of CO2 to alternative sand, fuels, material building blocks and others. Future of Process Development and Chemical Production The process industry faces two major challenges: establishing a roadmap towards CO2-neutral production and increasing flexibility in supply chain and manufacture. To accelerate the decarbonisation of our local process industry and foster the transformation of the specialty chemicals and pharmaceutical sectors the Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences (ICES), A*STAR in Singapore has launched a project to develop a rapid technology translation platform.. The approach combines the concepts of integrated digital twinning together with modularisation to achieve flexibility, speed and efficiency over the asset lifecycle encompassing process development, engineering and production. The first use-case will be to speed up the translation of emerging Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU) technologies. 1110 – 1140 Supporting Team-Based Workforce Training on Industry 4.0 Technologies Mr Peter Peh, Head, Bosch Rexroth Regional Training Centre (BRRTC) Mr Tan Ru Jin, Managing Director, Flexmech Engineering Pte Ltd Bosch Rexroth Regional Training Centre (BRRTC) will share how they support an SME’s journey to adopt Industry 4.0 technology and to equip their workforce concurrently through their proof-of-concept offerings. 1000 - 1100 Precision Engineering Industry Digital Plan launch Alvin Tan, Minster of State for Trade & Industry (MTI) and Culture, Community and Youth (MCCY) Steven Koh, Executive Director SPETA Ellis Eng, Managing Director Certact Engineering Launch of Precision Engineering Industry Digital Plan to identify new digital solutions and skills to help companies stay relevant for the digital manufacturing era. Industry Connect 23 November 2021 Shape Your Future in Manufacturing through Hyper-Personalisation Prashant Chhaya, Consultant, Advanced Remanufacturing and Technology Centre (ARTC), A*STAR Dr. Tao Pey Yuen, Acting Deputy Research Division Director, Singapore Institute of Manufacturing (SIMTECH), A*STAR Dr. Yeow Chen Hua, Raye, Associate Professor, Department of Biomedial Engineering, National University of Singapore (NUS) Samuel Tan, CEO & Co-Founder, Auk Industries Consumer Trends and Evolution of Hyper Personalisation Consumers today are far more connected & influenced by the social networks than ever before. Artificial intelligence, big data analytics, virtual and augmented reality provide targeted consumer profiles revealing individual desires and aspirations. With the exponential growth of ecommerce and rapid last mile delivery solutions, augmented by e-vehicles and drones, providing real-time tracking and a quantum leap in terms of speed, convince, and service quality, the next level of productivity and improved delivery services is only a matter of time. Discover how to future-proof your businesses. Robotics, AI and Vision for aSsustainable Future Robots have been a part of manufacturing lines for many decades. They are slowly moving out of these enclosures and working more closely with humans. In this talk, we will share why advances in robotics, artificial intelligence (AI), and vision are helping to create a more sustainable future. 1105 - 1200 The Next Wave: Agritech Dr. Gary Ng, Ag Director, Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology (SIMTECH), A*STAR Ong Kian Soo, Principal Specialist, Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), A*STAR Dr Urano Daisuke, Principal Investigator, Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory (TLL) The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) was set up in 2019 with the mission of ensuring and securing a supply of safe food for the nation. SFA announced a 30 by 30 Goal - to produce 30% of our nutritional needs locally by 2030, up from less than 10% currently. The goal is to be achieved with the land constraint of less than 1% designated for agricultural use. New ways of farming like vertical farming and the use of technology will be one of the strategies to help achieve the target. In this talk, we would like to share two R&D collaboration programmes that are developing such technologies. The first programme “Smart and Sustainable Hybrid Lighting System for Indoor Urban Farms” looks into energy efficient lighting solutions that leverages on both natural lighting, artificial lighting and a combination of both. The second programme “High Performance Precision Agriculture” aims to develop a precision agriculture system that optimizes environmental and nutritional parameters for leafy vegetables to increase yield while shortening harvest time. The programme also covers the development of optical sensors for crop monitoring and robotics to boost productivity. 1300 - 1355 Adoption of Industry 4.0 with IHCI Enabler Programme by McKinsey, IHCI COP and Participants Graeme Dowsett, Managing Director, Completion Products Pte Ltd Samuel Tan, CEO of AUK Bo Huang, Director, IHCI Programme from McKinsey The IHCI Enabler Programme is designed by Workforce Singapore, in partnership with McKinsey and EY to help the SMEs in Singapore to adopt the Industry 4.0 in their companies and help digitalise work processes and up-skill the employees. A short skit will kick off this segment to present a few pain points a business owner may encounter while digitalising their business and how IHCI can help them through this journey. McKinsey will be sharing an overview of the IHCI programme, the business impacts it has been able to deliver and the jobs that have been redesigned. Following suit, an interview will be conducted with Mr Samuel Tan, CEO of AUK, an IHCI Community of Practice (COP) partner, and Mr Graeme Dowsett, Managing Director of Completion Products, an IHCI Alumni to provide insights on the overall experience of the programme. 1405 – 1500 Prepare for the New Normal – Digital Twins and Extended Reality Dr. Alejandro Seif, Team Lead, Advanced Remanufacturing and Technology Centre (ARTC), A*STAR Dr. Guglielmo Vastola, Senior Scientist, Institute of High Performance Computing (IHPC), A*STAR Dr. Mark, Yusaku Maruno, Department Head, Materials Solution, Hitachi Metals Singapore Sean Tan, Team Lead, Advanced Remanufacturing and Technology Centre (ARTC), A*STAR A Guide to Industrial Digital Twins Digital twins can simulate real-time assets and processes, provide end-to-end visibility, and support intelligent decision-making. What is a digital twin? What is the basic infrastructure to build one? Do you want one or more digital twins? In this session, let’s examine some digital twin use cases and discuss their value to businesses. Enabling Sustainability in Additive Manufacturing by Digital Twinning and High Performance Computing Digital transformation is a powerful driver to sustainable manufacturing, where the key idea is to transfer processes from the real world to the digital world. A*STAR Institute of High Performance Computing (IHPC) and in collaboration with the National Supercomputing Centre (NSCC) have developed a feature-rich design digital twin which provides the user with most information about the manufactured component, from microstructure, porosity, mechanical properties and distortion. XR (Extended Reality): Tacking the New Normal From gaming tomanufacturingindustry, Extended Reality (XR) technologies can be found all around us. Would XR technologies be useful to industrial transformation? In this session, we will start with a brief introduction on the various XR technologies followed by the technology progression throughout the years. Usability and benefits of XR will be discussed. The session would end with a sharing on use cases along with its potential in tackling the new Covid-19 normal and the future. 1600 – 1715 1000 - 1055 Digital Transformation in Supply Chain and Manufacturing Prof Lee Loo Hay, Director, Centre for Next Generation Logistics (C4NGL), National University of Singapore (NUS) Yang Shanshan, Principal Investigator, Supply Chain 4.0 Program, Advanced Remanufacturing and Technology Centre (ARTC), A*STAR Teo Cheng Leong, Senior Consultant, Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology (SIMTECH), A*STAR Supply Chain 4.0: achieving greater agility, resilience and security in supply chain management Innovating current supply chain management with enhanced performance and customer satisfaction is the goal of Supply Chain 4.0. In this talk, we will be discussing the next generation of digital supply chain management solutions, as well as how to meet businesses' technological demands and make supply chains more agile, resilient, and secure. Transformation & Innovation (DTI) in Manufacturing Digital transformation is not just about digital technologies. Digital transformation is about transforming your value proposition and to deliver that value proposition, you’ll have to redefine your business model innovation, organizational activities, processes, and competencies to fully leverage on the potentials of digital technologies. Digital transformation is therefore a unique opportunity to be embraced, and not a problem to be confronted. This session will discuss what the 5 pillars of digital transformation & innovation means for industry companies. It will also highlight a digital transformation & innovation methodology to help industry companies to systematically embark on the journey of digital transformation to redefine their business values and improve their productivity and competitiveness. Industry Connect 24 November 2021