SPS Entrepreneurship Forum
Date: 22 May 2022
Venue: Orchid Ballroom 4202-4,4302-4
Inaugural SPS Entrepreneurship Forum at ICASSP 2022
ICASSP 2022 is pioneering a new event, the SPS Entrepreneurship Forum. The aim of this 1-day event is to promote entrepreneurship amongst the signal processing community, by sharing entrepreneurship journeys, discussing challenges and opportunities in translating signal processing research into commercial applications, providing a forum for pitching, and ultimately to train a new generation of signal processing entrepreneurs.
This is an event for start-up entrepreneurs in all stages including pre-seed and early stage in signal processing community to interact with start-up founders, to gain feedback on their ideas and ambitions.
Program
My Ventures and Lessons Learned
Theme: Bridging the gap from research lab to start-up company
Moderator:
Mr Osman Ahmed, COO – Curium
Panel Members:
Mr Clarence Tan, Founder/Managing Partner - Origgin Ventures
Dr Maren Schweizer, CEO - Schweizer World Group (Schweizer International Venture engine and capital arm)
Mr David Burt, Director of Entrepreneurship - UNSW
Dr Negar Ghourchian, VP R&D and AI Director - Aerial Technologies
Dr Ladan Golshanara, co-founder and tech lead - TONZ
Kris Childress, Mentor-in-Residence, NUS (National University of Singapore) Enterprise
Emily Chang (online), cofounder of Cruxes
Dr. Omar Zahr, Chief Technology Officer, TandemLaunch
Mr. Armando Vera Carvajal, Vice President, New Chip
Mr. Michael A. Oblon, Partner, Jones Day
Contact Information
- Wilson Teng, Industry Chair, NUS, Singapore wilson.teng@nus.edu.sg
- Professor Eliathamby Ambikairajah, Academic Chair, UNSW, Sydney, e.ambikairajah@unsw.edu.au
Important Dates
| Pitch Video Proposal Submission | February 28, 2022 |
| Successful Shortlist Notification | March 25, 2022 |
| Live Pitch | May 22, 2022 |