SUTD Speakers
Industry Speakers
Adjunct Associate Professor Prof Leong Khai Pang (Tan Tock Seng Hospital)
Dr Leong Khai Pang is a senior consultant in the Department of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology and Director of the Clinical Research & Innovation Office in Tan Tock Seng Hospital. He graduated from the National University of Singapore in 1987, and became a member and fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh in 1993 and 2002, respectively. He spends his time seeing patients, promoting research in Tan Tock Seng Hospital and conducting his own research projects.
Chen Kian Khiong (Freight Architects)
Chen Kian Khiong is the foundation of Freight. With his vast experience in project and team management, he is leading the company in business and strategic development. Kian Khiong is a Registered Architect with Board of Architects Singapore. Kian Khiong believes that great design requires a strong project team to execute the project. Budget and timeline, together with Design, are central to the success of every project. Kian Khiong always consider himself as a ”Freighter”. He believes that every design and client’s brief can be packaged and consolidated, and he will be able to deliver it to the best satisfaction. Prior to Freight, Kian Khiong was Senior Associate in DP Architects Singapore and has overseen many developments mainly in residential, commercial, medical and hospitality.
SUTD Alumni
Aditya Batura, Co-Founder & CEO, Codomo; ISTD Alumnus
Aditya Batura is an SUTD Pioneer and also the Co-founder & CEO of education technology startup, Codomo, with whom he has recently launched Potato Pirates - a card game that teaches programming concepts. Potato Pirates has gone on to become the highest funded gaming project to ever come out of Singapore on Kickstarter, a global crowdfunding platform. Aditya is passionate about growth hacking, to which he attributes the success of Potato Pirates. Aditya describes growth hacking as experimental but efficient ways to build and engage the user base of a business. He graduated from the Information Systems Technology and Design pillar with specialisation in Information Security and Communication. Prior to Codomo, he has worked with international shipping and logistics firms as a Software Developer and Information Technology Manager.
Agrim Singh, Co-Founder, 26Factorial; ISTD Alumni
Singh (Class of 2016) co-started 26Factorial with fellow SUTD graduate Le Vu Huy (EPD ’16/Computer Engineering). 26Factorial took the top prize at the Budweiser Dream Brewery Pitch Day in 2016, where the team built a drunk detector and also pitched for a machine that is able read personalities, choosing to dispense alcohol according to certain profiles. The team walked away with the grand prize of $25,000 and a partnership with ABInBev, one of the top 5 consumer product companies in the world. Agrim also participated in and won numerous hackathons, including SG Enable’s coLAB hackathon in 2014, Tech-in-Asia’s startup hackathon in 2014, and MSD Singapore Global Challenge 2016. 26Factorial’s face recognition tool, Facerecog (Asia), is used by Sentosa, Unilever, NEC, amongst others. Agrim was also a Student Ambassador and was involved in SUTD Bands.
SUTD Student
Hilda Thian, ESD Junior
Formerly from Victoria Junior College, Hilda enrolled in SUTD in 2015 and is currently a junior year student with the Engineering Systems & Design pillar in SUTD. She has been involved in two Fifth Row clubs – Rotaract and Minions. In particular, she served as the Club Director of Minions – a club dedicated to improving the welfare of SUTD students, during her sophomore year. Hilda also went to Zhejiang University during the Asian Leadership Programme 2016.