This will be our first double-header event! Both talks will be short, with Q&A immediately following each. Please eat beforehand, or bring your dinner with you. There are plenty of food places nearby. We'll start just after 7pm, so plan to arrive a bit early.

-James

"The Future of Technology" by Henry Kwok

Many of the changes happening around us are largely shaped by technology. This talk is intended to provide a broad view of the technology of tomorrow and how we can design products that could be sustainable into the future.

Speaker Bio

Henry is a business developer and entrepreneur. He was a Global Partner with Haines Centre for Strategic Management for the Asia-Pacific Region, based in Singapore, prior to setting up his own consultancy practice – SPACES@Work. His passion is to share his experiences with individuals and organisations - both for-profit and not-for-profit – to help them realise their dreams by being more strategic by looking into future challenges and possibilities but also by thinking beyond their bounded rationality.

Henry has offered his volunteer services to international welfare organizations like Singapore International Foundation, UNITAR and YMCA.
Henry has held senior executive positions in Global Companies with regional responsibilities. These appointments have helped shapes his global perspective on many issues. He has also helped set-up several local companies of which he held directorship and helped them to expand internationally.

Henry is a proven trader in bulk commodities ranging from crude oils and petroleum products to chemicals and solvents, from grains to vegetable oils. Henry also has vast experience in the transportation industry.

Henry's aim is to help individuals, organisations and communities to realise their dreams on a sustainable basis by sharing his experience on taking a strategic long term view into the future. To prepare for the future, we need future foresight not only to cast our vision but also to design the mechanism of “forward feedback.”

For more:

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/henry-kwok/3/9a1/8b4

http://www.shapingtomorrow.com/collaborate.cfm?mid=26927&mlid=51,50,47,33,48,52

"What if we could print everything?" by Cheryl Chung

If the first industrial revolution was about becoming more efficient and manufacturing for many, then the next industrial revolution will be about becoming more personalised and manufacturing for one.What role will new production tools, like the 3D printer, play? What if we could print everything?

Speaker Bio

Cheryl Chung is an economist who draws. She is Lead Strategist at the Centre for Strategic Futures, Public Service Division. A seconded officer from the Ministry of Trade and Industry's Futures Group, her research interests focus on technology and innovation as drivers of economic growth. She is passionate about visual communication and hones her craft by doodling in meetings. It helps her to concentrate. Honest.

For more:

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/cheryl-chung/40/621/749

http://chezsg.posterous.com/

Venue

HackerSpaceSG is our community-operated physical place at Bussorah Street. We’re known to be inquisitive, creative, entrepreneural and usually fun. We’re always having something interesting on the calendar, so come on over to check our place out, say hi or better still, join us today! See more at http://hackerspace.sg .

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