Conferences

Who moved my cheese: Is Singapore’s status as top Mice hotspot getting stale?

Rising costs are spurring more corporates to look at holding their business events in cheaper destinations across South-east Asia.

The entrance to COP28 at the Expo City in Dubai. Whether the explosion in attendance is a sign that the world is taking climate change more seriously, or just the bloat that naturally accumulates around gatherings of humans who control large pools of political and financial capital remains to be seen.
PERSPECTIVE

Do 70,000 people really need to be at a climate confab?

The expanding crowd risks overshadowing the purpose and turning the meeting into another celebrity-studded gathering of rich people

Xi Jinping will likely use the meeting to underscore recent changes.

Xi seen tightening grip on finance at twice-a-decade conference

PRESIDENT Xi Jinping is set to further tighten his control of China’s US$61 trillion financial industry as he gathers state leaders and top bankers to set the direction over the next five years.

The hybrid conference has both virtual and an in-person events. Held at Marina Bay Sands, it features a Singapore Pavilion with 20 global and local enterprises that use Singapore as an IP hub.

Singapore businesses encouraged to adopt intellectual property strategies

SINGAPORE companies can leverage their intellectual property (IP) for better growth, with two recent studies showing a positive link between IP and business performance.

The conference will discuss ways to drive sustainable growth; how to ensure cyber, financial and operational security; and harnessing AI and technology for innovation.

Two-day conference to encourage SMEs to use AI and digital tools

AN UPCOMING two-day conference will discuss how small and medium businesses (SMBs) can benefit from adopting artificial intelligence (AI) and digital tools, with talks and an exhibition by digital sol...

Know that the audience is bored even before you open your mouth.
LIFE & CULTURE

Don’t say things that are obviously true, and other conference survival tips

Follow these simple public-speaking rules and you could improve the experience of tens of thousands of people

The conference will focus on capital market deregulation, economic outlook, and green finance. There will also be virtual face-to-face communications with senior management from about 100 Shanghai-listed companies.

Shanghai bourse kicks off week-long conference to woo global investors

The Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) kicks off on Wednesday (Nov 9) a week-long global conference to promote China’s capital markets, according to an official agenda, the latest in a flurry of activitie...

This year is the first year that Token2049 has been held in Singapore. Last year’s event was in London, and there were two pre-Covid iterations in Hong Kong.

Big-spender conferences: the silver lining to Singapore’s strengthening crypto connections

EVENTS bookending the Singapore Grand Prix this month have put to rest any doubts that the country remains a leading global cryptocurrency hub.

Coronavirus forces cancellation, delay of trade shows, conferences

Coronavirus forces cancellation, delay of trade shows, conferences

OVER two dozen large trade fairs and industry conferences in Singapore, China and elsewhere have been postponed due to travel curbs and concerns about the spread of a coronavirus, potentially disrupti...