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Technology, Asia Pacific,
Senior Vice President,
Biotechnology
Plastic Additives Segment Level Biotechnology,
Dr. Raman Govindarajan P rof. Dr. Susan Tai Ciba Specialty Taiwan
Regional Director, Research President Chemicals, China
& Development Lippo Medical Group,
Johnson & Johnson, Indonesia Dr. Dae Young Kwon
Singapore Chin Yook Siong
Director,
Functional Foods Research Chief Technology Officer,
GlobalTechnology Services
Korea Food Research
Jean-Philippe Launay Dr. Rajiv Bhirud IBM, Singapore
Institute, Korea
Vice President, Asia Chief of R&D and
Research & Development Environment
Essilor, Singapore Tata International,
Hajime Nagai
India Kevin Harty Vice President and Head of
Managing Director Research & Development
Nestle R&D Center, Cerebos Pacific,
Dr. Tadashi Aoy agi Prof. Dr. Ho Chee Cheong Singapore Singapore
Corporate Auditor President
Mitsubishi Research
Malaysian Institute of Dr. Wilaiporn
Institute, Japan Chemistry, Malaysia Sandy Lieske Chetanachan
Vice President, Research & Development
IPG & R&D Hub Division Director
Hewlett-Packard, Thai Plastic &
Dr. Mark Xu Dr. Phil Robertson Chemical Public
Singapore
Director & General Manager Chief Operating Officer Company,Thailand
Auric Pacific Nutritech, National ICT Australia,
Steve Wilson
Singapore Australia
Director, Asia Pacific
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● Transcend cultural barr iers by making successful R&D investments in Asia
● Achieve overall effectiveness by implementing a corporate governance framework to facilitate the
● Eliminate ‘Death Valley’ obstacles in innovative activities between industrial development and
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DAY ONE 24 MAY 2007 THURSDAY
8.00 REGISTRATION AND MORNING COFFEE
8.30 CHAIRPERSON’S WELCOME AND OPENING ADDRESS
Dr. Phil Rober tson, Chief Operating Officer
National ICT Australia, Australia
8.40 BOOSTING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF R&D
MANAGEMENT BY ALIGNING ITS RESEARCH
OBJECTIVES WITH OVERALL BUSINESS GOALS
■ Devising a solid and robust research framework by
re-establishing the role of R&D to support the delivery
of the organization’s goals
■ Effectively recruiting and training R&D staff to work
closely and more effectively with other departments
■ Optimizing the R&D function to accomplish business
objectives by communicating effectively with other
business operations
■ Relieving R&D staff of repetitive or basic tasks by
outsourcing or automating mundane processes to shift
the focus on high-level, value-added activities
■ Communicating research data effectively to non-R&D
staff by translating confusing scientific jargons into
effective business terms
■ Maximizing the effectiveness of R&D management
through critical case studies analysis
Dr. Raman Govindarajan
Regional Director, Research & Development
Johnson & Johnson, Singapore
9.25 EMPOWERING THE R&D FUNCTION BY
SUCCESSFULLY EMPLOYING AND INTEGRATING
FOREIGN TALENT
■ Successfully integrating foreign R&D specialists into
the new environment by fostering a non-discriminatory
culture of excellence and open-mindedness in the
R&D department
■ Effectively attracting foreign talent from specialized
fields in multidisciplines to empower the effectiveness
of the R&D function
■ Promoting the integration of foreign and local R&D
specialists with effective team building activities in
the R&D function
■ Examining the effectiveness of integrating foreign
talent through critical case study examples
Jean-Philippe Launay
Vice President, Asia Research & Development
Essilor, Singapore
10.10 MORNING REFRESHMENT
10.20 DEVISING AN EFFECTIVE R&D MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF SOFT
SERVICE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT TO
OPTIMIZE OVERALL B USINESS BENEFITS
■ Critically examining the development of soft service
technologies from a unique Japanese case study
experience
■ Effectively selecting the R&D theme
■ Monitoring the R&D process
■ Examining the evaluation and incentives of the results
■ Identifying the allocation of resources
Dr. Tadashi Aoyagi, Corporate Auditor
Mitsubishi Research Institute, Japan
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11.05 EMPOWERING THE MANAGEMENT OF R&D BY
EFFECTIVELY BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN
RESEARCH AND BUSINESS
■ Recognizing the gap between research outcomes and
business needs, and why it occurs
■ Establishing mechanisms to overcome the barriers and
bridge the gap
■ Examining the importance of setting research planning,
management, and commercialization processes
■ Building the key skills needed for R&D program leaders
■ Critical case study examples of successful transitions
from research to business
Dr. Phil Rober tson, Chief Operating Officer
National ICT Australia, Australia
11.50 LUNCH
12.50 SUSTAINING LARGE-SCALE R&D PR OJECTS BY
DEPLOYING EFFECTIVE FUND RAISING TECHNIQUES
TO OBTAIN FINANCIAL SUPPOR T FROM EXTERNAL
SOURCES
■ Effectively organizing commercial activities that will help
to generate funds for the R&D project
■ Assessing the effectiveness of the R&D project and
accurately predicting the outcome to attract big investors
and venture capitalists
■ Overcoming the critical conditions that must be fulfilled
in order to qualify for grants and monetary aids
■ Identifying the various external financial sources for
specific R&D projects and deploying strategic
techniques to obtain them
■ Examining the effectiveness of various fund raising
techniques through critical case study analysis
Dr. Mark Xu, Director & General Manager
Auric Pacific Nutritech, Singapore
1.35 OVERCOMING THE ‘DEATH VALLEY’ CRISIS
BETWEEN INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND
UNIVERSITY-BASED RESEARCHES WITH THE
CYBER INNOVATION DYNAMICS INFRASTRUCTURE
FOR R&D MANAGEMENT
■ Eliminating ‘Death Valley’ obstacles in innovative activities
between industrial development and university-based
researches
■ Utilizing the Cyber Innovation Infrastructure for simulative
promotion by joint society-industry-university R&D projects
■ Establishing an “intellectual property-based” nation
■ Overcoming the ‘Death Valle y’ crisis betw een industrial
development and university-based research through
critical case study examples
Professor Noboru Sonehara
Director, Information & Society Research Division
National Institute of Informatics, Japan
2.20 TAKING MEDTECH INTO EMERGING MARKETS –
LESSONS LEARNED FROM ESTABLISHING AN
ASIAN R&D CENTRE
■ Market sensing
● Tuning market research and focusing on requirements
of emerging markets
● Examining the localizations and regional regulations
that need to be considered
■ Product development paradigms
● Delivering a product to requirements on time
● Tracing customer requirements through
implementation and tests to guarantee safety and
efficacy of the medical equipment
■ Site setup and staffing
ELY MANAGING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
● Opening a site, recruiting, training, and retaining
top talent
● Organizational structures and how to juggle time
zones and coordinate multi-site development efforts
■ Lessons learned
● Critically examining what works in Asia and what
does not
● Educating your MNC management and setting
expectations
● Identifying the cultural differences and work styles
● Leveraging funding opportunities
● Gearing up for growth and scaling from a product
up to a pipeline of new product developments
Steve Wilson, Director, Asia Pacific Research & Development
Welch Allyn International Ventures, Singapore
3.05 AFTERNOON REFRESHMENT
3.15 IMPLEMENTING AN EFFECTIVE CORPORATE
GOVERNANCE FRAMEW ORK TO FA CILITATE
THE CHANGING ROLE OF R&D MANAGEMENT
■ Devising an effective framework with governing principals
that allow for flexibility and relationship-based dialogue
to prevent the confrontation of legal documentation
■ Achieving overall effectiveness by implementing a
corporate governance scheme around the roles and
responsibilities of the R&D management structure
■ Enhancing shareholder value and ensuring the integrity of
the R&D function by actively monitoring the effectiveness
of the management’s policies, decisions, and strategies
■ Identifying the best governance practices in specific
R&D functions through critical case studies
■ Facilitating the changing role of R&D management with
critical case study examples of best practices
Sandy Lieske, Vice President, IPG & R&D Hub
Hewlett-Packard, Singapore
4.00 INTEGRATING R&D SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES
INTO REUSABLE INDUSTRY APPLICATION ASSETS
■ Examining the challenges of IT application implementation
■ Managing the distribution of roles between R&D
and services
■ Identifying the key skills required to bridge software
technologies into reusable application assets
■ Integrating R&D software technologies into reusable
industry application assets through critical case
study examples
Chin Yook Siong
Chief Technology Officer, Global Technology Ser vices
IBM, Singapore
4.45 SUCCESSFULLY INTEGRATING R&D WITH EFFECTIVE
MARKETING STRATEGIES TO MAXIMIZE OVERALL
BUSINESS PROFITS
■ Critically examining the strategies of regional and
global companies
■ Identifying the developments in high-tech and
scientific instruments
■ Creating an ideal vision for R&D planning for long
term success
■ Maximizing overall business profits with a strategic long
term marketing plan
■ Effectively integrating R&D with marketing strategies
through critical case study examples
Prof. Dr. Susan Tai, President
Lippo Medical Group, Indonesia
5.30 END OF DAY ONE
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DAY TW O 25 MAY 2007 FRID AY
8.00 MORNING COFFEE
8.30 CHAIRPERSON’S WELCOME & OPENING ADDRESS
Dr. Andrea Landuzzi
Head of Research & Technology, Asia Pacific, Plastic
Additives Segment, Ciba Specialty Chemicals, China
8.40 ACCOMPLISHING OVERALL BUSINESS OBJECTIVES
BY EFFECTIVELY TRAINING R&D SPECIALISTS WITH
CRITICAL MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES
■ Devising effective training methods that will inspire and
motivate R&D staff to work towards achieving
organizational objectives
■ Implementing effective interdisciplinary and
cross-department training to familiarize R&D
employees with the overall business operations
■ Fostering a culture of excellence by providing
constant training programs to R&D employees
■ Identifying specialized personal training and
developmental courses required to enhance the
skills and knowledge of R&D staff
■ Promoting the integration of knowledge in a healthy
environment that will enable R&D staff to learn from
one another
■ Accomplishing overall business objectives with detailed
case study examples on effectively training R&D staff
Dr. Hong Chou Chu, Senior Vice President, Biotechnology
Level Biotechnology, Taiwan
9.25 MAXIMIZING BUSINESS PROFITS & TRANSCENDING
CULTURAL BARRIERS WITH SUCCESSFUL R&D
INVESTMENTS IN ASIA
■ Maximizing the success of the R&D investment by
examining the increasing importance of Asia as a
strategic hub for global R&D
■ Revealing China’s ambitious plan to establish itself as
a strategic R&D hub and critically identifying the costs,
risks, and benefits
■ Overcoming the challenges of managing cross-cultural
differences and critically examining the intellectual
property rights situation in China
■ Optimizing the effectiveness of R&D management with
an international innovation network that promotes open
communication and smooth coordination
■ Identifying the challenges and opportunities of R&D
investments in Asia through critical case study examples
Dr. Andrea Landuzzi
Head of Research & Technology, Asia Pacific, Plastic
Additives Segment, Ciba Specialty Chemicals, China
10.10 MORNING REFRESHMENT
10.20 BUSINESS ALIGNED R&D – FROM CONCEPT
TO FACTORY
Kevin Harty, Managing Director
Nestle R&D Center, Singapore
11.05 CRITICALLY EXAMINING THE MANAGEMENT OF
R&D IN THE KOREAN FOODS AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
SECTOR
■ Examining the management of R&D in the:
● Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
● Ministry of Science and Technology
 ● Ministry of Education and Human Resources
● Ministry of Industry and Resources
● Ministry of Health and Welfare
■ Revealing the R&D strategy of Korea Food Research
Institute
■ Identifying recent researches on functional foods
in Korea
■ Optimizing new emerging technology in social diets and
personalized foods in Korea
Dr. Dae Young Kwon, Director, Functional Foods Research
Korea Food Research Institute, Korea
11.50 LUNCH
1.05 SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENTING AN EFFECTIVE
R&D STRATEGY FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED
ENTERPRISES
■ Critically understanding legislation driven product trends
■ Identifying technologies that underpin such trends
■ Aligning operational processes with identified
technologies
■ Formulating R&D strategies aimed at maximizing
resource utilization and minimizing waste generation
using such technologies
Prof. Dr. Ho Chee Cheong, President
Malaysian Institute of Chemistry, Malaysia
1.50 TRANSCENDING THE TRADITIONAL ‘BACK OFFICE’
ROLE OF THE R&D FUNCTION BY EFFECTIVELY
BRIDGING DIFFERENT SPECIALIZED FIELDS TO
CREATE AN INTERDISCIPLINARY STRUCTURE
■ Strategically promoting the dynamic growth of the R&D
function by merging different scientific fields in specialized
research projects
■ Optimizing the efficiency of the interdisciplinary
structure with an effective management outline
■ Examining the specific role of management in the
bridging process in creating effective and efficient
multidisciplines
■ Developing a clear strategy with effective tools and
techniques to mitigate risks in the collaboration of
various disciplines
■ Maximizing the efficiency of the R&D function by
developing advanced high-tech applications
for multidisciplines
■ Transforming the R&D function with critical case study
examples of successful interdisciplinary integrations
Prof. Chandra Verma
Senior Research Scientist & Group Leader
Bioinformatics Institute, Singapore
2.35 AFTERNOON REFRESHMENT
2.45 TRANSFORMING SENIOR R&D MANAGEMENT
EMPLOYEES INTO EFFECTIVE BUSINESS
DEVELOPERS WITH ADVANCED FINANCIAL
MANAGEMENT SKILLS
■ Enhancing the performance of the R&D function with
effective financial management skills
■ Effectively measuring the ROI and success rate of the
R&D project with advanced financial tools and techniques
■ Understanding the critical role of financial management
in creating a competitive advantage with its support of
manufacturing, sales, and marketing activities
■ Achieving aggressive performance goals by
understanding the financial impact of tactical and
strategic decisions
■ Examining the new role of financial management in the
R&D function through critical case study examples
Dr. Wilaiporn Chetanac han
Research & Development Division Director
Thai Plastic & Chemical Public Company, Thailand
3.30 DEVELOPING THE NEXT GENERATION OF R&D
BY EFFECTIVELY REDUCING WASTE, OPTIMIZING
RESOURCES, BETTER ALIGNING CORPORATE
RESPONSIBILITIES, AND MAXIMIZING ROI
■ Drilling down and critically examining the root cause of
problems to strive towards excellence in operational
efficiency
■ Maximizing time and saving money by cutting down on
waste to maintain a lean and robust R&D function
■ Effectively communicating with other departments to
eliminate the process of producing unnecessary reports
■ Preventing the accumulation of waste from the purchase
of unnecessary resources to create a leaner and more
robust R&D framework
■ Effectively simplifying and streamlining unnecessary
complex research procedures, systems, and structures
■ Optimizing the effectiveness of the R&D function by
analyzing critical case study examples
Dr. Rajiv Bhirud, Chief of R&D and Environment
Tata International, India
4.15 CRITICALLY EXAMINING THE GLOBAL R&D
STRATEGY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA FOR FUNCTIONAL
FOOD AND BEVERAGE INDUSTRIES
■ Gaining valuable insights from the Japanese food and
beverage market
■ Examining product development with critical consumer
insights
■ Understanding food liking behavior and flavor designing
■ Identifying the balance of product image between
efficacy and palatability
■ Applying “Kansei” engineering in the food and
beverage production field
Hajime Nagai
Vice President and Head of Research & Development
Cerebos Pacific, Singapore
5.00 END OF CONFERENCE
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Dr. Andrea Landuzzi works in the Plastic Additives Segment of Ciba Specialty
Chemicals and he is based in Shanghai, PR China. He is the Head of the
Research & Technology team in Asia Pacific. He is also the Standard Liaison
Officer for the Plastic Additives Segment for ISO/TC61 “Plastics” and member
of CEN TC 249 “Plastics”. He is a Referee for Polymer Degradation and
Stability and he has published about 30 papers and patents as a result of his
research activities. Andrea joined Ciba in Italy in January 1997, as Head of an
Application Research Unit. Then, he had the responsibility of leading the Global
Technology Skill Center Films. Before joining Ciba, he worked as Labor atory
Manager in a chemical compan y. Andrea wor ked in Italy, Switzer land and
Singapore before moving to PR China.
Dr. Ho Chee Cheongis the President of the Malaysian Institute of Chemistr y,
a professional body for the chemists in Malaysia. He was trained in polymer
science, latex technology and colloid science, the forerunner of nanoscience. He
started his career as a research officer at the Rubber Research Institute
Malaysia after returning home from England with a PhD in the early seventies.
He was the f ormer Head and professor of the Depar tment of Chemistry,
University of Malaya. After his statutory retirement from the university, he spent
three years as a R&D Director of a manufacturing concern before returning to
the academic world as the Dean and professor of a private university to start up
a new Faculty of Applied Sciences. Dr. Ho has more than thirty-five years’
experience as a researcher out of which twenty-eight years were spent in the
university environment.
Dr. Mark Xu , has nearly two decades of R&D experience in the area of
biotechnology, food science & technology, biochemical analysis, herbal
technology and products, pharmaceutical products, health foods. By either
leading a team as a Project Manager, or studying as a Scientist, or in charge of
the international joint research program. He has worked with some prestigious
research institutes in the 1980s and the 1990s, such as Shanghai Fermentation
Research Institute, Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research
Organization (CSIRO), Biotechnology Research Institute, and National
Research Council of Canada. Mark has published extensively on many
peer-reviewed Journals to present his research work. He has developed
several patentable technologies and marketable products, from which four patent
applications have been filed and two of them were granted patent rights. Mark
has spoken for numerous international conferences, and lectures in Department
of Food Science & Technology, North Carolina State Univ ersity, USA, and in
Department of Chemistry & Department of Chemical & Bio-molecular
Engineering, National University of Singapore. He is a peer reviewer for the
Jour nal - Separation Science & Technology, New York, USA.
Dr Phil Robertson has over 25 years experience in technology research,
development and commercialisation in both the public and private sectors. Prior
to joining NICTA he was Director of Canon Information Systems Research
Australia (CISRA). He has also previously held program and strategy
management positions at CSIRO, Australia’s largest scientific and industrial
research organization. Phil is a member of the Australian Government ICT
Advisory Board, and of CSIRO’s ICT Sector Advisory Council, and has
contr ibuted to university, government and industr y association committees,
advisory boards and judging panels over the years. He has published widely in
imaging and visualization, and served on the editorial boards of several
international journals and conferences.
Dr. Raman Govindarajan, MD, PhD, is a physician, cell and molecular
biologist. After his medical and residency training in internal medicine, he
obtained a PhD in India and continued his research as a post-doctoral fellow at
Cornell University Medical College. He then joined the Unilever in India as head
of Cell Biology and Immunology research. During 15 years with Unilever in
India and the United States he researched skin with particular respect to aging,
pigmentation and allergy. His last assignment with Unilever was Head,
Environmental Safety Laboratory in Mumbai where he was responsible for
toxicology and microbiology research and product and ingredient safety. In 2004,
Dr. Govindarajan moved to Singapore to set up a new chemistry and biology
laboratory for Johnson and Johnson and as Regional Director Medical Scientific
and Regulatory Affairs for Asia Pacific. He is responsible for basic research in
chemistry and biology, translating bench research into products, safety and
regulatory aspects of products and ingredients and clinical trials, scouting for
new technology and forging alliances with research and technology partners. He
is the author of more than 30 papers and 20 patents, and also an ASEAN senior
expert on post market surveillance.
Steve Wilson has been wor king in the medical device manufacturing sector for
over 15 years and is currently serving as the Director of Asia-Pacific R&D for
Welch Allyn International Ventures, Inc.In this role Steve has opened a state-of-
the-art Research & Development Centre in the downtown Central Business
District of Singapore. This Centre focuses on the development of state-of-the-
art medical devices for distribution into the global marketplace. Steve has held
a variety of positions with Welch Allyn and delivered medical devices ranging
from: vital signs capture devices, flexible sigmoidoscopes, digital videoscopes,
and informatics products leveraging connectivity with wireless networks. Steve
holds 3 patents with one pending and is now focused on innovations for the next
generation of multi-parameter critical care medical monitors world-wide. He
spends a considerable amount of time traveling the region identifying
opportunities for developing medical products targeting emerging markets.
Dr. Tadashi Aoyagi specializes in energy economics , global environmental
issues and power plant siting consultation in Japan. He has gotten basic energy
economical skills through his doctoral thesis while handling several energy
projects. His work on global environmental issues started in 1989, and he
attended the Rio-summit in 1992. Dr. Aoyagi also has intensive interest on
public acceptance issues, and has knowledge on siting process in Japanese
power plants including the nation’s area supporting system, especially
nuclear and fossil fuel generation plants. He was a manager of energy and
environmental section from 1986 to 1992, general manager of energy and
natural resources department from 1993 to 2000, general manager of global
environmental division of Mitsubishi Research Institute from 2001 to 2005, and
now Senior Research Fellow since 2006.
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FOR OFFICIAL USE
FEE RECEIVED ADMISSION FORM SENT 1858S/RH/GH
OPEN
C o p y r i g h t @ February 2007
5 EASY WAYS TO REGISTER
TELEPHONE: (65) 6536 8676 or (65) 6536 8437
FAX: complete and send this registration form
to: (65) 6536 4356
MAIL: this completed form together with payment to:
Asia Business Forum (Singapore) Pte Ltd
3 Raffles Place #09-01 Singapore 048617
@ EMAIL: marcy.chong@abf.com.sg
wendy.lee@abf.com.sg
WEB: http://www.abf-asia.com
Your investment for attending this Conference is:
Early Bird Fee
Regular Fee (If payment & registration are
received by 24 April 2007)
2-Day
S$2,595+ 5%GST* S$2,395 + 5%GST*
Conference
Note: *GST is only applicable to Delegates from Singapore.
The fee includes lunch, refreshments and conference documentation.
Group Discount: Enjoy a group discount of 10% for 3 or more
delegates registered at the same time from the same organisation
and of the same billing source.
METHODS OF PAYMENT
Please cross cheque or bank draft made payable to
ASIA BUSINESS FORUM (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD and mail
your payment together with this registration to 3 Raffles Place,
#09-01, Singapore 048617. Enclosed is our cheque/draft for
S$ _________________________________________________
Overseas delegates may pay by telegraphic transfer into the
account of Asia Business Forum (Singapore) Pte Ltd which is:
Account No. 147-070312-001, The Hongkong and Shanghai
Banking Corporation Limited, 21 Collyer Quay, #01-01 HSBC
Building, Singapore 049320. Please quote our reference no.
1858S and your Company’s name in your payment instructions .
Credit Card (AMEX ONLY) Please debit my Card Number:
VISA/MASTERCARD Please debit my Card Number:
Card Holder’s Name __________________________________
Signature __________________Expiry Date_______/_______
Important Notice: Payments are required with registration and must be
received prior to the Conference to guarantee your place. Walk-in delegates
will only be admitted on the basis of space availability at the Conference and
with immediate full payment.
CANCELLATIONS & TRANSFERS
If you are unable to attend, a substitute delegate is welcomed at no extra
charge. Please provide the name and the title of the substitute delegate at
least 2 working days prior to the Conference. A refund less S$300 administration
charge will be made for cancellation received in writing on or before 4 May 2007.
Regrettably, no refund can be made for cancellation received after this date . A
complete set of documentation will however be sent to you.
The organiser reserves the right to make any amendments and/or changes to
the programme, venue, speaker replacements and/or topics if warranted by
circumstances beyond its control.