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'Transforming waste into wealth as a NatGeo Explorer & How you can apply to be one' by Arthur Huang



Event Date 19 Jan 2018 (Fri), 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Venue LT at the Hive (LHS-LT) (Location Map)
Organiser COE (Email : txleong@ntu.edu.sg )


Event Info

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Transforming waste into wealth as a NatGeo Explorer & How you can apply to be one

Entrepreneurship Talk & NatGeo Grant Workshop by Arthur Huang

45 mins presentation + 20 mins Grant Workshop + Q&A

 

Talk summary:

Today's linear ‘take, make, dispose’ economic model relies on large quantities of cheap, easily accessible materials and energy, and is a model that is reaching its physical limits. Today US$80–120 billion of plastic materials is lost to the economy every year (plastic which is used just one time and then incinerated, landfilled or released into ocean). This is not just a business loss, but one of the biggest environmental challenges of our time.

In this talk exclusively designed for business students and entrepreneurial engineers, Arthur Huang will share his experience on how he made his company Miniwiz a big success and how he creates ‘Green Value’ for businesses. He will talk about the challenges he faced in marketing and communicating sustainability and ultimately changing the mindset to encourage stakeholder buy-in for circular economy. To conclude, he will share his insights on the sustainability movement and its opportunities.

Lastly, Arthur will also explain how he became a NatGeo explorer and how you could become an explorer yourself! Don’t miss this special National Geographic Grant Workshop.

 

About Arthur Huang:

Engineer, architect and 2016 National Geographic Emerging Explorer Arthur Huang, is also founder of ‘closed loop’ firm Miniwiz that turns post consumer trash such as discarded plastics, apparel, and even cigarette butts into “high-performance materials” to build everything from sailboats to skyscrapers and consumer goods products. Under Arthur Huang’s leadership, Miniwiz is today a global leader in post-consumer recycling technology through its innovative architectural projects throughout Asia and the rest of the world, such as a project to turn Taipei’s food waste into BioEthanol.

His achievements through Miniwiz include being named Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum (2015), creating the Nike Aerostatic Dome in Milan (2014) and IDEA GOLD Award, Chicago, USA (2013), Financial Times’ Earth Award (2010) and The Wall Street Journal’s Asian Innovation Award (2011).

Arthur graduated from Harvard University with a Master’s in architecture, and from Cornell University with a degree in the same field.

 



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