Event Info (Limited to first Topic: Smart Cities 101 for IEEE Members Speaker: Kok-Chin (KC) Tay is the Chairman of Smart Cities Network, a group of innovative solution and service providers to help develop smart and sustainable cities globally. He is the ASEAN Director for Smart Cities Council, one of the largest network of ecosystem stakeholders for Smart Cities in the world. KC was a pioneer in the Smart Cities sector, having led the IBM Smarter Planet and Smarter Buildings Global Alliances in ASEAN and project managed the Smarter Cities Challenge project for Singapore in 2012. He currently provides consultancy services related to Smart Cities for the public and private sectors, with innovative solution providers.
Synopsis: The current global COVID-19 pandemic is truly an urgent wake-up call for cities around the world to “go digital”. In other words, they must become “smart cities” in order to sustain their economies. But what does it mean by being a “Smart City”? In this session, KC will share his perspectives and what “a smart city” means in Singapore and to ASEAN stakeholders. He will also give an overview of the “Fundamentals of Industry 4.0” Series, launched in Jan 2020 to support the NUS MSc Industry 4.0 Capstone Project where the project team learnt basic concepts of IoT and Artificial Intelligence with an actual project in close collaboration with Industry partners. Registration for this event has closed. |