Media Invitation: Join us at EmTech Asia 2016

Dear Editors and Correspondents,

We invite your organisation to attend EmTech Asia 2016, which takes place on 26 and 27 January 2016 at the Orchid and Peony Ballroom, Level 4 of the Sands Expo and Convention Centre, Marina Bay Sands in Singapore.

This year’s theme is Inspire. Innovate. Collaborate. Some of the world’s most visionary tech leaders and innovators that seek solutions to emerging trends in digital life, connected health, augmented knowledge, intelligent transportation, future of money and sustainability will come together to speak at the event.

Over 40 speakers will convene from across the globe, including Jeff Clavier, Founder and Managing Partner of SoftTech VC; Wolfgang Baier, CEO at SingPost; RJ Mical, Director of Games at Google; Liam Pedersen, Principal Researcher & Manager - Autonomous Vehicles from Nissan Research Center in Silicon Valley;; Jun-Ho Oh, Director, Humanoid Robot Research Center (Hubo Lab) from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST); Antony Evans, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Glowing Plant / TAXA; Noboru Nakatani, Executive Director, INTERPOL Global Complex for Innovation (IGCI) and Mark Post, Team Lead, Cultured Beef, Maastricht University.

10 regional Innovators Under 35

EmTech Asia 2016 also features the regional ‘Innovators under 35’ 2016 honourees – 10 young innovators under the age of 35, whose inventions and research were found to be most ground-breaking and exciting – who will present a three-minute elevator pitch.

Each of the 10 honourees in 2016 automatically become finalists for MIT Technology Review magazine’s 35 Innovators Under 35 global list, which will be published in the September/October 2016 edition of the magazine. In 2015, two of the Asian honourees made the global list.

About EmTech

EmTech is a global emerging technologies conference hosted by MIT Technology Review, the world's oldest and most respected technology publication, since 1899. This unique event has grown into a global community which runs in the United States, Brazil, Spain, China, India, Mexico, Colombia and Singapore. It is the world's most important conference on emerging technologies that matter. Organized by Koelnmesse Pte Ltd and MIT Technology Review, Emtech Asia is a community, a network, and a meeting place for business leaders, innovators, entrepreneurs, and change makers worldwide who are passionate about turning ideas into innovative solutions and addressing major global issues.

Media Registration

To register for media attendance, please apply online by Friday, 22 January 2016.

Visit the EmTech Asia website for more information on 2016’s conference agenda and full list of speakers.