Imperial College launches international Global Business Vision series

Imperial College Business School, consistently ranked as one of the world’s best universities, has announced details of a new global discussion series Imperial’s Global Business Vision, a programme of international events that explores the key challenges faced in the global business world today.

Singapore will kick off the Global Business Vision Series’ with the first international event on Wednesday 8 January at the Four Seasons Hotel.  Eddie Chau, serial entrepreneur andan alumnus of Imperial College London, will be discussing Singapore’s local business ecosystem, regulatory frameworks and various support structures, and how these interact to form Singapore’s unique business climate.

Eddie is an extremely successful businessman who has founded and sold two start-ups, eCop and Brandtology, and recently started a third company, V-Key, headquartered in the US and Singapore, specialising in mobile security.

Entrepreneurship, a key part of the business world, is a global phenomenon that has changed the way business works and made significant contributions to national economies. Eddie states: “In the last 15 years or so, the government has been trying to encourage entrepreneurship believing that this will become one of the key pillars to drive a knowledge-based economy in the long run. I would like to share with the audience my entrepreneurship experience and my observations in Singapore of what works and what does not.”

Imperial’s Global Business Vision Series will seek to help the business community share ideas, encourage informed debate and explore how the latest trends in finance, innovation, entrepreneurism healthcare, sustainable energy and climate change impacts on business, and will subsequently feature speakers who are sector leaders at the forefront of business thinking, who shape and influence global trends. Singapore is currently putting in a lot of resources and investment into the start-up and SME (small and medium enterprises) space, and the government has several financial initiatives to help grow these industries in Singapore both regionally and globally, so this discussion series is timely.

Professor Anand Anandalingam, Imperial College Business School’s Dean, said: “We look forward to exploring some of the key issues facing the business world today across a variety of important industries from one of the world’s most important business cities. We are especially excited to welcome such a high calibre international speaker as Eddie Chau to Singapore to share ideas and spark debate.”

More information and details of how to register can be found on Imperial College Business School’s website: imperial.ac.uk/business-school/global-business-vision/events/singapore/

Spaces are free but limited and need to be booked in advance on a first come, first served basis.