We recently held an inspiring and fruitful 6-day Virtual HER Global Innovation Festival 2020 from 21 to 26 September 2020, themed Future of Globalisation in The New Digital Age. The event was sponsored by our Silver Sponsors, UOB Bank & Exabytes and supported by
- Hashtaqs
- Singapore Council of Women’s Organisations (SCWO)
- WEConnect International
- MaGIC
- The Co.
- Arcc Spaces
- Carousell
- BloomThis
- Jean Yip Group
- Cheryl W Wellness & Weight Management
- American Malaysian Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM)
- Singapore Malay Chamber of Commerce & Industry (SMCCI)
- Brand Now Asia
- Fashion Startup
- Cradle Fund
- bansea
Virtual HER® Global Innovation Festival was produced amidst the global pandemic, where we have converted our live conference to a virtual one. The purpose of the festival was to continuously engage with the community through online learning and networking.
HER® Entrepreneur serves as an inclusive and diverse community and omni-channel media platform where we inspire, educate, empower and connect entrepreneurs, leaders, government and investors regionally.
There were beyond 130 attendees at this exclusive “closed-door” virtual conference, where there were opportunities to learn & network on the event platform, with sessions moderated by our Founder and Managing Director, Renee Tan and presented by our esteemed speakers globally:
- Sandhya Sriram, CEO & Founder, Shiok Meats, Singapore
- Ivan Yeo, CEO & Co-Founder, EVOS Esports, Singapore
- Tessa Clarke, CEO & Co-Founder, OLIO, UK
- Hla Hla Win, CEO & Co-Founder, 360ed, Myanmar
- Laura Erre, CEO & Founder, Fashion Startup Lab, Mexico
- Michael Blakey, Managing Partner, Cocoon Capital, Singapore
- Samira Shihab, CEO & Co-Founder, Tinkerlust, Indonesia
- Alex Chan, CEO, Babbobox, Singapore
- Lu Zhang, CEO & Managing Partner, Fusion Fund, USA
- Shannon Kalayanamitr, Partner, Gobi Partners, Thailand
- Travin Singh, CEO and Founder, CRUST Group, Singapore
- Natasha Hidayah Hashim (Tashbunny), Esports gamer, video creator
& streamer, IGN South East Asia, Malaysia - Tang Siew Wai, Country Head, Carousell, Malaysia
- Pauline Sim, Head, The Finlab & SVP, Fintech, Ecosystem & Innovation, UOB Bank, Singapore
- Vickson Tan, Senior VP, Marketing of Exabytes, Malaysia
- Joanna Soh, Asia’s Leading Wellness & YouTube Personality & Founder, Fio, Malaysia
- Joyce Yeo, Professional Make Up Artist & Educator, Joyce Yeo Makeup, Singapore
The summary event highlights are as follows:
21 September: Day 1
Day 1 session is on Revolutionary Business Transformation: AR/VR, AI & Digital Transformation. The event kicked off with sharing from our list of guest speakers and a live Q&A session with the attendees from:
- Hla Hla Win CEO & Co-Founder, 360ed, Myanmar on Visioneering Learning through Augmented Reality & State-of-the-art Technologies to Exponentially Transform National Education’. Where she shared on how to build an impactful business to revolutionise education to narrow the gap of access to quality education between both urban and rural areas and leveraging on digital technologies to transform the Education Reform process through VR & AR.