Singapore’s Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat will deliver the keynote address at the opening of the Global Indian Institute of Management Alumni conclave to be held in Singapore next month, an official said on March 21.
Keat will address over 1,200 delegates on ‘re-imagining Singapore’ at the opening day of Global IMMPACT 2016, the third edition in a series of gathering organised by the Singapore-based Indian business community.
Other speakers include Uday Shankar, CEO of Star India Private Limited; Ronnie Screwvala, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and founder and former CEO of UTV Group; Mukund Rajan, member of the Group Executive Council at Tata Sons, Tata brand custodian and group spokesperson; Sam Pitroda, inventor, entrepreneur and policymaker, among others.
Organised by the PAN Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Alumni, IIMPACT 2016 is themed ‘RE’, a bold new approach to address how individuals can reinvent themselves and the world around them by re-imagining the future around their circles of life, work and social impact.
The convention will unveil ‘IIMaginarium’, an immersive platform which will allow participants to “experience the future”, said Sanjiv Aiyar, president of PAN IIM Alumni.
“IIMPACT is a made-in Singapore platform and we plan to evolve this into a global franchise. With deep roots in India, we see ourselves as an economic bridge between India and the rest of the world: through Singapore,” Aiyar said.
The state-owned Singapore Economic Development Board, which promotes global business here, is a strategic partner of IIMPACT and leads government’s strong support for the two-day gathering, starting on April 8.
Global companies will showcase smart living, smart mobility, smart workplace, smart money and smart care possibilities built on virtual/augmented reality, robotics, 3D printing, artificial intelligence, video analytics and internet-of-things, Aiyar said.
IIMPACT 2016 has a high-impact Global Advisory Council (GAC) in place comprising distinguished alumni CEOs from Singapore and abroad.