Our Events
We specialise in our award-winning Fireside Chats
IONS was established on the evening of SIM’s inaugural Fireside Chat that sparked the change in perceptions of the higher management and peers towards opportunities in the technology industry. Since then, it has been branded into our award winning Fireside Chats where we bring in industry leaders from reputable companies to recognise talents at SIM.
Showcase Night 2019
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SIM Innovation and Networking Society (IONS) brings to you IONS Altair Showcase Night!
For the past 4 months, our ambassadors went through IONS Altair – an in-house IONS programme to cultivate digital ready talents. Through Altair, they harnessed innovation and computational thinking capabilities to build digital solutions. At showcase night, our ambassadors will be pitching and showcasing their work.
Take this evening to network with like-minded individuals and industry professionals!
Guest judges:
Chang Xiaoran, Partner Technology Manager, Google Asia Pacific
Harsh Shah, Associate Cyber Security Consultant, KPMG Services Pte Ltd
Sameer Panda, SMU
Event Details
IONS Showcase Night
– Date : 22 March 2019
– Time : 6pm – late (Registration and dinner start at 6PM)
– Venue : Singapore Institute of Management (SIM HQ), Blk B, Basement 2, Multi-Purpose Hall (MPH) A1, 461 Clementi Road, Singapore 599491
Free Admission, Open to SIM Students and the Public. Kindly RSVP here.
Fireside Chat 2019 – Digital Disruption
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IONS FIRESIDE CHAT – DIGITAL DISRUPTION
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Featuring panelists from DELL, KPMG and GAMETIZE, kick-start the new year by exploring how successful organizations embrace technological advances and leverage opportunities to accelerate innovation and build the workforce of the future.
Following our panel discussion, fuel your interests with 3 exciting breakout sessions to choose from (Employers-students meetup / Block based coding workshop / UX design workshop) and mingle with like-minded individuals during our after-party at the rooftop garden (lucky draw available!).
FIRST 70 turn ups get free chocolate chip cookies!
Event Details
- Date: 9 January 2018 (Wednesday)
- Venue: SIM HQ BLK B, LT B2.17 (level 2), 461 Clementi road, Singapore 599491
- Time: 7PM till late (Registration starts at 6.30PM)
SIM Community Workshop #2
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Marketing Automation by Ian Chong, Uplab
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The endless variety of channels where businesses can now reach customers are growing and evolving faster than before. Businesses are losing opportunities every second for not being nimble and scalable in their marketing strategies.
Fortunately, there are some amazing tools out there in the market that can help companies not only build customised digital customer experience but manage it in an automated and scalable manner.
During this workshop:
– Uplab will share some of the hacks and tech we use internally and take you through the process from setup to implementation
– You will receive insights on how to qualify, retain and engage leads and clients with tools like: Hubspot, Autopilot, Zapier and others. And yes, we’re going to learn how to set up your first automated customer journey!
Event Details
- Date: 13 November 2018
- Venue: SIM HQ
- Time: 7PM – 9PM
Fireside Chat
Oct 2018
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Description
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IONS is back with a FANGTASTIC Fireside Chat!
Get your Halloween party ‘startled ‘ with conversations on creative technology and meet new people as we work towards UN Sustainable Development Goals!
Be immersed in LIVE AR (from your mobile!) and VR experiences and find out how creative technology can be used to address global challenges from an Asian perspective with MeshMinds! In addition, get to explore how we can tackle the ‘Global Food Waste Scandal’ with the world’s FIRST smart dustbin by Good For Food.
Hurry, grab your bestfriends (or ghoulfriends) and sign up now! Refreshments and photoBOOth available!
Event Details
Date: 31 October 2018 (Wednesday)
Time: 6:30PM till late (Registration starts at 6PM)
Venue: SIM HQ Blk A4.11/12, 461 Clementi road, Singapore 599491
Free Admission, Open to SIM Students and the Public
Fireside Chat
1st Dec 2017
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We celebrated IONS’ 1st anniversary with a keynote session by Microsoft and 3 breakouts sessions by TenX, Redmart, Funding Societies, Circus Social and Botbot.ai.
Theme: Embracing Transformation- How you can stay ahead by understanding technology
Keynote Session : “Transformation”
Speaker – Sandra Goh, Head, Customer and Partner Experience, Microsoft Asia Pacific
Breakout Session 1:
Cryptocurrency – What is is and why it matters
Speaker – Ernest, Chief Creative Director, TenX
Workshop Content:
- Introduction to cryptocurrency & how it works
- Why today’s generation should pay attention to it
- How you can get involved & where you should start
Breakout Session 2:
Panel – Career opportunities in tech for non-technical and technical people
Panelists:
- Neha Mistry, Product & Account Manager, Circus Social
- Chelsea Sim, Business Manager & Talent Ops, Botbot.ai
- Daryl Lim, HR Business Partner, Redmart
45 mins interactive panel on dispelling misconceptions about tech & how you can get started in tech.
Breakout Session 3:
Understanding Crowdfunding – Its impacts, how to invest & fund your own projects
Speaker – Vikas Jain, Executive Director, Funding Societies
Workshop Content:
- An overview of crowdfunding
- How it works
- Impact of crowdfunding
- How you can use crowdfunding to fund your own projects
- How you can invest in crowdfunding
After-party at rooftop
Lucky draw sponsored by Microsoft & Funding Societies
Event Details
- Date: 1 December 2017, 2014
IONS Initiation Night 2018
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Description
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The Innovation and Networking Society (IONS) welcomes you to: Initiation Night 2018, an evening to kick off IONS’ work year with a bang!
Take the evening to learn from our thought leaders, featuring guest speaker Katherine An (who was an emcee at TechinAsia) and witness our new batch of Ambassadors in an exciting pitching showdown (from less than 72 hours of prep!).
Sneak peek:
The Road Less Travelled – Katherine An
You only have one life. Hear about how one brave and fearless girl quit her high paying and successful accounting career to pursue her love and passion for entrepreneurship and becoming a digital nomad. Walk away feeling inspired and thinking differently as to what career path you may pursue in your life.
Event Details
- Date: 1 October 2018
- Time: 6:30 PM till late
- Venue: SIM HQ Blk D Performing Arts Theatre Foyer
- Dress code: Smart casual
CCA Fair 2018
10 & 11 July 2018
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Come join us at the SIM CCA Fair on the 10 & 11 July 2018!
Event Details
- Date: 10 & 11 July 2018
- Time: 11am – 4pm
- Venue: SIM HQ Blk A, Atrium (level 2)
Initiation Weekend
Aug 2017
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An induction for all our newly selected IONS Ambassadors, featuring design thinking workshop and a tour around BASH to prepare them for a pitching showdown on Initiation Night
Event Details
- Date: 25 – 26 August 2017
Fireside Chat
Oct 2017
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Keynote sessions and live demos by thought leaders from HelloHolo, Softbank & IBM
Theme: Digital Innovation – How impactful individuals & their innovation are changing the world
Panel:
- Izuhara, General Manager, SoftBank
- Rong Kang, Technical Lead & Co-Founder, HelloHolo
- Manprit Singh, Cognitive Platform Architect, IBM Watson
Event Details
- Date: 17 October 2017
Initiation Night
28 Aug 2017
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Description
We invited Tong Yee, Director of the Thought Collective & Andrius, VP Product of Carousell as speakers & guest judges for a pitching showdown among our ambassadors.
Event Details
- Date: 28 August 2017
Altair Battleroom Session
Project Altair
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To conclude the first Project Altair milestone, we held a chat-bot workshop by IBM and mentor session with Stephen Brown from Telepathy.AI.
Event Details
- Date: 4 November 2017
SIM’s Inaugural Fireside Tech Talk 2016
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We invited founders of Sozoco, Airfrov and Yventures to share their insights on eCommerce.
Topic: Tech and Commerce Collides – Learn more about the future of e-commerce from entrepreneurs who has been there and done that.
Panel:
- Daryl Chew, Co-Founder, Sozoco,
- Cai Li, Co-Founder, Airfrov
- Adam Low, Co-Founder, Yventures
Event Details
- Date: 1 December 2016
SIM Community Workshop #1
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Description
How to Pitch by Christina Teo, Startup Asia Women
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Walk away with workshop materials and skills that you can apply during networking and interviews!
Learn how to:
- Create personal positioning statements
- Articulate your strengths
- Develop a compelling elevator pitch
- Learn how to play up your strengths and reframe weaknesses
- Role play and get better at storytelling
Event Details
- Date: 28 September 2018
- Venue: SIM HQ SR A 4.11
- Time: 7PM till late
Project Altair
IONS Altair is a hands-on 4-months structured programme for all IONS Ambassadors.
Team
Who We Are
Our team is spread among Marketing, Events & Community.
Charlotte Chan
Founder
Carissa Phang
President
Toan Huynh
VP, Head of Events
Lee Sung Jin
Head of Community
Liew Zhi Qing
Head of Marketing
Erwin Leonardy
Technical Lead