Michael Goh

Chief Operating Officer, IPI

Michael Goh is the Chief Operating Officer at IPI, where he oversees the Innovation Advisory, Marketing & Communications, Partnerships, and Digital Platforms teams. Together, these functions are central to advancing IPI’s mission—to catalyse enterprise growth through innovation, by connecting companies with the right expertise, technologies, and market opportunities.

With over 19 years of experience in IP management and commercialisation, Michael has been with IPI since inception in 2011 and is one of its founding members. He is committed to advancing the innovation ecosystem, and has been serving as a panelist for the SHELL Startup Engine program since 2021. Previously, he was a member of the advisory panel for the Centre of Innovation for Complementary Health Products at Temasek Polytechnic (2022-2024), an External Expert Panelist for Hong Kong University’s RAISe+ projects (2023), and a member of the Technical Committee on Agritech and Agrifood Production (2021-2023).

Soh Leng Wan

Assistant Managing Director, Enterprise Singapore

Mr Soh Leng Wan is the Assistant Managing Director of Enterprise Singapore, overseeing the growth of Singapore companies in various technological industries such as manufacturing, biomedical sciences, digital technologies, clean energies, climate mitigation and adaptation.

Prior to this, Leng Wan spent seven years at the Ministry of Trade and Industry. As Senior Director (Industry Division) between 2017 and 2021, he led his team to formulate policies and initiatives to ensure Singapore’s economic competitiveness and vibrancy as a global city and tourism destination.

Leng Wan has also served in various portfolios dealing with public policy formulation in the Ministry of Defence and the former Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports..

Prof. Lim Sun Sun

Vice President, Partnerships & Engagement and Lee Kong Chian Professor of Communication and Technology, Singapore Management University

Sun Sun Lim is Vice President, Partnerships & Engagement and Lee Kong Chian Professor of Communication and Technology at Singapore Management University. She has extensively researched the social impact of technology, focusing on technology domestication by families, future of work and AI ethics. She has over 100 academic publications including Transcendent Parenting: Raising Children in the Digital Age (Oxford University Press, 2020) and articles in top journals like Nature and Big Data & Society. From 2018-2020, she was Nominated Member of the 13th Parliament of Singapore. She won the inaugural Top 50 Asia Women Tech Leaders Award 2024 and is Fellow of the International Communication Association and the Singapore Computer Society. She writes a monthly technology column in The Straits Times. See www.sunsunlim.com