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2012 Innovation & Enterprise Award

Date
15 Feb 2012

Do you know anyone who has been successful in licensing or commercialising an innovation in recent years? Or are you part of a promising innovative start-up company that has utilised NUS technologies, been incubated by NUS Enterprise or founded by NUS staff/ex-staff, student, alumnus? Nominations and applications for the 2012 Innovation &Enterprise Awards (I&E Awards) are now open!

Attractive cash prizes from S$10,000 for the Individual category to up to S$100,000 for the Company category. 

2012 Innovation & Enterprise Award - Closing Date for Submission: 15 February 2012

Public Lecture at the Lee Kuan Yew School Of Public Policy

Date
23 Feb 2012
Venue
Law Auditorium, NUS Bukit Timah Campus
Speaker

Professor Muhammad Yunus

Addressing civil society and governmental bodies, Professor Yunus will illustrate how social business can play a partnering role in addressing the social needs of a country, and also suggest policy frameworks that will be conducive for the growth of such businesses.

Introducing Social Business: A Public Lecture for Youths

Date
23 Feb 2012
Venue
Auditorium, Raffles Institution
Speaker

Professor Muhammad Yunus

Believing in the enormous capabilities of youth, Professor Yunus will introduce the concept to social business to them, and also identify areas of social business where they can participate in to make a difference.

Social Business Forum for Corporate Leaders

Date
22 Feb 2012
Venue
Hon Sui Sen Auditorium, NUS Business School

This forum will bring Professor Yunus together with leaders of a number of far-sighted global corporations who have initiated collaborations with entrepreneurial social businesses to successfully enter Bottom of the Pyramid markets, an area of tremendous business growth opportunity. There will also be a pitching session to potential corporate partners and social venture investors by selected innovative social businesses incubated by GCL@NUS.