Event Details
AI and Data Innovations for Sustainability is an international conference hosted in Singapore from 1-4 April, 2025, by Newcastle University in Singapore and the UK Energy Systems Catapult. It is funded by the UK government Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.
The conference will explore how innovations in AI and Data are contributing to the path of sustainability while positively impacting lives and communities. Speakers and panellists include international experts from academia and industry.
AI and Data innovations may be used at a national level, for example to help regulate energy supplies or for urban planning and design. They may also at a community or individual level, for example in monitoring health or providing convenient local transport.
The idea of a Smart City has become well-known, and Singapore is often cited as a model of a Smart City. A Smart City relies on AI and Data innovations to collect and manage a lot of information at all levels and across all sectors that is then used to enhance our lives and reduce our carbon footprints.
In the conference we will explore a range of such AI and Data innovations, from large scale deployments to brand new products created by start-up companies. We will consider how they are used to enhance the urban environments in which we live and how they help to manage and sustain the clean energy supplies that we depend on. We will also hear about the trends, barriers and dangers from key academics and researchers.
Finally, the continual innovation of AI and Data can only take place if we have the education and training systems in place for upskilling the current workforce and training the future workforce. This will be another topic of discussion at the conference.
Event Details
Speakers
Sivaneasan Bala Krishnan
Associate Professor and Deputy Director, SIT Teaching and Learning Academy of Singapore Institute of Technology
Abhishek Bhati
Pro Vice-Chancellor and CEO of Newcastle Australia Institute of Higher Education
Filip Biljecki
Assistant Professor at Department of Architecture, College of Design and Engineering, National University of Singapore
Zhang Bo
Managing Director of Concord Clean Energy Research Centre
Ooi Chin Chun
Senior Research Scientist at Institute of High Performance Computing
Sanchari Deb
Newcastle Academic Track Faculty (NuAcT) at Newcastle University
Matthew Forshaw
Reader in Data Science at School of Computing, Newcastle University
Rachael Franklin
Professor of Geographical Analysis at Center for Geographic Analysis (CGA) at Harvard University, and Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS) at Newcastle University
Abhiruchi Gadgil
Program Manager, Integration and Energy Management at ENGIE Lab Singapore
Peter Godfrey
Managing Director - Asia Pacific of Energy Institute
Philip James
Professor of Urban Data at School of Enginering, Newcastle University
Dhivya Sampath Kumar
Assistant Professor at Singapore Institute of Technology
Ong Lay Hwa
Head of Energy Transition at Shell
Jeannie Lee
Associate Professor and Deputy Director, Centre for Immersification of Singapore Institute of Technology
Stephanie Liaw
Energy Leader - Singapore & Malaysia | Project Principal / Manager at Mott MacDonald
Laurence Liew
Director of AI Innovation at AI Singapore
Eric Loh
Managing Director and CEO of G Element Pte Ltd
Hu Mao Mao
Assistant Professor, Department of the Built Environment, College of Design and Engineering at National University of Singapore
Stephen McGough
Reader in Machine Learning, School of Computing, Newcastle University
HE Nikesh Mehta OBE
British High Commissioner to Singapore
Clayton Miller
Associate Professor at Department of the Built Environment, College of Design and Engineering, National University of Singapore
Boguslaw Obara
Professor and Dean of Business, Innovation & Skills at Newcastle University
John Pang
Senior Research Scientist at Institute of High Performance Computing
Reza Ambardi Pradana
Senior Urban Designer at ARUP
Zheng Qin
Director, Systems Science Department of Institute of High Performance Computing
Muhamad Azfar Ramli
Deputy Director, Systems Science Department of Institute of High Performance Computing
Rajiv Ranjan
Chair Professor in Computing Science and Internet of Things at Newcastle University
Viktor Schlegel
Deputy Director, IN-CYPHER Programme of Imperial College
Lee Poh Seng
Professor and Head of Department of Mechanical Engineering at National University of Singapore
Anurag Sharma
Associate Professor in Electrical Power Engineering and Director of Postgraduate Research, Newcastle University in Singapore
Ng Sing Muk
General Manager, R&D at Sarawak Energy
Chin Siong Cheng
Professor at Newcastle University
Stephen Skinner
Ceres Power/RAEng Research Chair in Electrochemical Devices for a Zero Carbon Economy at Imperial College
Kabi Subramaniam
Associate Principal, Asset Retrofit and Repurposing Lead at Arup
James Tan
Director for Smart City Technology Division, GovTech Singapore and Director for Smart District Division, JTC Corporation
Edward Tay
Chairman at Infracrowd Capital
Haiyun Wang
Senior Manager, Venture Investing at SGINNOVATE
Jack Watson
Head of AI Skills & Workforce at Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (UK Government)
Paul Watson
Director of National Innovation Centre for Data (NICD), Newcastle University
Tung Whye Loon
Director for AI Centre of Excellence (CoE) at SP Group
Ryan Wong
Managing Director, APAC of PTV Group
Yan Xu
Associate Professor, School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering at Nanyang Technological University
Elsa Feng Xue
Associate Professor, Engineering at Singapore Institute of Technology
Ang Yu Qian
Postdoctoral Fellow, College of Design and Engineering at National University of Singapore
Wei Zhang
Assistant Professor at Information and Communications Technology Cluster, Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT)
