BEST OF BRITISH INNOVATION TO BE SHOWCASED THROUGH WORLD CITIES SUMMIT

5 July 2018

UK companies will share best practices, latest technologies and tap on business opportunities.

The Department for International Trade (DIT), Singapore, is pleased to announce that over 30 British companies will be participating in the World Cities Summit (WCS) and its related events, include the Singapore International Water Week (SIWW) and the CleanEnviro Summit (CESS) from 9 – 11 July 2018 at the Marina Bay Sands Convention Centre. These events, offer global platforms for government and industry leaders to identify, develop and share practical and scalable solutions for the Water and Environmental challenges respectively.

In addition, the British High Commission Singapore is partnering the National Climate Change Secretariat to host the Green Growth Business Forum (GGBF). The GGBF will see global experts debate, discuss, and drive ambitions in green finance, disruptive technology innovation and green business opportunities. Along with industry leaders, Marvin Rees, the Mayor of Bristol and Tim Bowles, the Mayor of West of England will also be sharing opportunities for investment partnerships in the UK. Nick Bridge, the UK’s Special Representative for Climate Change will talk about his government’s Clean Growth Strategy.

In advance of the events, HE Scott Wightman, British High Commissioner to Singapore said, “We are committed to supporting British Companies that offer innovative solutions to today’s complex problems. Through the UK’s strong leadership in climate action and SMART City transformations, the UK is an ideal partner for Singapore in realising its sustainability goals.”

The High Commissioner will also attend the launch of a cloud-based analytics and visualisation service by Mott Macdonald at SIWW (10 July) and the launch of a mobile recycling plant at CESS by CDE Asia (11 July), part of CDE Global that is headquartered in Northern Ireland.

Singapore is the United Kingdom’s 4^th most popular investment destination outside Europe, while the United Kingdom receives one-third of Singapore’s investment into Europe, amounting to £18.2 billion in 2016.

Event details

World Cities Summit (Technology)

Date: 9 – 11 July 2018

Venue: Marina Bay Sands Convention Centre

10, Bayfront Avenue

Level 1 stand V32

Singapore 018956

Singapore International Water Week

Date: 9 – 11 July 2018

Venue: Marina Bay Sands Convention Centre

10, Bayfront Avenue

UK Pavilion – B2 – T30

Scotland Pavilion – L1 – P18

Singapore 018956

Mott Macdonald Launch 10 July 2018, 1800 hrs onwards; B2 – D01

CleanEnviro Summit Singapore

Date: 9 – 11 July 2018

Venue: Marina Bay Sands Convention Centre

10, Bayfront Avenue

Level 1 – J19

Singapore 018956

CDE Asia Launch 11 July 2018 1100 hrs

Media Interview Room 3610

Green Growth and Business Forum

Date: 9 July, 2018

Venue: Marina Bay Sands Convention Centre

10, Bayfront Avenue

Singapore 018956

Level 4, Roselle-Simpor 4601A - 4602

Website: www.ggbf2018.sg

For further information on WCS / SIWW / CESS please contact:

Melissa Fu

Communications Manager

British High Commission Singapore

Mobile: 9710 6638

Melissa.fu@fco.gov.uk

For further information on GGBF please contact:

Nandini Prashad

Communications Manager

British High Commission Singapore

Mobile: 9749 5106

Nandini.prashad@fco.gov.uk

Annex

Exhibiting UK companies (World Cities Summit - Tech)

Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre Level 1 stand V32

1. Micro Focus
2. Opinsta
3. Vortex IoT
4. PROWLER.IO
5. Newcastle University Singapore
6. Crowd Vision
7. Inavya
8. Kino-mo
9. Yotta Laboratories Ltd

Exhibiting UK companies (Singapore International Water Week)

Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre

UK Pavilion – B2 – T30

Scotland Pavilion – L1 – P18

UK Pavilion

1. ATG UV
2. Arvia
3. Aquam
4. Servelec
5. Metasphere
6. Riventa
7. Solar Water

Scottish Pavilion

Scotmas

Hydrosense

Freudenberg Filter

Minerva

IES

Glasgow University

Individual Exhibitor with DIT Funding

1. Duvalco
2. ANT Access

Individual Exhibitor

1. Statiflo

EU Pavilion:

1. Bluewater Bio
2. EHS Data
3. Partech
4. Radio Data Networks
5. eSynergy Developments Ltd

Exhibiting UK companies (CleanEnviro Summit Singapore)

Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre Level 1– J19

1. CDE Asia

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