Vietnam Innovation Summit (VIS), is an annual event initiated by InnoLab Asia and in partnership with the Department of Science and Technology.
We aim to bring the experts, investors, corporates, startups and mentors together, to discuss and generate ideas to develop an innovative society and ecosystem together.
Using an Open Innovation Approach to allow companies to look beyond their internal resources to a much wider network in which to co-create with and leverage fresh expertise.
The session will be conducted in English.
“Innovation is the ability to see change as an opportunity – not a threat.”
Mr. Phan Van Mai
Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee
Mr. Peter Ong
Chairman at Enterprise Singapore
Mr. Oliver Todd
Consul General of UK
Mr. Nobuyuki Matsumoto
Chief Representative of JETRO Ho Chi Minh
Mr. Marcin Piatkowski
Finance, Competitiveness and Innovation Global Practice
The World Bank
Mr. Anwar Aridi
Senior Innovation Policy Specialist at The World Bank
Mdm Nguyen Phi Van
Chairwoman at Vietnam Angel Network
Mr. Gaku Echizenya
Chairman & CEO at Navigos Group
Ms. Nana Nagai
CEO at Money Forward Vietnam
Mr. Didier Martin
Head of Business Operations at Sanofi
Mr. HUÂN TRẦN
CTO at SonKim Group
Ms. Nguyen Thanh Thao
Senior Manager, Business Development at Qualcomm
Mr. Huynh Cong Thang
Co-Founder & CEO at InnoLab Asia
Ms. Linh Hoang
Director at Lead The Change
Ms. Thi Anh Đào
Co-Founder at Metain
Mr. Ly Vu Thinh
Chairman at Vatico Retail
Mr. On Nhu Binh
Strategic Business Director at VNPay
Mr. Jasper Waale
Director, Technology and Cloud Services, TRG International
Ms. Nana Nagai
CEO at Money Forward Vietnam
Mr. Quang Pham
Director at Crescent Group Capital Management
Mr. Huynh Cong Thang
Co-Founder & CEO at InnoLab Asia
Date: 14 October 2022, Friday
Time: 830am – 5pm (GMT+07:00)
Location: White Palace, Ho Chi Minh City
108 Pham Van Dong Street, Hiep Binh Chanh, Thu Duc, Ho Chi Minh City 700000
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