Invited Talks and Community Involvement

Professor Soh Khim Ong’s Invited Talks & Community Involvement

  1. Invited Panel Speaker, United Women Singapore STEM Festival, Marina Bay Sands, 29 October 2022
  2. Panel Moderator, NUS College of Design and Engineering, CoDE Women | Riding the Waves of Tech’ event, 26 July 2022
  3. Invited Speaker, National Engineers Day (NED), Singapore Institute of Engineers. Topic: We need more women to study engineering and become an engineer and WomenInEngineering@NUS, 18 November 2021
  4. Invited Panelist, United World College South East Asia (Dover campus), International Women’s Day STEM webinar, 10 March 2021
  5. Panelist, United Women Singapore, 3M x Girls2Pioneers STEM webinar, 9 February 2021
  6. Invited Speaker for Ang Mo Kio Secondary School Career Conference 2021, 5 February 2021, Title of talk: Engineering Disciplines and Career, 5 February 2021 (webinar)
  7. Invited Speaker and Panelist, Institute of Engineers Singapore (IES), Technical Seminar on “Energy Efficiency, Productivity and Digital Transformation in the Manufacturing Sector”, 4 February 2021 (webinar)
  8. Invited Speaker for Anderson Secondary School Career Conference 2020, 16 July 2020, Title of talk: Engineering Disciplines and Career, 16 July 2020 (webinar)
  9. Invited Speaker for Ang Mo Kio Secondary School Career Conference 2020, 15 January 2020, Title of talk: Engineering Career, 15 January 2020
  10. International Collaboration Activity Week on Digital and Intelligent Manufacturing, 28 Oct 2019 – 2 Nov 2019, Nanjing, China, Title: Augmented Reality in the Manufacturing
  11. Invited Speaker and Panelist, Title: Women in STEM, NUS Tembusu College, 16 September 2019
  12. The 4th International Conference on Robotics, Control and Automation (ICRCA 2019), 26-28 July 2019, China, Title: Improving Maintenance Efficiency with an Adaptive AR-assisted Maintenance System
  13. Aditya Birla Group Study Tour 2019, Singapore, organised by People Matters and NUS Enterprise, Theme: Augmented Reality in Workplace, 10 May 2019.
  14. Invited International Judge, Hilti IT Competition 2019 event themed The Future of Construction in a Digital World, KL, Malaysia, 8-10 April 2019.
  15. Invited Speaker, TechHR Conference 2019, Singapore, Invited Talk, Theme: Augmented Reality in Manufacturing and Engineering, 1 March 2019
  16. Invited Speaker for Ang Mo Kio Secondary School Career Conference 2019, 9 January 2019, Title of talk: Engineering Career, 9 January 2019
  17. The 5th International Conference on Innovative Design and Manufacturing, Invited Keynote
    Topic: State-of-the-Art of Augmented Reality Ubiquitous Manufacturing Research, 23-25 November 2018
  18. Invited Speaker, 36th Conference of the ASEAN Federation of Engineering Organisations (CAFEO36) Women Summit, Invited Presentation, Topic: Female in Engineering – Education & Career Developments, 13 November 2018.
  19. Singapore International Robo Expo (SIRE) 2018, Symposium 6: Be Extraordinary – The Power of Women in Robotics, Invited Presentation, Theme: Power in numbers – Female in Engineering & STEM, 1-2 November 2018.
  20. Keynote Speaker and International Judge, Grand Challenge Scholar Program, Theme: VR and AR for Healthcare, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 1-3 June 2018 (fully sponsored by UNSW), 1-3 June 2018.
  21. Jury member for 4th Winsemius Awards, Singapore Dutch Chamber of Commerce, 17 May 2018.
  22. Panel Speaker, TechSummit 2018, Theme: Exploring the Real Life Applications of Augmented Reality, 3 May 2018, Singapore, http://www.apidcevents.com/events/cio-summit-2018-singapore/agenda-7ba5fccec33541e38644e8b560e66096.aspx, 3 May 2018.
  23. Panel Speaker, International Women’s Day Panel Discussion on “Gender Parity in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics); the Cause, Consequence and Affecting Change”. Organized by Michael Page (Page Group) is a UK listed recruitment firm, 8 March 2018 (video).
  24. Invited Speaker for Ang Mo Kio Secondary School Career Conference 2018, 16 January 2018, Title of talk: Engineering Career, 16 January 2018.
  25. Invited presentation, Topic: State-of-the-art of ubiquitous manufacturing research, 17th International Manufacturing Conference in China, 23-26 November 2017, Invited Presentation, Shenzhen, China, 23-26 November 2017.
  26. Invited Speaker for United World College of South East Asia Conference on STEM, 16 September 2017.
  27. Invited Speaker for Women in Science, Engineering and Research (WiSER) Summit, IES
    Title: Professional Development for Women Leaders in Industry, 20 July 2017.
  28. Keynote Speaker, NTUC Inaugural U Women’s Network Progressive Forum on Women in Science and Engineering, 25 April, 2017.
  29. Invited Speaker for Ang Mo Kio Secondary School Career Conference 2016, 15 January 2016, Title of talk: Engineering Career.
  30. Invited Speaker, CHIJ St. Theresa Convent Higher Education Fair, 5 January 2016.
  31. Grand Final Judge, Project Inspire, UN Women Singapore Committee, 13 November 2015.
  32. Judge, Chips@School, Infineon, 28 October 2015.
  33. Invited Speaker for Women in Science, Engineering and Research (WiSER) Summit on 23 Oct 2015, organized by Institute of Engineers Singapore, Track#1 Title: Women in Leadership and Gender Diversity, Track#3 Title: Professional Development for Women Leaders (details).
  34. Invited Panel Speaker for National Youth Council – YOUTHSPEAK x What-If conversations, Title: What if none of us wants to help lead Singapore?, 17 August 2015.
  35. Invited Panel Speaker for UN Women Singapore STEM Programme Girls2Pioneers at Raffles Girls’ School, 2 July 2015.
  36. Invited Guest Speaker for Harvard College in Asia Program14-22 March 2015, Singapore Management University, 19 March 2015, Title of talk: Gender Diversity in Technology.
  37. Invited Speaker for Infineon Singapore – International Women’s Day Celebration on Women in Technical Career, 6 March 2015.
  38. Invited Speaker for Ang Mo Kio Secondary School Career Conference 2015, 16 January 2015, Title of talk: Engineering Career.
  39. Invited Speaker for UN Women Singapore STEM Programme Girls2Pioneers Workshop at Raffles Girls’ School, 27 October 2014.
  40. Guest of Honour and Panelist for NUS Centre for Future Ready Graduates Panel Discussion – In Conversation with Female Engineers, 16 October 2014 (details)
  41. Speaker for Workshop on Innovative Leadership: Taking Charge of Solutions, as part of 6th PL-National Youth Council Student Leadership Conference 2014, 13 August 2014, Title: Engineering and Leadership (details)
  42. Invited Speaker for Session “Women in Engineering”, National Engineers Day 19 July 2014, organized by Institute of Engineers Singapore, Title: Why are you not an Engineer?
  43. Invited Panel Speaker for International Federation of University Women (IFUW) Policy Seminar Asia, 30 June 2014 Title of talk: Increasing Access to Education for Girls & Women in Asia: Solutions for Success (details)
  44. Invited Panel Speaker for UN Women SG Committee Seminar 27 May 2014, Pioneers of Today, The Female Leaders in STEM, A Panel Discussion on Navigating Opportunities and Challenges Title of talk: Female Leaders in STEM: Challenges and Opportunities, Relevance to Businesses (details)
  45. Invited Panel Speaker for Singapore MasterCard Townhall Session 28 April 2014 on “Women in Technology” Title of talk: Women in Technology
  46. Invited Panel Speaker for UN Women Singapore Committee – Public Launch of Women in STEM Programme Title of talk: Women in STEM, 17 April 2014
  47. Invited Panel Speaker for UN Women Singapore Committee – Private Launch of Women in STEM Programme Title of talk: Women in STEM, 18 March 2014
  48. Singapore Youth Award – SYA-McDonald’s Be Inspired Conference 2013 Title: Why are you not a scientist? (Workshop Speaker), 9 November 2013
  49. Invited Speaker for Ang Mo Kio Secondary School Career Conference  2013, 18 January 2013, Title of talk: Engineering
  50. Invited Speaker for Ang Mo Kio Secondary School Career Conference  2012, 18 January 2012, Title of talk: Engineering
  51. Invited Speaker for Ang Mo Kio Secondary School Career Conference  2011, 21 January 2011, Title of talk: Engineering
  52. Invited Speaker for ASME Student Section Design Competition 2012, 20 March 2012, Title of talk: Engineering
  53. Invited Speaker for Ang Mo Kio Secondary School Career Conference  2010, 15 January 2010, Title of talk: Engineering
  54. Guest of Honour for Ang Mo Kio Secondary School 30th Anniversary Awards Night 2009, 20 November 2009
  55. Inaugural Living Business Seminar on Corporate Social Responsibility organised by HSBC Bank Title of Seminar 24 November 2005: CSR for SMEs – Building Sustainable Businesses Title of Talk: Trends and Practices in Environmentally Sustainable Manufacturing

 

Updated December 2022, Prof S K Ong