HONG KONG, Feb. 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- CEOs, entrepreneurs and industry experts from 25 countries around the world – including the U.S., Israel, Zimbabwe, Russia and Saudi Arabia -- gathered in Singapore this week for The Wall Street Journal's inaugural Unleashing Innovation executive conference.
Staged in Singapore to recognise the growing role of Asian economies in driving innovation and investment in research and technology worldwide, the invitation-only event attracted leaders of innovation across a range of industries and cultures, including Eduardo Saverin, co-founder of Facebook; John G. Rice, vice chairman, General Electric Company; Vineet Nayar, vice chairman and CEO, HCL Technologies; James E. Rogers, chairman, president and CEO, Duke Energy; Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, chairman and managing director of India-based biotechnology enterprise, Biocon; Gary Wang, founder of tudou.com; and Nava Swersky Sofer, founder and co-chair, NanoIsrael, and former president and CEO, Yissum-Hebrew University Technology Transfer.
Hosted by top editors from The Wall Street Journal, the three-day event provided attendees with a rich mix of panel discussions, on-stage interviews and interactive sessions with a focus on innovation in business and society, as well as new strategies for implementing disruptive innovation in established markets. Topics included hiring and retaining global talent; China's emergence as a research hub; innovations in healthcare, pharmaceuticals and biotech; and the future of education.
In addition, inventor and entrepreneur Jay Walker, founder of Priceline.com and curator of TEDMED, used examples from his Library of the Human Imagination to illustrate how imagination and innovation have developed over the ages.
The conference will be covered in a worldwide special report in The Wall Street Journal and on WSJ.com to be published Tuesday, Feb. 26. Video interviews from the event can be found here
The event was sponsored by Axiata, Huawei, Lexus, NTT Communications and The Ascott Limited.
