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SME Development Conference 2009
Subject: SME Development Conference 2009
Venue: NTUC Auditorium, Level 7, One Marina Boulevard
Date: 16 September 2009
THE SME GROWTH PATH: FINANCING, INNOVATION & INTERNATIONALISATION
Target Audience
- Singapore SME owners and key executives
- Singapore Entrepreneurs
- Trade and Industry Professionals
- Economic Policy Makers
- Marketing Professionals for companies serving the SME market
Singapore SMEs have experienced one of the most difficult market and operating conditions in the last 3 quarters. With global economic uncertainty, credit tightening and general weak business sentiments, SMEs with size and capital structure constraints, have been faced with unprecedented challenges.
- How have SMEs been impacted so far?
- Have government assistance packages helped SMEs so far?
- What are the growth factors that will make SMEs more resilient in the months ahead?
- What are the ways forward to counter the economic challenges ahead and ride the upturn when it comes?
- What should be our SMEs focus for long term sustenance and growth?
Our SMEs have proven to be resilient in the recent market downturn, having only suffered reduced sales streams and marginalized profits. Although they have not suffered as badly as their global cousins in the US and Europe, Singapore SMEs still have a critical need to plan for the future. How can they shore up their financial defences and make that leap into the future corporations of Singapore?
The SME Development Conference 2009 will address this and the following issues:-
- How do SMEs shore up their financial muscle to be prepared to make the next leap?
- What do SMEs need to do to be the innovative in their field to stay ahead of the global economic demands and changing trends?
- How can SMEs plan for an internationalisation thrust that will make them more than a Singapore company but an international player?
Join DP Information Group, the survey body of the annual SME Development Survey, at this exclusive annual conference where the findings of the survey are revealed, shared and deliberated on by panel members from government agencies and fellow SMEs.
The annual SME Development Conference is a platform where Singapore SMEs and the advocates of SME enterprise meet to exchange, explore and invigorate their business ideas in today’s market and economic conditions.
PROGRAMME
| 01:30pm |
Registration |
02:00pm
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Opening Address by
Ms Choy Sauw Kook, Assistant Chief Executive, SPRING Singapore
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02:05pm
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Welcome Address by
Ms Tan Siew Meng, Head of Commercial Banking, HSBC Singapore
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02:15pm
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Sharing of SME Development Survey 2009 Findings
Ms Chen Yew Nah, Managing Director, DP Information Group
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02:45pm
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Financing for Growth
SMEs are now well served where traditional financing options and government initiatives are concerned. The question is now how they can maximise their current financing access to grow even stronger and more robust financially to make that next big leap. What are the other non-traditional financing options SMEs can explore to complement their growth pans?
Mr Justin Tham, Managing Director, USI Technologies Pte Ltd
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03:15pm |
BREAK |
03:45pm
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Innovating for Growth
SMEs are facing unprecedented challenges where service and product life cycles are concerned. As the economy continues to ride at dizzying speeds of change, how can SMEs plan for stay relevant to their customers via constant innovation and investment in research & technology? How can SMEs adopt and employ technology fast enough to continue to stay in the market?
Ms Samantha Fok, Director (SME Infocomm Enabler), Industry Development Group, IDA
Mr Stanley Tay, General Manager, PurpleClick Media Pte Ltd
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04:15pm
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Internationalising for Growth
Singapore SMEs continue to face domestic market size constraints in their growth stage and inevitably have to adopt internationalisation as part of their expansion plans. How do SMEs get a sense of where to get started in their global plans and if they already have some overseas representation in place, how to expand their presence?
Ms Azlina Sulaiman, Assistant Director, Business Matching Division, Enterprise Services Group, IE Singapore
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04:45pm |
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