The UK has long been recognised as a global leader in the fields of creativity and innovation.

Our long-standing tradition in science, technology, and research and development has brought a well-earned reputation for invention and discovery.

UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) Singapore is running an active programme of events to showcase British creativity and the opportunities it offers for collaboration with Singapore. 

Our “Innovation Nation” campaign was launched by Mervyn Davies , UK Minister for Trade, Investment & Business during his visit to Singapore in April. 

Forthcoming Events in Singapore

2009 

• September 10-11: Healthcare Trade Mission
  UKTI is organising a two-day visit to Singapore in September to help 10 UK companies access wide-ranging opportunities in the healthcare market.  The Singapore government has recently committed S$4 billion over five years to expand healthcare infrastructure.  
  
  UKTI Contact: Valsa.Panicker@fco.gov.uk (Ms Valsa Panicker)
  
  
• September 28-30: UK-Singapore Bio Imaging Symposium
  The British High Commission and the Institute of Molecular Biology are organising a symposium on "Seeing is Believing: Imaging in biology and disease" in Singapore in September.  This workshop will serve as a platform for researchers from the UK and Singapore to present their findings on imaging research, and to integrate biomedical sciences with engineering and physical sciences.
  
  British High Commission Contact: Yeo.WeeCheng@fco.gov.uk (Mr Yeo Wee Cheng)
  
  
• October 1: Presentation of the inaugural UKTI Award for Innovation
  This award forms part of the British Business Awards 2009 which are presented by the British Chamber of Commerce in Singapore. UKTI is sponsoring this award to celebrate the UK’s excellence in innovation and creativity. This award will recognise a company or an individual, who has made a significant contribution to strengthening this excellence. Nominations closed on August 10.
  
  UKTI Contact: Chris.Watmough2@fco.gov.uk (Mr Chris Watmough)
  
  
• October 2: Water Futures: Academia and Industry Forum
  UK-Singapore Partners in Science, Nanyang Technological University, UKTI and the Royal Society of Chemistry are organising a one-day Water Technology Workshop in October to bring experts from both academia and industry to discuss the latest water technology opportunities for collaboration.
  
  UKTI Contact: Stephen.Hill2@fco.gov.uk (Mr Stephen Hill)
  
  
• October 27: UK Excellence in Building a Sustainable Built Environment
  UKTI is organising a reception to celebrate the UK’s success in green buildings and sustainability within the built environment. 
  
  The event will coincide with Singapore’s Green Buildings Week and take place at Suntec Exhibition Centre, the evening before the flagship conference International Green Building Conference, organised by the Building and Construction Authority. The reception will showcase UK companies’ excellence in green building projects. 15 UK companies will be participating by displaying panels and 3D physical models of their work.
  
  UKTI Contact: Neil.Walker@fco.gov.uk (Mr Neil Walker)
  
  
• November 12-13: Rail Mission
  UKTI is bringing UK companies to Singapore in November to help them access upcoming opportunities in this sector.
  
  In January 2008, the Singapore government announced that it was going to double its metro (MRT) system network by 2020, spending S$40bn on infrastructure projects including rail and road. Please see attached registration letter.
  
  UKTI Contact: Neil.Walker@fco.gov.uk (Mr Neil Walker)
  
  
• November 20-30: Singapore Design Festival
  The UK will be participating in the 3rd biennial Singapore Design Festival - a meeting place for designers, thought-leaders and clients of the world to establish how design can make a difference.
  
  The UK presence will include a seminar hosted by Sir Terence Conran, the award-winning designer from the UK and the showing of Love & Money - UKTI’s multiscreen film exhibition designed to promote the UK’s creative industries overseas. Please see attached event flyer for UK companies interested in participating.
  
  UKTI Contact: Elsie.Yim@fco.gov.uk (Ms Elsie Yim)
  
  
• December 2-4: Asia TV Forum
  Asia TV Forum is the leading programming market in Asia where international content sellers meet Asia buyers and partners to sell, buy and network.
  
  Further information can be obtained from www.asiatvforum.com. UKTI is hosting a networking reception on 3 December for UK companies attending the event to establish new contacts with industry decision-makers.
  
  UKTI Contact: Elsie.Yim@fco.gov.uk (Ms Elsie Yim)

2010

• February 2-7: Singapore Airshow
  The Society of British Aerospace Companies (SBAC) will be taking a group of UK businesses to the Singapore Airshow with UKTI support via the Tradeshow Access Programme (TAP).  The Singapore Airshow is the biggest aerospace and defence exhibition in Asia serving as a global marketplace and networking powerhouse for the world aviation community.
  
  UKTI Contact: Neil.Walker@fco.gov.uk (Mr Neil Walker)
  

Did you know?

• The UK has a highly diversified economy founded on a wide spectrum of successful industries with 75% of the Fortune 500 companies having offices in London.
  
  
• The UK is the world’s 6th largest manufacturer and manufacturing accounts for more than half our exports. And our manufacturing is high-tech, high-skill and high-end.  
  
  
• 17 of the world’s 20 car component manufactures have UK production facilities and six out of 10 Formula One teams are based in the UK.
  
  
• The UK has over 13% of the global turnover in aerospace manufacturing. The Airbus A380 – the largest, most advanced and environmentally friendly commercial aircraft ever made – is more than one-third British made.
  
  
• The UK has been awarded over 20 Nobel Prizes in life sciences.  The UK produces 9% of the world's scientific papers and have a citation share of 12%, second only to the US.  One fifth of all medicines globally are developed in the UK.
  
  
• In R&D, the UK is leading the world with 70 Nobel Prizes – discoveries ranging from the steam engine to the molecular structure of DNA and the mapping of the human genome.
  
  
• The UK is the leading destination for R&D investment in Europe (202 projects during 2008/9) and four of the world’s top 10 universities are based in the UK.
  
  
• The UK creative industries sector is the largest in Europe (157,400 businesses in 2008) and London, with one in eight jobs in the creative industries, and it has the highest concentration of creative firms in any city or region in the world.
  
  
• London sits alongside Milan, Paris and New York as one of the big four fashion centres. The UK fashion industry is cutting edge and our creative design is world leading. British fashion designers – Paul Smith, Vivienne Westwood, Alexander McQueen, Christopher Bailey, John Galliano, Stella McCartney, John Richmond and Julian McDonald – are household names globally.
  
  
• Of the top 25 innovations over the last 25 years, key parts of the first four come from the UK: the internet; the cell phone with GSM services; GPRS; and dual mode 3G started in the UK.
  
  
• The UK Government has created a new UK Innovation and Investment Fund backed by £150 million (approx. S$300 million) of Government funding to help invest in growing small businesses, start-ups and spin outs in the digital, life science, clean technology and advanced manufacturing sectors.