Girls in Tech Singapore will have a panel discussion and launch party on day three of Social Media Week. The evening will consist of a celebration of women entrepreneurs, business owners, and technological achievements and advancements. It will showcase women who are making waves in Singapore. Read more
Next monday, the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore will organize the Global Market Forum. During the session, the audience can gain valuable insights to formulate successful go-to-market strategies and also gain a valuable networking platform to explore business opportunities and areas of collaboration.
Event Details
When: Monday, 13th February 2012
Time: 830am-1230pm
Where: Mapletree Business City, Mezzanine Floor, Seminar Room, 20 Pasir Panjang Road, Singapore 117439 (Map)
For more infomation, send an email to ida_ind_dev@ida.gov.sg.

This upcoming Wednesday and Thursday, Nokia Developers Singapore-Malaysia will have an “Introduction to Windows Phone ‘Mango’ Development”. In day one, a talk entitled “Building Successful Developer Ecosystem in Singapore” will be held, which is followed by Mango Development training for the rest of the day as well as in day two (more details here).
Event Details
When: Wednesday to Thursday, 8th-9th February 2012
Time: 830am-5pm
Where: Nokia Singapore, Alexandra Technopark, Tower B, 7th floor, Singapore 119968 (Map)
RSVP by sending an email to ext-soo-kuang.ang@nokia.com with email subject “RSVP for WP Nokia MSFT Event (Feb 2012)” and the following details: Name, IC number, designation, company, telephone, fax, mobile number, and email address.
This upcoming Thursday, Reading Room will organize a breakfast briefing entitled “Innovation and Future Trends in Mobile Web and Applications”. The briefing will give insights that will help audiences to leverage mobile apps/social networks/mobile internet to reach and engage their audience.
Event Details
When: Thursday, 9th February 2012
Time: 730am-10am
Where: Casuarian Suite A, Raffles Hotel, 1 Beach Road, Singapore 189673 (Map)
RSVP by sending an email to mmanning@readingroom.com with subject “Invitation to breakfast at Raffles”.
For a one-stop to all events related to or concerning entrepreneurship, certain industry-meets-business forums and seminars in Singapore, check out our Calendar. If not, you can also follow our bite-size updated posts for upcoming events for the week.
Events range from simple get-togethers to full-blown conferences. Get to meet fellow developers, entrepreneurs, startup CEOs & founders, and meet & learn from CEOs of established companies who have seen it all.
Our aim here at SGE is to make it easy for you to pick & choose from the event buffet. Enjoy.
Here are the events for this week. Events are mostly in Singapore (generally 30 minutes drive from anywhere), but we also include key events from around Southeast Asia and beyond. Read more
Prior to Valentine’s Day, SG Geek Girls, an initiative by our writer Joyce Huang, will bring together female entrepreneurs who relentlessly pursue their dreams and passions. During the session, Goh Yiping of All Deals Asia and Human Network Labs, Lee Min Xuan of PlayMoolah, Angline Tham and Tian Qiuyan of Sold.sg will share their stories and shed some light on issues like idea validation, hiring, developing & scaling your product, fundraising, marketing and just about any other question you might have in mind.
Event Details
When: Sunday, 12th February 2012
Time: 1pm-4pm
Where: Broadway Cafe, 15 Duxton Road, Singapore 089481 (to be confirmed)
Fee: Free for Ladies. $5 for Gentlemen (which will contribute to the rose fund)
Register here.

Starting from tomorrow until Monday, there will be series of Startup Talks by JFDI mentors at The JFDI-Innov8 2012 Bootcamp. Benjamin Joffe will talk about “Building a Global Startup from Asia” (further details here) and “Could the Next Steve Jobs be Asian?” (further details here), while Rowan Simpson will give a talk entitled “A Talk on The Popular Mythology About How a New Technology Business Become A Success” (further details here).
Startup Talks with Benjamin Joffe
Event Details
When: Friday and Saturday, 3rd and 4th February 2012
Time: starts on 7pm
Where: Plug-in@blk71, Blk 71 Ayer Rajah Crescent #02-18, Singapore 139951 (Map)
Send an email to erin@jfdi.asia to RSVP
Startup Talks with Rowan Simpson
Event Details
When: Monday, 6th February 2012
Time: 7pm-830pm
Where: SMU Administration Building, Function Room 6.1 (Level 6), 81 Victoria Street (Map)
Send an email to erin@jfdi.asia to RSVP
Tomorrow, there will be a Chinese New Year Gathering 2012 celebration by Garag3. During the session, Natasha Foong will share about the challenges in engaging large corporations, whether for business partnerships or corporate investments. Natasha Foong was previously Head of EDB VC, co-founder of Valuair Ltd and currently consultant to Club21 as well as Managing Partner of IncuVest, an investor in start-ups.
Event Details
When: Frdaiy, 3rd February 2012
Time: 6pm-8pm
Where: 8, Prince George’s Park (Map)
Register here.
The very first Meetup of GamificationSG for 2012 will be held next week. During the session, the organizer will briefly introduce the concept of Gamification and discuss examples of how it is leveraged, followed by a case study from a local company, and breakout sessions with fun-filled brainstorming and sharing. The participants can mingle around to network at the end of session.
Event Details
When: Wednesday, 8th February 2012
Time: 7pm-9pm
Where: Standing Sushi Bar @ 8QSAM, 8 Queen Street, Unit 01-03 8QSAM, Singapore 188535 (Map)
Register here.

This upcoming Thursday, TiE Singapore will organize a luncheon event with the Chairman of Headstrong Corporation, Arjun Malhotra. He will give a talk entitled “Leading Innovation in Challenging Times”. A panel discussion will follow, where President & MD of Headstrong Singapore, Puneet Pushkarna will join in to answer questions from the floor.
Event Details
When: Thursday, 2nd February 2012
Time: 1150am-3pm
Where: Gilmour Room, Singapore Cricket Club, A Connaught Drive, Singapore City 179681 (Map)
Fee: 35 SGD (28 USD)
Register here