Tracking Megatrends to build Sustainable Businesses (Singapore)

Confidential

Megatrends to

Build

Sustainable

Businesses

7th September 2015Dr Tan Guan Hong

Confidential

Megatrends in 2000

• 2/3 of People in the World

will live in Cities by 2050

• Educated Population but

Lack Skills

• Aging Population

• Water & Energy Shortages

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2000 Megatrends

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2000 Mega Cities

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2001 Aging


2000 Water Shortage


2001 Water Shortage


2000 Manpower Shortage


2000 Manpower Shortage

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2015 Hot Topics Still !

• Smart Cities in China, India

and Elsewhere

• Educated Population but

Skill Shortages

• Aging Population

• Water & Energy Shortages

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2015 Megatrends

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Human Social Behaviors

• Everybody wants to be a

Somebody

• Better Educated but Lesser Skills

• Less People Entering “Hard work

sectors” and this creates

Opportunities via shortages

• Ubiquitous Internet Mobility

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2015 Mega Trends Focus

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i and

2015 Megatrends


Grows up using Eyes and Fingers to interact

Human to Human Network

supported by IoT Network to

interact with the Physical world

via Sensors

i Generation


• This is the “i” Generation of iPhone

and iPad

• The self centric world of “i” or me,

me, me … Everything revolves

round “i”

i ii

i Generation


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Fertility rate was 1.19 (2014) and is

below Replacement Rate of 2.1 !!

i Generation


Structured Group

with pre-planned

activities

Unstructured with

Individual self plan

activities

i Generation

Tourist


Straits Times

13 July 2015

Clamping

down on

Egotoursim…

me, me, i

effect

i Generation

Tourist


Structured Army

with clear intentUnstructured Individual

no visible intent

i Generation

Wars

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Who created

this Problem ?

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We

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2015 Mega Trends Focus

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i and

2015 Megatrends

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Social Media provides “She” Insights

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She-conomy

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Opportunities

of

Internet of Things

(IoT)

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IoT Smart Nation


Where is

the $ in

IoT ?

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Supporting

Smart Nation

Initiatives

IoT Smart Nation


Consumer Market

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$21.8B SEA eCommerce Market

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• SEA eCommerce growth limited by fraud and lack of e-payment mechanism

Consumer Market

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I2R Technologies in O2O

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Consumer Market

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In-person shopping is being transformed by technology too

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Consumer Market


I2R’s Limelight – Provides the InsightsConsumer Market

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Camera as a Sensor - Flood Monitoring

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Infrastructure IoT

https://www.cam-sensor.com/


Live

wate

r leve

l

data

Contactless Flow Sensor

3G & Solar Powered

Nodes


Infrastructure IoT

Real Time Flood Monitoring

300+ Island Wide

Flood Monitoring

Nodes using

Hydrostatic &

UltraSonic Sensors

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Camera as a Sensor - Silt Discharge Monitoring

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Infrastructure IoT

http://sids.now.im/sids/login


•Sensor Readings every 10 minutes using

using M2M

•300 Tilt sensors for Structure movements

•400 Strain Gages and 400 Temperatures

for cast-in, Post-tensioning and strut

monitoring

•System handles 158,400 readings/Day


Infrastructure IoTReal Time Monitoring for Marina

Bay Sands Towers

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Value for Customer

• Don’t Work, Don’t Pay

• Customer is King as he $pays for Service

Business Model

Service Provider

• Customer Centric Business Model

• Customer pays only by $ 1,000 x (Days

Working/Days in that month) by making failure

expensive for Vendor

• Failure surfaces every month

Move Customer’s Budget

From CAPEX to OPEX

Station

Name

Designated Monitoring Points

Sys

down

days

( > 24

hrs)

No. of days

in Payment

monthNo of

working

days

% of fully perform in

payment month

SR1 SR-R27- Robertson Quay near River gate Condo 0 31 31 100%

SR2 SR-L26-Behind River View Hotel, Havelock Rd 2.69 31 28.31 91%

SR3 SR-R21-The Pier Condo near Teck Guan Street 0 31 31 100%

SC4 Killiney Rd behind Killiney Road Post Office 4.29 31 26.71 86%

SC5 Handy Rd behind MacDonald Hose 0 31 31 100%

SC6 MB-R5- Raffles Ave near Esplanade 0 31 31 100%

GR7 Outlet drain@TanjongRhuPlace-Opposite Indoor Stadium 0 31 31 100%

BTC8

Along Bukit Timah Road, near to inlet of Bukit Timah 1st Diversion

Canal0

31 31 100%

BTC9 Between No.137 & No.139 Coronation Road West 0 31 31 100%

BTC10 Jalan Todak 0 31 31 100%

BTC11 Intersection between Cuscaden Road & Tomlinson Road 0 31 31 100%

RC12 Tanglin Shopping Center 0 31 31 100%

MB7 Republic Ave 0 31 31 100%

RC14 Rochor Canal Road near Victoria Bridge 0 31 31 100%

BT SD 15 Jalan Toa payoh, opposite Toa Payoh swimming pool 0 31 31 100%

SW16 Serangoon Road at side of HDB Block 102 0 31 31 100%

SP17 Anchervale Street, Near Sengkang Sport Complex 8.57 31 22.43 72%

SP18 Near to junction of Yio Chu Kang Road and Ang Mo Kio Ave 5 0 31 31 100%

SS19 Along Buangkok Drive, opposite Punggol Park 0 31 31 100%

SS20 Hougang Ave 7, Near Heavy Vehicle parking area 1.52 31 29.48 95%

OPEX $ consequence to Service provider Business Model

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Opportunities for Singapore SMBs

• Use Singapore Trusted Brand Image

• Rule by Law

• IP Protection Laws

• Payment Gateway through Singapore

• Cyber Security

• Availability of Low Cost Technology

Tools

• Leverage on Proven Technology

Platforms

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