The Digital Feed: Recent Episodes
UNDP Global Centre for Technology, Innovation and Sustainable Development
The Digital Feed 🌱, in partnership with SGInnovate, is a multi-episode series will feature developments and trends across various stages of food value chains — from food production and supply to consumption and food science.
In this episode, we speak with agritech experts from the public and private sectors to know how technology and innovation can improve productivity and yields in urban farming.
Panelists:
- Poh Bee Ling, Director, Agri-Technology & Food Innovation Department, Singapore Food Agency (SFA)
- Sven Yeo, Co-founder, Archisen Pte. Ltd.
Moderator:
- Riad Meddeb, Director a.i., UNDP Global Centre for Technology, Innovation and Sustainable Development
In this episode, we speak with food science industry veterans to find out how we can leverage deep science and technology to produce enough nutritious food sustainably — locally and globally.
Panelists:Â
- Michael Patane, Head of Innovation and Technical APAC, DSM
- Hazel Khoo, Executive Director, Singapore Institute of Food and Biotechnology Innovation (SIFBI)
Moderator:Â
- Benny Chng, Assistant Director, SGInnovate
In this episode, Dominique Kull, Head of Technology at Buhler Group and Alex Ward, Head of Innovation APAC at Givaudan, unpack the application of open innovation in food and agricultural practices and share more about the launch of their new Protein Innovation Centre.
In this episode, Armen Harutyunyan our former Senior Advisor spoke with David Chandra, Senior Director of the Microsoft Technology Centre, about the increasing role of data in agriculture, how technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Cloud services are contributing to the agri-tech sector and what Microsoft is doing in this space.
In this episode, SzeKi Sim, Executive Director – Community & Brand at SGInnovate, spoke with Johnny Teo, Executive Director for Food, Healthcare & Biomedical at Enterprise Singapore, about the role of the public and private sector in supporting the growth of an agri-food innovation ecosystem, how Singapore has built its strategy for the future of food, and the road ahead for its agri-food tech development.
In this episode, Armen Harutyunyan our Senior Advisor spoke with Dr Matthew Zhao, Food Scientist at Big Idea Ventures, and Dr Vinayaka Srinivas, Founder of Gaia Foods, about the rising trend of alternative proteins, which types tend to have greater potential to commercialise, and what is its future in the agrifood sector.
In this episode, Armen Harutyunyan our Senior Advisor spoke with John Friedman, Director of AgFunder Asia, about the most promising technologies for the future of food, what makes agtech startups investable and the importance of looking at sustainability.Â
In this episode, Armen Harutyunyan, our Senior Advisor, spoke with Karen Teoh (COO of Kommerce) and David Lee (Professor of the Singapore University of Social Sciences) about about what blockchain is, how it works and its opportunities and challenges for food traceability.
In this episode, Armen Harutyunyan our Senior Advisor spoke with Gary Loh the Founder of Dimuto and Raymond Yeh from GovTech about how blockchain is applied for international trade, supply chain management and product traceability, and why and how private and public institutions should use it.