Future-Ready Business in 2025: Scaling with Digital, AI & HR Solutions
Event Introduction:
Join us for an insightful event featuring a diverse array of topics designed to empower SMEs! Discover how government support schemes can enhance productivity with SME Centre@SICCI and explore alternative financing options with Funding Societies. Learn about innovative AI tools such as the AI Avatar Mascot from NextGenAI that can help boost your sales and see how celebrity collaborations can enhance brand visibility.
The workshop will also address how to streamline hiring processes using advanced algorithms on the AI-driven job portal, SG Jobs Lah, so that job seekers are matched effectively with employers. Finally, we will dive into CLaaS@Work with Lithan Academy, focusing on supporting SMEs in their digital transformation journey by developing offline-to-online (O2O) business models, building an agile workforce, leveraging tech-enabled operations, implementing omnichannel sales, creating AI-powered workplaces, and adopting data-driven management practices for exponential growth in the digital economy.
Key Learning Points:
- Creating Flexibility in Business through Alternative Financing.
- Utilising AI tools to Drive Effective Change and Growth in Business while Leveraging Social Media and Livestreaming for Impactful Marketing.
- Enhancing Talent-and-Employer Matching Process with AI-Driven Job Portal.
- Upskilling Workforce through Integrated Learning by Enabling Self-Service Digital Technology Implementation.
Programme:
Time |
Event |
| 4pm – 4.15pm |
Registration (at Funding Societies Office) |
| 4.15pm – 4.45pm |
Empowering SMEs for Digital Transformation |
| 4.45pm – 4.55pm | What is Alternative Financing? Mr Raymond Tan Senior Relationship Manager Funding Societies |
| 4.55pm – 5.05pm |
AI Quantified Business Analysis and Social Media E-commerce Livestreaming Mr Landry Low NextGenAI |
| 5.05pm – 5.15pm | Jobs Lah: Hiring Made Easy with AI Ms Faye Soriano Partnership Manager SG Jobs Lah Pte Ltd |
| 5.15pm – 5.25pm |
Digital Skills Accelerator in 90 Days |
| 5.25pm – 5.45pm |
Panel Q&A |
| 5.45pm – 7pm |
Light Refreshments and Networking |
Speakers’ Profiles:
Mr Raymond Tan, Senior Relationship Manager (Funding Societies)
Raymond is the Senior Relationship Manager at Funding Societies. At the core of Funding Societies, they work to improve financial inclusion in Singapore and Southeast Asia through financing SMEs and providing investment opportunities. Funding Societies is the largest SME digital financing and debt investment platform in Southeast Asia. Their mission is to enable fast and effortless access to funds by bringing SMEs and investors together on their platform.
Mr Ashwin Siva, Business Development Manager (NextGenAI)
Started as a Systems Architecture Builder and Systems Integrator for integrated servers and data centres. With 16 years of experience. Server building and intergration projects for MINDEF, HDB, Bosch, and others. With a focus on cost effective and efficient solutions. Shifted careers in 2020 to Business Consultanting and Business Development. During this period the consulting scope projects were in business strategy and digitisation for SME’s and Start ups. Business Development projects were in the media space for Revvevolution (Formerly Revvmotoring) for brands such as BMW, Audi and other brands in the motoring media space. Scope of the projects were video content campaigns. Campaign values range from $100k – $300k. Having a keen interest in new Technology and Concepts. With the idea of tapping on these to map out a proactive business strategy for a start up and SME.
Ms Faye Soriano, Partnership Manager (SG Jobs Lah Pte Ltd)
Faye is an experienced Partnership Manager at Jobs Lah, a cutting-edge AI-powered job portal. Leveraging a strong foundation in Business Development and Recruitment, she has been instrumental in driving strategic partnerships since Jobs Lah’s launch in June 2023. Armed with CEI-KAH and ACLP certifications, Faye brings a wealth of expertise in the hiring ecosystem. Passionate about fostering connections across diverse cultures and professional backgrounds, she excels at building enduring business relationships that drive mutual success.
Mr Mugu Perumal, Enterprise Business Manager (Lithan Academy)
Mugu Perumal is an experienced Enterprise Business Manager at Lithan who support SMEs in rapid digital transformation for building an offline2online (O2O) business with an agile workforce, tech-enabled operations, omni-channel sales, AI-powered workplace, and data-driven business management capabilities to achieve exponential growth in the digital economy.
He’s responsive for creating rapid workforce upskilling with learning in the flow of work without compromising work for self-service digital technologies and practices implementation.
Ms Sandra Sim, Manager, Business Advisory (SME Centre@SICCI)
Sandra served in a financial institution for 12 years before joining as a Business Advisor at SME Centre@SICCI. She has profound knowledge in advising SMEs from the F&B sector.