As part of the Animal Care Innovations team at Mandai Wildlife Group, Salam Marikan's works cover areas of Sustainability, Behaviour and Population Management and oversees Innovation Development Projects. He holds a Bsc in Zoology and Animal Science from Deakin Australia and a MSc in Life Sciences (Environmental Biology from NIE Singapore.

About Mandai Wildlife Group:

MWG manages world-leading zoological institutions - Singapore Zoo, Night Safari, River Wonders and Jurong Bird Park. Welcoming over 4.6 million visitors locally and internationally each year, MWG aims to inspire our visitors to value and conserve bioversity by providing meaningful and memorable wildlife experiences.

Cecilia is an Assistant Curator at the Animal Care department in Mandai Wildlife Group (MWG). She is currently part of the curatorial team that oversees carnivore and small mammal species. During her time here with MWG, she has had the privilege to care for a wide range of species, ranging from tiny Sugar Gliders to impressive Bengal Tigers. She loves working on the wild side of Singapore because every day at work is an adventure for her with new things to learn and exciting things to experience. And... she hopes to recreate this dynamic experience for the animals she cares for too.

About Mandai Wildlife Group:

MWG manages world-leading zoological institutions - Singapore Zoo, Night Safari, River Wonders and Jurong Bird Park. Welcoming over 4.6 million visitors locally and internationally each year, MWG aims to inspire our visitors to value and conserve bioversity by providing meaningful and memorable wildlife experiences.

Kia is an innovation manager as part of the Transformaton team in Mandai Wildlife Group. Visiting the Mandai precinct as a guest and creating fond memories in the parks have been a yearly ritual for her since young and she hopes to bring the same, if not better, experience to guests of the Mandai precinct.

About Mandai Wildlife Group:

MWG manages world-leading zoological institutions - Singapore Zoo, Night Safari, River Wonders and Jurong Bird Park. Welcoming over 4.6 million visitors locally and internationally each year, MWG aims to inspire our visitors to value and conserve bioversity by providing meaningful and memorable wildlife experiences.

Yongjun is a R&D manager at Delta Research Center (Singapore) actively innovating tech solutions for new market segments (public, healthcare, logistics). He has 12 years industry experience in technology and product development in robotics, automation, IOT and sensors. Particularly, he specialises in sensor technology, innovating products in robotic sensing (Delta), surveillance & human detection (ST Electronics) and water quality monitoring (Optiqua).

About Delta Research Center (Singapore):

Delta is devoted to innovation and systematically developing new products and technologies, particularly those that are high-efficiency and energy-saving. Aiming to reduce global warming and ensure mankind's sustainable future with better value and performance, Delta is continuously enhancing our engineering capabilities and is committed to developing innovative technologies and solutions for a better tomorrow.

In addition, Delta established Delta Research Center (DRC) in 2013 to respond to changing technological trends and to enhance its reseearch and development capacity. Devoted to big data analytics as well as the development and integration of applications and solutions for the Internet of Things (IoT), DRC has been enabling the acceleration of enterprise transformation and upgrade with emphasis on pragmatic verification. In addition, DRC takes an open collaboration approach to actively collaborate with ecosystem partners from industrial sectors, government agencies, academia, and research institutions for mutual success.

Andrew holds a Ph.D. from the National University of Singapore, where he conducted post-doctoral research in deep technology and augmented reality applications in manufacturing, robotics, healthcare and education.

He is a co-founder of Ministry XR, where he has been working on deep tech solutions across different industries. He is also a co-founder of Ministry for Good, a non-profit organization focused on creating tech solutions for the good of the community and the less fortunate, and was formerly the Chapter President of the Malaysia Chapter of the AR/VR Association.

About Ministry XR:

At Ministry XR, we are in constant pursuit of new and exciting ways to enlighten the masses with rich and immersive digital experiences. When the pandemic hit, lives were disrupted and many organisations were unable to connect with their various networks - so, we were compelled to lift spirits and allow for escapism into a world that would captivate the imagination.

We combined our tech geekery and creative flamboyance with business acumen to effectively concocct a virtual world capable of going beyond the boundaries of today by building the region's first full-fledged and fully customisable metaverse. It's now available in Singapore and Malaysia, soon in all other nations. 

That is who we are. Come explore the immense possibilities at M-Avenue.

Over 22 years of experience in digital transformation, innovation and automation across commercial and public sector, Richard has keen interest in startups and artificial intelligence, having been an entrepreneur and researcher in artificial intelligence in his early career. He is currently managing the AWS Singapore Cloud Innovation Center and works on engagement of startups through AWS' Startup RAMP program.

About Cloud Innovation Center (Singapore):

The Cloud Innovation Centres (CIC) Program provides an opportunity for non-profits, education institutions, and government agencies to collaborate with other public sector organisations on their most pressing challenges, test new ideas with Amazon's innovation process and access the technology expertise of Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Any non-profit, education or government organisation can apply to work on a challenge with our global network of public sector-led innovation centers. Organisations bring their expertise and work through a challenge engagement, uncover new ways to solve complex problems and publish their lessons learned to further drive public sector innovation.