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Jul•Aug•Sep 201240SME HelpdeskBiomed SMEsGet a Lift UpThe Singapore Governmentis expanding the GrowingEnterprises withTechnology Upgrade(GET-Up) programme tosupport the biomedicalsciences industry.More than 600biomedical researchscientists from A*STARbiomedical researchinstitutes will be eligiblefor secondment tolocal small and mediumenterprises (SMEs) undera scheme dubbed “T-Up”.They will bring withthem valuable expertise inareas like drug discovery,bioengineering andbioinformatics, which willprovide more holistic R&Dsupport for local SMEs.GET-Up is a multiagencyeffort betweenA*STAR, the EconomicDevelopment Board, IESingapore and SPRINGSingapore. It aims toupgrade thetechnological capabilitiesof local technologyintensivecompanies, witha focus on local SMEs.Since 2003, theGET-Up scheme hashelped more than 370local firms leverage ona broad spectrum ofscience and engineeringR&D capabilities.Under the programme’ssecondment scheme“T-Up”, public sectorresearchers areattached to SMEs forup to a year to provideexpertise in areas suchas precision engineering,material sciences andinfocomm sciences.At least 10 biomedicalSMEs have alreadyexpressed interest inparticipating in the “T-Up”programme. Among themis Curiox Biosystems, abioinstrumentation firmwhich develops andcommercialisesbioassays. •Singapore HumanCapital Summit 2012Sept 19-20Resorts World SentosaThe theme of thisyear’s summit is PeopleStrategies for Asia– Harnessing Change,Managing Complexity.It is organised by theMinistry of Manpower,Singapore WorkforceDevelopment Agencyand the Human CapitalLeadership Institute.www.singaporehcsummit.comRussia-SingaporeBusiness Forum 2012Sept 24-27Marina Bay SandsInto its seventh editionthis year, the Russia-Singapore BusinessForum has, over theyears, grown in stature tobecome Asia’s only leadingbusiness and networkingplatform linking Russia/CIS political and businesselites with Singapore andthe rest of Asia.www.rsbf.org.sgAsia Smart Grid 2012Oct 22-24Marina Bay SandsThis event serves as aplatform for internationalsmart-grid providers andsuppliers to exchange andshare knowledge.www.asiasmartgrid.com.sg9th China-ASEAN ExpoSept 21-25, 2012Nanning InternationalConvention & Exhibition Centre,Nanning, Guangxi ProvinceThis September, SBF isinviting its members tothe China-ASEAN Expo(CAEXPO), co-sponsoredby China’s ministries, the10 ASEAN countries andthe ASEAN Secretariat.SBF has been appointedby the Ministry of Tradeand Industry to set upthe Singapore NationalPavilion, which will profilethe country’s capabilitiesin the area of scienceand technology as wellas other related fields.For more information,contact:Delia Wu at 6827-6849 ore-mail delia.wu@sbf.org.sgAngeline Huang at 6827-6883 or e-mail angeline.huang@sbf.org.sgLETTERS FROMOUR READERSIf you have any views,comments or suggestionsabout BiZQ or other SBFevents, we want to hearfrom you. Please sendyour contributions to:Getty ImagesGlobal Entrepolis@ Singapore 2012Oct 23-25Resorts World SentosaSingapore will onceagain host the region’sleading business forum,now in its ninth edition.www.globalentrepolis.comThe Editor,BiZQ MagazineSingapore BusinessFederation10 Hoe Chiang Road,#22-01 Keppel Towers,Singapore 089315Or e-mail us atcorpcomm@sbf.org.sg.