The Singapore Story: THE PATH TO ENTERPRISE CITY . Dr. Lily Chan CEO, National University of Singapore (NUS) Enterprise Singepore The spirit of enterprise and innovation saturates all corners of Singapore. In less than 40 years, city-state Singapore has been transformed from a tiny island trading hub that many world leaders thought would never survive into a first world country. It has now reached a postion as global innovation centre; and all without natural resources - ´just people´! As the CEO of NUS Enterprise, Dr. Chan spearheads strategies and initiatives to promote industry collaboration and business ventures for the university. She also oversees the functions of the Enterprise Cluster (comprising NUS Technology Holdings, NUS Overseas Colleges, NUS Entrepreneurship Centre, NUS Industry Liason Office, NUS Extension and NUS Publishing), which complements the academic cluster of the University to nurture talents with an entrepreneurial and global mindset. Prior to joining NUS in 2006, Dr Chan held the position of Managing Director, Investments, of Bio*One Capital Pte Ltd, an investment arm of the Singapore EDB with focus on growing the local biomedical science industry. Dr Chan brings with her more than 20 years of biomedical industry experiences, from initiating start-ups, venture investments and active Board involvements in many biotech companies. National University of Singapore (NUS) is one of the highest ranking universities in the world and among the top 3 in Asia. It is moving towards becoming a global knowledge enterprise. At NUS, there are no walls around minds, no walls to ideas, no walls to talent and no walls between discovery, transfer, and application of knowledge. The university thrives on innovation and fosters a spirit of enterprise throughout its community. . Next Speaker