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Next generation talent

what drives and motivates young
individuals today”, Mr Lim Kok Kiang,
needed for a sustainable
Assistant Managing Director at the

Singapore Economic Development Board
maritime R&D ecosystem (EDB), appealed on the need to apply R&D

capabilities to address problems while

in Singaporecreating value and excitement to attract
and retain talent within the industry.

Prof Chan also suggested open

competitions to help encourage the youth

to contribute and generate bright and
innovative ideas and solutions. Mr Moody M

encouraged the industry to challengeeaningful research and young talent to pursue engineering and

the younger generation to take every technology cannot take place marine & ofshore studies.
opportunity to step out into the global without a strong core of goodCiting promising opportunities for

environment and become global leaders.talent for a sustainable maritime research disruptive technological breakthroughs

Leadership style in the industry willand development (R&D) ecosystem.through innovative research and technology,
have to incorporate the growing demand An expert panel of industry, government Mr Douglas Moody, Senior Vice President

for progressive learning within corporate and academic leaders at the 5th Singapore and General Manager at FMC Technologies

careers, Mr Lund added. “If you are engaged, Maritime Institute (SMI) Forum on 22 Singapore, emphasised the signiicance of
you don’t feel stress even if you work twelve October 2015 provided an ideal platform the people element towards the building of

to sixteen hours a day. If you feel that your to airm the need to change mind set and a maritime hub and R&D cluster.

workload leads to stress, remove yourself apply capabilities in new and innovative FMC Technologies welcomes innovative

and gravitate to something else.”ways in order to advance the R&D technological solutions and new ideas that
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the same way as you do”, Mr Heng Chiang “We do need a lot of bright and illustrated by their intake of undergraduate

Gnee, Executive Director of SMI concluded intelligent engineers to help solve today’s students from NUS and the Nanyang
the session with an advice to senior maritime complex problems and challenges moving Technological University (NTU) during their

practitioners. “If you give young people forward”. Professor Chan Eng Soon, Vice second and third year of studies under

meaningful work, and they see a sense of Provost (Special Duties) at the National an internship programme to facilitate
purpose behind it, they will be willing to University of Singapore (NUS), highlighted industry-academia collaborations.

work for long hours without complaining”.the need to excite the next generation of“We need to reach out and understand

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