Internationalisation Series: Smart Business and Healthcare - Taiwan
- Analytics & Tech
- Healthcare
- Internationalisation
7 Days
Who Should Attend
- Business owners and executives interested in leveraging technology, digital innovations/solutions to expand businesses locally and overseas
- Entrepreneurs and healthcare professionals seeking collaboration/business opportunities with Taiwan’s technology/healthcare businesses
- Business owners, entrepreneurs and healthcare professionals seeking new business concepts and management solutions
Prerequisite
- Participants should have at least 2 years of working experience*
*Applications will be reviewed by our Programme Admissions Committee. The decision made by the committee is final and no request to review the decision or reveal the considerations leading to the decision would be entertained.
Overview
Taiwan has a history of being a nation of innovation. With rich tech talent and rigorous intellectual protection laws, Taiwan’s startup ecosystem is well positioned for success.
The country has many impressive tech companies, like Foxconn and Asus, giving the ecosystem a unique edge in anything hardware-related and TSMC, the world’s most valuable semiconductor company.
Aligned with the historic success of Taiwan’s global companies, the country’s shift in focus toward startups is seeing positive results. Various leading government organizations, such as the Taiwan Tech Arena, are investing heavily in developing and promoting the country’s startup ecosystem with initiatives such as the Employment Gold Card and the Entrepreneur Visa, both aimed at attracting foreign talent.
Initiatives such as Startup Island TAIWAN have a great impact on creating a national brand for Taiwan’s startup ecosystem. Appier, a startup that became Taiwan’s first digital unicorn as well as its first exit after going public on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. This is followed by more startups with unicorn status: Gogoro, Just Kitchen, and 91App. The local tech scene is strengthened by global giants such as Google and Microsoft who have opened data and research centers in Taiwan.
Business owners, venture capitalists, entrepreneurs and healthcare professionals interested in leveraging technology, digital innovations/solutions or seeking new business concepts, management solutions, partnerships and investments in Taiwan, will find this course useful.
Learning Objectives
Smart Business and Sustainable Living from the Lens of 3Ps:
- Providers (Companies/Healthcare Institutions/Tech Companies),
- Payers (Insurers/Regulators/Customers/Venture Capital) and
- Patrons (Patients/Customers/Merchants)
How Innovation and Technology Transfers are disrupting the management of:
- Aging population / Aged Care Services / Chronic Illness
- Digitalisation of Services / Metaverse / Web3.0
- IP / Technology Commercialisation / Cross Border Collaboration
- Artificial Intelligence / Generative AI
- Venture Capital / Venture Creation
Future Trends & Implications of Smart Living and Healthcare
- Digital Transformation Landscape
- Artificial Intelligence Ecosystem
- 5G and Cloud Technologies
- Metaverse & AR, VR Technologies
- Sustainability & Climate Technologies
Site Visits & Meetings with Reps from
- Technology Companies (Chip companies, ICT service providers, software developers, telecom services, gaming companies)
- HealthTech/MedTech Companies
- Hospitals
- Insurance Companies / Regulatory/Government
- Research Organisations
Project Presentations and Learning Reflections
*All schedules, itineraries, and business events are subject to availability and changes. Flight tickets, travel insurance, and VISA (if required) will be covered by participants.
Topic/Structure
At the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Acquire insights into how technologies had been successfully applied to business, healthcare and living in Taiwan, which has close resemblance to Singapore in terms of aging demographics and the management of multiple chronic conditions
- Cultivate important relationships and business networks with the technology/healthcare organisations through visits and meetings.
- Learn from Taiwanese counterparts on their successful adoption of digital technologies and the challenges to overcome.
- Experience first-hand the transformative impact digital solutions/technology have on the society and healthcare provision.
Singapore Agenda:
Day 1: Compulsory full day pre-programme workshop (9am - 6pm) on SMU campus
Taiwan Agenda*:
Day 2:
- Introduction and briefing from 3pm
- Networking dinner with local business community comprising investors, listed companies, founders and government officials including Mr Yip Wei Kiat, Trade Representative of Singapore Trade Office in Taipei
Day 3:
- Taiwan Stock Exchange, to understand the process of listing in Taiwan Innovation Board and key business sectors in Taiwan Stock Exchange.
- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital offers the largest and most comprehensive health care services in Taiwan, comprising a network of 7 hospital branches located in Linkou, Taipei, Taoyuan, Keelung, Yunlin, Chiayi, and Kaohsiung.
Day 4:
- Founded in 1993, NVIDIA is the world leader in accelerated computing. The invention of their GPU in 1999 sparked the growth of the PC gaming market, redefined computer graphics, revolutionized accelerated computing, ignited the era of modern AI, and is fueling industrial digitalization across markets. Overview of NVIDIA, a full-stack computing infrastructure company with data-center-scale offerings that are reshaping the industry.
- Founded in 1969 as a Silicon Valley start-up, the AMD journey began with dozens of employees who were passionate about creating leading-edge semiconductor products. Overview of AMD, a global company setting the standard for modern computing, with many major technological achievements.
Day 5:
- Taipei Computer Association (TCA), established in 1974, is the leading industrial organization in Taiwan. Its 4,000 members engage various segments of the information communication technology (ICT) industry such as software, hardware, semiconductors and components, manufacture, sales, network communication service, etc., thereby generating over 80% of the total production value of Taiwan’s ICT industry. TCA offices are located in Taipei, Taichung and Kaohsiung as well as overseas offices in China, Japan and India.
- Giga Computing (Overview of Giga Computing Group and Products; Understand the R&D process for their motherboard, server products and data center solutions & factory visit)
Day 6:
- Suang-Lien Elderly Center in New Taipei, has been established since 1993 to cope with the rapid growing population of elderly citizens in Taiwan. With the philosophy of care for the aged of other family and in response to the government’s promotion of multi-level and continuous elder care welfare policies, they have provided elderly center, dementia elder care division, elderly community college, elder care research center, community caring station, home care, mission center and so on. The center provides medical clinic services, varied classes, and spiritual counseling.
- Final Group Presentations
Day 7:
- Fly back to Singapore
*Subject to changes
Assessment
Participants have to meet a minimum attendance rate of 75% and have to complete all assessment(s) required by the course. Only upon meeting the minimum attendance and passing the assessment will participants be issued a Certificate of Completion.
Participants who fail the assessment will be given a chance for re-assessment at a fee of SGD100.00 (excluding prevailing GST). Each participant is allowed 1 re-assessment. The re-assessment has to be taken within 7 calendar days from the end of the course date. It will be held on a weekday specified by SMU Academy and conducted during office hours. Please note that re-assessment fees are not supported by SSG Funding.
Participants who meet the minimum attendance rate but do not achieve a pass for the assessment will be issued a Certificate of Participation.
Participants are required to bring their laptop to access the course materials, class exercises and individual assessment(s).
All prices indicated are per person.
* Taiwan leg: This includes hotel accommodation, 1 welcome dinner and most lunches
* Flight and airport shuttles are not included. For more details, please email: cps@smu.edu.sg
Fee Table
| COMPANY-SPONSORED | |||
PARTICIPANT PROFILE | SELF-SPONSORED | SME | NON-SME |
Singapore Citizen < 40 years old Permanent Resident LTVP+ | $2,779.50 (After SSG Funding 70%) | $1,729.50 (After Maximum Funding) | $2,779.50 (After SSG Funding 70%) |
Singapore Citizen ≥ 40 years old | $1,729.50 (After Maximum Funding) | $1,729.50 (After Maximum Funding) | $1,729.50 (After Maximum Funding) |
International Participant | $9,265 (No Funding) | $9,265 (No Funding) | $9,265 (No Funding) |
All prices include 9% GST
Post Secondary Education Account (PSEA)
PSEA can be utilised for subsidised programmes eligible for SkillsFuture Credit support. Click here to find out more.
Self Sponsored
SkillsFuture Credit
Singapore Citizens aged 25 and above may use their SkillsFuture Credits to pay for the course fees. The credits may be used on top of existing course fee funding.
This is only applicable to self-sponsored participants. Application to utilise SkillsFuture Credits can be submitted when making payment for the course via the SMU Academy TMS Portal, and can only be made within 60 days of course start date.
Please click here for more information on the SkillsFuture Credit. For help in submitting an SFC claim, you may wish to refer to our step-by-step guide on claiming SkillsFuture Credits (Individual).Workfare Skills Support Scheme
From 1 July 2023, the Workfare Skills Support (WSS) scheme has been enhanced. Please click here for more details.
Company Sponsored
Enhanced Training Support for SMEs (ETSS)
- Organisation must be registered or incorporated in Singapore
- Employment size of not more than 200 or with annual sales turnover of not more than $100 million
- Trainees must be hired in accordance with the Employment Act and fully sponsored by their employers for the course
- Trainees must be Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents
- Trainees must not be a full-time national serviceman
- Trainees are eligible for ETSS funding only if their company's SME status is approved prior to the course commencement date. To verify your SME's status, please click here.
Please click here for more information on ETSS.
Absentee Payroll
Companies who sponsor their employees for the course may apply for Absentee Payroll here. For more information, please refer to:
AP Guide (Non-SME Companies)
Declaration Guide (SME Companies)
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Certified Professional Business Manager (CPBM)
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