Singapore, 2 November 2020 – The Smart Urban Co-Innovation Lab, Southeast Asia’s first industry-led laboratory for smart cities solutions development, was opened on 28 October 2020 by the Minister for Communications and Information, S Iswaran. It is initiated by CapitaLand and supported by the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) and Enterprise Singapore (ESG).
The Smart Urban Co-Innovation Lab will bring together leaders in the smart cities sector to co-create and test innovations with local built environment and technology enterprises in a live environment at CapitaLand’s 5G-enabled Singapore Science Park.
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CapitaLand, together with its industry partners, has committed up to S$10 million in the laboratory as a start to catalyse development and deployment of smart cities solutions in Singapore and overseas. Powered by the latest technologies and 5G connectivity, the laboratory is set to benefit around 200 companies in Singapore over the next three years.
Located at The Galen at Singapore Science Park, the laboratory will function as a resource integrator of various ecosystem players—local technology start-ups, system integrators and global corporate enterprises—to co-create solutions for smart cities, from ideation and testing to commercialisation. This collaborative model provides a platform for local and overseas companies to exchange ideas, identify opportunities for new business models and innovations, as well as facilitate deployment of smart cities solutions.
Currently, the laboratory has secured 30 industry players—such as Amazon Web Services, Cisco Systems, Johnson Controls, Microsoft, MooVita, NavInfo DataTech, Schneider Electric, SPTel, TPG Telecom and Vizzio.AI—to commit to partnering local firms to co-innovate, test ideas in the laboratory or pilot trials at the 55-hectare Singapore Science Park. They will focus on six key industry verticals of advanced manufacturing, digital wellness, intelligent estates, smart mobility, sustainability and urban agriculture.
Manohar Khiatani, Senior Executive Director of CapitaLand Group, said, “As one of Asia’s largest diversified real estate groups with a global portfolio and network of partners, CapitaLand is in a strong position to bring together key industry players to support Singapore’s drive towards building a smart city.”
Jane Lim, Assistant Chief Executive of IMDA, said, “The Smart Urban Co-Innovation Lab reinforces Singapore’s strengths as a deep innovation ecosystem where technology, industry and government work together to co-create and accelerate solutions for smart cities solutions.”
Eunice Koh, Assistant Chief Executive Officer of ESG, said, “The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the demand for sustainable urban solutions that contribute to the building of resilient and safe cities of tomorrow. Through the Smart Urban Co-Innovation Lab, smart technology providers can work on innovative solutions that have the potential to change people’s lives for the better.”
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