Thursday, 20 November 2025
SWA Tech Translation Day: Unlock Innovative Water Technologies – From Lab to Industry

Co-organised by Singapore Water Association with Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute (NEWRI), and START (Separation Technologies Applied Research and Translation), SWA Tech Translation Day: Catalysing Product Innovation – Unlock Innovative Water Technologies: From Lab to Industry accelerates the adoption of future-ready water technologies by connecting researchers, innovators, and industry leaders. A networking reception will follow the session.

 

Date: Thursday, 20 November 2025

Time: 9:30 AM – 12:15 PM (Registration starts at 9:00 AM)

Venue: NEWRI and START Centre
Level 2, Seminar Rooms 1 & 2 (1 Cleantech Loop, Singapore 637141)

 

About the Event

Tech Translation Day serves as a platform to:

– Showcase pilot projects, smart technologies, and emerging industrial water solutions.

– Bridge the gap between research and real-world deployment, advancing Singapore’s water sustainability goals.

– Foster collaboration between Centres of Excellence (COEs) and industry to drive commercialisation and scalability.

 

Key Takeaways

– Adopt technology solutions to address emerging water challenges across industrial and municipal sectors.

– Deploy scalable solutions to accelerate product innovation, streamline operations, boost sustainability, and unlock new market opportunities.

– Opportunities for pilot and commercialisation, for market-ready technologies.

– Lab tours and networking opportunities with the COEs.

 

Featuring:

Opening Address: Mr. Chew Men Leong, President, SWA

Opening Keynotes:

– Prof. Wang Rong, Executive Director, NEWRI

– Dr. Adil M. Dhalla, Managing Director, START and SG MEM

– Dr. Gurdev Singh, Chief Engineering & Technology Officer, PUB

 

Register Here: https://forms.gle/JNkXnLpGyhVs7KPb6

 

Join us as we catalyse the next wave of water innovation—where research meets application, and sustainability meets scale.

 

Nanyang Environment & Water Research Institute (NEWRI)

Nanyang Environment & Water Research Institute (NEWRI) is top research and technology organisations in environment and water domain, it takes lab-scale innovations to innovative engineered solutions for water and environmental markets. With ‘Research-Engineering-Deployment’ (RED) as its guiding philosophy, NEWRI bridges research with cutting-edge innovation, robust engineering coupled with industry-level translation, and deployment at full scale. https://www.ntu.edu.sg/newri

Separation Technologies Applied Research and Translation (START) Centre

The Separation Technologies Applied Research and Translation (START) Centre is set up as a national-level facility to bridge the translation gap between laboratory processes and full-scale products. START serves as a vital platform for research institutions and industrial partners to transform their innovative technologies into commercially viable products and processes. https://www.ntu.edu.sg/newri/research-capabilities/separation-technologies-applied-research-and-translation-(start)