HCSREL Inaugural Workshop — Green Economy Transition

About the Workshop

Join us for an intensive 3-day event bringing together multi-stakeholders to share visions and practices for the green economy transition

The Human Centred Sustainability Research and Education Lab (HCSREL) at Nanyang Technological University invites you to participate in our inaugural workshop on Sustainability Impact Assessment Driven by Data Analytics and AI.

This workshop brings together domain experts, industry leaders, investors, policymakers, innovators, and citizens to participate in the green transition through knowledge and entrepreneurial action.

Featuring world-class experts including the World's Top Ranking LCA Expert, a former ADB Sector Director General, and leading data scientists in sustainability.

📚 Knowledge & Education Hub

Building the green workforce through hands-on bootcamps and expert-led workshops

💻 Digital Sandbox for Green Economy

Data-driven tools and solutions for sustainability impact assessment

🤝 Multi-stakeholder Entrepreneurial Practices

Connecting industry, academia, policy, and finance for real-world impact

Event Topics

Four streams across three days — from keynotes and panels to hands-on bootcamps and brown bag seminars

Kick-off Workshop & HCSREL Launch

Apr 8 Morning · Apr 10 Afternoon

Opening Remarks — Prof. Lerwen Liu
Introducing MAE — Prof. Wai Yee Yeong
Keynote: Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment — Prof. Gheewala
Panel: Quantifying Impact & Data-driven Strategy
Keynote: Skills for Green Economy — UNESCO — Dr. Katayama
Panel: Rethinking Research & Education
Keynote: Nature-based Solution — Clarence Chua
Panel: Rethinking Business Models
Role of NTUitive — Michelle Zhang
Lunch & Showcase
Lunch Keynote: Scaling up Circular Economy with TECH — Arthur Huang (MINIWIZ)
HCSREL Workshop Parts 1 & 2 — Digital Twin for Sustainability Analysis

Impact Assessment & Data Analytics Bootcamp 1: Life Cycle Assessment

Apr 9 & 10 Mornings

LCA Workshop Part 1: Introduction to LCA — Prof. Gheewala
LCA Workshop Part 2: Applications of LCA — Prof. Gheewala
LCA Hands-on Part 1: Unit Process in LCA — Prof. Gheewala
LCA Hands-on Part 2: Simple LCA — Prof. Gheewala

Impact Assessment & Data Analytics Bootcamp 2: Data Analytics for Circular Economy

Apr 8 & 9 Afternoons

Data Science for Circular Economy Parts 1 & 2 — Dr. Poolsawad
Data Science for Sustainability Parts 1 & 2 — Dr. Poolsawad

Global Development Trends — Impact on Financing and Future Career for Graduates

Apr 9 & 10 Lunch Sessions

Brown Bag: Global Development Financing — Prof. Sungsup Ra
Brown Bag: Future Career, Disrupted by AI & Climate Change — Prof. Sungsup Ra

Event Schedule

Three intensive days of workshops, panels, and hands-on bootcamps at NTU Singapore

Featured Event

Kick-off Workshop & HCSREL Launch

📅 April 8, 2026 · 08:30 – 13:45 · 📍 Innovation Port @ARC, NTU

4 Keynotes · 3 Expert Panels · Solution Showcase & Networking Lunch
Speakers from UNESCO, World Bank, ADB, A*STAR, Robeco, NTU & more

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Brown Bag Seminar

Global Development Financing

📅 Apr 9 · 12:30 – 13:30

Prof. Sungsup Ra — Former ADB DDG

Co-hosted by CSFI, NBS

Brown Bag Seminar

Future Career, Disrupted by AI & Climate Change

📅 Apr 10 · 12:30 – 13:30

Prof. Sungsup Ra — Former ADB DDG

Co-hosted by NTU Entrepreneurship Academy

Kick-off Workshop & HCSREL Launch

📍 Innovation Port @ARC, NTU | 08:30 – 13:45

08:30

📋 Registration & Breakfast

09:00 – 09:10

Introduction and Overview

Prof. Lerwen LIU — Director of HCSREL, MAE & NTU Entrepreneurship Academy

09:10 – 09:20

Introducing MAE

Prof. Wai Yee YEONG — Chair, MAE NTU

09:20 – 09:30

Keynote

Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment: Why LCA?

Prof. Shabbir H. GHEEWALA — Professor, Panel Member of IRP, JGSEE-KMUTT

09:30 – 10:20

Panel

Quantifying Impact & Data-driven Strategy

William Tan (GSK) · Nongnuch Poolsawad (MTEC, NSTDA) · Parvathy Krishnakumari (World Bank) · Thu Ha Chow (Robeco) · Zoey Ying Zhou · Dennis Low

10:20 – 10:30

☕ Break

10:30 – 10:45

Keynote

Skills for Green Economy — UNESCO Perspective

Hiromichi KATAYAMA — Programme Specialist, UNESCO

10:45 – 11:25

Panel

Rethinking Research & Education

Hortense Le Ferrand (MAE, NTU) · Jovan Tan · Janice Lee (ASE, NTU) · Shermaine Siew · Sungsup Ra

11:25 – 11:35

☕ Break

11:35 – 11:45

Keynote

Nature-based Solution

Clarence Chua — Sundowner

11:45 – 12:25

Panel

Rethinking Business Models

Angelena Chan (UpGrain) · Ivan Ong · Yeow Khee Lim · Peng Ee Ooi (LG Singapore) · Yi Chen Lee (NTU)

12:25 – 12:35

Role of NTUitive

Anuj Jain — NTUitive

12:35 – 13:45

🍽️ Solution Showcase & Networking Lunch

13:30 – 13:45

Lunch Keynote

Scaling up Circular Economy with TECH

Arthur HUANG — Founder/CEO, MINIWIZ

Afternoon Workshop

📍 Innovation Port @ARC, NTU | 13:30 – 17:30

13:30 – 14:00

📋 Registration / Survey

14:00 – 15:15

Workshop

Data Science for Circular Economy — Part 1

Dr. Nongnuch Poolsawad — Senior Data Scientist, MTEC/NSTDA

15:15 – 15:30

☕ Break

15:30 – 17:00

Workshop

Data Science for Circular Economy — Part 2

Dr. Nongnuch Poolsawad

17:00 – 17:30

📝 Survey & Free Discussion

LCA Workshop & Data Science Introduction

📍 Innovation Port @ARC, NTU | 09:00 – 17:30

09:00 – 09:30

📋 Registration / Survey / Breakfast

09:30 – 10:45

Workshop

LCA Workshop Part 1: Introduction to LCA

Prof. Shabbir Gheewala — World's Top Ranking LCA Expert

Introduction to LCA in its entirety — the various steps in a life cycle assessment, with a simple illustrative example.

10:45 – 11:00

☕ Break

11:00 – 12:15

Workshop

LCA Workshop Part 2: Applications of LCA

Prof. Shabbir Gheewala

Various applications of LCA including product carbon footprint, ecolabeling, and circular economy.

12:15 – 12:30

📝 Survey & Free Discussion

12:30 – 13:30

Brown Bag Seminar

Global Development Financing

Prof. Sungsup Ra — Former Sector Director General, ADB; Visiting Professor, Stanford

Co-hosted by Prof. Matthew Dearth (NBS, NTU)

13:30 – 14:00

📋 Registration / Survey

14:00 – 15:15

Hands-on Workshop

Data Science for Sustainability — Part 1

Dr. Nongnuch Poolsawad — Senior Data Scientist, MTEC/NSTDA

15:15 – 15:30

☕ Break

15:30 – 17:00

Hands-on Workshop

Data Science for Sustainability — Part 2

Dr. Nongnuch Poolsawad

17:00 – 17:30

📝 Survey & Free Discussion

Hands-on Bootcamp Day

📍 FreeStyle Room @Research Techno Plaza, NTU | 09:00 – 17:00

09:00 – 09:30

📋 Registration / Survey / Breakfast

09:30 – 10:45

Hands-on Workshop

LCA Hands-on Part 1: Unit Process in LCA

Prof. Shabbir Gheewala

Exercise in how to create a unit process from primary data.

10:45 – 11:00

☕ Break

11:00 – 12:15

Hands-on Workshop

LCA Hands-on Part 2: Simple LCA

Prof. Shabbir Gheewala

A complete LCA example using a simplified method — creating flowcharts, normalizing data, linking processes, and converting inventory results into impact assessment.

12:15 – 12:30

📝 Survey & Free Discussion

12:30 – 13:30

Brown Bag Seminar

Future Career, Disrupted by AI & Climate Change and More

Prof. Sungsup Ra — Former Sector Director General, ADB; Visiting Professor, Stanford

Co-hosted by NTU Entrepreneurship Academy

13:30 – 14:00

📋 Registration / Survey

14:00 – 15:15

Hands-on Workshop

HCSREL Workshop — Part 1

HCSREL Team

15:15 – 15:30

🍵 Tea Break

15:30 – 16:45

Hands-on Workshop

HCSREL Workshop — Part 2

HCSREL Team

16:45 – 17:00

📝 Survey & Free Discussion

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Secure your spot in this exclusive sustainability workshop and bootcamp

3

Intensive Days

4

Keynote Speakers

22+

Expert Panelists

2

Hands-on Bootcamps

2

Brown Bag Seminars

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🎤 Kick-off Workshop & HCSREL Launch Kick-off Workshop & HCSREL Launch (Apr 8, 08:30–13:45) HCSREL Digital Twin Workshop (Apr 10, 14:00–17:00) 📚 Life Cycle Assessment Bootcamp LCA Workshop: Introduction & Applications (Apr 9, 09:30–12:15) LCA Hands-on: Unit Process & Simple LCA (Apr 10, 09:30–12:15) 💻 Data Analytics for Circular Economy Data Science for Circular Economy (Apr 8, 14:00–17:00) Data Science for Sustainability (Apr 9, 14:00–17:00) 🌏 Global Development & Future Careers Brown Bag: Global Development Financing (Apr 9, 12:30–13:30) Brown Bag: Future Career, AI & Climate Change (Apr 10, 12:30–13:30)

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Green Economy Transition Driven by Innovation & Entrepreneurship

A multi-stakeholder approach to accelerating the circular economy through data, science, and collaboration

About the Workshop

📚 Knowledge & Education Hub

💻 Digital Sandbox for Green Economy

🤝 Multi-stakeholder Entrepreneurial Practices

Event Topics

Kick-off Workshop & HCSREL Launch

Impact Assessment & Data Analytics Bootcamp 1: Life Cycle Assessment

Impact Assessment & Data Analytics Bootcamp 2: Data Analytics for Circular Economy

Global Development Trends — Impact on Financing and Future Career for Graduates

Event Schedule

Kick-off Workshop & HCSREL Launch

Global Development Financing

Future Career, Disrupted by AI & Climate Change

Kick-off Workshop & HCSREL Launch

📋 Registration & Breakfast

Introduction and Overview

Introducing MAE

Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment: Why LCA?

Quantifying Impact & Data-driven Strategy

☕ Break

Skills for Green Economy — UNESCO Perspective

Rethinking Research & Education

☕ Break

Nature-based Solution

Rethinking Business Models

Role of NTUitive

🍽️ Solution Showcase & Networking Lunch

Scaling up Circular Economy with TECH

Afternoon Workshop

📋 Registration / Survey

Data Science for Circular Economy — Part 1

☕ Break

Data Science for Circular Economy — Part 2

📝 Survey & Free Discussion

LCA Workshop & Data Science Introduction

📋 Registration / Survey / Breakfast

LCA Workshop Part 1: Introduction to LCA

☕ Break

LCA Workshop Part 2: Applications of LCA

📝 Survey & Free Discussion

Global Development Financing

📋 Registration / Survey

Data Science for Sustainability — Part 1

☕ Break

Data Science for Sustainability — Part 2

📝 Survey & Free Discussion

Hands-on Bootcamp Day

📋 Registration / Survey / Breakfast

LCA Hands-on Part 1: Unit Process in LCA

☕ Break

LCA Hands-on Part 2: Simple LCA

📝 Survey & Free Discussion

Future Career, Disrupted by AI & Climate Change and More

📋 Registration / Survey

HCSREL Workshop — Part 1

🍵 Tea Break

HCSREL Workshop — Part 2

📝 Survey & Free Discussion

Meet the Experts

🎤 Keynote Speakers

Shabbir H. GHEEWALA

Hiromichi KATAYAMA

Clarence CHUA

Arthur HUANG

💬 Panelists & Moderators

William TAN

Nongnuch POOLSAWAD

Parvathy Krishnan KRISHNAKUMARI

Thu Ha CHOW

Zoey Ying ZHOU

Dennis LOW

Hortense LE FERRAND

Jovan TAN

Janice LEE

Shermaine SIEW

Sungsup RA

Angelena CHAN

Ivan ONG