Event description

Reimagining a Smart, Sustainable and Resilient Future

11th - 15th September 2023

DO YOU HAVE A BOLD IDEA THAT COULD CHANGE THE WORLD?

Lee Kuan Yew Global Business Plan Competition

Step into the future at the Lee Kuan Yew Global Business Plan Competition where the best and brightest students from all over the world gather to demonstrate technologies for a better world.

The top 50 teams stand to receive sponsored airfare and accommodation trip to Singapore, meet influential business leaders and potential co-founders, and win up to S$2 million worth of prizes at Asia’s Largest University Startup Challenge!

INNOVATIONS BEYOND BOUNDARIES

Reimagine a Smart, Sustainable and Resilient Future

The Lee Kuan Yew Global Business Plan Competition (LKYGBPC) is a biennial university startup challenge in Singapore which is organised by the Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (IIE) at Singapore Management University. ​

​The LKYGBPC derives its name from Singapore’s founding Prime Minister, who developed the country’s defining business plan bringing Singapore onto the global stage. It is this spirit of entrepreneurship, innovation and ambition that the competition enshrines.​

AREAS OF FOCUS

Urban Solutions and Sustainability

Manufacturing, Trade & Connectivity

 

Human Health & Potential

 

Smart Nation & Digital Economy

 

Media & Entertainment

  • Topics

  • Electronics, IT and Telecomms
  • Industrial manufacturing and materials transport
  • Medical / Health related
  • Protecting man and environment
  • Social and economic concerns
  • Others