SSIA HR Roundtable | Singapore Semiconductor Industry Association on Glue Up

Event Summary

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought challenges and opportunities to Human Resources teams. It has reinforced that 'people' are the most valuable asset for companies. At the same time, many HR teams have been evolving to become more agile and adaptive to the changing business needs, especially those for the semiconductor sector.

SSIA HR Roundtable is an important platform for us to understand the needs of the industry when it comes to human capital. We will host our first Virtual HR Roundtable in 2021 and the theme will be "Emerge Stronger For the New Normal'.

Some of the items to be covered:

Overview of the recent hiring and workforce development trends in the semiconductor sector
Introduction of latest talent development supporting initiatives
Discussion on the challenges in workforce, especially after the ease of restrictions on WFH arrangements from 5 April 2021

Agenda

14:00 - 14:20

Opening & SSIA Updates

Wee Seng Ang

14:20 - 14:35

Skills For Skills Series - Learning Skills To Help You Upskill

Sharon Lim and Jessy Yau

Based on the Electronics Skills framework, Singapore Polytechnic (SP) has identified the Critical Core Skills needed in the Semiconductor Sector. SP will be sharing on these Critical Core Sk...

Based on the Electronics Skills framework, Singapore Polytechnic (SP) has identified the Critical Core Skills needed in the Semiconductor Sector. SP will be sharing on these Critical Core Skills and the relevant training courses offered to build up these skills.

14:35 - 14:50

Training On Analog IC Layout Design

Annamalai Hemalatha

Covid has paved a way for engineering talent to come back to do core engineering. In this session, Hema will share a recent success of locating and creating such local talents. Reducing our ...

Covid has paved a way for engineering talent to come back to do core engineering. In this session, Hema will share a recent success of locating and creating such local talents. Reducing our dependency on foreign talent as much to create a self reliant local talent base can be one of the ways where local companies doing cutting edge R&D can rely on a sustained basis. The industry players have to step up to give a chance for such talents to make Singapore as a thriving city for new innovation.

14:50 - 15:05

Meeting Talent Pipeline Needs With Internship And Work-Study Degree Programme

Winston Wong

Industries particularly for the semiconductor and other manufacturing industries are facing increasingly challenges to cope with global competitions, pressure to transform and labour shorta...

Industries particularly for the semiconductor and other manufacturing industries are facing increasingly challenges to cope with global competitions, pressure to transform and labour shortages to meet industry demands.
NTU in its NTU 2025 vision believes in nurturing leaders with character, cognitive agility and competences where degree programmes embrace interdisciplinary curriculum so that its students are job-ready for the industry.
This topic shares about how NTU through its curriculum of internship and more specifically its work-study degree programme in partnership with like-minded industry partners to participate in grooming future industry talents through a structured journey of co-creating and development so as to enable a win-win talent strategy for NTU, industry partners and its future talents.

15:05 - 15:30

Q&A And Dialogue Session

Speakers

Wee Seng Ang
Executive Director of Singapore Semiconductor Industry Association
Wee Seng has over 20 years of experience in the semiconductor industry, with experiences in Fab start up, process integration, technology development, yield improvement, manufacturing, equipment engineering, cost management and program management. Most recently, he adds global collaboration and team management into this list of experiences, as part of his role in global procurement in GlobalFoundries.

Wee Seng now heads the SSIA Secretariat team as an Executive Director, overseeing the administration, programs and strategic plan of the organization. He is also a member of International Advisory Committee for Industry Transformation Asia- Pacific (ITAP) to drive Industry 4.0 transformation in Singapore and the region.

Wee Seng holds a Bachelor degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Nanyang Technological University and Masters (MSc) in Management of Technology from National University of Singapore.
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Sharon Lim
Senior Executive, Curriculum Quality and Innovation at Singapore Polytechnic
Ms Sharon Lim is a Curriculum Quality and Innovation Senior Executive at the Professional & Adult Continuing Education (PACE) Academy in Singapore Polytechnic. She currently looks into the quality and packaging of course offerings. Sharon also engages with internal and external stakeholders to offer relevant and customised training packages to meet their training needs.

Sharon graduated with a Bachelor in Engineering (Materials Engineering) from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
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Jessy Yau
Deputy Director, Outreach & Development of Singapore Polytechnic
Ms Jessy Yau is the Deputy Director of the Professional & Adult Continuing Education (PACE) Academy in Singapore Polytechnic. She currently provides strategic planning and oversees the Outreach & Development division within PACE, comprising of business development and marketing functions. She leads a team of highly motivated staff to engage and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders.
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Annamalai Hemalatha
Founder of Uni Connect Pte Ltd
Hema is the Founder of Uni Connect Pte Ltd, a company that serves the Talent Acquisition needs of the Electronics and Semiconductor industries since 1998. Hema is passionate about creating jobs and empowering engineers at all levels.
A serial entrepreneur, Hema has spent many years creating and driving entrepreneurial ventures in varied industries, spanning Professional Services, Electronics, Travel and Electric Vehicles. Hema holds an MBA from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Government College of Technology, Coimbatore, India.
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Winston Wong
Deputy Director, Career & Attachment Office of Nanyang Technological University
Winston Wong is presently the Deputy Director of NTU Career Attachment Office (CAO) where he is responsible for work-integrated education programmes including managing all internship related programmes within NTU. Internship is a compulsory curriculum in NTU; hence the work-integrated education team manages over 6,000 internship placements for NTU students a year over its 35 different undergraduate degree programmes. In addition, work-integrated education in NTU also manages other related programmes such as Work-study Degree Programmes (WSDeg Prog) and NTU EDGE.
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