Unlock Your Potential with Leave a Nest Group’s Career Development Strategies

Are you ready to transform your career and make a meaningful impact on the world? Leave a Nest Group is here to help you design a purposeful career path that aligns your passion with real-world innovation and societal contributions.

About Leave a Nest Group: Leave a Nest Group is a pioneering organization dedicated to advancing science and technology for global happiness. By bridging academia and industry, Leave a Nest fosters collaboration and innovation through groundbreaking programs like TECH PLANTER, which explores deep tech to solve pressing global challenges. We work with researchers, startups, and corporate partners to create meaningful contributions that impact communities and economies across Southeast Asia and beyond.

Talk Highlights:

• Introduction to Leave a Nest Group and Our Mission: Learn about Leave a Nest’s commitment to bridging research with real-world impact.

• Question, Passion, Mission, Innovation (QPMI) Approach: Discover our unique strategy for designing a fulfilling career path. The QPMI framework empowers you to identify your passions, align your career with your mission, and create innovative solutions that positively impact society.

• Entrepreneurship Education Program Overview: For researchers and students eager to turn their ideas into real-world applications, Ms. Ruchira Karjee will introduce our Entrepreneurship Education Program. Special guest Ms. Angelia Teo will share her expertise in transforming ideas into innovation-driven businesses.

• What We Look for in Candidates: Gain insights into the qualities Leave a Nest values in candidates, including passion, curiosity, and a drive for meaningful impact in the world.

Meet the Speakers:

• Dr. Kihoko Tokue
  Managing Director, Leave a Nest
  Dr. Tokue is the Managing Director of Leave a Nest Singapore and the Founder of Leave a Nest Malaysia. With experience studying in the U.S. and Australia and conducting fieldwork across Southeast Asia, she is dedicated to creating a platform in ASEAN to nurture the next generation of innovators and startups.

• Ruchira Karjee
  Assistant Manager, Leave a Nest
  A Civil Engineering graduate from Nanyang Technological University, Ruchira is passionate about green innovation and sustainability. She is committed to fostering startups that promote a greener future by blending technical expertise with environmental progress.

• Angelia Teo Kwee Gaik
  COO, Genue.ai
  With over 15 years of experience in innovation and research, Angelia is a futurist and lecturer at the Singapore Institute of Technology. As the founder of Futura, she helps businesses grow through innovation and specializes in consumer research and Gen AI for creative industries.