WEF’s Klaus Schwab: Public-private cooperation can unlock potential of technology to improve lives

The World Economic Forum’s founder speaks at the launch of the Tech for Good Institute.
“Now more than ever, with technology holding so much potential to change our lives for the better, we need to come together to unlock it,” Professor Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum (WEF), said at the launch of the Tech for Good Institute on 4 October 2021. Professor Schwab spoke of the key issues that technology poses for governments, companies and societies, sharing how collaboration can help tackle these concerns. “Southeast Asian nations have a chance to avoid negative scenarios played elsewhere and build a healthy and prosperous digital economy, building also on the specific national strengths and needs. It is hard to overestimate the importance of starting the operation of the Tech for Good Institute today,” he added. Watch Professor Schwab’s full speech at the launch of the Institute.

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Mouna Aouri

Programme Fellow

Mouna Aouri is an Institute Fellow at the Tech For Good Institute. As a social entrepreneur, impact investor, and engineer, her experience spans over two decades in the MENA region, South East Asia, and Japan. She is founder of Woomentum, a Singapore-based platform dedicated to supporting women entrepreneurs in APAC through skill development and access to growth capital through strategic collaborations with corporate entities, investors and government partners.

Dr Ming Tan

Senior Fellow & Founding Executive Director

Dr Ming Tan is Senior Fellow at the Tech for Good Institute; where she served as founding Executive Director of the non-profit focused on research and policy at the intersection of technology, society and the economy in Southeast Asia. She is concurrently a Senior Fellow at and the Centre for Governance and Sustainability at the National University of Singapore and Advisor to the Founder of the COMO Group, a Singaporean portfolio of lifestyle companies operating in 15 countries worldwide. Ming was previously Managing Director of IPOS International, part of the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore. Prior to joining the public sector, she was Head of Stewardship of the COMO Group.


Ming also serves on the boards of several private companies, Singapore’s National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre, Singapore Network Information Centre (SGNIC), and on the Digital and Technology Advisory Panel for Esplanade–Theatres on the Bay, Singapore’s national performing arts centre. Her current portfolio spans philanthropy, social impact, sustainability and innovation.