Dr Neo Kok Beng
Innovation.
Keynote speaker on innovation policy, strategy and entrepreneurship.
- Founder & CEO, NEO Aeronautics
- Doctor of Innovation, Singapore Management University
- Nominated Member of Parliament, Singapore
For conferences, corporate events, industry bodies and government agencies.
Not a commentator on innovation.
Experience across the systems that make innovation happen: engineering, ventures, teaching and public policy.
Engineer
Began his career at Singapore Technologies in 1991, rising from system engineering to Vice-President for New Business and Strategic Planning.
Entrepreneur
Founder and CEO of NEO Aeronautics, which develops eVTOL technology, with involvement in deep-tech ventures across medical technology and advanced engineering.
Educator
Holds a Doctor of Innovation from Singapore Management University, where he teaches courses including Technology & World Change.
Policy
Nominated Member of Parliament in Singapore since January 2026.
Recent keynotes: Future Food & Fuel Summit 2026 (Singapore, 2 October 2026); Science, Technology & Innovation Strategy Forum (Seychelles, 24–26 June 2026).
Innovation gets discussed everywhere and delivered rarely.
What separates policy that works from policy that doesn’t, strategy that ships from strategy that stalls, and ventures that scale from ideas that stay ideas — that gap is the territory.
One territory, three dimensions
Innovation, operating across government, industry and enterprise.
01 — Government
Innovation Policy
How can governments create the conditions for innovation without trying to control what innovation looks like?
02 — Industry
Innovation Strategy
Why do organisations invest in innovation yet struggle to make it part of how they actually operate?
03 — Enterprise
Innovation & Entrepreneurship
When an idea looks promising, how do you find out whether anyone actually needs it?
Keynote topics.
Six topics, organised around one territory.
Dimension
Innovation Policy
How governments and innovation ecosystems create the conditions for science, technology and innovation to contribute to economic and societal development.
Dimension
Innovation Strategy
How organisations build the strategy, culture, capabilities and business models needed to make innovation an organisational capability rather than a collection of isolated initiatives.
Dimension
Innovation & Entrepreneurship
How entrepreneurs turn opportunities into validated ventures through customer discovery, experimentation, business modelling and disciplined execution.
Emerging Technologies
How leaders can understand, evaluate and respond to emerging technologies when their applications, risks and commercial possibilities are still developing.
Technology Commercialisation
How technology moves from research and invention towards licensing, partnerships, customers and commercial application.
Deep Tech & Future Industries
How deep-tech innovations with long development cycles can create new industries and require new ecosystems, infrastructure and ways of thinking.
Selected speaking engagements.
2 October 2026 · Singapore
Future Food & Fuel Summit 2026
Keynote Speaker — Guest of Honour
Startups and Singapore–Japan collaboration in food and energy innovation.
Innovation & Entrepreneurship
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24–26 June 2026 · Seychelles
Science, Technology & Innovation Strategy Forum
Keynote Speaker — Innovation Policy
Organised by the STI Secretariat of the Office of the Vice-President of Seychelles.
Science, Technology & Innovation Policy
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4 June 2026 · Singapore
IES-INCA Deep Tech Summit @ Echelon Singapore 2026
Keynote Speaker
Deep tech, technology commercialisation and the venture ecosystem.
Deep Tech & Future Industries
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