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6 & 7 December 2023

Singapore

M. Ibnur Rashad: Speaking at the The Flood Expo Asia

M. Ibnur Rashad

Chief Innovation Officer  -  GUILD Asia & Floating Gardens Initiative

Reinventing Food Aid: The Floating Chinampas Story

Flooding makes up 40% of all natural disasters. Floods are also the second greatest culprit for agricultural production loss, responsible for a total of $21 billion of crop and livestock production loss accrued between 2008 - 2018. How might we then ensure food security in flooded areas? Through Design Thinking, Circularity & Biomimicry, GUILD combines ancient techniques & modern tech to invent their Floating Chinampas.

About M. Ibnur Rashad

As Chief Innovation Officer at GUILD, Ibnur has been fascinated by how invention serves humanity. He published his first scientist paper and co-invented a laser interferometer at 15 years old. He graduated from the Engineering Science Programme at National University of Singapore, studied Technopreneurship at Stanford University and Healthcare at Lee Kuan Yew School. He experience innovation across People, Private and Public sectors: as an innovation analyst at Zong mobile payments in Silicon Valley and a STEM advocate at Ground-Up Initiative. Setting up ASEAN's first makerspace gave him confidence to start GUILD (Ground Up Innovation Labs for Development) to nurture humanitarian inventors. His inventions like iBam & Floating Chinampas made from repurposed plastics, partnering with L'Oreal, has won international awards.