Presented by ACE.SG, discover how design powers innovation — from taking startups from idea to market, to leverage and build AI by Startups, and creating robotics that transform and support the aging population.

What turns a space into a place we connect with? This conversation unites practitioners in storytelling, culture, and placemaking to explore how immersive experiences and fresh perspectives transform public and hidden spaces, shaping how people engage with their cities.

CreativeMornings is a free monthly breakfast lecture series where you can start the day with a dose of inspiration, and make new friends over coffee. As part of the world’s largest face-to-face creative community, the Singapore chapter has been running talks featuring speakers that embody creativity in different ways since 2012. While regular sessions held on the last Friday of each month follow a global theme, this special edition will explore what “Reinvention” can mean in the context of contemporary culture.

In the face of the pollinator crisis and looming ecological tipping points, this talk invites us to rethink work through the lens of species diversity. Together, we’ll explore the concept of a 'needs economy' and imagine a future where care, provision, and ecological integrity shape not just what we do, but why we work

In this session, Oluwaseyi Sosanya, Co-founder and CEO of Gravity Sketch, explores how immersive XR collaboration is transforming design. Drawing on examples with companies like Ford and adidas, Seyi reveals how virtual reality opens new frontiers for innovation and creativity.

Temasek Polytechnic Communication Design students reimagine traditional neighbourhood shops—from optical stores to TCM clinics—through refreshed identities and brand experiences. See how design can transform the familiar, and meet the students behind the work in a casual showcase and chat.

This panel rethinks waste in Singapore, highlighting designers and innovators turning textiles into fashion and plastics into building materials. Beyond recycling, it examines the cultural, technical, and emotional work of reuse, showing that reinvention starts in workshops, streets, and imagination.

This talk explores how thoughtful design and mindful choices can transform even the smallest homes into spaces that are stylish, functional, and environmentally friendly. Learn how sustainability and comfort can go hand in hand, proving that good living doesn’t require a big footprint.

A panel discussion exploring how technology has positively shaped music events and festivals – through sound systems, lighting, and other sensory inputs.

Robots have come a long way from performing repetitive tasks in factories to becoming intelligent, adaptive systems that can sense, respond, and even reshape themselves to meet real-world challenges. Join Prof. Mohan Rajesh Elara as he shares about the next frontier of robotics – how much of it has leapt from science fiction to the real world? Focusing on reconfigurable robots, he reveals how these machines can adapt their physical form to navigate complex environments—offering promising solutions for eldercare, disaster recovery, and smart city infrastructure—and illustrates how robots are evolving not just to function, but to collaborate and serve.

Get up close with the future of robotics in this interactive showcase! Hear from leading robotics companies as their robots take the stage to show what they can do in this demo of their latest innovations. From autonomous navigation and AI-driven tasks to industrial automation and assistive technologies, discover how robots are transforming industries—and everyday life.

As robots enter daily life, how can they be smart, safe, and collaborative? Innovators from LionsBot, dConstruct, and QuikBot discuss human-robot teamwork, sharing real-world solutions and how thoughtful design enables robots to enhance, not replace, human work and life.

Singapore’s story is one of constant reinvention, where creativity is deeply rooted in our culture and has always been critical to our growth and survival. Imagination has shaped how we live, adapt and thrive as a nation. This panel explores the sparks of reinvention that define our past and which set the course for SG as we know it, the bold possibilities that lie ahead, and what this enduring spirit means for Singapore’s creative and innovation industries — and for the nation as a whole. Through featuring various creative disciplines on our panel, we hope to showcase how the spirit of reinvention has been demonstrated through their industries and works over the years, and to speculate where this will lead us to in the future.

Amid urbanization, climate change, and declining plant diversity, this session explores how genomic insights and cultural narratives deepen our appreciation for biodiversity. Using the seed as a starting point, we examine how green spaces inspire connection, celebration, and expansion of nature in cities.

Co-organised by Biotech Connection Singapore, MedTech Actuator, MedTech Innovator Asia Pacific, and NSG BioLabs, this full-day event brings together science, technology, design, and entrepreneurship. Join panels, workshops, lab tours, and a start-up pitch competition with S$1,500 prize and exclusive opportunities.

Food innovation addresses waste, overproduction, nutrition, and climate impact. This panel explores circular innovation, upcycled ingredients, and cultivated meat, examining challenges, opportunities, and consumer adoption, while discussing how to create a sustainable food future that delights both taste and the planet.

How can businesses stay ahead in a fast-evolving world? This session explores how KONE uses strategic foresight and trend scouting to anticipate future customer needs, integrate innovation, and turn insights into practical solutions that address tomorrow’s technologies, urban trends, and challenges.

This session explores how design shapes healthcare’s future, featuring Merck and Medtronic. Through keynotes and a fireside dialogue, it examines molecular, computational, and human-centred design, revealing how innovation in drug discovery and MedTech is reinventing diagnosis, treatment, and patient care.

Join us to explore how sustainable, human-centric design shapes future cities. This programme celebrates CapitaLand’s architectural excellence and integrated innovation, featuring speakers Brian Yang, Charu Kokate, Christopher Lee, and Mario Cucinella, who share their visions for Singapore and beyond.

As we live longer, how can we live better? This session brings together experts in aging, robotics, and longevity science to explore emerging technologies and new care models that help older adults live independently and maintain wellness.

Too often we act only after a crisis. This talk explores how proactive design, guided by the Evolving Homes® model—Home Modification, Physical Fitness, Lifestyle Mentoring, and Remote Monitoring—helps families feel prepared and confident in caring for their loved ones.

If you think apartment living sucks, this one’s for you. Never Too Small shows how compact living can provide style, joy, hobbies, and wellbeing while proving that good design and sustainability do not require compromise or a big budget.

This panel explores Singapore as a hybrid construct shaped by design, technology, and innovation. Through BYOX’s ethos, panellists discuss how interactive technologies assemble and disrupt narratives, inviting participants to reimagine Singapore’s future identity through collaboration across design, tradition, and community.

This panel discussion brings together designers, educators, and researchers to explore how communication design shapes national identity. It examines nation-branding, everyday belonging, and the politics of design to imagine more plural, dialogic, and future-facing understandings of nationhood.

The future belongs to those who think across boundaries. This panel unites experts in architecture, technology, ecology, and education to explore AI, design, and environmental change, inviting audiences to discuss, exchange ideas, and envision new possibilities for how we live tomorrow.

This presentation examines how art can reshape public perception of science through immersive, AI-augmented works inspired by quantum physics. Case studies and student projects illustrate how technology and art create new narratives, adapt to context, and foster dialogue with society.

This workshop turns imagination toward the present, using regenerative principles, storytelling, and embodied sensing to explore planetary repair. anewkind guides people beyond sustainability—shaping systems, cultures, and stories for meaningful, lasting impact.

Mobility is central to inclusive city-making. This panel unites experts from industry, community organisations, and urban planning to explore how transport, accessibility, and design innovations are reshaping mobility and creating smarter, more connected journeys that serve communities across all generations.