Lunch With Sumiko Ep 27: UN intellectual property agency's Singaporean chief Daren Tang explains Covid-19's effect on innovation

5:03 mins

Synopsis: The Straits Times' executive editor Sumiko Tan gets up close with newsmakers over lunch - and a selfie.

In this episode, Sumiko Tan meets Singaporean lawyer Daren Tang, who became Director General of the Geneva-based World Intellectual Property Organisation (Wipo) in October 2020. He is the first Singaporean to helm a United Nations agency and is also Wipo's first Asian head.

They discuss the following:

1. How his love for the subject intellectual property grew (1:50)

2. How intellectual property is seen as a tool for innovators to take their ideas to the market (2:29)

3. How the Covid-19 pandemic has made the public more interested in innovations? (3:05)

Produced by: Sumiko Tan, ST Video team and Ernest Luis

Edited by: ST Video team and Penelope Lee

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Lunch With Sumiko Ep 27: UN intellectual property agency's Singaporean chief Daren Tang explains Covid-19's effect on innovation
5:03 mins
Synopsis: The Straits Times' executive editor Sumiko Tan gets up close with newsmakers over lunch - and a selfie.
In this episode, Sumiko Tan meets Singaporean lawyer&nbsp;Daren Tang, who became Director General of the Geneva-based World Intellectual Property Organisation (Wipo) in October 2020. He is the first Singaporean to helm a United Nations agency and is also Wipo's first Asian head.
They discuss the following:
1. How his love for the subject intellectual property grew (1:50)
2. How intellectual property is seen as a tool for innovators to take their ideas to the market (2:29)
3. How the Covid-19 pandemic has made the public more interested in innovations? (3:05)
Produced by: Sumiko Tan, ST Video team and Ernest Luis
Edited by: ST Video team and Penelope Lee
Follow the Lunch With Sumiko Podcast and rate us on:
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Synopsis: The Straits Times' executive editor Sumiko Tan gets up close with newsmakers over lunch - and a selfie. This series has ended in February 2023, but it continues as its original video series format at ST's YouTube channel: https://str.sg/wPrB

Podcaster: Sumiko Tan

Produced by The Straits Times, SPH Media Trust.

Synopsis: The Straits Times' executive editor Sumiko Tan gets up close with newsmakers over lunch - and a selfie. This series has ended in February 2023, but it continues as its original video series format at ST's YouTube channel: <a href="https://str.sg/wPrB">https://str.sg/wPrB</a>
Podcaster: Sumiko Tan
Produced by The Straits Times, SPH Media Trust.

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