Dr Kelvin Tan started the first Minor in Applied Ageing Studies in Singapore, and is also senior lecturer and Mentor/Domain Expert in Gerontology and Innovation programmes in Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS). His research areas include assistive technologies for older persons and their carers, intergenerational relationships and empowerment of older persons. He is an active volunteer in community sustainability project in East Coast Singapore and ibasho SG in Queenstown Health District. He holds various advisory roles in One&Co (Japan East Rail), Ageing Asia, People’s Association and Yincubator. He mentors startups in the field of social enterprise, healthcare, smart cities and sustainability.

Prior to the current role, he was the Director for Corporate Partnerships, Innovation and Entrepreneur Division, in National University of Singapore (NUS). His team spearheaded open innovation initiatives with top-tier institutions overseas, corporate accelerators (SIA, Loreal, Mercedes Benz and DSTA) and co-creation partners. Concurrently, he was the Business Development Director in NUS Smart Systems Institute which translates research in AI, Cognitive technology, IoT, Natural Language translation and Data Analytics for commercialisation.

He has co-founded a startup in multimedia technologies for smart devices. His experience spanned across diverse roles in policy making, R&D, strategic alliances, business and product development in HP, AT&T, KDDI and Telecommunication Authority of Spore.