Lead FacilitatorProgramme Director
Your Company
Hosts each session and connects the week's themes back to the Singapore business context.
A 6-Day Executive Study Tour · Taiwan
The Taiwan Business
Immersion Programme
A curated, on-the-ground programme for Singapore professionals — six days inside the companies and institutions that built Taiwan’s economy, from semiconductors and biotech to consumer brands, services and the agencies that shape national policy.
- 6
- Days on the ground
- 30
- Host visits
- 5
- Sectors covered
Why Taiwan
Few economies reward a closer look like Taiwan does.
For Singapore professionals, Taiwan is a living case study in innovation, manufacturing excellence and economic resilience. This programme takes you past the headlines and into the rooms where it actually happens.
01
The world's chip engine
Stand inside the ecosystem that produces the most advanced semiconductors on earth — and see how a single island became indispensable to the global economy.
02
A trade-built powerhouse
Taiwan turned export discipline and supply-chain mastery into prosperity. Meet the trade bodies and manufacturers that engineered that rise.
03
Resilience & reinvention
From OEM to own-brand, from hardware to green energy and AI — study how Taiwanese firms continually move up the value chain.
04
Networks that travel home
Build relationships with institutions and companies whose decisions ripple through Singapore and the wider region's markets.
The Programme
Six days, six chapters of the Taiwan story.
An illustrative itinerary — each day pairs leadership briefings with site visits. Exact agenda confirmed per cohort.
- Day 1Taipei
Arrival & national context
Welcome briefing and opening sessions with the agencies that shape Taiwan's economic and industrial strategy. Evening networking reception.
National Development CouncilTAITRAInvest Taiwan Service Center - Day 2Hsinchu / Taipei
High-tech & hard power
Inside Taiwan's semiconductor and electronics champions — from applied research to the foundry model that anchors the global chip supply chain.
TSMCMediaTekASUSAcerDelta ElectronicsITRI - Day 3Taipei
Health & biotech
How Taiwan moves biomedical research from the lab to global markets, across vaccines, original drugs and specialty generics.
PharmaEssentiaMedigenTaiMed BiologicsCenter Laboratories - Day 4Taipei
Service & the digital economy
Travel, talent and AI platforms redefining service — a look at how Taiwan scales digital businesses regionally.
AppierKKday104 CorporationLion Travel - Day 5Taipei / Taichung
Consumer & lifestyle brands
The retail, F&B and lifestyle brands that turned Taiwan's domestic market into a laboratory for experience-driven growth.
EsliteLouisa CoffeePOYAWowprimeTSUTAYA - Day 6Taipei / Linkou
Startup ecosystem & synthesis
Taiwan's startup and innovation engine, a reflective synthesis workshop, and a closing dinner before departure.
SME & Startup AdministrationInstitute for Information IndustryTaiwan Startup Terrace
Who We Visit · Industry
Industry leaders, across four sectors
From the world's most advanced foundry to the brands shaping daily life in Taiwan — twenty companies grouped by the sector they exemplify.
20hosts
Consumer & Lifestyle
Brands that turned Taiwan's domestic market into a laboratory for retail, food & beverage and lifestyle innovation.
Healthcare
Biotech and pharmaceutical firms taking Taiwanese research from the lab to global markets.
High-Tech
The semiconductor and electronics champions at the core of Taiwan's economy and the world's supply chain.
Service Industry
Travel, talent and AI platforms redefining service and the digital economy.
Who We Visit · Public Sector
Government & institutional partners
The agencies and research institutions that set Taiwan's industrial policy, fund its science and connect it to the world.
10hosts
Select any host to read a brief introduction
Your Hosts
Guided by people who know the terrain.
Sessions are led by experienced facilitators and guest speakers drawn from industry, policy and design. Final line-up confirmed per cohort.
Lead FacilitatorGuest SpeakerSemiconductor Strategist
Industry Veteran
Two decades inside Taiwan's chip supply chain; demystifies the foundry model and what it means for the region.
Guest SpeakerTrade & Markets Advisor
Former Trade Official
Explains how Taiwan's trade institutions and capital markets actually operate on the ground.
Guest SpeakerInnovation & Design Lead
Design Practitioner
Frames Taiwan's shift from manufacturing to design-led value creation and own-brand leadership.