Veerappan Swaminathan is a pioneer of the Maker Movement in Singapore. He co-founded Sustainable Living Lab (a social enterprise that was the first makerspace in Singapore to promote sustainability), OneMaker Group (a private company supporting hardware entrepreneurs), Makedemy (a social enterprise that bridges the digital divide for vulnerable youth) and the Singapore Makers Association. He holds a Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering and a Graduate Certificate in Intellectual Property from the National University of Singapore. He is also listed on 5 US patents for bio-medical devices.

Tan Gan Hup is a change agent whose work focuses on how physical context and curriculum can be combined to create authentic interactions and enhanced learning. As the lead for SMU-X, the flagship initiative for the Singapore Management University, he pushes a movement towards more active participation and collaborative project-based learning in real-world settings and to get the university to collaborate. Equally important is space, especially out-of-classroom environments as they support active learning, Gan Hup creates collaborative spaces, for students and university stakeholders, which allow for the bridging of industry and academia while catering to the learning habits of the millennials.