Shaping Strategic Conversation, Catalysing Business Transformation

The Future-Ready Businesses (FRB) Dialogue is a curated platform strategically designed for C-suite executives and thought leaders to engage in high-impact forward looking conversations with public and private sector changemakers on emerging challenges and opportunities. Held quarterly, the dialogues equip business leaders with strategic insights, fosters cross-sector collaboration, and helps organisations lead with confidence in an era of disruption and complexity.

ASEAN Conference

Launched in 2015, the ASEAN Conference is an annual signature event that brings together key decision makers from both the private and public sectors predominantly in ASEAN to examine various business and investment-related topics with the vision of helping the regional business communities tackle challenges, explore opportunities, and concretise deals in ASEAN and beyond.

Organised by Singapore Business Federation and jointly supported by United Overseas Bank, RSM Singapore, and Rajah & Tann Singapore as founding partners, the ASEAN Conference is a premium conference that features high-level speakers from Singapore and other ASEAN states to offer insights and contribute to the dynamic growth and development in ASEAN.

Future of Trade Forum

The Future of Trade Forum builds upon the flagship FTA Day events as the high-level private-public platform bringing together business owners, executives, consultants, and government officials to engage on the issues surrounding trade, including and beyond FTAs, that affect the competitiveness of businesses in Singapore and the region.

TAC Summit

The TAC Summit brings together leaders and secretariats of Trade Associations and Chambers (TAC) to discuss key issues, trends, and opportunities facing the TAC sector in today’s “Business-not-as-usual” landscape.

To reinforce Singapore's position as a thought leader for Associations in Asia, the TAC Summit grows as a premier platform for local and regional association professionals and leaders to share best practices, bridge expertise gaps, and engage in high-quality networking.

Business Mission Trips

SBF’s Business Mission Trips under the GlobalConnect@SBF Programme are designed to help Singapore companies expand into global markets. Through such curated missions, participants can Learn about the market landscape, trends, and business practices in potential markets, while gaining in-depth market intelligence and access to expert advisory. They can also gain Leads by expanding customer networks and accelerating deal-making through in-country B2B matchmaking and networking sessions, and Land opportunities by deepening engagement with potential partners and identifying pathways for market entry and growth. The missions also emphasise how companies can Localise their products, services, and strategies to meet the unique needs of the new market, including establishing a presence and optimising operations for longer-term success.

These missions aim to empower businesses with the knowledge, connections, and insights needed to thrive internationally.

Singapore Emission Factors Registry

The Singapore Emission Factors Registry (SEFR) is Singapore’s single reference point for localised emission factors data. The SEFR is co-developed by SBF and the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), with voluntary knowledge contribution from Singtel and PwC Singapore respectively. This initiative is supported by the Ministry of Trade and Industry, MSE, Enterprise Singapore, and SBF Foundation.

Future Ready Business Index

The Future Ready Business Index (FRBI), an initiative by SBF, is a diagnostic & benchmarking platform to provide quality data, impactful insights and a roadmap to future-readiness.

A data-driven and comprehensive FRBI offers a business-centric perspective, delivering targeted interventions based on a clear diagnosis of firms’ future-readiness. This approach helps SMEs navigate transformation, future-proof their businesses, and assess the effectiveness of sectoral industry transformation efforts.