EXCLUSIVE- Meeting high customer expectations with limited resources – Turning a limitation into an advantage
Dialogue session in Jakarta on how open source can help deliver quality government services while working within budget limitations.
EXCLUSIVE – Digital transformation, mobility and efficiency at Parliament of NSW
“Today we produce and publish in near real time, Hansard transcripts which document current business as it is being debated in Parliament.”
EXCLUSIVE – Defending physical infrastructure against cyberthreats
Maz Mirza Bin Mohd Aminurashid, Head of IT at Mass Rapid Transit Corporation,Malaysia, talks about defending the MRT system against cyber threats.
EXCLUSIVE – Bringing people and technology together- collaboration in the Australian government
Government agencies understand the necessity of collaboration and there is gradual but sure progress. The primary challenge is managing the ‘people’ factor.
EXCLUSIVE – Smart Nation Innovations at A*STAR (Part 2) – Supercomputing and Next-generation Networks
Innovations to position A*STAR as a world-class research agency and help Singapore attract the best research talent from around the world
EXCLUSIVE – Collecting, managing and describing content – new challenges for a digital age library
“The Library is Australia’s memory; therefore we need to protect our digital assets from malicious activity…we also have to ensure that we can meet our open access obligations.”
EXCLUSIVE – Delivering healthcare services seamlessly and securely at Melbourne Health
OpenGov speaks to Mrs. Sally Campbell, Executive Director, Corporate and Information Services, Melbourne Health about ICT challenges and initiatives.
EXCLUSIVE- Digital Canberra- Fostering business and citizen initiatives through technology backbone
“Culture is the battleground of Digital. My job is to influence and change the culture.”
EXCLUSIVE – Application-oriented innovation at Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka
“As a technical university, our focus is to come up new technologies and innovations for the benefit of the society.”
EXCLUSIVE – Digital transformation in the Department of Justice and Regulation, Victoria
Michael Cornelius, Chief Information Officer, Knowledge, Information & Technology Services in the Department of Justice and Regulation, Victoria talks about current priorities and challenges.
EXCLUSIVE – Open Government and Open Data initiatives at NSW Information and Privacy Commission
“The Right to Know Week provides an opportunity to talk about both information access rights and Open Data.”
EXCLUSIVE – Smart Nation Innovations at A*STAR (Part 1) – Big Data, IoT, Mobility
A*STAR is driving progress in Big Data management, mobility, next generation networks and supercomputing.
EXCLUSIVE – Panel discussion on Using Big Data analytics to solve the problems facing government at NSW Forum
Wide-ranging discussion on definitions and meaning of big data, its value, the role of IoT and mitigation of concerns over security and privacy.
EXCLUSIVE – Driving IOT deployment in Malaysia (Part 2) – Proof of concept and industry adoption
Mr. Ramanathan talks about developing proof-of-concept and promoting and supporting industry adoption of Internet of Things.
EXCLUSIVE – Driving IOT deployment in Malaysia (Part 1) – Network challenges and a common platform
Mr. Ramanathan tells OpenGov how MIMOS is dealing with network related challenges in IoT in urban and rural areas and talks about the applications of the open platform, Mi-MIST.
EXCLUSIVE – Moving towards a ‘Person-Centred’ approach to healthcare
“In summary, we want to ensure we are collecting clinical information in digital form that can be part of a person’s health record, is able to be appropriately shared, is robust and secure, and can be used to deliver better health and wellbeing outcomes for the person.”
EXCLUSIVE – Eye to the future at IDA – IoT, AI and more
“These are still nascent concepts. The question is, if and when they become mainstream, what will be the implications? What are we going to need? We need to make the conscious choice to study these technologies.”
EXCLUSIVE – Enhancing Efficiency, Flexibility and Resilience through Sustainable Smart City projects in Japan
Dr Masaru Yarime talks about reducing the environmental burden and dealing with natural disasters and a declining and ageing population through Smart City innovations.
EXCLUSIVE – Standardising and optimising ICT functions at the Ministry of Health in Indonesia
Opengov chats with drg. Rudy Kurniawan, Head of Subsection Standardisation Information System from the Centre of Data and Information, Ministry of Health, Republic of Indonesia .
EXCLUSIVE – Robust and secure delivery of medical results – ICT innovation at NSW Health Pathology
“More than 70% of patient treatment decisions are supported by pathology. Pathology is a critical part of the integrated care provided to patients, and reliable access to pathology results is critical.”
Singapore and Malaysia gear up for the future: Training and producing data professionals
The beauty of BASE is not these seven pillars individually, but how they all come together to fulfil a bigger dream of serving the needs of the industries, the communities and the people.
Are Governments keeping up with the citizen analyst era?
By 2020, analysts predict that there will be more data-bytes produced than there are known stars in our sky. Data has, for some time, been at the heart of decision making for businesses, but the use of data to gain insights has now reached far beyond the desktop of a market researcher. Governments now use data […]
Case tracker added to OneService app which provides a single platform for Singapore residents to report municipal issues
The app automatically routes each feedback to the relevant agency. Now the users will also know the cases that the agencies have taken on across the island.
NTU developing AI-based virtual tutor to offer personalised, interactive learning support system for medical students
The goal is to design a virtual tutor with the ability to adapt learning to each individual, and with algorithms equipped to analyse students’ performance, weaknesses and strengths.
Singapore’s Construction ITM aims to use cloud and digital technology to integrate stakeholders in the building life cycle
By 2025, the ITM targets to have 80,000 personnel trained in DfMA, IDD and green building capabilities.
DLT-based cross border trade finance infrastructure to be first collaboration under Singapore-Hong Kong FinTech cooperation agreement
“This is one of our more significant FinTech co-operation agreements, given the extensive financial and trade linkages between Singapore and Hong Kong.”
World Bank and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to establish joint data centre on forced displacement
The data centre is expected to strengthen the global data collection system, establishing common norms, definitions, and methodologies.
Enhanced FinTech regulatory sandbox in Australia to have wider range of eligible products and services and longer testing timeframe
The enhanced regulatory sandbox was among a slew of measures announced in the 2017-18 budget for promoting FinTech innovation and growth in Australia.
EXCLUSIVE – A conversation on the evolution of artificial intelligence and its present-day applications
Now, we have the big data, the computing power, as well as the deep learning algorithms. Consequently, the applicability of AI is growing by leaps and bounds.
‘One Million Arab Coders’ initiative launched in Dubai to equip young Arabs with skills required for digital economy
“Coding is the language of the modern era. Our goal is to teach it to one million young Arabs.”