Indian government works with the tech private sector to boost technology adoption in Guwahati
Private and public sectors have been working together to develop the scope of technologies in North East India’s tech hub, Guwahati.
EXCLUSIVE – 5th Annual Malaysia OpenGov Leadership Forum 2019 Keynote Presentations
The 5th Malaysia OGLF 2019 brought together participants from national and state government ministries, agencies, departments along with healthcare and education sectors to exchange ideas and experiences.
HKUST collaborates with bank to nurture cybersecurity talent
The event aimed to promote cybersecurity awareness and provide an opportunity for students at HKUST to address some real-world threats faced by information security experts.
HKSTP and partners organise STEM event to include youth in tech
Students gained a deeper understanding of their background, technology, development status and overall development of Hong Kong.
Collaboration to accelerate adoption of digital tech in NZ
The partnership aims to drive the digital transformation of the country’s primary industries as well as support sustainable social and economic growth in regional New Zealand and boost the protection of the environment.
Analytics, Computing, and Complex Systems lab promotes technological innovation
ACCeSs@AIM aims to lead, inspire, and transform the use of data science, artificial intelligence, and computational models to help industries, government agencies, and other sectors innovate.
Indonesia pushes for IoT in the country
The Ministry of Industry continually provides its support for activities that will develop IoT in the country because they recognise that the opportunity to become an IoT ecosystem is huge.
Education, workshops and labs to drive Victoria digital economy
The digital learning labs and workshops will focus on emerging tech, will feature cutting-edge technology, and will promote media and screen literacy benefitting the students across Victoria.
New Zealand advocates for cybersecurity globally
While the country is geographically isolated, this offers no protection in the cyber world.
Automated desks for the protection of children during earthquakes
LAMESA combines technology with capacity building in terms of knowledge and infrastructure to best address such probable disaster, particularly in educational institutions.
CUHK’s IOFC issues smart city research findings
Other projects underway at the IOFC include a wearable, IoT-based airborne particulate matter monitoring system.
New cloud solution hub will drive IR 4.0
The hub is being developed to include a regional technical cloud centre focused on delivering industry 4.0 solutions to enable more companies to adopt innovative and customised applications.
Redefining Malaysian digital landscape with video
5G will serve as a critical infrastructure for Malaysia as the country works to enact wide-scale deployment of the tech.
New Delhi Municipal Council to launch a portal with smart city project information
The New Delhi Municipal Council’s portal will be divided into sub-sections, with each specifying the projects implemented successfully and the responses received from the public, such as smart parking, smart classes, smart meters, smart bikes, taxi stands, e-vehicle charging stations, and e-scooters.
New Zealand funds R&D internships for businesses
The R&D Experience Grants provides companies with the opportunity to boost their research and development capacity and gain access to fresh talent and ideas.
South Australia to expand cybersecurity capabilities
The key to advancing South Australia’s cyber industry and capabilities is building a trained and skilled workforce.
Monetary Authority of Singapore and Asia-Pacific Future Financial Research Institute promote FinTech Innovation
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Asia-Pacific Future Financial Research Institute (AFF) signed a FinTech Co-operation Agreement yesterday to promote academic exchanges, information sharing and research co-operation on FinTech. It aims to encourage greater collaboration between business communities, academia and think tanks from Singapore and China. The agreement was signed before the FinTech […]
HKU organises event to spark STEAM interest among youth
The primary objective of the competition is to enhance the knowledge of and interest in the engineering of creating artefacts for humanistic expression among the young generation.
Hong Kong turns on smart lights
The smart lampposts can enhance city management through the collection of real-time data like weather, environment and traffic. Moreover, the lampposts are suitable for installing microcell stations of 5G mobile communications services and providing Wi-Fi and future 5G services to the public and tourists.
Taiwan, Czech Republic discuss technology exchanges
Taiwan’s Ministry of Science and Technology and the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic agreed to launch a joint call for technology development programs, starting from the end of June.
Collaboration to provide sensing tech for Australia’s defence
The technology will improve on Australia’s monitoring electromagnetic, space and underwater domains since they are becoming more contested and congested.
Singapore looks at partnership opportunities in innovation and sustainable urban management
Singapore companies can look forward to more partnership opportunities with Nanjing in innovation and sustainable urban management as the city increases its focus on sustainable living as part of its 13th Five-Year Plan. This year also marks the 10th anniversary of the Singapore Nanjing Eco Hi-Tech Island (SNEHTI). Moving forward, the Singapore Nanjing Cooperation Panel1 […]
India’s technology sector driving economy
By 2023, experts predict that the number of India’s tech job openings will be 7 million. These jobs would be in areas like AI, machine learning, IoT, data science, analytics, big data, and blockchain and newer technology areas that are expected to emerge and evolve in the next few years.
Vietnam, Cuba to strengthen cooperation in ICT
Vietnam’s Ministry of Information and Communications will share with Cuba management experience in network security, 4G development, and legal framework in the field of telecommunications and ICT.
Vietnam seeks to develop its tech enterprise community
Vietnam’s ICT sector has around 50,000 enterprises with combined revenues of about US $100 billion. To increase this figure, the government plans to adopt a national digital transformation strategy for 2019.
India to have a $1 trillion digital payments industry by 2023
India’s digital payments aggregate less than US $200 billion, of which mobile payments were at an estimated value of US $10 billion in the financial year 2018. By 2023, a report expects that the digital payments industry will grow to US $1 trillion.
HK prime location for GBA data hub
Hong Kong’s active participation in international agreements regarding cross-border data transfer, its international positioning and its robust legal framework make it the prime location for GBA’s data centre hub.
AI system to boost security in Christchurch, NZ
High-tech security cameras powered by artificial intelligence (AI) gadgets can detect active shooters and alert police and other emergency services before shots are even fired.
3D optical biopsies are in the horizon
The new technique uses a light field imaging approach to produce microscopic images in stereo vision, similar to watching 3D movies while wearing 3D glasses.
HKUST partners Insuretech firm to drive Fintech
The MoC is one way in which HKUST Business School is looking into ways to contribute to the development of the city into a global Fintech hub.
