Infocomm Industry Forum 2009 – Fostering Innovation in the Infocomm Ecosystem

IDA in conjunction with SiTF is holding their annual Infocomm Industry Forum which amalgamates great thought leaders from different industries to come together and have insightful discussions on fostering innovation in the entrepreneurial eco-system.
Get to learn about whole new world of opportunities unleashed by the new innovation paradigms and gain dynamic insights from the leading regional industry experts, analysts, venture capitalists and entrepreneurs on:
- New technology platforms and infocomm technologies like Green ICT and IPTV.
- How startups can gain competetive advantages by riding on innovative trends.
- Innovation and collaborative strategies through enterprise 2.0 application
and many more..

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Program Synopsis

Keynote Address
Guest-of-Honour: RADM(NS) Lui Tuck Yew, Acting Minister, Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts

Enterprise 2.0: Leveraging Social Media to Promote Workplace Innovation
Organisations are leveraging on Enterprise 2.0 applications to develop collaboration strategies within and outside the workplace. Blogs, wikis and social network sites, coupled with community-building practices, help organisations to leverage on its relationships to promote more effective information sharing and innovation.
Mike Gotta, Principal Analyst, Burton Group

Case Study 1: ICT Innovations powering YCH
YCH Group has won numerous awards, including the National Infocomm Award in 2008, for their innovative use of infocomm technologies. Their use of technologies such as RFID, Business Intelligence & Web 2.0 helped to transform their operations, grow their business and remain competitive in the global market. It is now a leading logistics player in the Asia Pacific region.
James Loo, Chief Information Officer, YCH Group

Successful Technology Start-Ups: An Israeli Perspective on Surviving against All Odds
Many Israeli technology companies have traditionally entered the largest technology market in the USA through the IPO route, even before establishing market demands. Vertex and Technion Seeds Incubator, Israeli’s most reputable privately own Venture Capitalist Fund and Incubator will share their expertise and experience in nurturing and producing successful technology start-ups.
Ms Yifat Oron, Partner, Vertex Venture Capital

IPTV – Delivering Innovative Services to Your Television
As broadcasting and communications services rapidly converge, the vision of personalised, interactive, next generation multimedia applications and communication services available seamlessly across diverse platforms is finally becoming a reality. The TV of the future will get more personalised and connect to everything from home networks to a plethora of services on the Internet.
Dr. Mark Randolph, Fellow of the Technical Staff and Director,Motorola Innovation Centre

Business Model Innovations: A Global Perspective
In today’s global economy, the competitive edge often rests not in product or service innovation, but in the business model itself. Many have recognised the importance of innovating around business models as a complement to product innovation. Companies can prepare themselves and enhance their competitive edge through business model innovation to stay ahead of the competition.
Professor Göran Roos., Managing Director, Intellectual Capital Services Ltd

The Art of the Start: Culture and Passion
The USA has the infrastructure and culture of creating a sustainable pool of technology start-ups. Many of these start-ups share a passion to make a difference to the world, resulting in many innovative products and services. Yet there are common misconceptions of success to be achieved in crowded consumer space of web 2.0, social networking and whether such red ocean space can produce world scalable products.
Michael Sha, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Wikinvest

Singapore’s Infocomm Industry: Towards the Innovation-based era
The Singapore infocomm industry has undergone rapid transformation and development over the last 10 years, in keeping with fast changing technology and global trends. As a new era of innovation continues to power the global economy, the Singapore infocomm industry needs to keep pace with these changes and innovate to sustain growth and remain competitive in the future.
Ms Tan Yen Yen, Chairman, Singapore Infocomm Technology Federation

The Role of Innovation in the Infocomm Ecosystem
Singapore has experienced rapid infocomm-enabled and innovation-led growth over the years. Innovation plays a key role in sustaining growth and developing a vibrant infocomm ecosystem, through encouraging sophisticated demand for infocomm, fostering creation of innovative services and knowledge capital, and strengthening Singapore as an economic hub.
RADM(NS) Ronnie Tay, Chief Executive Officer, Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore

Case Study 2: Innovative Intelligent Transport System by LTA The Land Transport Authority (LTA) is the key government agency tasked with planning the long-term transport needs of Singapore. To meet ever-increasing demands on transportation, LTA has invested heavily in technology for traffic management, to help achieve its vision for a people-centred land transport system. LTA’s efforts has resulted in the implementation of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) to enhance traffic operations and management, as well as other e-services for motorists such as One.Motoring. LTA’s ITS won the 2008 National Infocomm Award for the Most Innovative Use of Infocomm Technology (Public Sector).
Mrs Rosina Howe-Teo, Chief Innovation Officer & Group Director, Innovation & InfoComm Technology, Land Transport Authority of Singapore

Panel Discussion: Bringing Innovation to the Market
A high level panel comprising government and industry stakeholders will discuss the essential building blocks of an innovation ecosystem that can deliver breakthrough of ideas and technologies. The panel will also discuss how Singapore can leverage on its unique strengths to assemble these building blocks and position itself as an innovation hub of the future.
Moderator: Robert Chew, Chairman, IT Standards Committee Council (ITSC)