CommunicAsia 2016 opened this week, with the theme “Powering Digital Transformation,” and looks at how technology is changing how people live, learn, work, and play.
This year, the event event is expected to gather about 1,800 exhibitors and 34 international pavilions from 53 countries and regions, bringing innovations critical for digital transformation in the region.
“Disruptive models from businesses like Uber and Netflix – who are speakers of this year’s events – have propelled organisations’ into innovating and reinventing themselves to stay ahead in a digitally transformed world. The programme for CommunicAsia2016, EnterpriseIT2016 and BroadcastAsia2016 presents participants with cutting-edge technology from robotics, Internet of Things (IoT) manifestations, virtual reality (VR) and more, alongside topical, forward-thinking conversations led by industry thought leaders,” said Lindy Wee, Chief Executive, Singapore Exhibition Services.
At the opening, Dr Yaacob Ibrahim, Minister for Communications and Information, said that the infocomm and media spaces are converging and to meet the opportunities and challenges of this reality, Singapore has been undergoing a series of transformation to re-position itself.
The Minister said that Singapore has been laying the groundwork to build the world’s first Smart Nation by leveraging the pervasive nationwide broadband connectivity and wireless networks to enhance sensor data collection. “Making sense of the data gathered and sharing the insights gained will be invaluable in ensuring better public services delivery to our people,” he explained.
One other initiative Singapore is following up on is the Green Data Centre Programme, where Singapore is working with partners to test whether data centres can be operated in temperature and humidity levels that are double the current norm. Dr Ibrahim said that if successful, it would prove that data centres need not be run in tightly-controlled cooled environments. “Not only will it expand the geographical limitation of siting data centres, it would also cut back on the existing energy requirements for the running of such centres,” he added.
Dr Ibrahim said that later in the year, the Prime Minister of Singapore would be launching Singapore’s National Cybersecurity Strategy document.