INSIDE THIS ISSUEQUARTER 4, 2022

e-Newsletter
From The Desk ofChairman
Mr. D.a.vid Wong
ASOCIO
DigitalSummit
2022
Gallery
ASOCIO
Digital Summit& Tech
Excellence
Award
ASOCIO
Tech
ExcellenceAwards
ASOCIOPlenary Meeting &ATCI Golf Tournament

From The Desk of Chairman
MR. DAVID WONG

Welcome to the 4th quarterly E-Newsletter for 2022.
I am proud to note that in 2022 we have undertaken numerous milestone events successfully,comprising conferences, webinars, collaborations, MOU signings, launches and others including thepublication of the Digital Trust Whitepaper. This last quarter of 2022 had saw the organizing of three ofour most signature events which was held from 26-28 October in Singapore. I would like to thank
SGTech for successfully hosting this year’s General Assembly, ASOCIO Digital Summit and Tech
Excellence Awards Night.
A number of important key decisions were made during the 3-day event. I am delighted to announce
that Mr. Brian Shen from CISA has been elected as the new Chairman of ASOCIO for the 2023-2024 termat the General Assembly 2022. On behalf of the current Board, I would like to congratulate Mr. BrianShen and the new Board and we look forward to his leadership in bringing the association to greater
heights. The General Assembly also saw the introduction of an Honorary Lifetime Chairman position
and the appointment of Japan Information Industry Association (JISA) as the co-opted Vice Chairman
position. Both of these positions will be permanent members of the ASOCIO Board. Two Memorandumof Understanding (MOU) were signed between ASOCIO and FKII for FKII to become the host of ASOCIO
Digital Summit 2023 in Seoul, South Korea while the other between ASOCIO and Smart Cities Network(SCN) on the partnership to identify and scope bankable projects aligned to the United Nations’Sustainability Development Goals. Both MOUs were signed with Mr. Jhinsup 'JJ' Jhung, Chairman of FKIIand Mr. Tay Kok Chin, Chairman of SCN respectively.
At the ASOCIO Tech Excellence Awards Night, we had celebrated a total of 52 award recipients across
10 economies. The Honorary Lifetime Chairman Award was presented to Mr. Kafi Abdullah inrecognition for his outstanding support to the growth of ASOCIO for the past two decades. Once helmed
the organization as Chairman from 2013 – 2014, he has since continued to play an active role as theImmediate Past Chairman and Former Immediate Past Chairman as well as heading the Awards
Committee. I would also like to express my sincere appreciation to the Board for presenting me withthe Special Recognition Award for my 6 years of service as ASOCIO Chairman, the longest Chairmanshipin ASOCIO history.
The Digital Trust white paper had also been completed and launched during the ASOCIO Digital Summit
in Singapore. On behalf of ASOCIO, I would like to convey my appreciation and thanks to the PTF/NNEWG
committee and all of our members for the support in making this publication a success. As we will
embark 2023 in a couple of more weeks, we should look forward to upcoming events which have been
confirmed and agreed upon in the General Assembly, namely the Plenary Meeting and Multi Trade Visitin Taiwan as well as the Digital Summit in Seoul, South Korea.
As my Chairmanship will be ending at the end of this year, I would like to take this wonderful opportunity
to thank each and every one of you for your continuous support in bringing ASOCIO to greater heights
and recognition in this region. Your valued friendship is highly regarded and will be forever cherished.
Happy holidays and wishing you a great 2023 year ahead.
Thank you.

PAST EVENTS:
PLENARY MEETING & ATCI GOLF
TOURNAMENT
The 2022 Plenary Meeting hosted by ATCI was a great
success with nearly 35 delegates attending physically forthe two-day event from 21 – 23 July 2022 in Bangkok,Thailand.
Representatives for the event included
Bangladesh, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Laos andMyanmar. Other accompanying activities included a special
briefing on the World Congress on Innovation & Technology(WCIT) 2022 to ATCI members, the ATCI Golf Tournament
2022, a lavish appreciation dinner and a special tour to the oldcapital city of Ayutthaya. Thank you ATCI for hosting a
successful plenary meeting session and being a great hostthroughout the event.

The full-day Plenary Meeting was compact with over 20
agendas and important decisions, appointments andresolutions were passed. Highlight of the meeting was thefollow-up discussion from the Strategic Planning held in
Penang in May which includes strategies for new
membership recruitment, ASOCIO branding, new eventsand initiatives. PIKOM presented on a proposed researchcollaboration with ASOCIO on digital employment andsalary trends in selected economies in the region. JISA alsopresented on their new initiative called the ASEAN – CBP
Platform, an online platform that provides information onthe latest cyber security measures and policies in Japan andacross the region. Congratulations ASOCIO.

GALLERY: PLENARYMEETING & ATCI GOLF
TOURNAMENTWCIT 2022
Penang, Malaysia
13 - 15 September 2022

ASOCIO
playedamajorrolein
supporting WCIT 2022 including theASOCIO Smart City Track, Exhibitionsand Delegates participation
Dubbed as the Olympics of ICT industry, the World Congress on Innovation and Technology (WCIT) 2022 wasorganized in the tropical island of Penang, Malaysia from 13 – 15 September 2022. As one of the world's largest andmost prestigious ICT events, it features discussions with visionaries, captains of industry, government leaders,innovators and academics from over 80 countries. ASOCIO had the privilege to play a major role in supporting WCIT
2022 that includes being the International Content Provider and had successfully organized the ASOCIO Smart City
Track with participation from member economies such as Laos, Myanmar, South Korea, and Malaysia.

SPECIAL HIGHLIGHT:
ASOCIO GENERALASSEMBLY 2022
IN SINGAPORE

Resorts World Sentosa
Convention Centre, Singapore
26 October 2022
At the ASOCIO Annual General
Assembly 2022 on 26 October 2022
in Singapore, Dr Brian Shen waselected as the Chairman of ASOCIO
for the 2023/2024 term effective 1stJanuary 2023. He will be taking overfrom Mr David Wong who has served
as Chairman for 6 years and will beending his term by the end of 2022.
The General Assembly also saw theintroduction of an Honorary Lifetime
Chairmanpositionandtheappointment of Japan Information
Industry Association (JISA) as the coopted Vice Chairman position. Both ofthese positions will be permanent
members of the ASOCIO Board.
In conjunction with the General
Assembly 2022, ASOCIO had also
conducted its 64th Board Meeting,
Digital Summit 2022 and Tech
Excellence Awards 2022 held at theWorld Resorts Sentosa Convention
Centre, Singapore from 26 – 28
October 2022.

ASOCIO GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2022
PHOTO GALLERYKey decisions andresolutions passed during
the General Assembly 2022
1.

Dr Brian Shen was elected as the Chairman of ASOCIO for the 2023/2024 term effective 1st January 2023.

2.

Introduction of a Lifetime Honorary Chairman position and to be a member of the Council.

3.

Appointment of JISA as a permanent member on the ASOCIO Council.

4.

Shortening of the Election notice from 90 days to 30 days.

5.

FKII was selected as the host of the 2023 ASOCIO Digital Summit in Seoul, South Korea.

6.

CISA was selected as the host of the 2021 ASOCIO Plenary Meeting and Multi Trade Event in Taiwan.

7.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed between ASOCIO and FKII for FKII to become the hostof ASOCIO Digital Summit 2023 in Seoul, South Korea. Another MOU was signed between ASOCIO and Smart
Cities Network (SCN) on the partnership to identify and scope bankable projects aligned to the United
Nations’ Sustainability Development Goals.

8.

The full list of elected ASOCIO Board members for 2023/2024 term are as follows;NO NAME

POSITION

ECONOMY1 Dr Brian ShenChairman

Taiwan2 David Wong

Immediate Past Chairman

Malaysia

Past Immediate Past Chairman

Thailand3 Bunrak Saraggananda
4 Abdullah Kafi

Honorary Lifetime Chairman

Bangladesh

5 Yutaka Sasaki

Vice Chairman

Japan

6 John Choi

Vice Chairman

South Korea

7 Supak Lailert

Vice Chairman

Thailand8 Reggie Wong

Vice Chairman

Hong Kong

9 Wong Wai Meng

Vice Chairman

Singapore

10 Nawaraj Kunwar

Vice Chairman

Nepal

11 Stan Singh

Vice Chairman

Malaysia

12 Nguyen Van Khoa

Vice Chairman

VietnamA

ASOCIO Digital Summit 2022

In today’s rapidly digitalizing
and inter-connected world,
understanding Digital Trust andhow to capitalize on its
opportunities is an imperative
for anyone interacting in thedigital economy.
ASOCIO in collaboration with SGTech and Apec Business Advisory Council (ABAC) had organized theASOCIO Digital Summit 2022, the world’s first global summit on Digital Trust on 28 October 2022 at
Resorts World Sentosa Convention, Singapore. Officiated by Singapore’s Senior Minister of State forCommunications and Information Mr Tan Kiat How, the Summit was part of the Singapore Week ofInnovation and Technology (Switch) conference which brought together more than 9,000 participantsfrom start-ups and small firms, investors, companies, government and research bodies.

GALLERY:
ASOCIODIGITALSUMMIT 2022

GALLERY:
ASOCIODIGITALSUMMIT
2022

Position Paper

Trading with Trust in thenew Digitalized World:
How Digital Trust canenable Regional Trade

ASOCIO NNEWG
POSITION PAPER
ON DIGITAL TRUSTMEDIA RELEASEDECEMBER 2022

As ASOCIO, our objective is to develop the ICT industry across the Asia Oceania region by promoting tradeas well as fostering relationships between its member economies. This has been our mission and objective
since our founding in 1984.
With the global economy becoming increasingly digital, the world has also seen the rapid rise in
misinformation, consumer scams, cybersecurity attacks and data breeches. Under such circumstances,
Trust has never been more important as the key ingredient to ensure continued cross-border business
transactions and sustaining global trade.
As such, we stand behind the recommendations outlined in this paper. We believe in the importance ofsustaining regional trade as the digital economy grows, and encourage our member economies to nurture
greater Digital Trust across the region by:

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Exploring interoperable, regional Digital Identity systems;
Working towards mutual recognition of Trust Marks;
Harmonizing standards for cybersecurity, privacy, data protection, and intellectual property toenable cross-border data flows;
Adopting standard data governance contractual clauses;
Establishing dispute resolution channels for regional consumer and business protection.

This is our pledge as a federation of ICT associations representing 24 economies throughout in the AsiaPacific region, a region accounting for USD 800 billion of ICT revenue. We will strive to promote the bestpractices and recommendation outlined in the paper, in hopes to bring about a more prosperous future forthe digital economy in the region. Download the position paper HERE.

ASOCIO TECH EXCELLENCE
AWARDS 2022
In conjunction with the ASOCIO Digital Summit 2022, technology and innovation leaders wererecognized at the regional stage – clinching awards at the ASOCIO Tech Excellence Awards
2022 at Resorts World Sentosa Convention, Singapore. The prestigious ASOCIO Tech
Excellence Awards are given to the deserving individuals and organizations that havecontributed outstanding technology solutions and services and have made remarkable andsuccessful efforts at providing digital opportunities to the society.
This year saw a total of 52 awards recipients across 8 categories from 10 member economies
including tech companies from Bangladesh, Thailand, South Korea, Taiwan, Malaysia, Japan,Myanmar, Vietnam, Singapore and Laos. The ASOCIO Honorary Lifetime Chairman Award waspresented to Abdullah Kafi in recognition for his outstanding support to the growth of ASOCIO
for the past two decades while ASOCIO Chairman David Wong also received a Special
Recognition Award for his 6 years’ service as ASOCIO Chairman, the longest Chairmanship in
ASOCIO history.

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12

ORGANIZATIONAWARD CATEGORY

Hitachi Solutions Ltd, &Sumitomo Mitsui
Construction Co., Ltd.
Netbay Public Company
LimitedOutstanding Tech CompanyAwardJapan

Outstanding Tech CompanyAward
Outstanding Tech CompanyAward
Outstanding Tech CompanyAward
Outstanding Tech CompanyAward
Outstanding Tech Company
Award
Outstanding Tech Company
Award
Outstanding Tech Company
Award
Outstanding Tech Company
Award
Outstanding Tech Company
AwardThailand

3

CJ OliveNetworks

4

SecureAge Technology Co.,Ltd.

5FIFOTech

6Microsec

7Century Software (M) Sdn
Bhd

8

Datacom Co., Ltd.

9101112
13
1415
1617
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
2627
28
2930

ECONOMYSouthKorea
TaiwanBangladesh
Singapore
Malaysia
Laos

Ultimate Solutions Co.,
MyanmarLtd.
Vietnam Post andVietnam
Telecommunication
Corporation (VNPT)
Kuno Kinzoku Industry Co., Outstanding User Organization
JapanLtd.
Award
National Digital ID Company Outstanding User Organization Thailand
Limited (NDID)
Award
Ren Ci Hospital
Outstanding User Organization Singapore
Award
Sunway Group
Outstanding User Organization Malaysia
Award
Tan Long Group
Outstanding User Organization VietnamAward
Maruhan Japan Bank Lao
Outstanding User Organization
LaosAward
The Excise Department,
Digital Government Award
Thailand
Ministry of Finance
Department of Information
Digital Government Award
Bangladesh
and Communication
Technology (DoICT)
Information Management
Digital Government Award
TaiwanCenter of New Taipei City
Government
DOUZONE BIZON
Digital Government AwardSouthKorea
Ministry of Manpower
Digital Government AwardSingapore
MyDIGITAL Corporation
Digital Government Award
Malaysia
Thua Thien Hue Province
Digital Government Award
Vietnam
E-Gov, Digital Government
Digital Government Award
LaosCenter, MTC
Ministry of Social Welfare, Digital Government Award
MyanmarRelief and Resettlement
Conicle Co., Ltd.
EdTech Award
Thailand
Flying Cape Technologies
EdTech Award
Singapore
Universiti Kebangsaan
EdTech Award
Malaysia
Malaysia
FPT Polytechnic
EdTech Award
VietnamSVENG IT SOLUTION CO., LTD. EdTech AwardLaos

NO ORGANIZATIONAWARD CATEGORYECONOMY31 GUSTO University
SK Inc.
32

EdTech Award
HealthTech Award

MyanmarSouthKorea
ThailandBangladesh

33 Ministry of Public Health
HealthTech Award
Diabetic Association ofHealthTech Award
34Bangladesh
Service Systems Technology
HealthTech Award
35 Center, Industrial Technology
Research Institute
36 iHEAL Medical Group Sdn Bhd
HealthTech AwardSB Lab Lao Green Pass Vaccine HealthTech Award
37Management
38 OnDoctor Company Limited
HealthTech Award
39 T-NET Co., Ltd.
Cybersecurity Award
Doosan Digital Innovation
Cybersecurity Award
40414243
44454647
4849505152

Data Terminator Pte Ltd
LGMS Berhad
Cyberus Sole Co., Ltd.
BKAV Corporation
iTrain Asia Pte. Ltd.

Cybersecurity Award
Cybersecurity Award
Cybersecurity Award
Cybersecurity Award
Environmental, Social &Governance Award
Electricity Generation
Environmental, Social &Authority of Thailand (EGAT) Governance Award
Bangladesh Telecommunication Environmental, Social &Regulatory Commission
Governance Award
Tatung System Technology Inc. Environmental, Social &Governance Award
Lao Telecommunication Public Environmental, Social &Company
Governance Award
Easy Rice Digital Technology Start-Up Award
Co., Ltd.
LOCA Co., Ltd.
Start-Up Award
Base Enterprise Joint Stock
Start-Up Award
Company

Taiwan
Malaysia
Laos
MyanmarThailandSouthKorea
Singapore
Malaysia
Laos
VietnamSingapore
ThailandBangladesh
TaiwanLaosThailand
LaosVietnam

PIKOM 36th AnnualGeneral Meeting (AGM)
5th December 2022
New Elected Council Members
PIKOM’s Annual General Meeting was held on the 05th of December 2022. The following were elected to theCouncil for the stated term as per below;

2022 Key EventsNO.

EVENTS & ACTIVITIESDATE

1.

ASOCIO Winner’s Circle Webinar

2 March2022

2.

ASOCIO 62nd Board Meeting & Strategic
Planning Session 2022 in Penang, Malaysia

19 – 21 May
2022

3.

Vietnam Asia DX Summit 2022

25 – 26 May
2022

4.

Transform Asia to Digital Service Society
Forum 2022 in Taipei, Taiwan

19 – 22 July2022

5.

ASOCIO Plenary Meeting & ATCI Golf
Tournament in Bangkok, Thailand

21 – 23 July
2022

6.

World Congress on Innovation &Technology 2022 in Penang, Malaysia

13 – 15
September
2022

7.

Annual General Assembly, ASOCIO Digital
Summit & Tech Excellence Awards Night
2022 in Singapore

26 – 28
October
2022

ASOCIO: Asian-Oceanian Computing Industry Organization

Website: https://www.asocio.org
Email:secretariat@asocio.org