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www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 9 - Issue 6 | June 2019

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ConnecTechAsia - The Region's TMT
Platform for Networking and Business
Intelligence Under One Roof
With transformation at the top of their agenda, business leaders are meeting at ConnecTechAsia later in
June to showcase and discover the latest technologies that promise to ready businesses for the future...

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mong a congregation of 1,800
exhibitors and 200 thought
leaders at the Summit, an estimated
40,000 attendees will be looking to
truly transformative technologies
and solutions to get an edge up in
automating business processes and
exploring fresh revenue streams in this
digital era.
"Connectivity infrastructure is a
key enabler for Digital Economies
worldwide, including Singapore's.
ConnecTechAsia has always been
a key telecoms calendar highlight,
bringing the world's leading players
to Singapore to exchange insights,
share best practices, and build the
capabilities that will be necessary
to bring about next generation
networks. We expect ConnecTechAsia
to be an exciting platform to learn
and experience the cutting-edge
developments in the technologies that
will shape our lives, and wish the event
every success," says Howie Lau, Chief
Industry Development Officer, Infocommunications Media Development
Authority, Singapore.
Leveraging New Partnerships
Coming out the gate in 2019 as the
region's newly minted telecom, media
and technology (TMT) knowledge
powerhouse, this year's event
leverages new partnerships with
leading business intelligence and
research affiliates such as Accenture,
Deloitte, KPMG, Light Reading,
McKinsey, Ovum and Tractica, to
provide expert insights to all event
stakeholders, not just during three
event days, but throughout the year.
"2019 promises to be a dynamic
year for emerging technologies and
Singapore continues to be a key centre
of innovation and exploration. On
a global level in 2019, technologies
such as AI, IoT, and blockchain are
reaching new levels of capability
and commercial scale. At the same
time, the market grapples with
challenges such as privacy and
security, rapidly evolving business
models, new hardware architectures,

and the question of global
cooperation in an age of
nationalism. ConnecTechAsia
will be a focal point for
business and technology
leaders to gather and sort
through the opportunities
as well as the challenges
surrounding
emerging
technology markets," says
Clint Wheelock, Managing
Director at Tractica.
Top
brands
including
Amazon, Axiata, Ericsson, Google,
Grab, Huawei, IBM, iflix, Intel,
Microsoft, Netflix, NHK, NTT DoCoMo,
RedHat, Singtel, Verizon and VMWare
among many others will bring with
them the latest innovations, new
business opportunities and networks,
and thought leadership to the show
floor and Summit.
Knowledge is Power
"Knowledge has always been
the most powerful asset to have,
and
today's
enterprises
need
additional
clarity
to
optimize
business decisions and harness
opportunities. ConnecTechAsia will
bring the combined value of its new
knowledge partnerships providing
TMT intelligence to our stakeholders
throughout the year, culminating
over three event days in June when
the industry comes together to
share, make deals and network. This
new iteration of ConnecTechAsia
is testament to our ever-growing
commitment to support the TMT
industry and facilitate its path towards
successful growth in the region,"
says Ivan Ferrari, Event Director for
ConnecTechAsia,
from
organiser
Informa Markets in Singapore.
In 5G, Artificial Intelligence (AI),
cybersecurity, multi and hybrid-clouds,
Internet of Things (IoT), smart cities
and more, ConnecTechAsia, comprising
three pillars catering to each sector of
the TMT space, will bring together the
diverse yet hyperconnected businesses
that will form a big part of tomorrow's
digital life.

Also making a debut at
this year's event is the 5G
Experience - a dedicated
platform with multiple live
demo zones on how 5G will
translate to new opportunities
and possibilities for enterprises,
especially
in
healthcare,
energy,
manufacturing
and
transportation.
Attendees
can learn how 5G-connected
drones, for example, will make
a difference for businesses,
40,000 attendees are expected to attend
how 5G improves mapping and
transportation, as well as its impact
on a digital-ready manufacturing
company.
The
ConnecTechAsia
Summit,
themed Shaping Future Societies,
will bring together thought leaders
from infocomm, technology, media
and enterprises to discuss what is
NXTAsia will feature emerging technologies
driving digital transformation in
CommunicAsia brings together the region and how the latest tech
next-gen technologies for the telecom trends and innovations are changing
and related industries. BroadcastAsia the landscapes of Cities, Economies,
is
where
broadcasting
media Business and Media.
companies and equipment makers
The keynote by Harriet Green, CEO
showcase their latest products and and Chairman of IBM Asia Pacific,
services, and NXTAsia will feature will explore how the shift from digital
emerging technologies and enterprise experimentation to scale adoption of
solutions. There will also be power- new technologies will fundamentally
packed activities, free workshops and alter the value chains of entire
seminars, speciality zones, partner industries and change the way we work
programs and networking receptions and live.
to keep attendees fully immersed and
Commenting
on
the
event,
engaged.
Andrew Phua, Director, Exhibitions
& Conferences, Singapore Tourism
ConnecTechAsia Highlights
Board, says: "STB is pleased to support
Led by the chairman of the the second edition of ConnecTechAsia.
ASEAN Smart City Network (SCN), in ConnecTechAsia is one of Singapore's
cooperation with country partners flagship exhibitions and anchoring it
such as China, South Korea, Japan and here bolsters Singapore's reputation
Singapore, and the ASEAN Smart Cities as a centre for knowledge, innovation
Communities (SCC), 2019 will see a new and economic exchange in the AsiaSmart Cities Arena at ConnecTechAsia. Pacific region. We are glad to host
With connectivity and digital solutions leading international experts and
for city planning, smart buildings thought leaders in the tech, digital,
and smart homes, this will be where and media industries here, and to
government delegations, investors, facilitate the exchange of ideas,
technology suppliers, disruptors and knowledge and connections, which
infocomm operators gather to do will in turn deliver greater value to
business to develop the cities of the delegates."
future.
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