eAsia Summit, 11-13 November 2008, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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About Conference
The conference schedule for eAsia 2008 is being updated continually, as more speakers confirm their attendance. Over the next three months, detailed descriptions of the sessions will be published, along with information on speakers. By the end of October, we expect the programme to be almost complete.
Conference Themes
- egov Asia
- digital learning Asia
- eHEALTH Asia
- Asian Telecentre Forum
- mSERVE Asia
Participating Organisations
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Participating Organisations : eAsia 2008
Government Ministry of Energy, Water and Communications,Malaysia Ministry of Communication and Technology, Thailand Commonwealth Secretariat, Malaysia Commonwealth Medical Association, Malaysia Ministry of External Affairs, India Ministry of Communications & IT, India Department of Information Technology,Govt. of N.C.T of Delhi,India Indian Railway Traffic Service Indian Economic Service Academia Korea Serospace University, South Korea Department of Communication, PSG College of Arts & Science, Coimbatore, Tamilnad, India Department of Computer Science and Telecommunication Engineerng, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Bangladesh Centre for Education and Rural Development, Madurai, Tamil Nadu Department of Political Science,Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India School of Information Technology,IIT Delhi Institute of Information and Communication Technology, Bangladesh Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology Atmiya Institute of Technology & Science, India Department of Commerce & Financial Management University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka University Putra Malaysia,Malaysia National University of Singapore International Organisations Global Knowledge Partnership telecentre.org The World Bank Global e-Schools and Communities Initiative (GeSCI) International dissemination of knowledge and experience in Telemedicine and eHealth International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organisation Warisan Global Sdn. Bhd (WG) Information and Communication Technology Agency Sarvodaya-fusion, Sri Lanka OneRoof Inc., USA Nenasala, Sri Lanka Forum for Information Technology, Nepal Grameen Gyaan Abhiyan, India Gedaref Digital City Organization (GDCO), Sudan Relief International-Schools Online (RI-SOL), Bangladesh Private Sector Intel Designmate India Pvt Ltd Globus Infocom SMART Technologies EP-TEC Solutions QAI Global Institute Hitachi Group TRIX Technologies Infosys Ltd Apollo Group Ekagon technologies |
Exhibition
Exhibition : eAsia 2008
eAsia 2008 exhibitors
eAsia 2008 will host a prolific range of exhibits featuring the best in cutting edge developments across Asia. The list of exhibitors will be made available online and will keep getting updated throughout the run up to the event in November.
The eAsia exhibition will witness:
- Cutting edge developments in the ICT sector across Asia
- Inventive Marketing Solutions from within the Asian ICT industry and beyond
- Participation by the best in the Asian ICT industry
- Workshops, demonstrations and display of the latest from the ICT industry
Scenes from eAsia 2007 exhibiton
Citizen Engagement
Citizen Engagement
eGov Asia Conference
(Session Coordinated by Microsoft)
Background
Around the world Governments are being challenged as never before with many new and changing issues. Globalisation, economic instability are increasing migration and ethnic diversity in our cities and regions. Longer lifespans are placing greater demands on our social services and increasing the overall cost. At the same time, citizens expectations are rising through the increasingly pervasive nature of the internet in both commercial and social communities.
How do governments handle these diverse challenges? What can governments do to handle the modern day pressures?
Microsoft has been working with governments around the world to address these issues in partnership. Developed through these partnerships, Microsoft has established architecture strategies, and accelerators that meet the ever-changing demands of governments as they embrace technology as a solution. Technologies that allow flexible, cross platform integration and acknowledge the broad variety of access methods of our citizens in technology rich communities. Microsoft will introduce some of these methodologies, and the unique value proposition through the Connected Government Framework, Citizen Service Platform, and online services showing examples of real world implementations.
Workshop participants will be introduced to:
- The methods of government interaction, the pressures and challenges faced by governments, and some of the solutions for these challenges,
- eGovernment implementation projects, and discussion on approaches to eGovernment..
- Real world examples from our customers, their approaches and challenges
- Making in real, and the next steps to successful projects.
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Citizen Engagement
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| Time | Session Description |
| 10 mins | General Introduction to the session – Andrew Hodges – Director Local and Regional Government – Asia Pacific RegionMicrosoft |
| 30 mins | Pressures of Government Service Delivery in the 21st Century
Paul Wilson – Industry General Manager – Government, Microsoft Asia Pacific Region
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| 30 mins | Government’s and Citizens Unite!
Andrew Hodges – Director – Local and Regional Government – Microsoft Asia Pacific Region. Andrew will:
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| 30 mins | Case Study – Investment in Human Capital to Support eGovernment
Azizah Ali, General Manager Public Sector Microsoft Malaysia Azizah will:
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| 30 mins | Case Study – Competition through Technology
Mayor of Pattaya TBC Will:
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| 10 mins | Let the Journey Begin! Wrap-up and Close |
21st Century Teaching & Learning
21st Century Teaching & Learning
Digital learning Asia Conference
(Session Coordinated by Microsoft)
Background
Ultimately, the success of 21st century learning comes down to the people involved – teachers, students, administrators and parents – and their ability to engage in relevant, meaningful ways of teaching, learning and assessing outcomes.
Recognizing this, Microsoft is committed to creating innovative solutions that enable people to gain wider access to learning, engage in more natural communication and collaboration, and customize learning programs to suit their individual needs in order to deliver 21st century learning.
This vision for 21st century learning is not a distant reality. It is already taking shape across the Asia-Pacific region where Microsoft is supporting initiatives by policy makers, departments and individual institutions who are evolving better ways for people to manage, assess and deliver education. Today’s educational institutions are creating virtual learning communities where students and staff can collaborate on laptops over a wireless network using email, instant messaging, audio and videoconferencing.
Workshop participants will be introduced to:
- The methods of teaching and learning interaction, the pressures and challenges faced by governments, and some of the solutions for these challenges within the Connected Education Framework
- A Technology Implementation Showcase from “HEULAB” a dynamic, innovative education systems provider with a wide range of quality IT education in teaching & learning environment.
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21st Century Teaching and Learning
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Time
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General Introduction to the session – Azizah Ali – General Manager Public Sector Microsoft Malaysia SDN BHD
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15 mins
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Session Description
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45mins
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“Power of Digitization in Learning” By: Lim Soon Jinn, Heulab Deputy CEO
Technology has over the years, becoming part and parcel of one’s lifestyle. Various learning devices and the Internet allow us to be seamlessly and always connected to one and other. The age of Digitization provides further options for learning to be out of the traditional box.
Assimilating digitization to education empowers the transformation of the four walls of any classroom into a borderless environment so learning can be enhanced with information being retrieved up-to-date, collaboration being increased, and learning to take place anytime, anywhere.
This presentation will demonstrate how technology – through use of authoring and collaborative solutions – stimulates independent learning to enhance students’ performance around the world. |
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30 mins
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“Affordable Computing to Transform Education” Camille Mazo, Business Development Manager Education, UPG APAC Sriddej Khruasuwan (Pom), Training Program Manager / Technical Support –UPG, Microsoft Thailand Limited
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Knowledge Driven Health
Knowledge Driven Health
eHealth Asia Conference
(Session Coordinated by Microsoft)
Background
Healthcare is experiencing a transformation that challenges us to evolve from a provider-centric to a patient-centric model of healthcare delivery. New technologies are making it both achievable and affordable for healthcare organizations to meet this challenge, helping to make healthcare more efficient, safer and accessible to all.
Access to knowledge and expertise will be vital as clinicians evolve from being expected to know and remember everything to being experts at finding and applying information. This changing role will require them to be always connected in order to share knowledge and decisions and to form ‘just in time’ teams of qualified professionals to deal with specific problems or patients. With easier access to information and expertise, clinicians can spend more time doing what they are trained for – caring for patients.
The greatest asset we have for healthcare transformation is the knowledge and skill of people and the interactions that bind them together. This is where we need to start, with tools that reflect the way practitioners work and communicate, and technologies that support their changing roles and modes of interaction. We see clinicians with the capability to connect with their peers and systems to find the information they need. We see collaboration of colleagues, teams and organizations to be of central importance for more effective healthcare delivery, and we see technology supporting more informed decision-making at every level of the healthcare system.
Knowledge Driven Health is our investment in assisting this transformation.
Workshop participants will be introduced to:
- The methods of healthcare provider interaction, the pressures and challenges faced by governments, and some of the solutions for these challenges
- The opportunity that exists for Patient Relationship Management in the Hospital as well as the opportunity for Case Management within Social Services agencies.
- The opportunity for leveraging the Microsoft technologies to better manage costs, improve quality and enhance insight across any delivery systems
- A Technology Implementation Showcase from “GLOCO” a dynamic, innovative IT healthcare systems provider with a wide range of quality IT healthcare and medical imaging systems for Hospitals, Paediatric Clinics, GP Clinics and Dental Clinics.
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| 10 mins | General Introduction to the session – Azizah Ali – General Manager Public Sector Microsoft Malaysia SDN BHD |
| 25 mins | “Managing Patient Relationships using CRM”
Werner Van Huffel-Technology Strategist for Health and Social Services-Microsoft Asia Pacific Region This session will examine the opportunity that exists for Patient Relationship Management in the Hospital as well as the opportunity for Case Management within Social Services agencies. It looks at the offerings and tools that are available leveraging Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 for building out these solutions and scenarios and demos to help the audience understand how it could be applied. |
| 25 mins | Business Intelligence and Healthcare Analytics
Werner Van Huffel-Technology Strategist for Health and Social Services-Microsoft Asia Pacific Region Reporting and Business Intelligence is becoming increasingly important in health as providers and social services agencies are looking to better manage costs, improve quality and enhance insight across their delivery systems. This session will look at the opportunity for leveraging the Microsoft technologies contained within SQL Server 2008 and Performance Point Server to deliver BI/DW and Analytics solutions for health and social services. |
| 30 mins | Case Study – Implementation of Knowledge Driven Health Platform Alex Chang – Managing Director- GLOCO HOLDINGS SDN. BHD. |
Asia Knowledge Forum on ICT in Education
Asia Knowledge Forum on ICT in Education
(Session Conceptualised by Gesci)
The workshop on “Asia Knowledge Forum” is being convened by Global e Schools and Communities Initiative (GeSCI). GeSCI is a global partnership bringing together the governments of developing and donor countries, business communities, civil society and international organizations that believe the development of all societies is fundamentally based on human development, access to information and knowledge and innovation. GeSCI’s operations and partnerships are based on the idea of Knowledge Sharing – support that helps developing countries cultivate their own knowledge and innovation institutions and structures.
The concept of the Asia Knowledge Forum emerges from GeSCI’s in country experiences in Africa, Latin America and India. Working in partnership with country governments, GeSCI supports the development of effective frameworks including policy and strategy formation on ICT in Education. This provides GeSCI with a unique insight into the specific challenges and solutions in using ICT for Education in developing countries.
The Asia Knowledge Forum is proposed as a multi-country, multi-stakeholder, collaborative, knowledge sharing platform on ICTs in Education providing a neutral platform for member countries to build awareness on the effective usage of ICTs in education. It will bring together ministries of education, opinion leaders, scholars and educators from Asian countries to exchange, collaborate and become engaged in an ongoing dialogue that will ultimately lead to the development of appropriate, innovative and possibly ground-breaking policy solutions to the impediments on ICT and Education that confront policy makers.
It is a Forum designed to assist some of the poorest Asian countries in mobilizing best practices and knowledge around issues of integrating educational technology into learning environments. The Forum will endeavor to establish national and international partnerships to ensure the success of such structures. It will also provide a mechanism for exchange and networking between member countries and to promote cross country collaboration and communication. It would also explore opportunities for synergizing knowledge through the convergence of regional experiences and knowledge sharing from across the globe.
The Asia Knowledge Forum will have its first planning meeting alongside the eASiA2008. The purpose of the meeting is to identify the key partners and the key issues that would form the core of the forum in the future. The activities of the Forum will be based on the needs of the members.
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(Programme Schedule)
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| 11.30 am – 11.35 am | Programme Overview: an Introduction
Asia Knowledge Forum, programme overview by Ms. Ashish Garg, Asia Regional Coordinator, Global e-Schools & Communities Initiative (GeSCI) |
| 11:35 am – 11:40 am | Opening address: GeSCI and its role in promoting knowledge sharing on ICT’s in Education globally Experiences from the Africa Knowledge Exchange by Dr. Jyrki Pulkkinen, CEO, Global e Schools & Communities Initiative (GeSCI) |
| 11:40 am – 11:50 am | Key Note Address: The need and role of an Asia Knowledge Forum on ICT in Education – reflections from Asian perspective
Mr. TAMBO Ichiro Executive Advisor to the Director General, Economic Infrastructure Department, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) |
| 11:50 am – 12:30 pm | Round of Introduction and sharing national strategic perspectives
Self introduction by the participants and sharing the National Strategic perspectives of each country: key issues, gap areas & challenges pertaining to ICT and education in the member countries |
| 12:30 pm – 12:55 pm | Expectations from the Asia Knowledge Forum – identification of work streams
Identification of critical issues and challenges in the region. Identification and consensus on major work streams for the Asia Knowledge Forum (Identification of the action plan from the key points identified) |
| 12:55 pm – 1:00 pm | Way Ahead & Wrap Up
Way ahead and wrap up by Ms. Ashish Garg/ Dr. Jyrki Pulkinnen |
