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EXCLUSIVE – 5th Annual Singapore OpenGov Leadership Forum 2019 Recognition of Excellence – Part 2

This is Part 2 of a four-part series. See Part 1Part 3 and Part 4 here.

Over 500 government officials and senior technology executives from across the Singaporean government, banks, academic institutions and healthcare sector convened at the 5th Singapore OpenGov Leadership Forum 2019 on 16th May 2019 at Marina Bay Sands.

The OpenGov Recognition of Excellence (RoE) Awards ceremony was held in conjunction with the OpenGov Leadership Forum.

An integral part of the OpenGov vision, Recognition of Excellence Awards are a commendation for agencies that establish new benchmarks for government ICT innovation in the ASEAN and ANZ regions. An Advisory Board, made up of former and current Chief Executives, select and vet these projects and initiatives. There have been over 200 recipients of these prestigious awards since 2016.

Though small, Singapore has one of the most technologically advanced infrastructures in the world and is expected to further expand its influence in not only Asia, but the global landscape. The work and contributions that these agencies have done to the technological development of Singapore as a Smart Nation is commendable.

This year, OpenGov is recognising and celebrating 14 agencies from the public and FSI sectors for initiatives that have achieved excellence in the use of ICT.

The award winners for Singapore OpenGov Recognition of Excellence 2019 are:

Immigration and Checkpoints Authority

Marilyn Tan, Head Customer Relations at ICA

MyICA is a personalised portal where customers can access their personal information and ICA’s range of electronic services (e-Services) on a single and secure digital platform. This makes leaving and entering Singapore an easier, more efficient process and reduces administrative work for the authority and increases productivity.

Infocommunications Media Development Authority

Left to Right: Ms Eunice Tan, Assistant Director, SMEs, Go Digital; Ms Evelyn Goh, Director, Policy, Tech & Trademark; Mr Geok Seong Wah, Director, Modern Services

OpenGov recognised IMDA for their ‘Start Digital, Get Connected and Be Trusted’ initiatives.

These inititatives are a follow up to the ‘Go Digital’ programme launched two years ago. These initiatives launched in partnership with Enterprise SIngapore helps encourage and assist SMEs to become digitalised, and to give these businesses digital support at any stage of their digitalisation journey.

The three initiatives  were:

  • The Start Digital initiative – launched with the view of helping businesses adopt digital solutions from the start
  • E-invoicing – to make sure businesses are capable of transacting easily with others and that they have a platform to compete with locally and internationally
  • Data Protection Trustmark – to certify that businesses are trustworthy and operate good data management practices

Land Transport Authority

Jeffrey Lim, Deputy Director, Bus Information Systems at LTA

LTA won the award for the Mobility Assistance for Visually Impaired and Special users (MAVIS) mobile application.

The app uses assistive technologies to help bus commuters with special needs. It has made public transport more accessible and inclusive for all Singaporeans and helps those working on public transport to better identify who has special needs and how better to support these passengers.

MAVIS will help provide commuters with personalised journey guidance, such as the estimated time of arrival and notifications to board or alight the bus. It will also alert bus captains that commuters with special needs will be boarding or alighting, enabling bus captains to offer assistance accordingly, and allow visually impaired passengers to activate the audio announcements at the boarding bus stop.

PARTNER

Qlik’s vision is a data-literate world, where everyone can use data and analytics to improve decision-making and solve their most challenging problems. A private company, Qlik offers real-time data integration and analytics solutions, powered by Qlik Cloud, to close the gaps between data, insights and action. By transforming data into Active Intelligence, businesses can drive better decisions, improve revenue and profitability, and optimize customer relationships. Qlik serves more than 38,000 active customers in over 100 countries.

PARTNER

CTC Global Singapore, a premier end-to-end IT solutions provider, is a fully owned subsidiary of ITOCHU Techno-Solutions Corporation (CTC) and ITOCHU Corporation.

Since 1972, CTC has established itself as one of the country’s top IT solutions providers. With 50 years of experience, headed by an experienced management team and staffed by over 200 qualified IT professionals, we support organizations with integrated IT solutions expertise in Autonomous IT, Cyber Security, Digital Transformation, Enterprise Cloud Infrastructure, Workplace Modernization and Professional Services.

Well-known for our strengths in system integration and consultation, CTC Global proves to be the preferred IT outsourcing destination for organizations all over Singapore today.

PARTNER

Planview has one mission: to build the future of connected work. Our solutions enable organizations to connect the business from ideas to impact, empowering companies to accelerate the achievement of what matters most. Planview’s full spectrum of Portfolio Management and Work Management solutions creates an organizational focus on the strategic outcomes that matter and empowers teams to deliver their best work, no matter how they work. The comprehensive Planview platform and enterprise success model enables customers to deliver innovative, competitive products, services, and customer experiences. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, with locations around the world, Planview has more than 1,300 employees supporting 4,500 customers and 2.6 million users worldwide. For more information, visit www.planview.com.

SUPPORTING ORGANISATION

SIRIM is a premier industrial research and technology organisation in Malaysia, wholly-owned by the Minister​ of Finance Incorporated. With over forty years of experience and expertise, SIRIM is mandated as the machinery for research and technology development, and the national champion of quality. SIRIM has always played a major role in the development of the country’s private sector. By tapping into our expertise and knowledge base, we focus on developing new technologies and improvements in the manufacturing, technology and services sectors. We nurture Small Medium Enterprises (SME) growth with solutions for technology penetration and upgrading, making it an ideal technology partner for SMEs.

PARTNER

HashiCorp provides infrastructure automation software for multi-cloud environments, enabling enterprises to unlock a common cloud operating model to provision, secure, connect, and run any application on any infrastructure. HashiCorp tools allow organizations to deliver applications faster by helping enterprises transition from manual processes and ITIL practices to self-service automation and DevOps practices. 

PARTNER

IBM is a leading global hybrid cloud and AI, and business services provider. We help clients in more than 175 countries capitalize on insights from their data, streamline business processes, reduce costs and gain the competitive edge in their industries. Nearly 3,000 government and corporate entities in critical infrastructure areas such as financial services, telecommunications and healthcare rely on IBM’s hybrid cloud platform and Red Hat OpenShift to affect their digital transformations quickly, efficiently and securely. IBM’s breakthrough innovations in AI, quantum computing, industry-specific cloud solutions and business services deliver open and flexible options to our clients. All of this is backed by IBM’s legendary commitment to trust, transparency, responsibility, inclusivity and service.

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