Industry leaders will be sharing insights and views on innovation and pertinent ICT related topics at a 2-day Leadership Summit 2012 which will be launched by the Honorable Deputy Minister of Science, Technology & Innovation. YB Datuk Haji Fadillah Bin Haji Yusof, on 27th September 2012 in Hotel Istana, Kuala Lumpur.
About 300 industry leaders from the ICT, finance, telecommunications and the Government sector are anticipated to be participating in the summit that is jointly organized by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) and PIKOM, the National ICT Association of Malaysia. This year’s Leadership Summit carries the theme “Innovation for Digital Opportunity – The Power of Mobile Social Commerce”.
The 2-day summit will feature several prominent speakers such as Datuk Badlisham Ghazali, CEO of Multimedia Development Corporation (MDEC) and Mr. Woon Tai Hai, PIKOM Chairman and Executive Director, KPMG Management and Risk Consulting Sdn Bhd. International speakers include Chris Whitney of HP and Jon Krause the Executive Partner of Gartner Executive Programs.
During the two-day summit, the renowned speakers will share insightful trends and their experiences on the Power of Mobile Social Commerce. Our “not to be missed” flagship strategic research report on the ICT industry in Malaysia, the ICT Strategic Review 2012 / 2013 will also be the main highlight during the summit, whereby all participants will receive a complimentary copy of this report. This PIKOM annual strategic publication features rich contents such as “Disruptive Innovation the Way Forward for High Value Adding Economy”, “Embracing the Consumerisation of IT to Enable Workplace Transformation”, “Green IT, Smart Business” and others.
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| The launch of Strategic Review 2012 / 2013 – Left : En. Shaifubahrim Saleh, Pikom President, Datuk Badlisham Ghazali, CEO,MDeC, Dr Amiruddin Abdul Wahab, Undersecretary, DICT, MOSTI, YB Datuk Haji Fadilah Bin Haji Yusof, Deputy Minister of MOSTI, Woon Tai Hai, PIKOM Chairman. | Panel discussion during the event – it featured “Disruptive Innovation the Way Forward for High Value Adding Economy”, “Embracing the Consumerisation of IT to Enable Workplace Transformation”, “Green IT, Smart Business” and others. |
“Leadership Summit 2012, fourth year in its existence, demonstrates PIKOM’s continuing commitment to create opportunities for ICT industry leaders and company heads to interface with the aim of experience sharing and networking. This is where industry leaders can also gain insight into best practices riding on technology trends that shape the Global ICT industry landscape”, said Woon Tai Hai, the Chairman of PIKOM.
“As the theme suggest, this year’s summit will focus on numerous Mobile Social Commerce trends and its significance to the business especially SMEs as an effective and efficient platform to expand one’s market globally.” said Woon.
Woon further add that companies especially SMEs in Malaysia should embrace new and innovative ways of doing business by leveraging on “Mobile Social Commerce” to accentuate to a higher level of competitiveness so as to be relevant in the global marketplace. In Malaysia, the mobile market penetration is about 130% while more than 5.2 million or about 20% market penetration for Smartphone. Mobile Social Commerce is fast becoming so pervasive today; this technological platform cannot be ignored. About 30% of the time spent online is on Social Networking in particular social media channel in the form of Facebook site, Twitter account, MySpace community fans club page or other social inventory. Compelling reasons include Sale of Mobile devices are exploding, Social media are not confined to individuals alone but enterprises are also leveraging on them and finally e-Commerce, a technological innovation that have already been embedded in the community for a long time now, but perhaps not fully embraced by all walks of life yet especially in the rural community.
The topics that will be featured during the 2-day summit include “Digital Malaysia – Transforming the ICT Industry”, “Broadband Is Changing the Way We Do Business”, “Embracing Mobility and Social Media to Power Your Business”. Other more eye-catching but highly relevant hot topics will be, how to monetize the mobile apps and some creative ways to go e-commerce swiftly that is low-cost and hassle-free in Malaysia. We at PIKOM certainly look forward to another productive summit for 2012
