BACKGROUND
Formed
in 2001, the Singapore Enterprise
Chapter (SEC) caters to the holistic
development of Singapore infocomm
companies. The SEC is also the
biggest chapter in SiTF.
The
SEC’s key domain areas include:
- Local enterprise development
- Local
infocomm product development
- Regionalization
of local infocomm companies
- Development
of the China market
- Capability development
- Forging internationalization
MAJOR
ACTIVITIES
Since
its formation, the SEC has added value
to our members by focusing our efforts
on the following areas of development:
Market
Development
The
SEC helps member companies to expand
their business into overseas markets.
Many of these efforts are promoted
under the ‘Made in Singapore & Proud
of IT’ branding. These include:
- Singapore
Solution Center (SSC) in
Shanghai (China). Supported by
the IDA, this S$3million project
gives SEC
members a foothold into the China
market. It combines a strong ‘Made
in Singapore’ branding
with a unique clustering strategy
to give participating companies
the recognition,
size and scale to pursue business
opportunities in China.
- SiTEX: SiTEX
has become the definitive consumer
digital lifestyle show
in Singapore bettering its own performance
benchmarks
year after year.
- Overseas
Business Missions: SEC organizes
regular business
missions to help
member companies expand into the regional markets.
Past missions to China, Thailand
and Vietnam have helped members identify
potential business partners in
Singapore.
- PROFIT
Directory: The Directory
of SEC members forms a valuable reference
and marketing resource for companies seeking
potential vendors or business
partners in Singapore.
- Business
Matching Seminars with Canadian
Companies and China Zhe Jiang
Environment.
- Strategic
Alliances with overseas
partners provide reciprocal promotions
and market development efforts and business matching
opportunities for SEC members.
One good example is a MOU signed with Hangzhou
East Software Park (HZESP)
and Jinan Province.
- Close
Partnership with most trade
Embassies: Canada, US, UK, Australia,
NZ, Sri Lanka, China.
- Business
Networking Luncheon with GCIO's: SiTF's
Singapore Enterprise Chapter (SEC)
organized an exclusive industry luncheon
for SEC members to
network
with CIOs from the government ministries and agencies
who were present at
the IDA event, “Industry
Briefing on Business
Opportunities for IT in the Public Sector”. At least
50 government CIOs
and relevant government representatives attended the special
luncheon. It provided
excellent opportunity for SiTF members to mingle with some
of the top decision-markers
for ICT projects in the government sectors as well as
interact with some
of the captains of our ICT industry!
- Harnessing
Innovation & New Technologies:
An increasingly competitive market
demands that companies
harness more innovation
and technologies
to generate exciting new commercial
opportunities,
revenues
and retain their
competitive edges. The first-ever
NUS-SiTF
Technology Showcase
is part of the NUS’s on-going efforts
to increase industry awareness of the
cutting edge research & technologies
that are generated constantly from University
research. The technologies covered include
the areas of mobile communications, mixed
reality, computer networking, biometrics,
generative design and interactive media.
It provides a platform
for industry and
investors to
access nascent
technologies
and an excellent
opportunity to foster
interaction
and networking amongst
high-tech
entrepreneurs, venture
capitalists, business
angels and researchers
where business
development opportunities
such
as licensing or collaborative
research
can be explored.
The event is highly
recommended for IT
professionals,
entrepreneurs, venture
capitalists, investors,
technology brokers,
industry players
and anyone who
needs to keep up-to-date
with cutting edge
developments in the
IT industry
- Crossing the Chasm Professional Workshop:
A 3 days Crossing the Chasm Professional
Workshop have been informative and
a great learning experience to all
participants. The interaction level
is extremely high as most participants
were from senior management that came
from different background with REAL
LIFE experience in the ICT industry.
- Golden
Branding Opportunity
“
Beyond the competition and awards, APICTA
2006 provides a golden opportunity for
our contestants to market and brand their
products and companies to a highly-targeted
regional audience,” said Goh Chin
Teck, APICTA 2006 Singapore Chairman. “These
opportunities provide a far greater benefit
to our participation than the awards
themselves.”
- Recognition
as the Regional Best in ICT: Health
Promotion Board’s
Chief Executive Officer, Mr Lam Pin Woon
said, “HPB’s Student Health
Assessment Programme (SHAPE) and Integrated
Dental Electronic Assessment for Students
(IDEAS) is an integrated patient-centric
clinical management system for our school
medical and dental service. SHAPE and
IDEAS manages about one million medical,
vision and dental screening records and
captures 300,000 immunization records
annually. It has radically improved both
clinical care and customer service as
well as our front desk services, resulting
in 50% savings in patient registration
time. The system has also reduced administrative
burden which has translated to cost-savings
of, 6,500 man-days per year from manual
preparation of treatment charts, compilation
of work returns and appointment scheduling.
Capability
Development
SEC
members benefit from a regular program
of talks, seminars and other Business
Intelligence events to equip them with
the knowledge and skills to develop
their business. These include:
- Talks on Branding by the Singapore Management
University (SMU); Intellectual
Property Rights (IPR) Management
by IPOS.
- Business
Intelligence Roundtable by Exploit
Technologies
- Industry
Seminars on Logistics; “Exploring
Uncharted Ground” with IE
Singapore and IDA
All
applicants must be SiTF members. Non-SiTF
members can apply for SiTF membership
together with Chapter membership and
admission to the SECC is contingent on
the approval of SiTF membership.
For further information, please contact
the Singapore infocomm Technology Federation
Secretariat.
The
SiTF SEC Chapter
C/o SiTF Secretariat
55/55A Neil Road
Singapore 088892
Tel: 6325 9700
Fax: 6325 4993
Email: info@sitf.org.sg
Web: http://www.sitf.org.sg |
