HKU Joins New Collaborative Project for Inclusive Employment
Various stakeholders including policymakers, representatives of philanthropic and I&T sectors, teachers and the general public gathered to discuss employment opportunities and possibilities for PWD.
APU Signs Web3 Talent Development Agreement
The MoU works towards the development of a Web3-based identity management platform that will be integrated into the FinTech Academy at APU’s Financial Trading Center to nurture Web3 global talents in Malaysia.
HKUST Partners in Molecular Neuroscience, Sustainable Development and Microelectronics
The MoU is aimed at promoting industrial applications by translating research findings into market-oriented products and services, thereby contributing to Hong Kong’s development into an international I&T hub.
NSW Rolls Out New Computing Technologies Curriculum
The government announced the release of the new Computing Technologies curriculum which ensures students are prepared for future jobs in a digital world, focusing on cybersecurity, STEM and project-based learning.
ASTRI Opens Programmes to Boost Development of HK’s I&T Industry
The Summer Internship Programme and the Fintech Future Leader Academy (Internship) offer applicants the opportunity to engage in the region’s I&T ecosystem and experience ASTRI’s unique culture in scientific research.
Queensland Government Helps Space Tech Start-Up Launch
A start-up supported by the Queensland Government’s Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing Hub is sending locally made components into orbit, onboard SpaceX, from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral.
Making Singapore a Leading Innovation Digital Sustainability Hub in Southeast Asia
The global private-public partnership between IMDA and an American multinational technology corporation will drive the development of green software solutions for a sustainable digital future.
Australian Budget: Major Funding Boost for Tech Capabilities
The Australian Government’s October 2022–23 Budget sets aside funding for initiatives aimed at strengthening Australia’s strategic capabilities, including in digital technologies.
HK’s Government Innovation Lab Rolls Out New Solutions
Two tech companies operating from the Innovation Lab announced the roll-out of solutions; one that enables digital transformation without server deployment and the other is a Video Analytics queue monitoring system.
HKPC Releases Cyber Security Readiness Index Findings
The HKT Hong Kong Enterprise Cyber Security Readiness Index 2022 rose for the second successive year and surpassed 50 for the first time since the Index began in 2018 to 53.3 (maximum being 100), up 3.7 from last year.
CSIRO Forges New Partnerships to Nurture Tech Talent
The agency is developing partnerships with over 100 businesses and universities to fund up to 195 university student scholarships for Next Generation Graduates programmes that tackle AI and emerging tech challenges.
New Solutions from HK Innovation Lab
The first is a software platform that enables persistent and real-time optimisation of the facility; the second is a smart devices management platform to enable the efficient management of smart interactive devices.
Developing Hong Kong’s FinTech Ecosystem
CUHK’s CEFAR Academy and a Hong Kong-based banking and financial services company signed a renewed MoU under which they will continue to offer training opportunities to fintech students and practitioners.
CSIRO Rolls Out New Collaboration Tool for Businesses
CSIRO launches the Collaboration Readiness Levels tool which has been designed to help companies understand their characteristics and how to approach research and development with partners.
Research and Digital Services to Boost Workplace Safety
The Centre for Work Health and Safety has partnered with digital innovators as part of a new program exploring how app-based interventions can reduce harm in workplaces.
Hi-Tech Device Enables Complex Surgery
A CU Medicine team has, for the first time in Asia, performed one-stage hybrid aortic arch surgery on patients with multi-segment aortic diseases using a new hi-tech device.
HKSTP Company Partners for Drug Discovery R&D
A clinical-stage AI-driven drug discovery company under HKSTP announced a multi-year, multi-target strategic research collaboration using AI and innovative tech to enable drug discovery.
Revolutionising Chronic Wound Treatment via Tech
Researchers have developed a thermal-imaging tool to screen for chronic wounds that could enable nurses to identify these hard-to-heal sores during the first assessment at a person’s home.
Monash Uni Malaysia and Industry Partner on Tech R&D
The MoU aims to build an integrated biology centre in Malaysia and the two partners will collaborate on developing better anti-venom and other applied biology research for publications and potential clinical usage.
ASTRI Establishes Microelectronics Technology Consortium
The Microelectronics Technology Consortium is aimed at building a microelectronics and semiconductor tech ecosystem and providing a high-quality regional platform for microelectronics tech and product development.
Fostering Industry-Academic Collaboration for a Sustainable GBA
The MoU will drive innovative solutions for the sustainable development of the GBA and will develop new tech and systems to reduce carbon emissions and energy consumption in a next-generation data centre and more.
Australian Researchers Develop World-First Tech to Suppress Invasive Mice
Researchers at the UofA have developed a world-first proof of concept for the technology – t-CRISPR – using laboratory mice which has the revolutionary gene drive technology has the potential to help control invasive mice.
World-leading Tech to Safeguard Firefighters from Toxins
Firefighters will be better protected from exposure to dangerous carcinogens than ever before with Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) rolling out world-leading decontamination technology and new fire station designs.
Enabling Green Tech in Malaysia
APU has inked an IAC with a technology hardware supplier in Malaysia to enable its students to be trained as green entrepreneurs whilst understanding better what sustainability strategy is.
PolyU Signs Metaverse Research MoU
The partnership will focus on the research and development of metaverse tech and autonomous driving applications and will work together to strengthen research and development capabilities in AI-related technologies.
RMIT to Co-Develop Ultra-Precise Measuring Devices
A collaborative research centre of excellence will develop ultra-precise measuring devices that could enable high-speed internet, better medical screening technologies and carbon emissions monitoring.
MAS Partners Ghanian Banks to Develop Integrated Financial Ecosystem
The MAS, BOG and DBG recently signed an MoU to develop the Ghana Integrated Financial Ecosystem (GIFE) that will offer an open digital infrastructure for MSMEs in Ghana and Singapore.
HKPC’s Latest Annual Report: Innovation Never Stops
The Annual Report 2021-2022 highlights major initiatives to promote reindustrialisation and make the industry smarter by driving tech applications, supporting SMEs, nurturing talent and implementing funding schemes.
South Australia to Launch First Satellite
An Australian telecommunications service provider announced an agreement with a Dutch aerospace company to send Kanyini into orbit to start its ambitious mission to help take care of people and the planet.
Monash University Working to Accelerate Science R&D
The partnership agreement will combine their strengths in analytical techniques and biomedical knowledge to accelerate R&D in the field of science over the next three years.