The National ICT Association of Malaysia (PIKOM) revealed three main objectives to drive\u00a0 Malaysia\u2019s ICT industry to greater heights.<\/p>\n
Its newly-appointed chairman Ganesh Kumar Bangah shared the objectives include to drive value to members through targeted activities driven via PIKOM\u2019s five Chapters.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe five chapters are PIKOM CIO Chapter, Outsourcing Malaysia, E-Commerce Malaysia Chapter, PIKOM Cybersecurity Chapter and Venture Investment Chapter.<\/p>\n
\u201cPIKOM Venture Investment Chapter is our latest addition and was actually rebranded from our Angels Chapter.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201c\u201cThe setting up of the PIKOM Venture Capital Chapter is timely for 2018, as we need to put in concerted efforts to draw in more foreign investment know-how into Malaysia\u2019s ICT industry to accelerate our young ICT companies towards achieving high growth,\u201d he said during a luncheon with members of media.<\/p>\n
The other two objectives for PIKOM is to\u00a0 further strengthen PIKOM\u2019s position as the Voice of the ICT industry by becoming the nation’s private-sector \u2018compass\u2019 for digital initiatives and to achieve self-sustainability with a sharp focus on high impact activities.<\/p>\n
Towards this objective, PIKOM is collaborating with strategic partner Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) to kick off Sea Dragon, an annual sustainable Venture Pitch Platform for Southeast Asian start-ups and scale-ups for investments, growth and global market expansion.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn this pitching event scheduled in May, Southeast Asian start-ups and scale-ups will be matched with potential regional and global investors with as much as US$25 million funding to be raised.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are looking to attract investors to this platform from North Asia market including China,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Sea Dragon is one of the high impact activities PIKOM has planned via its five PIKOM Chapters \u2013 each of which have been identified to cover priority areas in developing the nation\u2019s ICT sector, he added.<\/p>\n
\u201cPIKOM seriously upholds its role in creating a highly conducive ecosystem for local ICT brands, companies and organisations to thrive in Malaysia.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cEach of these Chapters address specific areas of ICT where developments can provide the most value to the market,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The other area that PIKOM expects to garner huge interest is in the area of e-Commerce, which it will run activities under the E-Commerce Malaysia Chapter.<\/p>\n
\u201cPIKOM\u2019s E-Commerce Malaysia Chapter singularly drives towards the same objectives of the Government\u2019s National E-Commerce Strategic Roadmap \u2013 that is to boost e-Commerce adoption among Malaysia\u2019s SMEs by doubling the current number of e-Commerce-enabled SMEs to 350,000 by 2020.\u201d said Ganesh, who doubles up as the E-Commerce Malaysia Chapter chairman.<\/p>\n
He\u00a0 also announced that PIKOM will be hosting an E-commerce Fair every month starting from March.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The fair, he added, will be an in-house networking platform to link up local SMEs with over 100 of PIKOM\u2019s technology enabler members, so that the SMEs can successfully onboard to e-Commerce quicker.<\/p>\n
As Malaysia sets to host the 24th World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT) in Malaysia in the year 2020 together, PIKOM will also be hastening the groundwork for this global event that will put the country as its focal point.<\/p>\n
\u201cYear 2018 is also the time that we will be ramping up the efforts for WCIT 2020. Over the next months, we will be announcing the collaborative partners for WCIT, as well as the appointment of the new CEO.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur main objective this year for WCIT 2020 is to finalise the theme and the teams for the event, we are going to look for suitable speakers,\u201d he said while noting that WCIT 2020 will be jointly hosted by PIKOM together with MDEC.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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