Held by The Hub and ACMCP, The Hub X ACMCP StartHub will be held during March to April in 2016. As a specialist in IT industry, Dr. Toa Charm is one of the members in the judging panel in this competition.

During the whole competition, valuable guidance will be provided by some experienced entrepreneurs. Meanwhile, they also assist in the development and implementation of marketing strategies and proposals, review regularly and provide advice. Several venture capital companies are invited in this competition, such as Jingdong (京东), Sino-US(中美创投) and Chuangkebang (创客邦).  The winner can collaborate with the venture capital companies mentioned above and have an opportunity to obtain financing and manufacture the incubators, which can accelerate the start-up of your business.

In order to ensure the authority, fairness and profession of this competition, a group of professionals are invited to be members of the judging panel, including Dr. Toa Charm.

With the topic of “Use technology network to promote the competitiveness and earn more profits as well as customers”, Office of the Government Chief Information Office is going to hold annual event — “IT Festival Business Forum” on 15 April, 2016. Dr. Toa Charm is invited to participate in this event and become one of the speakers.

Office of the Government Chief Information Office, together with several chambers of commerce, will jointly organize this great event. “Business Forum” will analyze how technology network can promote enterprise’s competitiveness from different angles. The emerging network platform raise funds for this event, use Big Data and business intelligence to analyze the market dynamics and discuss the new trends of cross-border e-commerce.

During this forum, organizer invites some experts to do the analysis regarding to “financing”, “e-commerce” and “innovative technology”. It is such a rare opportunity to get the sharing of enterprises’ practical experience.

As one of the activities in 2016 International IT Festival, Hong Kong Computer Society – Business Intelligence and Big Data SIG is going to organize an event as “Revisiting Data Scientists – Work, Life and Future in HK”. During the event, Dr. Toa Charm is invited to deliver the welcome remarks.

The 3rd Big Data and Smart Cities World Show will be held on 22nd and 23rd March 2016 at Marriott Singapore Tang Plaza. Dr. Toa Charm is invited to be the Conference Chairperson of this event.

This two-day conference with the theme,‘Making Data Digital with the Internet of Things towards Building a Smart City’ aims to provide comprehensive learning experience with tangible input from renowned senior leaders and experts coming from all industries across the globe. The 3rd Big Data and Smart Cities World Show will highlight significant key areas of Big Data and IoT in changing businesses and people’s lives in line with the implementation of Smart Cities.

The emergence of Big Data has significantly impacted the quality of our lives through reinforcements of data analytics. With the Internet of Things, the focus has now been directed to engaging citizens and their needs with connectivity to maximise the technologies towards becoming a Smart City. Big Data and IoT are at the forefront of innovation and the discussions involved throughout this conference uptake the opportunities and solutions offered by these advancements to solve the current challenges faced by business users and the government in developing an intelligent nation.

Topic segments at this conference include:

• Big Data and Analytics
• Internet of Things (IoT)
• Smart Nation
• Smart Cities and Smart Living

Please forward to this website if you want to get more information about the event, such as speakers, agenda and etc. : http://www.bigdataworldshow.com/singapore2016/