APICTA 2018 Guangzhou

APICTA 2018 has been Successfully Concluded

On October 13th, the APICTA 2018 was held successfully in the Guangzhou Garden Hotel. Thus, the 18th Asia-Pacific Information and Communication Technology Alliance Awards, which lasted for 3 months covering 15 countries and regions, has been successfully concluded.

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Group photo of supporters

Professional Judges to See the Future of Technology with Authority

At the event, Ms. Lyu Hui, Secretary General of the Guangdong Software Industry Association, delivered a welcome remark at the awards ceremony. She said, in the days preparing for the APICTA 2018, I found Apicta to be a “university” where we learned to respect, trust and appreciate ‘everyone’ around us, as well as to abide by rules, to cooperate and to innovate. Apicta is also a large family, where 16 economies have achieved win-win cooperation. Sleeping for less than 2 hours and forgetting about the time, a team of nearly 100 people formed by 14 supporters made a perfect end of Apicta 2018 with full enthusiasm and meticulous service.

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Welcome Remark by Ms. Lyu Hui, Secretary General of the Guangdong Software Industry Association

In his speech, Mr. Stan Singh, APICTA Chairman, pointed out that APICTA Award is the most influential ICT industry competition in the Asia-Pacific region, known as the “Oscar of the IT Arena”. This contest brings together the latest and the best innovation outcomes in the Asia-Pacific region, which will be of great benefit to the promotion of ICT innovation and the transfer and industrialization of ICT achievements.

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Welcome Remark by Mr. Stan Singh, APICTA Chairman

Mr. Shen Zhixiong, Deputy Director of the Economic & Information Technology Commission of Guangdong Province, made a detailed analysis of the situation of China’s Industrial Development in his speech, and fully affirmed the positive significance of hosting the APICTA 2008. He believed that the competition conformed to the national innovation-driven development strategy, highlighted the service to real economy, and achieved remarkable results in cooperation. Its influence is far-reaching.

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Welcome Remark by Mr. Shen Zhixiong, Deputy Director of the Economic & Information Technology Commission of Guangdong Province

Having Innovation Power Converged in the Asia-Pacific Region, and Participants Performing Extreme Confrontation The competition has caused a strong reaction of the Asia-Pacific region, with participation of 80 international judges, and 274 Innovation teams and projects from 15 countries and regions in the Asia-Pacific region, including Australia, Bangladesh, Brunei, China, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, Macao, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Myanmar, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam. It is the largest competition in the scale and number of judges, participants and awards since the founding of the APICTA.

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Group photo of APICTA Excos and judges

During the finals, the nominees presented their projects about business model , innovation, future planning etc. in the form of “video display + statement + project presentation”. The judge panel offered guidance for the nominees from the aspects of technical innovation, market demand, business model and quality of service. The supporter 51HCH.com will provide China Business Starter Pack for the winners of the competition, providing related services and full support for project landing, like market research, commercial promotion, technique transfer, financing support, entrepreneurship counseling, intellectual property application and protection.

Report of Judging by Chief Judge, Pro. Gansen Zhao

APICTA 2018 has set up 22 categories. After three days of fierce competition and judgement, the results, including a total of 24 winner awards and 77 merit awards, have been announced. Among them, China has won seven winner awards and six merit awards, which are the best achievements so far made by the Chinese participants in the APICTA. The specific announcements are listed as below:

Category Result Project Name Company/Organization Name Economy Detail
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (CT-AI) Winner Smart and Flexible Logistic Solutions Standard Robots Co.,Ltd. China view detail
Merit Prive Managers Prive Technologies Hong Kong view detail
Merit SharkSpotter(c) The Ripper Group Pty and University of Technology Sydney Australia view detail
Big Data Analytics Technology of the Year Winner Kugou music Guangzhou KuGou Computer Technology Co.,Ltd China view detail
Merit Belun(TM) Ring Belun Technology Company Limited Hong Kong view detail
Merit Medis247 Labs247 Indonesia view detail
Consumer & Industrial Winner SmarKie Mini168 Limited Hong Kong view detail
Winner Falcon UAV Detection and Defense System Guangzhou Haige Yahua Defense Technology Co., Ltd China view detail
Merit Codebots Platform Codebots Australia view detail
Merit Park and Pay Park and Pay Sri Lanka view detail
Merit Shwe Bite Shwe Bite Hong Kong view detail
Digital Marketing Winner AIGold Sales Assistant Guangdong Ain Intelligent Digital Marketing Co., Ltd. China view detail
Merit SmarKie Mini168 Limited Hong Kong view detail
Merit TeleAvatar Technology Pulz Technologies (Pvt) Ltd Sri Lanka view detail
Education Winner Gong Qi Bu Bei CSquare Technology Co., Ltd. Chinese Taipei view detail
Merit Mindtrex Mindplus Education Sdn Bhd Brunei view detail
Engineering, Manufacturing & Transport Winner LIPS AGV Kelly LIPS Corporation Chinese Taipei view detail
Merit ZWCAD ZWCAD Software Co., Ltd China view detail
Entertainment & Hospitality Winner TravelFlan AI Travel Concierge (TravelFlan 人工智能旅遊助理) FreeD Group Limited (TravelFlan) Hong Kong view detail
Merit PowerArena MotherApp Limited Hong Kong view detail
Merit Pokeguide App Pokeguide Limited Hong Kong view detail
Finance & Marketing Winner ViettelPay Viettel Telecom Vietnam view detail
Merit Aladdin M-DAQ Pte. Ltd. Singapore view detail
Merit Price Oye Price Oye Pakistan view detail
ICT Solutions Winner Multilingual Artificial Intelligence Customer Service System (AICS) Fano Labs Limited Hong Kong view detail
Merit Self Serve 360° Virtual Tour Creation Platform Augment Space Pty Ltd Australia view detail
Merit RunCLoud RunCLoud Malaysia view detail
Internet of Things Technology of the Year Winner Intelligent RFID-embedded Baggage Loading Robotics for Automated Baggage Reconciliation E-Business Solutions Limited / Airport Authority Hong Kong Hong Kong view detail
Merit Crancloud Base Station GuiZhou CranCloud Technology Co., Ltd. China view detail
Junior Students Project Winner Water Time: An Intelligent Assisant for Drinking Water The Affiliated School of South China Normal University China view detail
Winner New Gen Farming Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Damansara Jaya Malaysia view detail
Merit Fly Mail Aitchison College/Lahore Grammar School Pakistan view detail
Merit Blind Shoe Ananda College,Colombo 10 Sri Lanka view detail
Merit IHA(Instant Health Aid) Chung Hua Middle School Brunei view detail
Merit Find My iStick Evangel College Hong Kong view detail
Merit Talent Trade Foon Yew High School Malaysia view detail
Merit Robot-the Fly BusTTer Froggy Chinese Taipei view detail
Merit Team Travelling Mobile App King’s College Old Boys’ Association Primary School No.2 Hong Kong view detail
Merit PASSION YOUR PURPOSE Sacred Heart College Australia view detail
Merit Smart Medicine Bag Shun Tak Fraternal Association Yung Yau College Hong Kong view detail
Merit AIR PROJECT (Agriculture Intelligent Robot) SJKC YUK CHAI-MALAYSIA Malaysia view detail
Merit SUPGAME SMP Negeri 1 Surabaya Indonesia view detail
Merit Hope Mental Health St. John’s School Brunei view detail
Merit Intelligent Trash St.Francis Xavier Convent Thailand view detail
Merit PRC E-Classroom The Prince Royal’s College Thailand view detail
Professional & Property Solutions Winner MintHRM Infoseek (Pvt) Ltd Sri Lanka view detail
Merit Wukla Wukla Pakistan view detail
Merit BiHe Platfrom ZhuHai HuaXing Software and Information Service Co.,LTD China view detail
Public Sector & Government Winner Cipher - Blockchain Orchestration Platform Avanza Solutions Pakistan view detail
Merit HKG My Flight” mobile app Airport Authority Hong Kong Hong Kong view detail
Merit Intelligent RFID-embedded Baggage Loading Robotics for Automated Baggage Reconciliation E-Business Solutions Limited / Airport Authority Hong Kong Hong Kong view detail
Research & Development Project of the Year Winner LIPS AGV Kelly LIPS Corporation Chinese Taipei view detail
Merit SINHALA BRAILLE CHARACTER RECOGNITION AND TRANSLATION APPLICATION Center for Research and Development- Ministry of Defence Sri Lanka view detail
Merit KeepTruckin KeepTruckin Pakistan view detail
Security & Specialised Solutions Winner Falcon UAV Detection and Defense System Guangzhou Haige Yahua Defense Technology Co., Ltd China view detail
Merit Terminal Line Encryption (Version 5) Epic Lanka (Pvt) Ltd Sri Lanka view detail
Merit STAR BIT Decentralized Exchange STAR BIT Innovation Co., Ltd. Chinese Taipei view detail
Senior Students Project Merit BruLife Chung Ching Middle School Brunei view detail
Merit Walk Enhancing Smart Device De Mazenod College Sri Lanka view detail
Merit AICare Dunman High School Singapore view detail
Merit VeriNews Dunman High School Singapore view detail
Merit ANEDIZER (Ambulance Stretcher Stabilizer) Muhammadiyah 2 Sidoarjo Senior High School Indonesia view detail
Merit GATRO Indonesia Muhammadiyah 2 Sidoarjo Senior High School Indonesia view detail
Merit Orientate Raffles Institution Singapore view detail
Merit Subnotica SMK Damansara Utama Malaysia view detail
Merit Mere STEAM Club Indonesia Indonesia view detail
Merit Eating micro plastics robot Taipei 101 Chinese Taipei view detail
Merit Shared Bike Detection Based on Visual Mechanism THE AFFILIATED HIGH SCHOOL OF SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY China view detail
Merit Wonder bonding land The Prince Royal’s College Thailand view detail
Merit The Decision Changes Your Life The Prince Royal’s College Thailand view detail
Specialised Solutions Winner Digital Elite Study Cube Institute for Information Industry Chinese Taipei view detail
Winner Smart and Flexible Logistic Solutions Smart and Flexible Logistic Solutions China view detail
Merit ConnectHear ConnectHear Pakistan view detail
Merit Frogs Fruges Pakistan view detail
Merit Unified VAS Wavenet International Sri Lanka view detail
Tertiary Students Project Winner Komposer Automated Musical Note Generation based on Lyrics with Recurrent Neural Networks University of Sri Jayewardenepura Sri Lanka view detail
Winner Tale The University of Hong Kong The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Hong Kong view detail
Merit Social Circles VR Edith Cowan University Australia view detail
Merit Eaglesia Guangdong University of Foreign Study China view detail
Merit Sellution Indonesia Computer University Indonesia view detail
Merit Intelligent Air Quality Sensing and Purifying Rover (IAQSPR) National Central University Chinese Taipei view detail
Merit UMix Music App The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Hong Kong view detail
Merit Safety Awareness and Firefighting Skills Learning through VR The Open University of Hong Kong Hong Kong view detail
Merit MechSim Universiti Teknologi Brunei Brunei view detail
Merit Hao Chi AR Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman Malaysia view detail
Merit Fat Burning Assistant Using Virtual Reality and Music University of Macau Macao view detail
Merit FireFly Connect Victoria University Australia view detail
Wealth & Retail Winner DirectPay DirectPay (Pvt) Ltd Sri Lanka view detail
Merit Loan Scoring Finology Sdn Bhd Malaysia view detail
Merit Sports King ~sports equipment intelligent service platform Guangzhou DuoDongZhen Information Technology Co., Ltd. China view detail
Wellbeing Winner Belun(TM) Ring Belun Technology Company Limited Hong Kong view detail
Merit Amor H2 Health Band Leadtek Research Inc. Chinese Taipei view detail
2018 Merit Belun(TM) Ring Belun Technology Company Limited Hong Kong view detail
Merit Maker Playground InGarage Assistive Co.,Ltd. Thailand view detail
Merit Maker Playground InGarage Assistive Co.,Ltd. Thailand view detail
Merit Maker Playground InGarage Assistive Co.,Ltd. Thailand view detail
Merit Sindabad Sindabad.com Limited Bangladesh view detail
Merit Eksheba SOFTBD LTD. Bangladesh view detail
Merit Sobjanta (Realtime Quiz Competition) St. Joseph Higher Secondary School Bangladesh view detail
Merit Zantrik-911 for Vehicles in Bangladesh Zantrik Limited Bangladesh view detail
List of APICTA2018 awards
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The First Round of Awards Ceremony
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The Second Round of Awards Ceremony
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Host Economy Trophy to Ms. Lyu Hui, Secretary General of the Guangdong Software Industry Association, and Chief Judge Certificate to Pro. Gansen Zhao, Chief judge, awarded by Mr. Stan Singh, APICTA Chairman, and Mr. Fulvio Inserra, APICTA Vice Chairman

The excellent performance of China’s service team has been highly praised by the Apicta Excos, judges and participants. At the event, Mr. Stan Singh, APICTA Chairman, and Mr. Fulvio Inserra, APICTA Vice Chairman, awarded the Host Economy Trophy to Ms. Lyu Hui, Secretary General of the Guangdong Software Industry Association, and Chief Judge Certificate to Pro. Gansen Zhao.

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The Handover Ceremony of host economies

Many excellent ICT projects in the Asia-Pacific region was converged in this competition. A business matching exchange platform will be built through competition marketing, lectures and networking activities to raise the public awareness on ICT, recognize the outstanding ICT institutions and personnel. Through key points like the introduction and transformation of ICT, connection between technology team and capital, connection between technological projects and industrial park, it has brought more innovative vitality to Guangzhou the “Millennium Business Capital” , so that the advanced creativity, innovation, entrepreneurship in Asia-Pacific region would flower and bear fruit in the Flower City.

The next competition will be held in Vietnam. By “Common Innovation in Information and Communication, Common Development in the Belt and Road”, we hope that this golden link of Apicta will bring the Asia-Pacific region closer together and create a better Asia.

Photographer: Wang Juncheng, Li Ruizeng
Author: He Shanshan