Digital Silk Road
Guest speakers：
Mr. Song Seng Wun, (59) Director, CIMB Private Banking
Mr Song holds a Master of Arts in Econometrics from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. He started his career as an economist in Malayan Banking Bhd in Kuala Lumpur. He moved to Singapore in 1990, and worked as a Regional Economist with various major multi-national financial institutions such as Merrill Lynch; Warburg Dillon Read as well as ABN Amro. Mr Song areas of focus are in the economies of ASEAN-5. He is a familiar icon in South-East Asia’s news media as he has greatly contributed his professional views on the regional financial markets.
Mr Abraham Thomas, Managing Director, IBM Singapore
Abraham Thomas was appointed to the role of Country Managing Director of IBM Singapore in October 2017. Prior to this, he was IBM ASEAN Global Business Services Managing Partner from July 2015 to September 2017. He was the Country General Manager, IBM South Africa from July 2012 to end June 2015. In his current role, he is responsible for the business and operations of IBM in Singapore.
Abraham is a Business Administration graduate from the National University of Singapore. He was an active executive committee member of the Singapore Computer Society and has organized social networking activities to promote interaction within the local IT industry. He was also a National Council Member of the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII). He was named one of the Top 10 IT Executives of the Year in 2001, in a poll run by the IT Nation Business Review magazine.
Innovation is the key to business success today. As the market evolves, every business must evolve not just for survival but also to meet new market demands and changes. With every evolution, doors are opened for businesses to expand locally and overseas. One such market change is the “One Belt, One Road” policy. With the “One Belt, One Road” policy linking every business on the map has opened up many opportunities with physical infrastructure put in place in Asia by China with its collaborators. This has in turn allowed for digitalisation to be set in place as communication becomes available. Known as the Digital Silk Road, the digital infrastructure is the gate to new business ideas, new evolutions, and new connection.
创新是当今商业成功的关键,随着“一带一路”政策的推出，中国在亚洲与其当地企业建立了基础设施合作，开辟了许多商机，而通信数字化技术和基础设施对“一带一路”的支撑，又被称为“数字丝绸之路”，这是新商业理念，新动态和新连接的大革命。
Together with the implementation of the Digital Silk Road initiative, the market sees an upsurge in the growth of entrepreneurs where digital technologies are concerned. Start-ups with new business ventures have been on the upswing where many seized the business opportunities to meet market needs and fill the gaps in the marketplace, which was not possible until the rolling in of the digital technologies now. With this the governments in Asia is advocating and stepping up the development of digital innovation as one of their growth strategies and encouraging local businesses and entrepreneurs to do the same.
随着数字丝绸之路计划的实施，市场上关注数字技术的企业家数量激增，初创企业一直处于上升趋势，许多当地企业和企业家抓住商机来满足市场需求，亚洲各国政府正在倡导和加强数字创新的发展，将其作为其增长战略之一。
Through the Enterprise Forum, the panel of speakers will share their experiences and the journey of them bringing their companies into the Digital Story with success, as well as the prospects of bringing the SG brands internationally. The upcoming Enterprise Forum is not to be missed for any Singapore companies looking to be part of the “Belt and Road” initiative. Through the exchanges and dialogues in the Enterprise Forum, Singapore companies can expect to find practical advice, strategies and partnerships among the companies participating in the Enterprise Forum.
本次论坛，特邀杰出人士及其他嘉宾莅临，现场分享将公司数字化的成功之旅。任何希望参与“一带一路”倡议的新加坡公司都不容错过。通过企业论坛的交流和对话，新加坡公司可以期待在参与企业论坛的公司中找到实用的建议、战略和伙伴关系。开展文化等多领域的交流合作。
