Finalist in Asia Pacific ICT Awards

Macau, China 5 November 2006
 

During the Asia Pacific ICT Awards (APICTA) 2006 ceremony, held on 5 November 2006 in Macau, CADI SmartSense Wireless Temperature Monitoring and Location Tracking System was shortlisted as one of the finalist in the Healthcare Applications Category among many other competitors from around the nations.
 

Additional information:
The Asia Pacific ICT Awards (APICTA) is an international Awards Program initiated by the Multimedia Development Corporation of Malaysia to increase ICT awareness in the community and assist in bridging the Digital Divide. By providing networking and product benchmarking opportunities to ICT innovators and entrepreneurs in the region, the program is designed to stimulate ICT innovation and creativity, promote economic and trade relations, facilitate technology transfer, and offer business matching opportunities via exposure to venture capitalists and investors.

Participants of the Awards Program comprise members of the APICTA Alliance. They are guided by the Framework of Cooperation identifying how member-economies can work together in support of the Awards Program as well as other programs that foster development and growth of the ICT industry in the region. Its 16 member-economies include Australia, Brunei, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Korea, Macau, Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam.

APICTA member-economies take turns in hosting the annual Awards Program, which is won through a bidding process. Meanwhile, nominees to the different awards are presented to APICTA by the respective economy coordinator and assessed by a panel of judges representing every member-economy. The first two APICTA Awards were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 2001 and 2002 while the third was held in Bangkok, Thailand in 2003. The fourth year of the Awards was held in Hong Kong on 8-11 December 2004. The fifth year of the Awards was held in Chiangmai, Thailand from February 16-20 February 2006. This year's Awards will be held in Macau, China from 2-5 November 2006.

Source: http://www.apicta.com/article.cfm?id=12