21st MSC Malaysia APICTA Awards: Best of the Best Ideas Developed by Home-grown Players

The MSC Malaysia Asia Pacific ICT Awards (MSC Malaysia APICTA) recently celebrated 27 winners and merit recipients at the 21st MSC Malaysia APICTA 2020 Awards, hosted virtually by PIKOM, the National Tech Association of Malaysia.

The MSC Malaysia APICTA provides recognition to outstanding achievements of individuals, students, entrepreneurs, SMEs and organisations with operations in Malaysia who have contributed to the development of the MSC Malaysia initiatives or in building applications and services for the benefit of Malaysia. It recognises creativity, innovation, and excellence in Malaysian ICT.

This annual Awards programme also provides an opportunity and an ideal environment for individuals and companies to gain local, regional and international exposure through on-going promotional activities, and through participation at the international Asia Pacific ICT Alliance Awards (APICTA).

PIKOM Chairman Danny Lee said, “With 21 years of track record, this

PIKOM Chairman Danny Lee. annual Awards program has been the platform to cultivate a steady stream of innovators, technopreneurs, thinkers and visionaries, with the opportunity to reach regional and international exposure as well.”

This is the first time that everything was done online – from submission of entries, judging process, final presentation pitch and the awards ceremony itself. A total of 104 entries were submitted last year under 14 categories with 38 judges from across all sectors, including the academia, industry and corporate.

Among the big winners were Agmo Studio Sdn Bhd for “Vote2U” under the Inclusion & Community Services, Hartalega NGC Sdn Bhd for the “Digital Transformation Journey Towards IR 4.0” under the Industrial Category, OrangeFIN Asia for “Orange Workforce – A Self-Sustainable Robotics Process

Chairman of MSC Malaysia APICTA, Stan Singh. Automation Solution” in the Cross Category Start-Up and Chong Hwa Independent High School Kuala Lumpur in the Senior Student Category with their “Face Recognition Access Control System”.

The Chairman of MSC Malaysia APICTA, Stan Singh stated that despite the current position contributed by the pandemic, the show did not stop. “We moved on to do it virtually from the start to the Awards ceremony. The judges volunteered and took time off to be engaged and for making it happen.”

Stan Singh was assisted by the Deputy Chairman Anthony Raja Devadoss and the PIKOM Secretariat in organising the awards.

Malaysia has also adopted the entire judging and compliance framework that was based on the proven APICTA International Judging System. Stan Singh is the Chairman

Deputy Chairman Anthony Raja Devadoss.

of APICTA International which consists of 16 economies, including China and Japan. This is to enable participants become familiar with the judging criteria, scoring system and requirements.

“Entries from the MSC Malaysia APICTA who qualify and fulfil all criteria would know what is required of them to compete in APICTA International with 16 other countries in the finals,” Stan continued.

All Winners of the MSC Malaysia APICTA 2020 will move to compete at the International APICTA event and ceremony which will be announced later this year.

MSC Malaysia APICTA was jointly organised with Malaysia Digital Economy Development. Malaysia won the bid to host APICTA International 2020 in Kuala Lumpur but due to the pandemic lockdowns across the economies, this event was postponed and now pushed to 2021. PIKOM is hopeful for Malaysia to still be able to host APICTA International.

LIST OF WINNERS AND MERIT RECIPIENTS

HEAD SUB-CATEGORY PROJECT NAME ORGANISATION/ CATEGORY INSTITUITION WINNER/ MERIT

STUDENT JUNIOR STUDENT My Supervisor CATEGORY (TO YEAR 9) SJKC Lick Hung Winner

Anti Hot Car Death RoboForce Academy Merit Alert System

SENIOR STUDENT Face Recognition Access Chong Hwa Independent Winner (LAST 3 YEARS Control System High School Kuala Lumpur BEFORE UNI)

Contagion Buster Sekolah Menengah Jenis Merit Kebangsaan Katholik

TERTIARY STUDENT Control and Monitoring Asia Pacific University Winner PROJECT System for Mechanised of Technology and (UNDERGRADUATE) Musical Instrument Innovation

CONSUMER TOURISM & CATEGORY HOSPITALITY

BANKING, INSURANCE & FINANCE LOOPBACK: Music Infrastructure Visualization System University Kuala Lumpur Using Audience Participation Merit

Echoes of You UOW Malaysia KDU Merit University College

myGolf2u Booking & Britesoft Solutions (M) Merit Registration Sdn Bhd

INGateway Insite MY Systems Sdn Bhd Merit

INCLUSION & COMMUNITY SERVICES Vote2U COMMUNITY SERVICES HEALTH AND WELLBEING DOC2US CATEGORY Agmo Studio Sdn Bhd Winner

Heydoc International Sdn Bhd Merit

EDUCATION OSEM (Revision App) Think Osem Sdn Bhd Winner

Aedes Mosquitoes Malaysian Institute of Merit Lifecycle Colouring Information Technology, Augmented Reality UniKL Application

HEAD SUB-CATEGORY PROJECT NAME ORGANISATION/ CATEGORY INSTITUITION WINNER/ MERIT

INCLUSION & SUSTAINABILITY & Sustainable Computing Rentwise Sdn Bhd COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENT - for A Sustainable Planet SERVICES INCLUSIONS & CATEGORY COMMUNITY SERVICES Merit

INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING Digital Transformation Hartalega NGC Sdn Bhd Winner CATEGORY Journey toward IR 4.0

BUSINESS FINANCE & SERVICES ACCOUNTING CATEGORY SOLUTIONS (FINTECH) Project Stardust Axiata Digital Capital Winner Sdn. Bhd. (Aspirasi)

INFOPRO AI-Driven INFOPRO Sdn Bhd Digital Banking Merit

MARKETING SOLUTIONS Data-Driven Marketing NEXPlatform Sdn Bhd Winner Solution

SECURITY SOLUTIONS CYMETRIX Abyres MSC Sdn Bhd Winner

ICT SERVICES SOLUTIONS Cloud-Native Data Telekom Research & Merit Exchange Platform Development Sdn Bhd Utilising Network APIs

PUBLIC DIGITAL GOVERNMENT MyResults SECTOR & GOVERNMENT CATEGORY GOVERNMENT & Smart Lockup CITIZEN SERVICES Surveillance System Century Software (M) Winner Sdn. Bhd.

MIMOS Berhad Merit

CROSS START UP CATEGORY Orange Workforce – OrangeFIN Asia Sdn Bhd Winner A Self-Sustainable Robotics Process Automation Solution

RESEARCH AND VECTORS: Vehicle National Defence University Merit DEVELOPMENT Enhanced Combat of Malaysia Tactical Operation Response System – Indigenous Digital Tactical Integrated Solution for Armoured and Mechanise Vehicles VEHICLES

TECHNOLOGY ARTIFICIAL CATEGORY INTELLIGENCE AiRBOXSense: An Early Universiti Kebangsaan Merit Air Quality Monitoring Malaysia System

World-First Artificial NexODN International Merit Intelligence SEO Machine Sdn Bhd Learning & Deep Learning Expert System

Smart Lockup Surveillance System MIMOS Berhad Merit

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