At the event, Huawei reinforced its commitment to open collaboration and shared success. The company called for governments and enterprises to work more closely together to cultivate local digital ecosystems that build up innovation partners, strengthen the talent pool, and support startups.
In his keynote, Simon Lin, the President of Huawei Asia-Pacific Region, released the Digital First Economy whitepaper that delves into targeted policy suggestions for digital infrastructure construction and digital economy development in the Asia-Pacific region.
“The Asia-Pacific region is standing at the forefront of the global digital landscape,” said Lin. “Huawei is committed to becoming a key contributor to the digital economy in the region. We will keep supporting its digitalization and sustainable development efforts, and building out the industry ecosystem.”
“HUAWEI CONNECT 2022 is very important for Sri Lankan ICT industry at a time digital transformation has become the main engine of economic growth globally. In today’s world digital infrastructure could be the foundation that take an economy forward step by step for faster growth creating more opportunities for youth and new generations. I believe the entire sessions that HUAWEI CONNECT 2022 has to offer will help to learn and explore new technologies that could bring in sustainable growth development for countries such as Sri Lanka’s future and ICT Sector” Dineth Chathuranga Director Siyabasa Technologies said participating at the event online.
“I am delighted to take part at this event HUAWEI CONNECT 2022, it showcases new technological solutions that Huawei has to offer as a global leader in ICT. Digital infrastructure is a strong enabler of both green and sustainable development. In economies that have adopted digital transformation, businesses are more resilient. They can respond better to emergencies, and recover operations more quickly. HUAWEI CONNECT 2022 could provide us global experience, case studies, technological solutions to prosper and develop economies to next level and case studies that Asia Pacific economies can implement through concrete actions like developing digital master plans, increasing ICT infrastructure investment, and promoting cloud-first policy and investment in AI” V. Maheswaran a Global Economic & Equity Analyst from Sri Lanka said who also joined the event online.
At the event, a distinguished group of government representatives from the Asia-Pacific region also took the stage to share the progress they have made with advancing digital economy development in their respective countries. These include H.E. Supattanapong Punmeechaow, Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy; H.E. Chaiwut Thanakamanusorn, Minister of Digital Economy and Society of the Kingdom of Thailand; H.E. Airlangga Hartarto, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia; H.E. Muhammad Abdul Mannan, Planning Minister of Bangladesh; H.E. David Almirol, Undersecretary of E-Government, Department of Information and Communications Technology, Philippines; and Dr. Yang Mee Eng, Executive Director of the ASEAN Foundation.
