A digital fest with a line-up of over 200 on-demand sessions and at least 120 global experts, expect live dialogues, webinars and keynote addresses by prominent global speakers, and insights from industry leaders, new innovative business models and inspiring success stories of tech use from across the world.
Penang as the gateway to tech in Southeast Asia for the World
A platform that brings together the full tech ecosystem and supply chain, from technologies, solutions and consumers, to key decision makers who influence policies in city planning and mobility, as well as innovators and leading industry players who spearhead advancement and growth in their respective fields, TECHFEST Live!
featuring ROAD-TO-WCIT Malaysia goes live from Penang, positioning Penang as the gateway to tech in Southeast Asia for the world.
WCIT, the World Congress on Information Technology is regarded as the “Olympics” of global technology conferences – the largest and most prestigious international technology event among global IT leaders.
WCIT2020 was planned to be the 24th edition of World Congress on Information Technology and it returns to Malaysia, the gateway to Southeast Asia.
Taking into consideration of the current pandemic and to prioritise the safety and health of the people, The National Tech Association of Malaysia (PIKOM) and WCIT Steering Committee headed by Chief Minister of Penang took the decision to reschedule the physical conference to 2022.
With the decision to defer the physical conference, the Penang State, in the short interim, organised the TECHFEST Live! featuring ROAD-TO-WCIT Malaysia. The event came about when Penang embraced technology and brought this event online.
Prior to the outbreak of this pandemic, Penang was to host the 24th World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT) from 14 to 16 September this year at the Setia SPICE Convention Centre.
Penang – Reframe. Renew. Reimagine.
Penang, reframed, renewed and reimagined and took the step to go online, presenting a 3 days digital festival to be enjoyed both virtually and through specially curated physical events and live broadcasted conversations.
The objective is to keep technology to its promise of bringing good to humanity.
TECHFEST Live! featuring ROAD-TO-WCIT Malaysia aims to reach 3000 participants across 80 countries in the 3-day event.
The event looks to bring together tech startups and entrepreneurs, international visionaries, captains of industry, government leaders as well as academics, investors and consumers.
Exabytes as official web host
In view of the State’s efforts and determination in carrying-on with bringing out a digital festival this year despite of the Covid-19 pandemic, Exabytes is more than happy to be a part of this event as their official web host.
By sponsoring a VMware Hosting for the event, a superior performance cloud hosting server, this ensures stability on all online activities for the event.
The VMware Hosting is a fully resilient, secure and highly available managed cloud service. Unlike traditional hosting, VMware is not deployed on a single server, but it is a network of connected virtual and physical cloud servers that hosts the application or website, ensuring greater flexibility and scalability.
VMware emphasises on scale, performance and security, where users can sit back and relax with less worries and more freedom for their business/events.
Event highlights and what to expect
TECHFEST Live! featuring ROAD-TO-WCIT Malaysia highlights a line-up of over 200 on-demand sessions with at least 120 global experts, featuring insights from industry leaders, new innovative business models and inspiring success stories of tech use from across the world.
Key highlights include live dialogues, webinars and keynote addresses by prominent global speakers, including Ariel Garten, Founder of Muse, the brain sensing headband, Marita Cheng, Founder and CEO of Aubot, Carl Nicholas Ng, CEO of Lifetrack Medical Systems, Cameron Adams, Co-founder and Chief Product Officer of Canva, Kashmera Self, Associate Vice President of Interact and Joel Neoh, Founder of Fave, to mention a few.
In addition, there will also be multiple streaming sessions that will include workshops and masterclasses, as well as targeted networking and business matching opportunities.
The event will feature a selection of big and interesting topics, addressing points on SHIFT+, Experiential Tech, 5G’s Power of Transformation, Digital Lifestyle, Ethical Tech and Urban Innovation.
About Road to WCIT Malaysia
ROAD-TO-WCIT Malaysia is the journey towards marking the return of the World Congress On Information Technology to Malaysia as the gateway to Southeast Asia with a market size of 650 million people.
