Enterprise Asia announced the winners of the International Innovation Awards 2019 in Singapore. Thirty five products, services and organizations are named as award winners from over 160 submissions.
Among the notable recipients of the InnoCube are AIA Malaysia, Taiwan’s HIWIN Technologies Corp., Singapore’s Olam International Ltd., Philippines’ Unilever, Indonesia’s PT MRT Jakarta, and United Arab Emirates’ Roads and Transport Authority.
“There are not conventional ‘innovations’. When we set out to identify winners of the IIA, our goal is to present a broad spectrum of innovations that could spur greater innovation in the recipients’ respective countries and industries. Just as innovation itself is continuously self-redefining, the awards are meant to promote continuity in innovation”, said Dato’ William Ng, president of Enterprise Asia.
“Innovation is moving faster than at any other point in history. Organizations cannot afford to rely on current practices and hope that they will work in the future. Organizations that fail to innovate are setting themselves up for failure”, Ng added.
“The award recipients also receive the InnoMark, the global certification for innovation. The InnoMark, like the International Innovation Awards, adopts our proprietary 8-Dimension of Innovation – which includes areas such as defendability and enforceability, impact and measurability as well as ideation and creativity. This will not only help define the best practice in innovation but provide a platform through which companies could showcase the results of their innovation”, shared Ng.
Organized annually by Enterprise Asia, the International Innovation Awards is among the most coveted global awards for innovation, and aims to recognize best innovations in the categories of Product, Service & Solution, and Organization & Culture. This year’s judging panel include Martin Daffner, founder of Innobrix, Professor Nadia Thalmann of Nanyang Technological University, Professor Natcha Thawesaengskulthai of Chulalongkorn University, Makoto Shibata of FINOLAB, The FinTech Center of Tokyo and Anna Simpson of Flux Compass.
In conjunction with International Innovation Awards 2019, Enterprise Asia also organized the International Innovation Summit 2019, themed “Innovation Trailblazers: Creating for Disruption”, the summit convened over 400 innovation experts, industry leaders and policy makers over three days. Following two successful editions in Shanghai and Macau, the Summit is held in Singapore and supported by the Singapore government this year.
At the opening of the Summit, organizing chairman and former minister of human resources of Malaysia, Dr. Fong Chan Onn said that the Asian economy need to reduce its reliance on foreign technology and develop its own in order to insulate its economies against global events such as the on-going US-China trade spat.
According to Dr. Fong, “Companies wedded to the old business model lose ground, and some are pushed out of business. Challengers that embrace innovation gain advantage and will take a dominant position in the market. The goal of this year’s International Innovation Summit is not only to discuss what to expect from the future of disruption in innovation, but also in defining the innovation culture that we must adopt for our organizations to compete in this revolution.”
“More importantly, governments must urgently work with the private sector to define the innovation agenda for their respective economy, and to work with other countries for a regional framework to advance the culture of innovation in each country”, Dr. Fong said.
This year’s keynote speakers include Koert Breebaart, vice president of SAP Asia, Ken Ding, head of product innovation of Samsung Electronics, Yat Siu, founder and CEO of Outblaze and Animoca Brands, Ajay Mohan of Intel Corporation and Jing Jang of Haier Group Corporation.
The International Innovation Awards 2019 is supported by Singapore Tourism Board through Singapore Exhibition & Convention Bureau, Eastern European Chamber of Commerce (Singapore), The Coordinating Secretariat for Science, Technology and Innovation (COSTI) under the Ministry of Science, Technology and Research, Sri Lanka, Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA), Ministry of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment & Climate Change (MESTECC), Malaysia, Malaysian Global Innovation & Creativity Centre (MaGIC), National Institute of Entrepreneurship and Innovation (NIEI), Royal of Cambodia, Singapore Malay Chamber of Commerce & Industry (SMCCI) and Singapore-Thai Chamber of Commerce; Singapore Airlines as official airlines; Resorts World Sentosa as official venue partner; PR Newswire as news release distribution partner; and BusinessWorld, Commercial Times, Kumparan, SME Magazine, Techsauce, The Nation and Tuoi Tre News as the official media partners.
Winner lists
1.AIA Bhd
2.Aiyara Planet Co., Ltd.
3.Fractal-Thailand Co., Ltd.
4.Gwo Xi Stem Cell Applied Technology Co., Ltd.
5.HIWIN Technologies Corp.
6.Mommylicious 24 Co., Ltd.
7.Nature Idea Co., Ltd.
8.Ospicon Systems Pte Ltd
9.PT Sigma Cipta Caraka (Telkomsigma)
10.Red Dot Robotics Pte. Ltd.
11.Roca Malaysia Sdn Bhd
12.Shinsegae Mamee Sdn Bhd
13.Sun Group (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
14.Tan Hoang Minh Group
15.Unilever Philippines
16.Verena International Co., Ltd.
17.24/7 Customer Philippines, Inc.
18.Bangkok Dusit Medical Services PCL.
19.Beyond Laboratory Co., Ltd.
20.Buffalo Machinery Co., Ltd
21.Global Beauty International Pte Ltd
22.iGlobe Partners
23.KBZ Bank
24.LITE-ON Technology Corp.
25.Metropolitan Waterworks Authority (Thailand)
26.MICE & Communication Co., Ltd.
27.Olam International Ltd.
28.Philippines Urban Living Solutions Inc.
29.PT MRT Jakarta
30.Taiwan Cement Corporation
31.The Fung Academy Limited
32.Trax Technology Solutions Pte Ltd
33.Zarina Group Public Company Limited
34.Thai Beverage Public Company Limited
35.Roads & Transport Authority