Tech4SDG Alliance for Asia
Singapore Chapter Announcement
亚洲科技促进可持续发展目标联盟Tech4SDG
新加坡发布国际成立仪式
On the morning of October 28, 2022, the Technology for Sustainable Development Goals Alliance for Asia (Tech4SDG) held its international inauguration at the SWITCH x WAIC Singapore-China AI Forum and released the research outputs.
With the theme of "Accelerating Cross-Border Dialogue towards Multilateral AI4Good Initiatives", the Singapore Week of Technology and Innovation (SWITCH) and the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) continues the strategic collaboration to co-organize this forum as part of the AI4Good dialogue series. Executive organisers for this forum are DHLS and AIII with Tech4SDG Alliance for Asia and SenseTime as co-organisers.
2022年10月28日上午， 亚洲科技促进可持续发展目标联盟（Technology for Sustainable Development Goals Alliance for Asia，以下简称Tech4SDG联盟）在SWITCH x WAIC新中AI论坛举办国际成立仪式，并发布研究成果。
该论坛以“加速东盟中国跨境对话 促进AI向善多边合作”为主题，由新加坡科技创新周 (SWITCH)和世界人工智能大会(WAIC)联手合作主办，东浩兰生、AIII人工智能国际研究院承办、Tech4SDG联盟、商汤科技协办。
1.Establishment of Tech4SDG Alliance for Asia in Singapore
亚洲Tech4SDG联盟新加坡成立
Professor Gu Qingyang, Chairman of Tech4SDG and Associate Professor from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKYSPP) at the National University of Singapore and Dr. James Ong, the Singapore Secretary-General of Tech4SDG and the founder and MD of AIII announced the establishment of Tech4SDG in Singapore.
发布仪式环节，Tech4SDG联盟主席、新加坡国立大学李光耀公共政策学院顾清扬教授与Tech4SDG联盟新加坡秘书长、AIII人工智能国际研究院院长翁家良博士共同宣布Tech4SDG联盟在新加坡成立。
Announcement on the Establishment of Tech4SDG Singapore Chapter by Prof Gu
Qingyang and Dr. James Ong
顾清扬教授、翁家良博士宣布Tech4SDG联盟成立
Tech4SDG Chairman Professor Gu shared more information on the founding organizations and also, the current list of participating members.
Tech4SDG联盟主席顾教授分享了Tech4SDG联盟的创始机构以及目前的成员机构。
2.Three Areas of Focus for Tech4SDG Singapore and ASEAN
Tech4SDG在新加坡与东盟三大重点领域
As Tech4SDG Singapore Secretary General, Dr. James Ong shared the 3 areas of focus in the coming years for Singapore and ASEAN:
(1) Multilateral Ecosystem for Thought Leadership, Dialogue and Collective Actions
(2) Impact Tech Ventures
(3) Tech for“Tech for Good”
Tech4SDG联盟新加坡秘书长翁家良博士分享了联盟在新加坡和东盟未来几年的三个重点领域：
1）打造多边生态促进思想领导力、对话和集体行动
2）关注有影响力的科技创新孵化，加速与爆创
3）实现科技赋能“科技向善”
3.Release of Two Tech4SDG Research Reports
Tech4SDG联盟发布两个研究成果报告
At the same time, Dr. James Ong is very proud to announce the release of two research outputs of the Tech4SDG contributed by key members of the alliance:. They are:
(1)"Digital Transformation Facilitating Balanced Development in Asia - Report on Technology for Sustainable Development in Asia (2022-2023)" (English version)
(2) "Metaverse: The New Economic Road in Asia-Pacific" (English version)
These reports can be downloaded from the website: http://www.tech4sdgaa.org/research
同时，Tech4SDG联盟新加坡秘书长翁家良博士也发布联盟核心成员产出的两个研究成果：
（1）《数字变革助力亚洲平衡发展——亚洲科技促进可持续发展报告（2022-2023）》（英文版）
（2）《元宇宙：亚太新经济之路》（英文版）白皮书
联盟报告获取网址：http://www.tech4sdgaa.org/research
The first research report is “Digital Transformation Facilitating Balanced Development in Asia - Report on Technology for Sustainable Development in Asia (2022-2023)”and it is also the first research output of the Tech4SDG.
The report points out that Asia is key to the global achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, meanwhile, Asia is one of the regions facing the most serious sustainable development challenges globally.
Asia currently has a series of challenges to overcome in terms of population, resources and environment, the COVID-19 epidemic, local unrest, global warming, and transformation of economic development, it especially should take the advantage of technology.
The report advocates that the formation of the broadest consensus on the ethics of science and technology is essential, especially the widespread recognition and compliance with the three ethical principles of sustainability, human-centric and controllable technology, and to implement to the entire chain of research and development and application to promote the stability and prosperity of Asia.
第一份研究报告是《数字变革助力亚洲平衡发展——亚洲科技促进可持续发展报告（2022-2023）》。此研究报告也是Tech4SDG联盟的首份研究成果。该报告指出，亚洲是全球实现可持续发展目标的关键，同时，亚洲也是全球面临可持续发展挑战最严重的地区之一。
亚洲目前在人口资源环境、新冠疫情、局部动荡、气候变暖、经济发展方式转型等方面，都需要克服一系列挑战，尤其要发挥好科技的作用。
该报告倡导，形成最广泛的科技伦理共识，尤其要广泛认可、遵从可持续发展、以人为本和技术可控三项科技伦理原则，且贯彻到科技研发、应用全链条，促进亚洲地区的稳定与繁荣。
The second report released by Tech4SDG Alliance for Asia is“Metaverse: The New Economic Road in Asia-Pacific”and is jointly published by Tech4SDG and SenseTime.
The report points out that metaverse as an emerging form of economy is growing rapidly in Asia-Pacific, and the investment scale and investment growth rate is increasing.
The development of metaverse industry and technology will bring significant driving effect to the sustainable development of Asia-Pacific and global economy. The report emphasizes that the development of metaverse requires intelligent engine infrastructure, as well as algorithm and computing power infrastructure.
Through the construction of three major infrastructures, SenseTime will help lower the threshold for all industries to enter the metaverse, accelerate the creation of metaverse content, promote the connection, integration and interaction between the virtual world and the real world through technical capabilities such as artificial intelligence and XR, as well as platform-based empowerment means to bring users metaverse experiences that integrates virtual and reality, and promote the new development of digital economy in the Asia-Pacific region.
第二份研究报告是《元宇宙：亚太新经济之路（英文版）》。是由Tech4SDG联盟与商汤科技联合发布。该报告指出，元宇宙作为新兴的经济形式在亚太地区飞速发展，元宇宙的投资规模和投资增速在该地区不断增长。元宇宙产业和技术发展将为亚太地区乃至全球经济的可持续发展带来显著的推动效应。
该报告强调，元宇宙的发展需要智能化的引擎基建，以及算法和算力基建。商汤科技通过三大基础设施的建设，帮助降低各行各业进入元宇宙的门槛，通过人工智能、XR等技术能力，以及平台化赋能手段来加速元宇宙内容的创建、推动虚拟世界和真实世界的连接、融合和交互，为人们带来虚实融合的元宇宙体验，推动亚太地区数字经济新发展。
4.Collaborating towards UN SDGs
携手迈向联合国可持续发展目标
The key objective of Tech4SDG Alliance for Asia, as an international non-profit organization based in Asia, is to bring together industry-academia-strength in Asia.
The alliance will focus on 17 SDGs with the mission of promoting the world's economic and social progress by digital technology and shaping a better future for mankind. It is committed to accelerating the process of sustainable development in Asia and discovering the sustainable development models that can be replicated and promoted.
We welcome many other organizations and experts to join us in this endeavour.
作为一个立足亚洲的国际性非营利机构，亚洲Tech4SDG联盟的核心目标就是集合亚洲地区的产学研力量。
联盟将以数字科技推动世界经济社会进步，创造人类更美好未来为使命，聚焦17个可持续发展目标，致力于投身加快亚洲地区的可持续发展进程，更早找到可复制、可推广的可持续发展模式。
我们诚挚邀请和欢迎更多机构与专家参与一起携手共建Tech4SDG联盟！
Tech4SDG联盟官方网址：
http://www.tech4sdgaa.org
联盟相关报告获取网址：
http://www.tech4sdgaa.org/research
