ASOCIO
Reimagining the Digital Era
The Asian-Oceanian computing industry organization (ASOCIO) is an ICT federation organized by ICT associations representing 24 economies throughout the Asia Pacific. ASOCIO was established in 1984 with founding members from Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Australia and New Zealand. It is the most time-honored and active international ICT trade organization in Asia and Oceania. Its influence covers more than 20,000 ICT companies in the region. Today, ASOCIO member economies represents the region accounting for USD$1 Trillion in global ICT revenue. ASOCIO’s objective is to promote, encourage and foster relationships and trade among its members, and to develop the computing industry in the region.
Presently, ASOCIO comprises of 24 members from Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Lao PDR, Macao, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Under the ASOCIO umbrella, member economies are provided with an opportunity to collaborate amongst the member economies for growth.
ASOCIO organizes different core activities annually such as Digital Summit, Multilateral Trade Visit (MTV), Smart City Summit and Plenary Meeting in different member economies as well as produce an inaugural research report and ASOCIO ICT Awards. The summit is known as one of the region’s high-powered ICT forums, providing platforms for government and industry to exchange information and develop a closer relationship and most importantly, identify new business opportunities.
- Create and facilitate frameworks and platform for cross-border trade.
- Engage governments on the development of national digital agenda.
- Assist member economies to establish globally competitive ict industry.
- Be the voice of the ict industry at international trade and technology fora.
- Facilitate implementation of standards and governance.
Objective- To promote, encourage, foster, develop and coordinate the interests of members of the organization in the computing services industry.
- To encourage its members to formulate, maintain and establish a code of conduct including standards of services and performance, as guidelines for compliance by the computing services industry.
- To promote the interests of the industry through the print media, exhibitions, competitions and public for as may be advantageous to the computing services industry.
- To formulate and propose model legislative or other such measures for the advancement of the interest of the computing services industries and the community.
- To mutually promote, encourage, foster and develop computing services and other ancillary and allied industries.
- To promote opportunities for the interchange of opinions on matters affecting the computing services industry, including cooperation with other organizations on matters of common interest.
- To prepare, edit, print, issue, acquire and circulate trade journals, directories, books, papers, periodicals, gazettes, circulars and other publications which have a bearing on the computing services industry or on any other business considered by the general assembly of the organization to be allied, and to form libraries and collections of literature, and compile statistics and other information relating to the computing services industry.
- To confer, consult, maintain, contact and cooperate with any association, society or institution having objectives in whole or part similar to those of the organization.
Past Presidency / Chairman
1987 – 1988
Kevin Morrisey
ACS (Australia)
1991 – 1992
Noel Hon
SFCI (Singapore)
1995 – 1996
Y. T. Lee
FKII (Korea)
1999 – 2000
Neville Roach
AIIA (Australia)
2003 – 2004
Manoo Ordeedolchest
ATCI (Thailand)
2007 – 2009
Ashank Desai
NASSCOM (India)
2013 – 2014
Abdullah H. Kafi
BCS (Bangladesh)
2017 – 2022
David Wong Nan Fay
PIKOM (Malaysia)
1984 – 1986
Ichiro Tanizawa
JISA (Japan)
1989 – 1990
Y. T. Lee
FKII (Korea)
1993 – 1994
Richard Yin
CISA (Taiwan)
1997 – 1998
F. C. Kohli
NASSCOM (India)
2001 – 2002
Harres Tan
PIKOM (Malaysia)
2005 – 2006
Wilson Tan
SITF (Singapore)
2010 – 2012
Looi Kien Leong
PIKOM (Malaysia)
2015 – 2016
Bunrak Saraggananda
ATCI (Thailand)
1984 – 1986
Late Ichiro Tanizawa
JISA (Japan)
1987 – 1988
Kevin Morrisey
ACS (Australia)
1989 – 1990
Y. T. Lee
FKII (Korea)
1991 – 1992
Noel Hon
SFCI (Singapore)
1993 – 1994
Richard Yin
CISA (Taiwan)
1995 – 1996
Y. T. Lee
FKII (Korea)
1997 – 1998
F. C. Kohli
NASSCOM (India)
1999 – 2000
Neville Roach
AIIA (Australia)
2001 – 2002
Harres Tan
PIKOM (Malaysia)
2003 – 2004
Manoo Ordeedolchest
ATCI (Thailand)
2005 – 2006
Wilson Tan
SITF (Singapore)
2007 – 2009
Ashank Desai
NASSCOM (India)
2010 – 2012
Looi Kien Leong
PIKOM (Malaysia)
2013 – 2014
Abdullah H. Kafi
BCS (Bangladesh)
2015 – 2016
Bunrak Saraggananda
ATCI (Thailand)
2017 – 2022
David Wong Nan Fay
PIKOM (Malaysia)
