The banner of the event Hanoi (VNA) - The 2018 Ho Chi Minh City Innovation, Startup andEntrepreneurship Week (WHISE 2018), the city’s biggest startup event of theyear, was launched on October 15, with the aim of promoting innovation andstartups in the city.
A conference on HCMGIS PLATFORMS - GIS application platform for HCM City and alaunching ceremony of a contest to seek HCMGIS solutions and products 2018kicked off the week which lasts through October 19.
The annual event was jointly organised by the Ho Chi Minh City People'sCommittee and the Finnish Embassy in Vietnam.
At the conference, the city’s Department of Science and Technology announced a programmeand plan to carry out HCMGIS from now to 2020 with the introduction of some outstanding GISapplications.
Nguyen Khac Thanh, Deputy Director of the department, stressed the role of GISin smart city building, including the construction of a database centre, sayingthat the department is willing to cooperate with enterprises to develop HCMGIS applications.
Also on the occasion, the department launched a contest to seek GIS solutions andproducts as well as related technologies to solve the city’s reality towardsbuilding the southern hub into the country’s smart and innovative urban centre.
The same day, a workshop on communication adapts Industry 4.0 was held.
Within the WHISE 2018 framework, a series of seminars, a technology exhibitionand a technology, equipment and environment solutions will be held.
Furthermore, the final rounds and award ceremony of “IOT solutions for SmartCities”, “innovation in high-tech agricultural production”, the Creative IdeaContest (CIC) 2018 and the Innovative Startups in Tourism contests will also beheld.-VNA
A conference on HCMGIS PLATFORMS - GIS application platform for HCM City and alaunching ceremony of a contest to seek HCMGIS solutions and products 2018kicked off the week which lasts through October 19.
The annual event was jointly organised by the Ho Chi Minh City People'sCommittee and the Finnish Embassy in Vietnam.
At the conference, the city’s Department of Science and Technology announced a programmeand plan to carry out HCMGIS from now to 2020 with the introduction of some outstanding GISapplications.
Nguyen Khac Thanh, Deputy Director of the department, stressed the role of GISin smart city building, including the construction of a database centre, sayingthat the department is willing to cooperate with enterprises to develop HCMGIS applications.
Also on the occasion, the department launched a contest to seek GIS solutions andproducts as well as related technologies to solve the city’s reality towardsbuilding the southern hub into the country’s smart and innovative urban centre.
The same day, a workshop on communication adapts Industry 4.0 was held.
Within the WHISE 2018 framework, a series of seminars, a technology exhibitionand a technology, equipment and environment solutions will be held.
Furthermore, the final rounds and award ceremony of “IOT solutions for SmartCities”, “innovation in high-tech agricultural production”, the Creative IdeaContest (CIC) 2018 and the Innovative Startups in Tourism contests will also beheld.-VNA
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