The Awards

Recognising ICT excellence across the region

The Asia Pacific ICT Alliance Awards is an international recognition programme designed to increase ICT awareness in the community and assist in bridging the digital divide.

Objectives

  • Stimulate ICT innovation and creativity.
  • Promote economic and trade relations among member economies.
  • Facilitate technology transfer.
  • Create business matching opportunities with venture capitalists and investors.

Participation

Entrants are winners of comparable national awards programmes in each member economy. Candidates present their solutions to judges drawn from all member economies, following a standardised APICTA Judging Manual.

Member economies

  • Australia
  • Bangladesh
  • Brunei Darussalam
  • China
  • Chinese Taipei
  • Hong Kong
  • Indonesia
  • Malaysia
  • Myanmar
  • Nepal
  • Pakistan
  • Sri Lanka
  • Thailand
  • Vietnam
View all 11 categories How to nominate
Past hosts

Where the Awards have been held

Hosting rotates among member economies since the programme began in 2001.

  1. 2025 Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei
  2. 2024 Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam
  3. 2023 Hong Kong
  4. 2022 Islamabad, Pakistan
  5. 2021 Malaysia · Virtual
  6. 2019 Halong, Vietnam
  7. 2018 Guangzhou, China
  8. 2017 Dhaka, Bangladesh
  9. 2016 Chinese Taipei
  10. 2015 Sri Lanka
  11. 2014 Indonesia
  12. 2013 Hong Kong
  13. 2012 Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam
  14. 2011 Pattaya, Thailand
  15. 2010 Malaysia
  16. 2009 Melbourne, Australia
  17. 2008 Jakarta, Indonesia
  18. 2007 Singapore
  19. 2006 Macao
  20. 2005 Chiang Mai, Thailand
  21. 2004 Hong Kong
  22. 2003 Bangkok, Thailand
  23. 2002 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  24. 2001 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia