SINGAPORE—The Techblazer Awards 2021 recently honored 14 organizations for their innovative contributions.
Now on its fourth year, the Techblazer Awards is the highest possible award in tech innovation. The 2021 Awards fielded 440 nominations, with 10 organisations and four student teams winning in three categories: Most Promising Innovation, Best Adoption and Student Techblazer.
The winners showed a concerted effort by nominees to maximise frontier technologies, like AI, Internet-of-Things (IoT), advanced manufacturing and virtual reality.
Below is an overview of 2021’s Techblazer Awards winners. For more information, click this link:
Most Promising Innovation
Gold: EyRIS Pte. Ltd. for their Singapore Eye Lesion Analyzer+ (SELENA+)
Silver: WIZ.AI for their WIZ.AI Conversational Voice AI Talkbot
Bronze: Ackcio Pte. Ltd. for their Ackcio Beam
Best Adoption (Public Sector)
Ministry of Manpower for their FWMOMCare
Special Mention: Tan Tock Seng Hospital for their Digitalisation of Customised Orthoses and Prostheses
Best Adoption (Enterprise)
Singapore Airlines Ltd for their Cabin Crew Digital Ecosystem
Special Mention: PSA Corporation Ltd for their 5G: Powering Connectivity at the Next Generation Port
Best Adoption (SME)
ONG&ONG Group Pte Ltd for their Digital Beyond
Special Mention: EDN Media Consultant Pte. Ltd for their Immersive Learning Experience
Best Adoption (NGO)
Ren Ci Hospital for their CARES4WOUNDS AI-assisted software
Student Trailblazer
Gold: Nanyang Technological University for their DementiCare app
Gold: National University of Singapore & Singapore University of Technology and Design for their Skilio AI-powered soft skills portfolio
Silver: ITE College Central for their Contactless Sanitary Door Monitoring System
Bronze: NUS High School of Mathematics and Science for their Loci: A Whiteboard for Everybody
The winners’ achievements highlighted the continued growth of Singapore’s technology sector. The Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), among the event’s organisers, is committed to supporting the growth of tech companies and the digital innovation ecosystem present in the country.
Through two key programmes, Accreditation@SGD and SG:D Spark, over 100 companies have benefited from more than $800 million in government and enterprise business opportunities. Test-bedding and prototyping resources are also available through these programmes.
Justin Ang, Assistant Chief Executive for Media, Innovation, Communications & Marketing, IMDA, remarked: “IMDA has been developing Singapore’s tech ecosystem to grow the next wave of companies and support the development of world-class tech products. Through the Techblazer Awards, we are pleased to see more promising startups and innovation coming up through the industry. With a holistic suite of innovation programmes, we are committed to supporting tech companies at all stages of growth by connecting them with potential demand and in developing new capabilities.”
