The Chief Information Officer (CIO) Workshop was created and piloted by Accenture USA in 1986. In 1988, Accenture Singapore brought the CIO Workshop to Singapore for the first time and jointly organized it in partnership with the Information Technology Management Association (ITMA). The ITMA was previously known as the Data Processing Management Association of Singapore.
After more than two decades, Accenture has not only established deep expertise and experience working with CIOs, but has also developed a long standing relationship with the ITMA in Singapore. The CIO Workshop has since become the longest running annual forum where CIOs share best practices and discuss prevailing IT management issues. It is the only IT forum with a 22 year heritage.
In 2000, the bar was raised when the CIO Workshop took on a dual location format. Since then, delegates have had the opportunity to travel, learn from and network with their peers from another Asian city during the second leg of the workshop. Past destinations have included Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Seoul, Tokyo and, most recently, Taipei.
Today, the CIO Workshop has become the de-facto forum for CIOs of large private and public organizations in Singapore. Delegates return annually to the event to benefit from the rich content and valuable peer networking opportunities.
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Information Technology Management Association (ITMA) Singapore History and Objectives
The Information Technology Management Association (ITMA) was established in March 28, 1998 when the Data Processing Management Association of Singapore (DPMA) renamed itself and invited the Singapore Information Management Chapter of the Singapore Computer Society (SIM) to join them in a merger of sorts between two like-minded associations. The ITMA thus becomes the sole authority to represent the IT managers in Singapore. It has inherited an impressive history created by the combination of two organizations.
DPMA was founded in 1980, whereas SIM was in 1986. Both groups aimed to provide a medium of communication for members to share experiences and knowledge in IT Management.
ITMA will better serve the inspiration of IT managers who are largely recognized to have different needs from that of IT professionals. Membership now stands at more than 200, with members comprising prominent IT managers from various sectors uniting to form a strong voice in the industry, especially for the IT user organizations.
A wide array of activities and social events are organized throughout the year for members to gain new knowledge and build network. These events include IT conferences, professional talks, social talks, salary surveys, and other national IT events.
The members of the ITMA will continue to show their care for the community at large and will make direct contributions to the well being of the society. In the past, the ITMA organized charity dinners for raising funds for the less fortunate in our society, s small gesture from the IT industry. The Association has been giving annual awards to top tertiary students as a means to cultivate the students' desire to strive for excellence, an important attribute for a leader.
ITMA is playing its part to support the government efforts to establish Singapore as a software hub to compete in the international super league by providing a forum to band to IT management together in working out proposals on how IT can be leveraged for the nation's competitive advantage.
The overall aim of the Association is to provide a forum of communication so that the experience and knowledge in the fields allied to Information Technology (IT) management can be exchanged for the benefit of members in particular and as a contribution to the development of the Republic of Singapore.
- The specific objectives of the Association shall be:To provide members with a meeting ground for the exchange of ideas and information, and to foster the spirit of co-operative effort and the sharing of experience and technical know-how.
- To enlighten IT professionals and user management on the current issues of IT and the ways of deploying leading edge technologies so as to enhance the competitive advantages of their organisations.
- To publish and distribute newsletters, technical papers and so forth so that members may keep abreast of the advances in IT.
- To hold lectures, discussions, seminars, open forums and so forth on subjects related to IT management.
To affiliate with other professional bodies so that the foregoing objects can be better met.
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