The outstanding teams for the 2023 International Hackathon of the Presidential Hackathon have been announced! This year’s International Hackathon received submissions from over 30 countries, a total of 60 projects, which set a new record, said the Ministry of Digital Affairs (moda) today (6th). The final selection includes two outstanding teams: HysonTech, a joint team of Indian and Taiwanese members, with their proposal for an intelligent aquaculture system, and the Thai team Refill City, with
The National Health Insurance Administration (NHIA) is actively promoting Taiwan's digital health policies and achievements on a global scale. Tomorrow, on the 12th, the NHIA will host the APEC Workshop on Public-Private Collaboration in Support of Pandemic Containment Measures and Beyond in Taiwan. This event will bring together experts from 10 countries and representatives from APEC member economies, both in-person and online.
The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Malaysia, in collaboration with INXO Arts and Culture Foundation, hosted a series of sharing sessions titled “Tea Philo (哲學茶席).” These sessions aim to introduce various aspects of Taiwanese humanities, philosophy, culture, and artistic trends. Director Tsai Ming-Liang (蔡明亮) was invited ti deliver a talk at the Eslite Bookstore in Kuala Lumpur on Sept. 3 to share insights from his journey, including his experiences and practices in the film industry.
A Taiwan-themed lecture, co-organized by the Cultural Division of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Malaysia and a Malaysian independent bookstore Monsoon Books (季風帶), was held in Malaysia, featuring prominent figures Taiwan’s cultural sector. Author Chiang Ya-ni (蔣亞妮) participated in the second series of lectures, which took place from Sept. 5 to 7, where she discussed the topic of Taiwanese women and literature.
To promote the regulatory convergence and enhance the efficiency and quality of the registration of the medicinal products among Asia-Pacific region, Taiwan Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) is hosting the ‘2023 APEC Good Registration Management (GRM) Center of Excellence (CoE) Workshop’ from September 6th to September 8th. TFDA has invited 20 experts from overseas and local regulatory authorities, the pharmaceutical industries and the academia to provide trainings for trainees.
The Food and Drug Administration of Taiwan (TFDA) hosted Global Harmonization Working Party (GHWP) Technical Committee (TC) joint working group (WG) meeting in its own conference rooms in Taipei, Taiwan on 1-3 August 2023.
To support the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation’s (APEC) mission on regional human resource development and educational cooperation, the Ministry of Education hosted the 2023 Industry-Academia Collaboration Workshop from August 31 to September 1. The workshop aimed to demonstrate how to narrow the skills gap and cultivate digital and AI talents through higher education, providing an in-depth introduction to the collaborative model between the academia sector and industry sector in our country.
Team Taiwan claimed four gold and three silver medals at the Tug of War Outdoor World Championships organized by Netherlands-based Tug of War International Federation Sept. 2-3 in Sursee, Switzerland.
The Council of Indigenous Peoples held the 2023 Austronesian Peoples’ Skills Exchange Workshop exhibition at the University of Guam (UOG) on August 11 to present the achievements of the two-week long sculpture skills exchange. Icyang Parod, Minister of the Council of Indigenous Peoples, flew to Guam from Taiwan to host the closing ceremony. The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Guam, the Guam Department of Chamorro Affairs, the University of Guam, the Guam Visitors Bureau, and local politic
The 2023 APEC Industry-Academia Collaboration Workshop kicked off Aug. 31 in Taipei City, underscoring the government’s commitment to digital talent cultivation and sustainable development of artificial intelligence technology, according to the Ministry of Education.
