The 27th edition of Shared Services & Outsourcing Week Asia 2024 held in Singapore from 15 to 18 October 2024, promises to focus on solidifying Asia’s competitive advantage in the global Shared Services map.
The shared service industry in Asia has seen an upwards trajectory with the market size expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 23.7% by 2028 – especially as automation and digital transformation reshape the landscape of shared services in Asia. Based on a recent survey, 88% of SSOs in Asia are planning to accelerate their digital transformation efforts. Coupled with that, the increased cost-to-serve, complex geopolitical affairs and recent entry of Generative AI have forced SSOs and GBSs to rethink their strategy.
The 27th Asian Shared Services & Outsourcing Week 2024 is committed to congregate the region’s shared services thought leaders, decision makers, influencers, across various functions such as IT, HR, Procurement, Strategy, Operations, and many more.
Ms Krishna Mawani, Conference Director of SSOW Asia, shared that “We have been putting together the SSOW Asia series for 26 years now, and year on year we hear how the shared service industry has significantly evolved. Being at the forefront of the industry, we have witnessed the growth of the region’s shared service centres and their evolution from providing traditional, transactional services to core business support – and we know this has not been an easy journey. We salute all shared services and GBS leaders in the industry for their tenacity and ability to dynamically adapt to these changing requirements and needs. 2024 will no doubt be an interesting year for everyone, and we look forward to welcoming our leaders back with us in October 2024.”
27th Asian Shared Services & Outsourcing Week 2024, the #1 Regional Shared Services Event spanning across four action-packed days, is proud to present an ensemble of 50+ distinguished speakers and an impressive 140+ regional shared services thought leaders. On top of the 2-day jammed-packed conference lineup with keynote speakers, the event also features an exclusive pre-conference guided site visit – for attendees to experience first-hand how world-class Shared Services Centers operate. Plus, a post-conference SSON Masterclass day, bringing Asia’s SSO & GBS leaders together to examine today’s most pressing issues on Diversity, Equality & Inclusion (DEI) and Intelligent Automation.
Importantly, SSON’s Shared Services & Outsourcing Impact Asia Awards will be taking place on the evening of the Main Conference Day 1 on 16 October 2024. This is a globally recognised, annual industry awards ceremony, which honours and celebrates SSOs and service delivery teams who have exceeded industry standards in their SS&O initiatives.
For businesses seeking to showcase their technological solutions and services, 27th Asian Shared Services & Outsourcing Week 2024 is now open for sponsorship opportunities –thought leadership slots and booths. Sponsors will have exclusive opportunities to demonstrate thought leadership and engage with Shared Services leaders in the region. Act quick, as slots are limited. View sponsorship guide here: https://bit.ly/SSOWAsia2024Guide
For Shared Services & GBS professionals looking to attend to gain insights and learn best practices from case studies and panel discussions, early bird tickets are available for a limited time, so act fast to take advantage of discounted rates. Additionally, we are pleased to offer team discounts of up to 40% for group bookings, making it easier for your entire team to attend and benefit from this transformative experience together.
Don’t miss out on this opportunity and purchase your tickets now: https://www.ssonetwork.com/events-ssowasia/srspricing
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Society Pass Incorporated (“SoPa” or “Society Pass”) (Nasdaq: SOPA), Southeast Asia’s leading data-driven loyalty platform, today announces the acquisition of Thoughtful Media Group (“Thoughtful Media”), a social commerce-focused, premium digital video MPN headquartered in Thailand with an operating presence in the US, Vietnam, and Philippines. The acquisition of Thoughtful Media marks SoPa’s first foray into Thailand and adds to SoPa’s growing ecosystem of technology-enabled companies located in the SEA countries of Vietnam, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Originally founded in 2010, Thoughtful Media today creates and distributes digital advertising campaigns across its MPN in both SEA and the US. With its intimate knowledge of local markets, digital marketing technology tools and social commerce business focus, advertisers leverage Thoughtful Media’s wide influencer network throughout SEA to market and sell advertising inventory exclusively with specific placement and effect. As a result, Thoughtful Media’s content creator partners earn a larger share of advertising revenues from international consumer brands. And according to Accenture, the social commerce market is poised to grow to US$1.2 trillion by 2025 at a CAGR of 26%. Thoughtful Media recorded revenues of US$5.8 million in 2021. Since its founding, Thoughtful Media’s data-rich MPN has uploaded over 675,000 videos with over 80 billion video views. The current network of 263 YouTube channels has onboarded over 85 million subscribers with an average monthly viewership of over 600 million views. Thoughtful Media’s social commerce platform amplifies the reach and engagement of SoPa’s e-commerce ecosystem and retail partners. The growing ubiquity of social media influencers on shaping purchase decisions has driven increasingly greater numbers of brands to shift advertising budgets to this dynamic outlet. SoPa aims to increase customer engagement whilst also focusing on the quality of relationships through a campaign-based approach enabled by this synergistic acquisition. Thoughtful Media’s digital advertising tools and expertise bolsters Society Points, SoPa’s paradigm shifting loyalty platform. Through data-driven marketing campaigns, advertisers of all types utilise Society Points’ proprietary 1st party data to improve the targeting, efficacy, and efficiency of their digital marketing spend. SoPa’s product offering uniquely positions Thoughtful Media as a leading SEA retail marketing and advertising hub for international and regional consumer brands. Dennis Nguyen, Society Pass Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer comments, “We are thrilled to have Thoughtful Media join the ever-expanding SoPa ecosystem. Thoughtful Media’s social commerce-focused business model perfectly complements our future growth strategy for Society Pass as we drive consumer eyeballs and generate revenues for riveting consumer brands throughout Southeast Asia. In addition, Society Pass is excited to complete our first Thailand acquisition and look forward to launching our SoPa loyalty platform to the 65 million consumers in Thailand”. Dan Thorman, Thoughtful Media Chief Executive Officer explains, “Thoughtful Media is led by an experienced management team in SEA and the US. We provide media owners with content creation and technology services that build and monetise their brands’ audience on numerous social platforms. With years of on-the-ground experience and industry expertise in developing influencer talent, producing social media content, coordinating advertising campaigns, aggregating influencer data, and onboarding millions of viewers onto our data-rich MPN, we track hundreds of millions of authenticated global video views a month across key social media platforms. Partnering with Society Pass allows Thoughtful Media to unlock strategic opportunities with influencers and advertisers as well as design cross-marketing synergies for companies in the SoPa ecosystem. In doing so, we expect to drive tremendous revenue growth in 2022 and beyond”. About Society Pass As a loyalty and data marketing ecosystem in Singapore, Vietnam, Philippines, and Thailand and with offices located in Singapore, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Manila, and Bangkok, SoPa is an acquisition-focused e-commerce holding company operating 7 interconnected verticals (loyalty, merchant software, lifestyle, F&B, telecoms, digital media, and travel) seamlessly connecting millions of consumers and thousands of merchants across multiple product and service categories in SEA. Society Pass business model focuses on analysing user data through its Society Pass loyalty platform and circulation of its universal loyalty points or Society Points. Since its inception, SoPa has amassed over 1.6 million registered consumers and over 5,500 registered merchants/brands on its platform. It has invested 2+ years building proprietary IT architecture with cutting edge components to effectively scale and support its consumers, merchants, and acquisitions. Society Pass provides merchants with #HOTTAB Biz and #HOTTAB POS – a Vietnam-based POS, CRM and analytics technology solutions provider for small and medium-sized enterprises. In addition, SoPa operates Leflair.com, Vietnam’s leading lifestyle e-commerce platform, Pushkart.ph, a popular grocery delivery company in Philippines, Handycart.vn, a leading online restaurant delivery service based in Vietnam, and Gorilla Networks, a Singapore-based, web3-enabled mobile blockchain network operator. For more information, please check out: http://thesocietypass.com/. Media Contacts:
Play-2-Earn Hybrid Expo Asia, the world’s first event focused specifically on the Play-2-Earn industry for businesses only, is to be held this year in Bangkok, Thailand from August 10 to 13 at W Hotel Bangkok and Metaverse. With up to 250 physical C-suites and more than 500 virtual attendees expected from all around the world, the expo is to bring together the entire ecosystem of the P2E industry from guilds, venture capitalists, game developers, exchanges, launch pads, and key opinion leaders.
With a direct approach to connecting the most experienced individuals and companies and building a strong P2E community, the expo stands out by focusing entirely on a business-to-business approach rather than being consumer-centric.
What to Expect at P2E Hybrid Expo Asia
3-Day programme will present an immersive experience for more than 250 physical and up to 2,000 virtual attendees. More than 50 speakers will participate in panel discussions to share their insights and experiences. Each day will end with an evening of networking at a unique location across Bangkok, including at W Bangkok’s very own House of Sathorn featuring welcome drinks on the first night. The second night will be at Bangkok’s one of the trendiest rooftop bars at Tichuca Bar and the event will end off with a pool party at Wet Deck at W Bangkok on the last night.
A business matching portal will be provided for all the attendees one month prior to the event to be able to request for meetings with others in attendance to nurture connections and synergies for partnerships. With virtual booths of sponsors in tow, the hybrid component of P2E Expo Expo will ensure virtual attendees from around the world will have access to all the insights being shared.
Play-2-Earn Industry in 2022
Play-2-Earn Hybrid Expo Asia comes at a significant time in the P2E industry, having taken off just a year ago. Despite being in its early stages, a huge number of game projects have raised a significant amount of funding and the concept of Play-to-Earn has evolved into Play-to-Earn and Move-to-Earn. There is a significant shift for traditional game developers to join the Web3 movement, which demonstrates P2E as an industry itself making a real impact and empowering third world countries.
P2E industry being in its early phases of development is more the reason to attend, connect, and share insights with those in the same field to strengthen the community and the industry. The environmental conditions such as the bear market we are facing today further underscores the need for the P2E industry to evolve and find the perfect balance to self-sustain and grow.
Final Winner at Pitch Competition to Win up to $3,000,000!
Impressive lineup of judges from the P2E space will be physically present at the event including venture capitalists and guilds such as DFG/Jsquare, Enjin Starter, Faculty Group, Openspace ventures, SeaX Ventures, and YGG SEA. Every game is able to submit its whitepaper on the website to be shortlisted and invited to pitch. With a total of 8 pitches by game developers, the pitch competition at P2E Hybrid Expo Asia is one of the most coveted parts of the event programme especially with more attention towards the introduction of the new games that are emerging in the market.
Future of Play-2-Earn Hybrid Expo Asia
Play-2-Earn Hybrid Expo Asia stays true to its mission of empowering the P2E ecosystem and is looking to host the expo throughout the year with its subsequent one planned for early 2023 in the exciting destination of Bali, Indonesia. Bali is widely known for playing host to a huge surge of Web 3.0 and blockchain residences from those flying in from around the world and it will be an exciting spot to kickstart 2023 for the P2E community.
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2022 continues to be a challenging year for APAC’s HR leaders as companies return to the workplace, refresh talent strategies, and reimagine the future workforce to optimise business impact. HR Tech Festival 2022, organized by HRM Asia, returns May 10-13 to celebrate its 21st anniversary in a hybrid event format with a week-long of activities and programmes curated for the region’s HR community, global influencers, and industry experts to learn, collaborate, and inspire. With the theme of Return. Refresh. Reimagine, HR Tech Festival Asia 2022 will be presented in a hybrid format that is designed to provide an immersive and customisable event experience for attendees’ needs and preferences. The 4-day event will bring together 4,000 attendees, 200 global and regional speakers and 30 international innovative brands. Joanna Bush, Managing Director, HRM Asia, says, “HR Tech Festival Asia is celebrating 21 years as Asia’s leading HR tech event, and we are looking forward to bringing Asia’s HR community back together in 2022. HR Tech Festival Asia 2022, which will return both in-person and online, will present a week-long offering of exciting programmes and activities that will allow you to personalise your own unique festival experience.” “With 2022 shaping up to be a complex but interesting year for HR, we invite you to join the biggest gathering of the region’s HR community, global influencers, and industry experts to learn, collaborate, and inspire, as we continue to shape the world of work together.” It’s time for a reunion like no other at the first in-person HR event in Singapore On 10 May, step out from the virtual to real life to re-establish your connections with the HR community in-person at HR Tech Festival Live, a one-day in-person event under the week-long HR Tech Festival Asia 2022. Kicking off the highly anticipated in-person event at Suntec Exhibition & Convention Centre is Mr Zaqy Mohamed, Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Manpower and Ministry of Defence, Singapore, who is the Guest of Honour with his opening remarks at 10am (SGT). Attendees can then expect to be refreshed with high-energy, engaging presentations on cutting-edge ideas, and illuminating sessions on key HR topics such as: – The Future of Human Development – Understanding ASEAN’s vision and innovation for a changing world. Featured speakers at HR Tech Festival Live include: – Stephanie Nash, Chief People Officer, Circles.Life, Co-Founder & Chief People Officer, Thrive HR Exchange HR Tech Festival Live will also be shining a spotlight on the best of HR in Asia with the HR Fest Awards 2022, which is celebrating the outstanding achievements of the region’s top HR leaders, companies, and teams from across both the private and public sectors. 23 deserving finalists are vying for the top award in five exciting categories, including Best Workplace Culture and Engagement, Employer of Choice, HR Team of the Year, Best Use of Technology, and Best HR Leader. The winners will be announced live and in-person at the award presentation on May 10 at Suntec Exhibition & Convention Centre Singapore. Connecting virtually, reimagining the future of HR collectively For those who wish to be part of HR Tech Festival Asia 2022 remotely, HR Tech Festival Online, taking place from May 11-13, offers the ideal virtual platform to learn from global and regional HR experts, discover innovative solutions, and build virtual connections through a series of programmes and activities over the three event days. Mr Heng Swee Keat, Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for Economic Policies, will be giving the opening address at 9am (SGT) as the Guest of Honour. Making a debut this year is the ASEAN Human Development Organisation (AHDO) Summit, which will examine how to improve human development at work. ASEAN’s national HR Association, thought leaders, and the ASEAN professional community will come together virtually on May 11 to discuss, debate, and establish a balance of economic and human development to the most diverse region in the world. Dr Bob Aubrey, Founder and Chair of the Advisory Board, AHDO, says, “COVID has been a game changer and the HR Community has shown unprecedented leadership in enabling organisational resilience that allows companies to adapt and innovate. To see where this goes next, you do not want to miss the AHDO Summit at HR Tech Festival Asia 2022, which highlights the new human development dimension in companies across the ASEAN region.” As organisations look to advance workplace gender equity, the Women in HR Technology Summit is a must-not-miss for HR leaders in Asia. Taking place virtually on May 11, the Asia-exclusive and popular half-day conference will take place alongside HR Tech Festival Online. Programme Chair Jeanne Achille, Founder and CEO of The Devon Group, will lead an esteemed line-up of female HR leaders such as Ruby Kolesky, Co-CEO and Heart of Product, Joyous and Lydia Wu, Head of Talent Analytics and Transformation, Panasonic, in offering insights into key technologies that can help drive gender equity in the workplace. Attendees can also look forward to the HR Leaders’ APAC Summit taking place virtually on May 11 and hear from luminaries such as Josh Bersin, Global Industry Analyst and CEO of the Josh Bersin Company; Mervyn Dinnen, Author and HR & Talent Acquisition Analyst; Gary Cookson, Director, EPIC HR; and Margaret Heffernan, Author and Professor of Practice, University of Bath, as they address the business challenges and critical priorities facing HR leaders today. The prestigious and popular ASEAN Future of Work, organised in collaboration with Ministry of Manpower Singapore and the Regional Centre for the Future of Work, is also back for its third run virtually. Themed “Navigating Labour Market Recovery: A Balancing Act for Businesses, Workers and Governments”, the half day conference features speakers from regional governments, unions, and the public sector, who will share insights on how they put people first in their strategies to recover from the pandemic. Speakers such as Deanna Ong, Chief People Officer, Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) and Jason Seng, Partner, People Advisory Services – Workforce Advisory, Ernst & Young Advisory will also discuss how different stakeholders can work together to balance varying needs and interests, as ASEAN adapts to post-COVID business models and ways of working. Innovation and technologies to support organisations to refresh and reimagine HR strategies HR Tech Marketplace, which is taking place from May 10-13, will present the biggest showcase of HR solutions and products from global and regional solution providers under one roof. These include ADP, AMS, Ceridian, Coursera for Business, Cornerstone, Globalization Partners, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Oracle, ServiceNow, Skillsoft, SumTotal, Top Employers Institute, and Workforce Singapore (WSG). Technologies and products on offer cover the entire spectrum of HR and attendees can choose to engage in-person or virtually with the exhibitors for a consultation on how they can support their HR transformation needs or view a product demonstration. Attendees can also glimpse into the future where innovative solutions and upcoming technology may emerge as the new norm of the future through the Start-up Hub. HR Tech Festival Asia 2022 is proud to partner with ASEAN Human Development Organisation and its regional HR association members and organisations to curate the event to meet the needs of the HR profession and contribute to the development of the profession. HR Tech Festival Asia 2021 will take place on 10 May 2022 at Suntec Exhibition & Convention Centre and 11-13 May 2022 virtually. For more information, visit www.hrtechfestivalasia.com. About HRM Asia HRM Asia is a multi-platform network helping to build and celebrate the professional HR community in Asia-Pacific. Across our dedicated print magazine, digital content, and world-class events, we provide an array of thought-leading HR discussion and information to HR professionals of all ranks in Singapore and across the region. HRM Asia is proudly owned by LRP Publications. LRP Publications is a broad-based media company serving business and education professionals. 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Society Pass (SoPa) Marks First Foray into Thailand by Acquiring Bangkok-Headquartered Thoughtful Media Group, Southeast Asia’s Leading Digital Video Multi-Platform Network and Social Commerce Platform
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Asia’s HR Community to Reunite at HR Tech Festival Asia 2022 Both In-person and Virtually to Refresh and Reimagine the Future of Workforce Management
– Humanising Transformation – Enabling sustainable growth for people and workers.
– Weathering the Talent Management Storm from Inside Out – A strategic response to the changing talent landscape.
– Leadership Staying Power: Preparing for the future.
– Skills are the New Currency in the New World of Talent Management – How you can prepare your organisation and people for this.
– Modern Work: A Fresh New Look at the Future – Providing a new perspective into the future of work.
– Low Peck Kem, Chief Human Resources Officer & Advisor (Workforce Development), Singapore Public Service Division
– Sara Tiew, Head of Workforce Transformation and Analytics, UOB & World Economic Forum Future of Work Fellow
– Grace Huang, Head of People & Organisation, Siemens
– Rashmi Mishra Sharma, Head of People & Capability Building, GovTech Singapore, and Consultant at Harvard Business School – Corporate Learning
– Dr Bob Aubrey, Founder & Chair of the Advisory Board, ASEAN Human Development Organisation (AHDO)
– Eddie Lee, HR Technology Strategist, Future of Talent Economy (FOTE) Network
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