(Taipei / September 10, 2018) 2018 DigiAsia will soon take place from November 15th (Thursday) through November 17th (Saturday) at the Expo Dome of Taipei Expo Park. This year, 30 speakers from home and abroad will deliver addresses to participants from myriad fields, including AFAA members from 16 different countries. The three-day digital congress will also be joined by an estimated 68,000 visitors to the 2018 Meet Taipei event. Jointly held by the Taipei City Government and 7 major associations from the fields of advertising, media, digital marketing, and public relations, and with full support from prominent businesses, 2018 DigiAsia will showcase Taiwan’s soft power of AI to the world and give international guests the best experience in Taipei.
The theme of 2018 DigiAsia is “Experience AI,” where the four topics of “AI x Industry,” ”AI x Media,” “AI x Technology,” and “AI x Creativity” will be explored in depth. Anis Shiekh, founder and CEO of baseH, a Pakistan-based AI news writing company, and Zhiyong Liang, Marketing Department Manager at Phoenix Metropolis Media, are among the list of keynote speakers to shed light on how AI is reshaping everything we knew about the media.
Anis Uddin Shiekh is an AI enthusiast and a financial industry journalist. He seeks to bring together the best of both worlds by integrating the power of AI and financial reporting. Anis started his career as a software developer and subsequently developed many financial applications for leading stock exchanges and brokerage houses. While taking an extended break from industry he worked as business journalist, editor and anchor where he started to develop a software which could convert financial data into news reports and one of the earliest AI writing software by the name Dante was born. He worked on the software for a few years himself before roping in three co-founders and formally founding baseH technologies.
Zhiyong Liang has more than 17 years of experience in advertising media and over 10 years of experience specifically in digital out-of-home advertising (DOOH). He has initiated, strategized, and executed interactive DOOH projects for China Taiping Insurance Group, JD.com, Swatch Group, and L'Oréal, among other major Chinese and international companies. In recent years, he has been actively involved in large-scale cross screen projects integrating DOOH with mobile Internet. One example is the “OOH LED Advertising Empowerment Project,” which combines “Internet+” and “+Internet,” with WIFI sensors as architecture. By launching this project, he hopes to bring in more innovative practice into the DOOH industry in China.
For more information on keynote speakers and programs, stay tuned for more upcoming newsletters. 2018 DigiAsia is a free event for AFAA members (200 spots available). Domestic registration will be available mid-September. Be sure to sign up soon!
