INAICTA 2012: Indonesia Seeks Creativity Breakthrough in ICT

With the help of the internet, people in Indonesia can open up to the world. Most people who displayed their creativity today at the Indonesia Information and Communication Technology Awards 2012 said to me that their product was intended for the global market. But some others want to test their innovation on a small scale before going big, like starting in their own city.

Last year’s opening of INAICTA was not as crowded as today. In the competition’s 17 categories, there were 1,447 registrants with more than 800 works to be reviewed.

Internet connectivity is not so easy to access in small cities in the country such as Lumajang, Sidoarjo, Cimahi, and Jayapura. Yet the people who live there still can create innovations worthy of this competition.

136 of 800 nominee were selected to enter the final stage. You can also find eight startups competing in the ‘startup’ category. Chief of the executive team of INAICTA 2012, A. Haryawirasma, congratulated the participants selected for the second round.

The works in this competition were so innovative and creative, suited to this year’s theme “Creativity Breakthrough.”

The much-anticipated exhibition of INAICTA 2012 was held today, at the Jakarta Convention Center, with awards ceremonies to be held at closing tomorrow. Visitors at this event will enjoy the Creative Digital Works Exhibition for software applications and contents. Famous names in Indonesia will attend this conference such as Piyu (guitarist of Padi band), Arief Widhiyasa (Agate), Christian Sugiono (actor), and others.

In addition to the exhibition, there are also informative conferences and workshops over the two days. Speakers discuss certain topics like digital social behaviour, innovation in wireless, gaming, and transformation of television industry. The workshops will talk about effective online promotion, planning social media campaign, digitalpreneur program, and IT for kids.

Minister of Communication and Information Technology, Tifatul Sembiring, said in a written statement that he was delighted and proud that participant grew across the nation. This proves that information technology is spreading, reaching people even in the remote areas in the country.

We hope that the innovations in INAICTA could be breakthrough in ICT. This will encourage nation’s creativity, so this country will be famous for its high quality ICT products and content. All of the products will also have high value.

Tifatul stated that ICT industry in Indonesia contributes around Rp400 trillion (over $41 billion) to the country. Around Rp10 trillion (over $1 billion) of the ICT industry revenue for the country is controlled by Ministry of Finance.