The Asia Pacific IT Forum is recognized as the most prestigious information technology conference in Asia. It provides an invaluable opportunity to meet key industry personalities and enables attendees to exchange ideas and discuss important topics with the most influential users and opinion leaders in the IT industry. More than 1000 IT professionals / business leaders attended the event in February 2001 and CEOs/Senior Executives from leading organizations provided the attendees with their vision on the emerging digital economy. More than 100 journalists also attended the event and provided a comprehensive coverage in the most important publications across Asia.

The Asia Pacific IT Forum 2001 was sponsored by Accenture, Software AG, Hitachi Data Systems, NEC, Compaq, Sun Microsystems, SGI, ABN-AMRO Bank, Intershop, Computer Associates, Madge.web and Breakaway Solutions. Our media partners include CNBC, CIO, IT Asia, IT Malaysia, ACW, Intelligent Enterprise, Computerworld Singapore and Computerworld Malaysia. The Singapore IT Federation and Singapore Computer Society also gave their support as the Supporting Associations for this event.

Conference Purpose/Focus
In January 2002, IDC will once again be holding a two-day Asia/Pacific IT Forum in Singapore that will provide an in-depth analysis on the possibilities of enterprise transformation by leveraging information technology in the region. Senior IDC analysts and executive speakers from sponsoring IT organizations will address many critical issues associated with creating and harnessing value through information technology. Case studies and interactive Q & A sessions will be used where appropriate.

Target Attendees
CEOs, CIOs, IS Managers, Business Leaders, and journalists (expecting more than 1000 delegates).
Speakers
CEOs, Senior Executives, Visionaries.
Main Advisors for the Agenda:
Senior IDC analysts

CIO Asia's CIO 100 is an annual listing of the top 100 companies in the region that have used technology to derive the highest strategic value and yielded the greatest ROI for their businesses.
CIO 100 honouree status gives an organization greater regional and global visbility. The top five companies on the CIO 100 Index for 2002 will be granted a CIO Award- the greatest honour bestowed upon any enterprise user of IT in the region at the APIT Forum Gala Dinner at the Ritz-Carlton, Singapore on 21 Janauary 2002.