U.S.-ASEAN Smart Cities Partnership
Media Note: Second Annual Symposium on Accelerating Science, Technology, and Circular Innovation in Southeast Asia: Smart Cities Innovation, Biotechnology, and Circularity
July 23, 2024 The U.S. Department of State hosted the second annual Symposium on Accelerating Science, Technology, and Circular Innovation in Southeast Asia: Smart Cities Innovation, Biotechnology, and Circularity in Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) on July 17-19. The U.S.-ASEAN Smart Cities Partnership (USASCP), Arizona State University (ASU)-implemented U.S-ASEAN Science, Technology, Innovation and…
February 24, 2025 – February 28, 2025
U.S.-Singapore Third Country Training Program (TCTP) – Green Buildings: Sustainable Datacenters & AI
Singapore
The U.S.-Singapore Third Country Training Program (TCTP) will host a Green Buildings: Sustainable Datacenters and AI workshop with in-person training sessions from February 24 to 28, 2025, in Singapore. The course aims to analyze AI in public policy and development, and data privacy and security considerations. It will also include a focus on the application…
December 2, 2024 – December 6, 2024
U.S.-Singapore Third Country Training Program (TCTP) – Molecular Epidemiology
Singapore
The U.S.-Singapore Third Country Training Program (TCTP) will host a Molecular Epidemiology workshop with in-person training sessions from December 2 to 6, 2024, in Singapore. The course seeks to equip participants working in the tuberculosis field with a comprehensive understanding of next generation sequencing (NGS) technologies, in particular whole genome sequencing (WGS), and targeted NGS…
November 11, 2024 – November 14, 2024
U.S.-Singapore Third Country Training Program (TCTP) – Digital Economy
Singapore
The U.S.-Singapore Third Country Training Program (TCTP) will host a Digital Economy workshop with in-person training sessions from November 11 to 15, 2024, in Singapore. The course aims to strengthen Southeast Asian government officials’ understanding of the regulatory landscape for the digital economy at both the regional and global levels. This will enable the region…
March 10, 2025 – March 14, 2025
U.S.-Singapore Third Country Training Program (TCTP) – Cybersecurity
Singapore
The U.S.-Singapore Third Country Training Program (TCTP) will host a Cybersecurity workshop with in-person training sessions from March 10 to 14 2025, in Singapore. This course aims to be a complementary effort to the existing ASEAN initiatives and to provide a platform for sharing best practices nationally, regionally, and internationally on cybersecurity.
Symposium on Accelerating Science, Technology, and Circular Innovation in Southeast Asia
July 17-19, 2024 Crowne Plaza Vientiane – Vientiane, Lao PDR The U.S. Department of State is hosting an integrated, multi-partner symposium entitled Accelerating Science, Technology and Circular Innovation in Southeast Asia, in cooperation with the U.S-ASEAN Smart Cities Partnership (USASCP), Arizona State University, Rochester Institute of Technology and other partners July 17-19, 2024, at the Crowne Plaza Vientiane. The Symposium is structured in three…
USASCP Visit to 5RTECH and Da Nang Hi-Tech Park
The USASCP team met with representatives from the Da Nang Hi Tech Park and the Da Nang Hi Tech Park incubator program. Two members from the EAP/MLA Foreign Assistance team visited the Da Nang Hi Tech Park and 5RTECH, one of the six recipients of the 2022 Business Innovation Fund in Da Nang, Vietnam. The…
U.S.-Singapore Third Country Training Program (TCTP) 2020 Cybersecurity Workshop Held Virtually
The United States and Singapore co-hosted the 2020 Third Country Training Program (TCTP) Cybersecurity Workshop as a series of virtual events on October 26 and 27 and November 2 and 3. This cybersecurity course was fully subscribed with 30 participants from all ASEAN countries as well as Timor-Leste and the ASEAN Secretariat. It covered a broad range…
