Ing Ang (seated right), UCA Sibu division president Ngieng Ping Sing (seated third left), deputy treasurer Yong King Sung (seated left) and others pose for a group photo.

SIBU: Sarawak ICT Association and the IT Section of the United Chinese Association (UCA) Sibu Division will host the Sarawak E-Commerce Conference 2018 on Nov 8 to create a heightened awareness of the importance of e-commerce.

Organising chairman Wong Ing Ang said the event, to be held at Wisma UCA here will be the first e-commerce conference in Sibu.

He added that they are targeting some 300 participants with students from institutions of higher learning among their target groups.

“One of our target groups is students from institutions of higher learning in e-commerce subject such as University College of Technology Sarawak (UCTS), Methodist Pilley Institute (MPI) and Kolej Laila Taib (KLT).

“We are grateful to UCTS for the strong support in sending 100 students and lecturers to the event and also becoming our main sponsor of the event.

“Other target groups are businessmen and persons interested to know more about e-commerce or interested to venture into e-commerce business,” Ing Ang said in a press statement released here yesterday.

Minister of International Trade and E-Commerce and Second Finance Minister Dato Sri Wong Soon Koh will declare open the conference which will be conducted in English.

Ing Ang said the event from 8am till 5pm will feature seven speakers in various fields of the e-commerce industry.

They will speak on subjects ranging from e-commerce platform, e-commerce sharing economy, logistics, payment gateway, government sector, block chain technology, social media advertising and the success story of e-commerce business.

“Among the objectives are to allow the people of Sarawak, in particular from the central region, to have a greater awareness in e-commerce business, to understand the importance and impact of e-commerce in today’s business and to learn how to run a successful e-commerce business.

“Hopefully, in the near future, we will have some successful e-commerce entrepreneurs in Sibu region,” he said, adding that the conference participants will not be charged any fee.

Ing Ang said registration is now open to the public and further information can be obtained from www.sicta.org.my.