Taiwan Government Held the First International iCampus Forum and Exhibition with the Joint Force of Industry and Academy Setting Sight on Three Billion Market of iCampus in 2015

TAIPEI, April 18, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Taiwan Industrial Development Bureau of Ministry of Economic Affairs, Institute for Information Industry and Taiwan Cloud Industry-Academy Application Alliance officially began the national iCampus program by holding the First International iCampus Forum and Exhibition at the end of March. The government, academy and industry joined together to promote the concept in order to encourage ten thousand schools to follow suit and to help the industry to explore the opportunities in the international market.

The director general of Industrial Development Bureau, Dr. Ming-Ji Wu, indicated that the applications of the information technology would change the face of campuses and the idea of iCampus would make a breakthrough in classrooms and traditional teaching approaches and would transform education and the learning industry. In light of its development, Taiwan would actively participate in the trend by establishing "Emerging iCampus Industry" and building the value chain.

The forum discussed the trend and developing roadmap, covering the iCampus applications in learning, governance, management, health control and sustainability. Taiwan enterprises also showcased their world-class iCampus applications and achievements, like the management with the consideration of learner-centered approaches, tailor-made health plans for students and "Zero-Carbon" classrooms. In addition, Institute for Information Industry worked closely with Taiwan enterprises to collaborate with overseas partners for new opportunities by offering the total solution of iCampus.

Institute for Information Industry estimated that the domestic and international market of innovative and integrated services of iCampus would increase up to three billion US dollars in 2015 and would be conducive to Taiwan enterprises to earn more new opportunities.

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