[First winner] Team "NT", comprising Ms. Noppawan Rakthinkumnerd and Ms. Bao Tran Ngo Le, from Thammasat University, took first place at the National Finals. Their project 'Gender Gaps in the World of Work' focused on promoting gender equality at work.
[Runner-up] Team "Humble", comprising Mr. Kantapong Chanarittichai and Mr. Nattaphon Srikanoksin from King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, emerged as the runner-up. Their project 'Quality Education' was designed to extend collaboration among ASEAN countries for sustainable knowledge sharing and management.
[Second runner-up] Meanwhile, Team "Ant CC", comprising Ms. Pannaporn Tongpiputn and Ms. Panitta Tungsrisook from Chulalongkorn University became the second runner-up for their project 'Achieving Better English Education in ASEAN' that aims to improve English education among ASEAN countries.
The competition in Thailand is one of ten ASEANDSE 2019's National Finals taking place across the region in the month of September 2019, where the best ten teams from each member state compete for a spot to represent their country in the Regional Finals. By harnessing SAP's Analytic Cloud software, each team developed data-driven solutions that highlight six Sustainable Development Goals namely (1) good health and well-being, (2) quality education, (3) gender equality, (4) decent work and economic growth, (5) industry, innovation & infrastructure and (6) sustainable cities and communities and can contribute to solve the region's most pressing social issues. Coinciding with Thailand's ASEAN Chairmanship, Thailand will be the host of ADSE 2019's Regional Finals.
Last year, team UTCC ASEAN RANGER from Thailand won ASEANDSE 2019 Thailand National Finals. Studying at School of Business, University of Thai Chamber of Commerce, Amarin Udompol and Teerapong Srisupan, presented their winning project "Let's talk: Closely" that aims to address the lack mental health professionals in ASEAN region to tackle increasing numbers of suicide among youth. Amarin and Teerapong both said they were exceedingly grateful to have taken part in the ASEANDSE competition and learn fundamental skills of leadership, teamwork, and most importantly digital technology.
This year, more than 2,500 students in ASEAN region were trained on the SAP Analytics Cloud. Through this training, the ASEAN Foundation and SAP supports students to analyse real-time data of the current social and economic crises in ASEAN member nations and thus provide a solution.
"As Thailand charges ahead into the digital economy, data becomes a fundamental aspect of our lives, and it is important to educate the next generation to harness its potential to channel it to good use," said Verena Siow, Managing Director, SAP Indochina. "Through this partnership with the ASEAN Foundation, more than just equipping our youths with critical digital skillsets, we hope they would also develop a sense of responsibility towards using these skills to improve society, as they take on future leadership roles in the public and private sector."
"ASEAN Foundation is honoured and proud to partner up with SAP for three consecutive years. The role of SAP is strongly significant in this joint initiative as together we are addressing the post-2020 direction of ASEAN youth development that focuses on fostering future-ready ASEAN youth through digital skills development. The initiative capacitates ASEAN youth to seize the vast opportunities that lie ahead of them. At the same time, the initiative equips them with relevant digital skills they require to tackle the challenges posed by the Industrial Revolution 4.0," said Elaine Tan, the ASEAN Foundation's Executive Director.
ASEANDSE is a regional programme by the ASEAN Foundation and SAP that aims to catalyse activism among university students in ASEAN. Since its inception in 2017, ASEANDSE has empowered over 9,000 youths from 230 higher education institutions in the region with data analytic skills. Competition entries doubled this year with 1,300 student teams from a wide range of disciplines such as political science, engineering and architecture gleaning actionable insights from data to come up with solutions that have an impact on these areas.
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