MDDI 演講稿 · 2025-05-09
張仁寶部長在新加坡電腦學會頒獎晚宴暨2025年科技領袖獎上的致辭
要點
- • 新加坡於2025年首次在亞洲承辦國際學習表徵大會（ICLR），現場參與人數創歷史新高達11,000人，同期還舉辦了新加坡人工智慧大會（SCAI）及新加坡AI研究周。
- • 逾百位全球AI領袖（包括Yoshua Bengio與Max Tegmark）聯合釋出「新加坡共識」，確立全球AI安全研究三大優先方向：風險評估、構建可信度及管控AI系統。
- • 新加坡首席AI樞紐Lorong AI自啟動四個月內已舉辦逾40場活動，定期匯聚來自業界與政府的200餘名AI從業者。
- • 逾50,000名公務員（佔公共服務人員總數三分之一）定期使用政府自研的安全AI生產力工具Pair，並已在AIBots平臺上建立數千個實驗性聊天機器人。
- • 新加坡計劃五年內將AI從業者規模從5,000人三倍增至15,000人，目前該群體在過去約一年內已增長近25%，相關舉措涵蓋資科局TeSA計劃及擴大後的AI學徒計劃。
- • 2025年新增19名新加坡數字領袖，自2022年計劃啟動以來累計任命總數達68人，新加坡數字領袖加速計劃配有逾1,500人的全球導師網路。
完整譯文（繁體中文）
MDDI 英文原文譯文 · 翻譯日期: 2026-06-21
數碼發展與新聞部長楊莉明女士在2025年新加坡電腦學會晚宴暨科技領袖獎頒獎典禮上的開幕致辭（2025年5月9日）
新加坡電腦學會會長林美君女士，
高階政務部長陳杰豪先生，
各位嘉賓，
女士們、先生們，
很高興今晚與各位共聚，出席本年度新加坡電腦學會晚宴。請允許我首先恭賀今年所有科技領袖獎得主——幹得漂亮！
大約一年半前，我出席貴會2023年Tech3論壇時，曾注意到一個巧合——活動舉辦當日恰逢總統選舉投票日。
幾個月前，我翻看日曆時，以為新加坡電腦學會又一次選在了政治意義重大的日子舉辦活動。但事實證明，總理另有安排。
事實也證明，過去幾周各方注意力高度集中於大選，以至於科技界其他幾項極為重要的活動幾乎完全被忽視了。
其中之一，是新加坡承辦年度國際學習表徵會議（ICLR）。
毫不誇張地說，ICLR是全球最頂尖的人工智慧/機器學習研究人員聚集的三大頂級會議之一。
ICLR不僅首次在亞洲舉辦，現場參會人數更創下11,000人的歷史新高。ICLR從未有過如此高的現場參與人數，而這一紀錄誕生在新加坡。
與ICLR同期，還舉辦了多項促進人工智慧領域國際學術交流的活動。
其中包括第二屆新加坡人工智慧會議（SCAI）——我在開始第四天競選活動之前主持了開幕式，
以及新加坡人工智慧研究周。
正因為這些活動，許多領域泰斗在新加坡度過了美好時光，其中一些人是首次來訪。
例如，現代人工智慧三位教父之一的Yoshua Bengio在SCAI上發表了演講。
他熱情地倡導加強人工智慧治理，這印證了我的觀點——深化研究人員與政策制定者之間的交流至關重要，唯有如此，人工智慧安全研究才能轉化為有效的治理政策。
Yoshua與來自生命未來研究所的Max Tegmark等100餘位全球人工智慧領域領軍人物，共同參與撰寫了關於全球人工智慧安全研究優先事項的《新加坡共識》。
專家們在新加坡期間確定了三項核心優先事項——風險評估、構建可信度，以及對人工智慧系統的管控。相關內容可在《連線》（Wired）最新一期中閱讀。
我們希望《新加坡共識》能夠成為全球人工智慧安全對話的新基礎，並期待在五月底即將舉行的ATxSummit上與其他數字事務部長共同分享。
上個月，許多其他人工智慧領域的傑出人士也紛紛來訪新加坡。
例如，在競選期間，我抽時間與現代人工智慧三位教父之一的Yann Le Cun會面，探討人工智慧應用的機遇。
這著實令人歎為觀止。三位人工智慧教父中的兩位在同一周內都出現在新加坡，這種機率實屬罕見。
令我倍感欣慰的是，這些泰斗撥冗參與新加坡人工智慧研究周逾30項活動，與我們的人工智慧社群交流並給予啟迪。
我與各位分享這些，並非因為我是新加坡旅遊局的形象大使，熱衷於提升旅遊收入。
而是因為新加坡人工智慧活動的廣度與深度與日俱增，國際人工智慧社群對新加坡發展潛力的認知也在不斷提升——這些都不容忽視。
畢竟，當我們在更新版國家人工智慧戰略中確立"人工智慧造福公眾、服務新加坡與世界"的願景時，正是為了將新加坡打造為充滿活力的人工智慧創新樞紐，使其影響力輻射海外。
我很高興這一願景正在穩步實現，這裡已出現一個充滿活力的人工智慧生態系統正在成形的跡象。
例如，Lorong AI已確立其作為新加坡首要人工智慧樞紐的地位，並在新加坡匯聚了一個強大而充滿活力的人工智慧社群。
其協作空間定期匯聚來自業界和政府的逾200名AI從業者，共同學習、交流新想法。
Lorong AI自開幕以來四個月內已舉辦逾40場活動，並持續每週舉辦多場活動。活動形式涵蓋實操產品工作坊到技術深度研討，由本土AI專家、全球頂尖研究人員以及OpenAI、AWS等行業先驅主持。
我們也看到有前景的公私合作關係正在Lorong AI中逐步形成。其中一項合作探索開發一款智慧體工具，用於評估大型語言模型（LLMs）的推理能力。
在政府內部，逾50,000名使用者——即全體公務員的三分之一——定期使用Pair（一款內部安全版ChatGPT）來提升工作效率。
公務員已利用AIBots平臺建立了數千個實驗性聊天機器人，並創新開發了從解答人力資源查詢到引導同事完成預算和採購流程等一系列解決方案。
許多業界合作伙伴也相繼在新加坡設立AI卓越中心（AI CoEs），以創新、構建和部署AI賦能解決方案。
去年，科技、醫療、製造及交通領域的企業共設立了26個AI CoEs。
這一勢頭仍在持續。
明年一月，我們還將舉辦人工智慧促進協會（AAAI）人工智慧大會——這是一項傳統上僅在北美舉辦的頂級AI會議。
在拓展AI機遇的同時，我深刻意識到各界對AI取代工人崗位的擔憂。這些擔憂是真實存在的，但我們也必須認識到，AI將創造新的就業機會。
例如，隨著AI在經濟各行業的應用不斷擴大，對部署、測試AI並確保其安全性與治理合規性的AI人才需求將隨之增長。
因此，我們必須著力將更多此類新興崗位留在新加坡。
為滿足未來對更多AI從業者的需求，我們正積極構建充實的AI從業者人才儲備，目標是在五年內將人才池規模從5,000人擴大至15,000人，實現三倍增長。
其中一項舉措是在IMDA的TechSkills Accelerator（TeSA）框架下提供更多企業主導的培訓機會。
我們也正與AI Singapore共同擴大AI學徒計劃。
我們估計，過去一年左右，人才池規模已增長近25%。
除針對性的AI技能培育工作外，我們將繼續擴大科技人才儲備，以滿足企業需求。
僱主的一個重要人才來源是理工學院和工藝教育學院（ITE）畢業生——這正是我們的SMS Tan一直大力推動的工作。
新加坡計算機學會（SCS）與SGTech也通過TIP Alliance（TeSA for ITE and Polytechnic Alliance）積極倡導企業以技能而非單純學歷為導向，錄用上述畢業生。
與此同時，我們也將培育更多新加坡人成為科技領域的領導者，正如在座的許多人一樣。
為此，IMDA已與業界（包括全球科技企業）合作，推出新加坡數字領導力加速計劃（SGDLA）。
優秀的新加坡科技專業人才將通過該加速計劃獲得在海外市場拓展全球視野的機會。
他們還將有機會獲得來自逾1,500人導師網路中經驗豐富的全球科技高管或創始人的指導。
例如，2022年SG Digital Leader Gan Hao Yi通過這一網路與其導師Chang Ling Siow結緣。
作為導師，Ling鼓勵Hao Yi考慮參加高管管理教育課程以促進職業成長，這使Hao Yi得以晉升至更重要的職位，出任戴森（Dyson）全球軟體戰略與轉型主管。
兩人至今保持密切聯絡，共同探尋新機遇。
通過該加速計劃，我們希望幫助更多新加坡人做好準備，使其能夠在跨國企業的全球或區域總部，或高增長初創企業中擔任高階領導職位。
我很高興今天宣佈，今年又有19名新加坡人獲委任為SG Digital Leaders。自2022年計劃啟動以來，獲委任的領導者總人數已達68人。
他們來自數字生態系統的各個領域，涵蓋產品管理、AI以及量子計算等新興技術。
我期待SG Digital Leaders為新加坡及各自領域作出更多振奮人心的貢獻。
再次向今晚所有榮獲2025年科技領袖獎的得獎者致以誠摯祝賀，感謝各位為新加坡蓬勃發展的科技領域所作出的卓越貢獻。
祝各位度過一個美好的夜晚！
英文原文
MDDI 官網原始記錄 · 抓取日期: 2026-06-21
Opening Address by Mrs. Josephine Teo, Minister for Digital Development and Information, at SCS Gala Dinner & Tech Leader Awards 2025 (9 May 2025)
President of the Singapore Computer Society Ms Lim Bee Kwan,
Senior Minister of State Mr Tan Kiat How,
Distinguished Guests,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I am happy to join you tonight for this year’s SCS Gala Dinner. Allow me to first congratulate all the recipients of this year’s Tech Leader Awards – well done!
About a year and a half ago, when I attended your 2023 Tech3 Forum, I had noted how uncanny it was that the event was being held on polling day for the Presidential Elections.
A few months ago, when I was browsing my calendar, I thought the SCS may once again have picked a politically significant day for this event. But it turns out the Prime Minister had other plans.
As it also turned out, so much attention had been drawn to the General Elections in the last few weeks, that other very significant events for the tech community went almost completely unnoticed.
The first of this is Singapore’s hosting of the annual International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR).
It is not an exaggeration to say that the ICLR is one of the top three conferences where the world’s most prominent researchers in AI/ML gather.
Not only was ICLR being held for the first time in Asia, in-person participation hit a new high of 11,000. ICLR has never had such high in-person participation, and they did it in Singapore.
Along with ICLR, there were several other events fostering international scientific exchanges in AI.
This includes the second edition of the Singapore Conference on AI (SCAI), which I opened before starting on day four of election campaigning,
as well as the Singapore AI Research Week .
And because these events, many luminaries of the field spent good time in Singapore, some for the first time.
For example, Yoshua Bengio, one of the three godfathers of modern AI who spoke at SCAI.
He advocated passionately for stronger AI governance, which reinforced my point about the importance of deepening exchanges between researchers and policymakers, so that AI safety research can be translated into effective policies that govern AI well.
Yoshua and over 100 other global leaders in AI, including Max Tegmark of the Future of Life Institute, also contributed to “The Singapore Consensus” on the priorities for global AI safety research.
While in Singapore, the experts identified three key priorities – Risk assessment, developing trustworthiness, and controlling AI systems. You can read about this in the latest edition of “Wired”.
We hope that the “The Singapore Consensus” will serve as a new foundation for global conversation on AI safety, and I look forward to sharing it with other Digital Ministers at the upcoming ATxSummit in end-May.
Many other AI luminaries were in town last month too.
For example, in the midst of the hustings, I caught up with Yann Le Cun, another of the three godfathers of modern AI, to discuss opportunities in AI adoption.
It’s actually quite remarkable. What are the odds that two out of three of the godfathers of AI were in Singapore in a single week?
I am heartened these luminaries made the time to speak to, and inspire, our AI community as part of the 30+ activities at the Singapore AI Research Week .
I share these with you not because I’m an ambassador for the Singapore Tourism Board excited about increasing tourism receipts.
But it’s really about the growing breadth and depth of AI activities in Singapore, and the increasing awareness of the international AI community about the possibilities here; and these are not to be disregarded.
After all, when we set out the vision of “AI for the public good, for Singapore and the world” in our refreshed National AI Strategy, it was precisely to anchor Singapore as a vibrant hub for AI innovations that could have broader impact beyond our shores.
I am glad that this vision is steadily being realised, and there are signs of a dynamic AI ecosystem taking shape here.
For example, Lorong AI has established itself as Singapore's premier AI hub, and has anchored a strong and vibrant AI community in Singapore.
Its collaborative space regularly brings together over 200 AI practitioners from across industry and Government to learn together and exchange new ideas.
Lorong AI has hosted over 40 events in the four months since launch, and continues to host multiple events weekly. These range from hands-on product workshops to technical deep-dives that are conducted by our homegrown AI experts, leading global researchers, and industry pioneers such as OpenAI and AWS.
We are also seeing promising public-private partnerships start to form out of Lorong AI. One such partnership explores the development of an agentic tool to evaluate the reasoning capabilities of LLMs.
In Government, over 50,000 users, or one-third of all public officers, regularly use Pair, an in-house secure version of ChatGPT, to enhance productivity.
Public officers have created thousands of experimental chatbots using our AIBots platform, and have innovated solutions ranging from answering HR queries to guiding colleagues through budget and procurement processes.
Many industry partners have also set up AI Centres of Excellence (AI CoEs) to innovate, build, and deploy AI-enabled solutions in Singapore.
Last year, 26 AI CoEs were set up by companies across tech, healthcare, manufacturing, and transport.
And we continue to see more.
Next January, we will also host the Association for the Advancement of AI, or AAAI’s, Conference on Artificial Intelligence – A leading AI conference that has traditionally only been held in North America.
As we grow our AI opportunities, I’m keenly aware of the concerns about its displacement impact on workers. These concerns are real, but we must also recognise that AI will create new jobs.
For example, as AI adoption grows across the many sectors in the economy, there will be greater demand for AI talent to deploy, test, and ensure its safety and governance.
We must therefore focus on anchoring more of these new jobs in Singapore.
To meet this future demand for more AI practitioners, we are actively growing a strong pipeline of AI Practitioners with a view to triple our pool from 5,000 to 15,000 over five years.
One of the ways we are doing so, is by providing more company-led training opportunities under the IMDA’s TechSkills Accelerator (TeSA).
We are also expanding the AI Apprenticeship Programme together with AI Singapore.
We estimate that the pool has already grown by nearly 25% in the last year or so.
Besides targeted efforts in AI skills development, we will continue to grow our bench of tech talent to meet companies’ needs.
One significant talent pool for employers are our polytechnic and ITE graduates – an effort that our SMS Tan has been championing.
And the SCS, together with SGTech, have been strong advocates through the TIP Alliance [TeSA for ITE and Polytechnic Alliance], for companies to hire these graduates for skills rather than just academic qualifications.
At the same time, we will also nurture more Singaporeans to become leaders in tech, like many of you are.
To do so, IMDA, has partnered with industry, including global tech firms, to offer the Singapore Digital Leadership Accelerator (SGDLA).
Promising Singaporean tech professionals are given opportunities under the Accelerator to gain global exposure in overseas markets.
They will also have the opportunity to be mentored by experienced global tech executives or founders from a network that is 1,500-strong.
For example, 2022 SG Digital Leader, Gan Hao Yi was connected to his mentor Chang Ling Siow through this network.
As mentor, Ling encouraged Hao Yi to consider Executive Management education programmes for professional growth. Doing so has allowed Hao Yi to advance to a larger role as the Head of Global Software Strategy and Transformation at Dyson.
They remain in close contact with each other, seeking out new opportunities.
With this Accelerator, we hope to prepare many more Singaporeans to take on senior leadership positions in MNCs’ global or regional headquarters, or in high-growth start-ups.
I am happy to announce today, that 19 more Singaporeans have been appointed as SG Digital Leaders this year. This brings the total number of Leaders appointed to 68 since the programme was started in 2022.
They come from across the digital ecosystem, including product management, AI, and emerging technologies such as quantum computing.
I look forward to more inspiring contributions from SG Digital Leaders to Singapore and your fields.
And once again, to all recipients of the Tech Leader Award 2025 who will be honoured tonight, congratulations. And thank you all, for your very significant contributions to Singapore’s vibrant tech sector.
Have a great evening!