Realising a Confident Digital Society: Spotlight on SEA-6

The Tech for Good Institute, in collaboration with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Southeast Asia Development Solutions (SEADS), will be holding the virtual launch for the report, Realising a Confident Digital Society: Spotlight on SEA-6, on 7 April 2026.

This event will discuss the development of digital societies in Southeast Asia and highlight priority areas for strengthening the region’s regional digital integration. The discussion will focus on examining how Southeast Asia-6 (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam) can deepen digital participation, and build more confident and inclusive digital societies.

Published 10 Mar 2026
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Join us virtually for this event, co-hosted by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Southeast Asia Development Solutions (SEADS) and the Tech for Good Institute (TFGI), on 07 April 2026, to discuss the development of digital societies in Southeast Asia (SEA) and priority areas for the region’s digital integration efforts to deepen digital participation, focusing on the Southeast Asia-6 (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam).

The session will explore the following questions:

What defines a Confident Digital Society in SEA, including the pillars that comprise it and the indicators used to quantify these pillars?
What is the current state of digital society development in SEA-6 countries, including opportunities for growth and challenges to overcome?
What are the key focus areas where regional cooperation and digital integration efforts can enable a Confident Digital Society?
How can Southeast Asia collectively build towards societies that confidently and actively engage in and benefit from digitalisation?

Event Details

Date: 7 April 2026 (Tuesday)

Time: 10:30 AM to 12 PM (GMT+8)

Location: Zoom

Programme:

Time	Duration	Activity
10:30 – 10:40	10 mins	Welcome Remarks By Representatives from TFGI and ADB SEADS
10:40 – 11:00	20 mins	Research Sharing Session: Realising a Confident Digital Society in SEA-6 By TFGI
11:00 – 11:45	45 mins	Panel Discussion: Building Toward a Confident Digital Society in SEA-6 Moderated by TFGI
11:45 – 11:55	10 mins	Synthesis and Key Takeaways
11:55 – 12:00	5 mins	Closing Remarks

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(2026, March 10). Realising a Confident Digital Society: Spotlight on SEA-6. Tech For Good Institute. Retrieved from https://techforgoodinstitute.org/events/past-events/realising-a-confident-digital-society-spotlight-on-sea-6/

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Mouna Aouri

Programme Fellow

Mouna Aouri is an Institute Fellow at the Tech For Good Institute. As a social entrepreneur, impact investor, and engineer, her experience spans over two decades in the MENA region, South East Asia, and Japan. She is founder of Woomentum, a Singapore-based platform dedicated to supporting women entrepreneurs in APAC through skill development and access to growth capital through strategic collaborations with corporate entities, investors and government partners.

Dr Ming Tan

Senior Fellow & Founding Executive Director

Dr Ming Tan is Senior Fellow at the Tech for Good Institute; where she served as founding Executive Director of the non-profit focused on research and policy at the intersection of technology, society and the economy in Southeast Asia. She is concurrently a Senior Fellow at and the Centre for Governance and Sustainability at the National University of Singapore and Advisor to the Founder of the COMO Group, a Singaporean portfolio of lifestyle companies operating in 15 countries worldwide. Ming was previously Managing Director of IPOS International, part of the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore. Prior to joining the public sector, she was Head of Stewardship of the COMO Group.

Ming also serves on the boards of several private companies, Singapore’s National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre, Singapore Network Information Centre (SGNIC), and on the Digital and Technology Advisory Panel for Esplanade–Theatres on the Bay, Singapore’s national performing arts centre. Her current portfolio spans philanthropy, social impact, sustainability and innovation.