Asia-Pacific Tech Monitor
Vol. 43, No. 1 · January–March 2026
Theme: youth-driven innovations for sustainable development — tracking how young innovators across the Asia-Pacific region apply blockchain, artificial intelligence, virtual reality and other emerging technologies to advance the Sustainable Development Goals.
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Special feature 7 articles
Authenticating Fair-Trade for Gen Z with Blockchain and Augmented Technologies Ravi Sharma · Zayed University, United Arab Emirates LLM-Orchestrated Simulation, VR Co-Creation, and Bankable Youth Innovation Pipelines Towards Sustainability Samer Abaddi · IDentity Research, Jordan Youth-Driven Digital Innovation as Infrastructure for Sustainable Development Goksu Aslan & Marco Gallieri · Yildiz Technical University / Independent Researcher Youth-Driven Social Enterprises and Sustainable Development in the Asia–Pacific Region: Strategy, Evidence, and Policy Implications Lukman Raimi et al. · Universiti Brunei Darussalam Artificial Intelligence as an Enabler of Youth Entrepreneurship: Strategy and Practical Insights from Singapore Huong Ha · Singapore University of Social Sciences Youth-Led Digital Innovation for Sustainable Development: Transforming Indonesia’s Economic and Educational Ecosystems Muryanto Amin, Alwi Dahlan Ritonga, Agus Marwan · Universitas Sumatera Utara, Indonesia Transfer of technology to the metaverse: Human factors and analogical thinking Chien-Sing Lee · Sunway University, Malaysia
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Vol. 43, No. 1 · January–March 2026 · APCTT