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THE MERLION STAGE

THE SENTOSA STAGE

7 SEPT • MON

2PM

Opening Ceremony 

2:30PM

Innovation and Change

Speaker

Dr Janil Puthucheary, Senior Minister of State, Ministry for Communications and Information Singapore

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Moderated by Joshua Chambers, Founder, GovInsider

Speakers

• Paola Pisano, Minister for Technological Innovation, Italy 

• Audrey Tang, Digital Minister, Taiwan

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Moderated by Dr Tanya Filer, Policy and Research Leader, Digital State, Bennett Institute (Cambridge) and Director, StateUp.

3PM

Security by Design

Speakers

• Ciaran Martin, Professor of Practice in the Management of Public Organisations, Blavatnik School of Government

• Liisa Past, Former Chief National Cyber Risk Officer, National Security and Defence Coordination Unit at Government Office, Republic of Estonia 

• Dr Shashi Jayakumar, Head of the Centre of Excellence for National Security (CENS), S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) 

• Dhanya Thakkar, Senior Vice President, AMEA, Trend Micro 

Moderated by Amit Roy Choudhury, Columnist, GovInsider

8 SEPT • TUE

10AM

Data & Transformation

4PM

Stability in an Uncertain World

Speakers

• Chua Chee Yong, Head of Emerging Services & Capabilities Group, IHiS

• Gemma Van Halderen, Director of the Statistics Division, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific 

• Chang Sau Sheong, CEO, SP Digital,  SP Group

• Henry Sowell, CIO of Government Solutions, Inc. and Senior Director of Solutions Engineering, Cloudera 

Moderated by Medha Basu, Deputy Editor, GovInsider

Speakers

• Malcolm Johnson, Deputy Secretary-General, International Telecommunication Union

• Henri Verdier, Ambassador for Digital Affairs, France 

• Vladimir Yordanov, Sr. Director of Solution Engineering, Gigamon

Panelist

• John Lee, Managing Director APAC, Global Resilience Federation

Moderated by Medha Basu, Deputy Editor, GovInsider

5PM

Cyber Futures

Speakers

• Mihoko Matsubara, Chief Cybersecurity Strategist, NTT Corporation, Japan  

• Beatriz Silveira, SVP, Cyber Intelligence Center Regional Lead, ASPAC, Citi

• Dr Kubo Mačák, Legal Advisor, International Committee of the Red Cross

• Garen Ling, Regional Sales Director, Imperva

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Panelist

• Dr John Kan, Chief Information Officer, A*STAR

Moderated by Cherie Lim-Tseng, Founder, Rie Ink

9 SEPT • WED

9AM

Sustainability Matters

10AM

Innovation and Resilience

Speakers

• Kanni Wignaraja, Assistant Secretary-General and Director of the Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific, United Nations Development Programme, Thailand 

• Lauren Sorkin, Acting Executive Director, Global Resilient Cities Network

• Emil Dardak, Vice-Governor, East Java Government, Indonesia

Moderated by James Crabtree, Associate Professor in Practice, Lee Kuan Yew School

Speakers

• Johnny Plate, Minister of Communication and Informatics, Indonesia

• Gwenda Fong, Assistant Chief Executive, Cybersecurity Agency

• Dato’ Ts Dr Haji Amirudin Abdul Wahab, CEO, Cybersecurity Malaysia

• Sam O’Brien, Integrated Risk Management for Asia Pacific & Japan, RSA Archer

Moderated by Amit Roy Choudhury, Columnist, GovInsider

4PM

Digital Identity

Speakers

• Abhishek Singh, CEO of MyGov India and CEO National e-Governance Division

• Toshiyuki Zamma, Executive Advisor to Government Chief Information Officer Government of Japan 

• Li Wei Loh, Product Manager for SGID, Open Government Products, Govtech, Singapore 

• Frank Briguglio, CISSP, Public Sector Identity Governance Strategist, Sailpoint

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Panelist

• Chih-Feng Ku, Director of Sales Engineering, SailPoint 

Moderated by Medha Basu, Deputy Editor, GovInsider

5PM

New Models of Government

Speakers

• Andrew Greenway, Founding Partner, Public Digital

• Antoni Rytel, Deputy Director, GovTech  Poland

• Arune Matelyte, Manager, GovTech Lab Lithuania

• Rainer Kattel, Deputy Director and Professor of Innovation and Public Governance, Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose, University College London

Moderated by Joshua Chambers, Founder, GovInsider
 

10 SEPT • THU

10AM

Data-Driven Government

11AM

Scaling for a Hyper-Online World

Speakers

• Jaimie Boyd, Chief Digital Officer at Government of British Columbia

•  Lesly Goh, World Bank Senior Technology Advisor, former World Bank Group Chief Technology Officer

• Quek Su Lynn, Director, Government Data Office, Smart Nation Digital Government Office, Singapore 

• Jimmy Kwang, Regional Vice President of Sales, Talend Asia 

Panelist

• Ramkannan Avadainayagam, Big Data Lead, NCS Group

Moderated by Joshua Chambers, Founder, GovInsider

Speakers

• Toh Yung Cheong, Chief Information Officer, State Courts Singapore 

• Mohamed Hardi, Director & Chief Information Officer, National Heritage Board

• Lim May-Ann, Executive Director, Asia Cloud Computing Association (ACCA)

• Dr Petty Chen, Product Manager, Tech-Enabled National Healthy Population (TeNHP), Open Government Products, GovTech, Singapore

• Mark Smith, Senior Federal Product Marketing Manager, SolarWinds

• John O Callaghan, Director, International Product Marketing, SolarWinds

Moderated by Medha Basu, Deputy Editor, GovInsider

4PM

Pivot for Pandemic

Speakers

• Hiroki Yoshida, Director of Digital Government and IT Industry Policy at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)

• Sandra Jensen Landi, Ambassador, Danish Embassy

• Talitha Chin Rui Ling, Product Manager, Open Government Products, GovTech

• Sunil Chavan, Vice President, FlashBlade APJ, Pure Storage 

Moderated by Poon Yun Xuan, Reporter, GovInsider

5PM

Understanding Complexity

Speakers

• Aaron Maniam. Deputy Secretary, Industry & Information, Ministry of Communications and Information of Singapore (MCI)

• Marcel ‘Otto’ Yon, Founder, Bundeswehr Cyber Innovation Hub, Germany

• Piret Tonurist, Innovation Lead, OECD 

Moderated by Joshua Chambers, Founder, GovInsider