1435 Playces, Singapore
Panelists:
COL Vicky Wang, Assistant Product Manager,
Festival of Innovation
Dr. Diana
Open 2025
Jayasauri,
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ProductsOrganisational Change Management, Sign in
Air Selangor, Malaysia; Multi- Industry Prosci® Change
Low Peck Kem, Chief HR Officer and Advisor (Workforce
Management Practitioner
Singapore
Development), Public Service Division
Dini Maghfirra, Executive Director,
Satu Data Indonesia
Presentation: Future of Work: Adapting Public Sector Talent Fireside Chat: Securing Third-Party Applications and
Societal
Strategies to Technological and Infrastructure in Government
Changes Third-party applications and cloud infrastructure are
This presentation will explore how the public sector can provide landscape,
of but theytechnology
the government also represent avenues for data b
opportunities
continuous while
skill ensuring a fulfilling work environment. It will
enhancement together security leaders
security concerns. within
This panel the
will government and
bring
development,
cover training and cultures
programs, that promote lifelong learning and
career discuss strategies for securing third- party applicatio
1515 to thrive amidst
adaptability, empowering employees 1505
change. Moderator: Amit Roy Choudhury, Contributing
Presenter: Dawn Lee Sze Ern, Director (Business Partnerships) & Editor, GovInsider
CHRO), PublicHR Officer (Deputy
Deputy Chief Panelist:
Service Division Anita Wehmann, Program Manager Digital Resilien
and KingdomMinistry
Government, Relations,
of the Interior
Netherlands
1530 C O F F E E B R E A K
Panel Session: Horizon Scanning – What Will Future
Government Delivery Look Like?
In a rapidly changing landscape, the public sector faces significant challenges that demand innovative solutions—adapting to new tech
future of service
addressing delivery,
evolving focusing
citizen on emerging
expectations. technologies
This panel to create
session will a responsive
explore the and effective government, such as real-
time services, anticipatory government, and personalisation.
Moderator: Daniel Wright, Head of Public
1600 Sector, Qualtrics
Panelists:
Vannapha Phommathansy, Deputy Director General, Digital Government Center, Ministry of
Oscar Baskoro,
Technology andChief Project Officer,
Communications Smart City Nusantara, Otorita Ibu Kota Nusantara
of Laos
Dr. Non Arkaraprasertkul,
(Nusantara Senior
Capital Authority), Expert, Smart City Promotion Department, Digital
Indonesia
Georgina
Economy Promotion Agency, ThailandTechnologies for Health Program, Research & Development Management Division, Philippine C
Rae C. Cababa, Head, Omic
Philippines
Research and Development, Department of Science and Technology,
Lee Chen Ee, Group Director, Innovation and
Transformation, SingHealth, Singapore
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DAY2:26THMARC
0800 R E G I S T R A T I O N H2025
0900 Welcome
Remarks
0905 Government
Keynote
Opening Panel: Sustaining Innovation Cultures – How to Get it
Right in the Public Sector?
Government agencies often grapple with challenges like political pressure, limited resources, risk aversion, talent shortages, and resis
effective strategies
change when for overcoming
fostering these obstacles,
innovation cultures. The panelsharing best practices and exploring how to drive innovation,
will discuss
efficiency, and improved service delivery in the public sector.
Moderator: Ana Cristina Thorlund, Governance and Public Administration Expert, United Nations Project
0920 Office on Governance (UNPOG), South Korea
Panelists:
Tan Boon Kim, Executive Director, Innovation Eco-system
Chikako Masuda,
Development, Head of Intelligence
EnterpriseSG, SingaporeResearch and International
Dr. Melissa
Strategy, Chua,
Japan HeadAgency
Digital Capability Development (Cyber AI), Defense Science and
Glenn Neo, Director,
Technology Agency Innovation Capabilities,
(DSTA), Singapore
Dini Maghfirra,
Enablement, Executive
Synapxe, Director,
Singapore
Satu Data Indonesia
1005 Festival of Innovation
Awards 2025
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TRACK1:FROMINNOVATIONTOIMPACTTRACK2:TRANSFORMINGPUBLICSERVICES
Presentations: Confronting Wicked Problems Panel Session: Creating Great Public
(Presentations) Sector Experiences
The public sector has the responsibility to tackle wicked Transacting with the government cannot just be a c
insurmountable
problems, challenges,
confront seeminglyand develop long-term, ambitious ability to process
efficient talk to a –real person,
citizens have the
expect someone listen
goals. Thisto
strategies series of presentations
achieve moonshot will showcase some of great
and a experience.
human touch This session
to have a will focus on how ag
undertaken by governments
projects to confront seemingly huge stategies to create such experiences, from good
1100 the most ambitious
undertaken since then, and
create great experiences and the
challenges, the progress they have design to empathetic delivery.
what’s next. Moderator: Thian Si Ying, Senior
Presenters: Reporter, GovInsider
Oscar Baskoro, Chief Project Officer, Smart City Nusantara, Panelists:
(Nusantara Capital
Otorita Ibu Kota Nusantara Mohamed Farouk Bin Mohamed Ismail, Director, D
Jampel Ngidup,
Authority), Deputy Chief ICT Officer, GovTech Bhutan 1100
Indonesia Integrated
Technology, Care
andSingapore
Innovation, Agency for
Anjan
(AIC), Ghosh,
SingaporeGroup Director, Capability Group, Nat
Teo Li Li,ofDirector,
Council Digital Business Enablement, Se
Social Service
Guillermo Carreño
Development Manzano,
Corporation Enterprise Sales
Singapore
Presentation: Legal Risks When Using Leader, ASEAN, Zendesk
Generative AI
As generative AI development and deployment proliferates, both
more mindful
developers andabout
usersthe legal
need to risks.
be This session will outline the
1130 which
variouscould apply
existing to generative
legal frameworks AI, including copyright laws,
laws, anti-discrimination
personal data laws, productlaws, and
liability
the law of contract.
Presenter: Paul McClelland, Head of Legal &
Faculty, IPOS International
Panel Session: Agentic AI – The Next Leap in
Public Sector Innovation Presentations: Pioneering
As the public sector embraces AI and automation, Agentic Asia is the
GovTech region with the highest growth in e-gover
Initiatives
Orchestration—AI agents leveraging real- time context and Nations. This according
development session will
to shine a spotlight on some
the United
technologies can enhance operations, drive innovation, and ensure region,
excitingshowcasing examples
GovTech initiatives in of
theuser- centred proje
governance—is
Idealprivacy
for public emerging as a game-changer. This panel explores
data andsector
publicleaders,
trust. it offers practical insights on AI 1145
design to deliver
agile methodologies and good
how these without technical
1145 complexity.
integration excellent services.
Presenters:
Moderator: Luke Cavanaugh, Co-Founder and Sara Takamatsu, Associate Policy
Author, interweave.gov, UK Gabriyel Wong,
Researcher, Director
Japan ofAgency
Digital Product
Panelists: Rachel Tan, Senior
Management, Product
GovTech Designer, Open Govern
Singapore
Page(Smart
Shermaine Wong, Senior Manager / 1
1 District), Products (OGP), Singapore
Ken Ng,
JTC SolutionsSingapore
Corporation Consulting
Director Workato
