Festival of Innovation 2026

Desmond Tan

Senior Minister of State; Deputy Secretary-General

Prime Minister’s Office; National Trades Union Congress

H.E. Satvinder Singh

Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for ASEAN Economic Community

Allen Lee

Strategy Lead & Senior Manager, Human-Centred Design Institute

Ngee Ann Polytechnic

Angela Wu

Director

Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), Singapore

Ariunbold Shagdar

Director General of Census and Data Analysis Department

National Statistics Office of Mongolia

Aziza Umarova

Head of Delivery Unit

Agency for Strategic Reforms under the President of Uzbekistan

Cheryl Chung

Executive Education Senior Fellow

Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore

Clara Lee

Chief Data Science & Digital Sustainability

NUS-ISS, National University of Singapore

Damien Wong

Senior Vice President, APAC

Tricentis

Daniel Fung

Chief Wellness Officer

NHG Health, Singapore

Dasun Hegoda

DPI Technical Expert from Sri Lanka

Datuk Ts. Mahadhir Aziz

Group Managing Director

Johor Capital Group, Malaysia

David Chua

Chief Executive Officer

National Youth Council (NYC), Singapore

Delphine Loo Tan

Chief Legal Officer and Senior Director of Learning and Professional Development Division

Singapore Academy of Law

Derek Alton

Host & Chief Explorer

Civic Punks Podcast, Canada

Dini Maghfirra

Director of Data for Development and Digital Government

Ministry of National Development Planning, Indonesia

Dr. Chai Lean Teoh

Deputy Director, Innovation & Enterprise Group

Agency for Science, Technology and Research

Dr. Chan Ee Yuee

Deputy Director of Nursing

Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH), Singapore

Dr. Chua Shen Hwee

Chief Data Officer

Energy Market Authority, Singapore

Dr. Diana Jayasauri, Ph.D, ICDM

Multi-Industry Prosci Change Practitioner

Malaysia

Dr. Nadya Shaznay Patel

Founder and Principal Consultant; Assistant Professor

Pagasa Labs; Singapore Institute of Technology

Dr Nuraini Muhammad Naim

Head of CRC, Hospital Sungai Buloh

Ministry of Health Malaysia

Dr. Tan Teck Choon

Director

Sengkang General Hospital, Singapore

Elaine Tan

Director, Research

Ministry of National Development, Singapore

Farkhod Omanov

Data Analyst

Delivery Unit, Agency for Strategic Reforms under the President of Uzbekistan

Gek-Peng Tay

Chief Data Officer

Republic of Singapore Air Force

Genie Sugene Gan

Chair(Cybersecurity); SG Digital Leader

SGTech ; Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), Singapore

Gibson Tan

Head of Public Sector, Southeast Asia

Zendesk

Gin Wong

Chief Information Officer

Synapxe

Grace Zhang

Solution Director

AvePoint

Greg Francis

Executive Vice Chair

Access Partnership, UK

Hefen Wong

Director, Customer Systems and Experience, Work Pass Division

Ministry of Manpower (MOM), Singapore

Idris Jonathan Cheetham

Head of Conferences

GovInsider

James Yau

Reporter

GovInsider

Joseph Tan

Director, xDigital; Deputy CIO

HTX Singapore

Juan Antonio R. Tuazon

Supervising Science Research Specialist

DOST-Science Education Institute Philippines

Juan Kanggrawan

Regional Digital and AI

UNDP Asia Pacific

Judy Nam

Field CTO, Asia Pacific

Anaplan

Justin Fong

Former Military Security Officer, Phishing Resilience Educator, and Senior Communications Leader

Kate Han

Director (ServiceSG Centre Operations & Planning and Training & Service Excellence)

Public Service Division (PSD), Singapore

Kelvin Hee

Director, Jobs-Skills Insights Division, Skills Development Group

SkillsFuture Group

Liew Qiang Hsiu Thomas

Deputy Director, Learning & Organisation Development

Centre for Healthcare Innovation (CHI), NHG Health, Singapore

Lody Andrian

Head of Design and Research

INA Digital Edu, Indonesia

Luke Cavanaugh

Co-Founder

interweave.gov, UK

Manuel Kilian

Founding Managing Director

Global Government Technology Centre, Berlin

Mark Pereira

Head of Partnership, Strategic and Growth

AI Singapore

Matthew Chua

Deputy Director, xDigital

Home Team Science & Technology Agency (HTX), Singapore

May-Ann Lim

Director of Multilateral Relations, Data Policy and Partnerships

Access Partnership, Singapore

Mei Lin Fung

Co-Founder & Chair

People-Centered Internet, Singapore

Mohamed Shareef

Former Permanent Secretary; Former Chief Information Officer

Ministry of Communication, Science and Technology; National Centre for Information Technology, Maldives

Nariman Akhatov

Project Management Specialist

Delivery Unit, Agency for Strategic Reforms under the President of Uzbekistan

Nicole Greene

Team Lead for Communications

National Information and Communication Technology Company Limited (iGovTT), Trinidad and Tobago

Ong Kah Kuang

Assistant Chief Executive

National Youth Council (NYC), Singapore

Peck Kem Low

Chief HR Officer and Advisor (Workforce Development)

Public Service Division (PSD), Singapore

PeiChin Tay

Senior Policy Advisor, Government Innovation

Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (TBI), Singapore

Prof Ang Hak Seng

Director | Centre of Excellence for Social Good

Singapore University of Social Sciences

Prof Ong Kian Ming

Former Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry (MITI); Adjunct Professor

Taylor's University

Puja Raghavan

Junior Advisor – GovStack

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Germany

Rinaldi Noor

Technical Policy Analyst, Directorate of Digital Infrastructure Strategies and Policies

Ministry of Communication and Digital, Indonesia

Romeo Matthew T. Balanquit

Functional Group Head, Budget Policy and Strategy Group; Assistant Secretary

Department of Budget and Management, Philippines

Rushdi Rahim

President & CEO

Malaysian Industry Government Group for High Technology (MIGHT)

Sam Majid

Head of AI Office

National AI Office, Malaysia

Sanjeev Kumar Tiwari

General Secretary

Amalgamated Union of Public Employees, Singapore

Sharmista Appaya

Global Lead, AI Business Line

World Bank, United States

Sharon Lau

Principal Lecturer & Consultant, Digital Strategy & Leadership Practice

NUS-ISS

Shaun Liew

Vice-President (Special Grade), Head of Customer Experience and Commercial, Head of Rail Operations and Support

SBS Transit

Shawn Ten

Obama Leader

Obama Leaders Asia Pacific Program, Singapore

Sherry Sokmum

Lead of IP & Policy Management

MRANTI Malaysia

Sim Soo Kheng

Director, Centre for Workplace and Learning Innovation

Institute for Adult Learning Singapore

Simon Xie

Chief Development & Facilities Management Officer

Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore

SLTC Chiu Hock Yong, Anson

Deputy Chief Information Officer

Ministry of Defence (MINDEF), Singapore

Soh Lai Yee

Group Chief Patient Officer, Patient Advocacy and Support Office

National University Health System, Singapore

Sol Gonzalez

Reporter

GovInsider

Stefan Samse

Director Rule of Law Programme Asia

Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e.V.

Tan Swee Yong

Director & Principal Architect

Nanyang Technological University Singapore

Tan Wee Kiong

Head of Solutions Engineering, Singapore and Philippines

NetApp

Timotius Marvin Tan

Senior Assistant Director, Transformation Office

National University Health System, Singapore

Ts. Dr. Sri Lakshmi a/p Kanniah

Principal Assistant Director, Malaysian Public Sector Testing Center of Excellence (MyTCoE), Digital Consultation Division

Jabatan Digital Negara, Malaysia

Ts. Noraisyah Rahman

Dean, Faculty of Animation and Multimedia, National Academy of Arts

Culture and Heritage (ASWARA) Malaysia

Ts Norliza Hashim

Chief Executive

Urbanice Malaysia

Ts. Saifuddin bin Mohd

Senior Assistant Director, Digital Consultation Division,

Jabatan Digital Negara, Malaysia

Tyler Lim

Director

GovInsider

Veronica Tan

Director, Safer Cyberspace Division

Cyber Security Agency, Singapore

Vincent Aw

Head, RSN Digital Transformation Office

Republic of Singapore Navy

Wai Leong Khong

OpenShift Sales Specialist Leader (SEAK)

Red Hat

Weijun Chen

Deputy Director, Chief Information Officer’s Office

GovTech Singapore

Willis Lim

Executive Director

CyberSG TIG Collaboration Centre, Singapore

Yvonne Ng

Deputy Director, Equaliser Office

National Library Board

Zan Wang

Honorary Mentor of Taoyuan City; Member

Ministry of Education’s Youth Advisory Committee, Taiwan