Festival of Innovation Awards 2026

Meet the Recipients of the Festival of Innovation Awards 2026!

 

Individual Award Category

1. Dare to Do Award 

🏆 Winner: 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗜 𝗔𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 National Parks Board, Singapore

⭐️ Special Mentions:

• Discover Team, National Youth Council, Singapore

• QualiFly, RSAF Agile, Innovative, Digital (RAiD)

• Team Fifa, Singapore Prison Service
Shortlists:
• Teo Li Li, Digital Business Enablement Team, Sentosa Development Corporation

• Dr Alexander Wenjun Yip, Alexandra Hospital, Singapore

• Tang Wern Ee, NHG Health, Singapore

2. Innovator of The Year Award 

🏆 Winner: Engr. Christian B. Hernandez, DOST-MIMAROPA PSTO-Oriental Mindoro, Philippines

⭐️ Special Mentions:

• Ts. Husna Adlyna binti Sidek, National Academy of Arts, Culture, and Heritage ASWARA, Malaysia

• Alicia Lam Min Qi, Government Technology Agency, Singapore

• Low Hsien An Ian, Republic of Singapore Air Force

• Elizabeth Andiko, Kenya Revenue Authority

Shortlists:

• Noor Wahidah Binti Mahat, Selangor Government Data Exchange (SelGDX) Team, Pejabat Setiausaha Kerajaan Negeri Selangor, Malaysia 

• Engr. Delfin C. Cuevas, Jr., DOST-MIMAROPA PSTO-Oriental Mindoro

• Zhao Wanting, NHG Health, Singapore

• Adjunct Associate Professor Loh Yong Joo, NHG Health, Singapore

• Teo Li Li, Digitabl Business Enablement Team, Sentosa Development Corporation

• Sean Seah Ming Hui, RSAF Agile, Innovative, Digital (RAiD), Singapore

• Matthew Chua, xDigital, Home Team Science & Technology Agency, Singapore

• Benjamin Yap Zhiliang, Republic of Singapore Navy

3. Digital Leader of The Year Award

🏆 Winner: Jan Lim, Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, Singapore

⭐️ Special Mentions:

• YBhg. Dato' Mohd Yazid bin Sairi, Pejabat Setiausaha Kerajaan Negeri Selangor, Malaysia

• Budi Gunadi Sadikin,  Minister of Health of the Republic of Indonesia

• Rini Widyantini, Minister of Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform of the Republic of Indonesia

Shortlists:

• Joseph Tan, Home Team Science & Technology Agency, Singapore

• Alvin Ang Jian Ming, Vanguard Healthcare Pte Ltd, Singapore

• Nicoleta Colomeet, Moldovan e-Governance Agency

• Tan Keng Boon Edwin, RSAF Agile, Innovative, Digital (RAiD), Singapore

• Arlene A. Romasanta, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Philippines

• Neo Boon Sen, Glenn, BridgePoint Health, Singapore

4. Rising Digital Star Award

🏆 Winner: Sito Li Kang, Singapore Prison Service

⭐️ Special Mentions:

• Quan Tat Hoong, VITAL, Singapore

• Laris Lim Shan Yi, Republic of Singapore Air Force

• Cheng Jing Wen Zoe, Central Provident Fund Board, Singapore

Shortlists:

• Nicole F. De Guzman, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), Philippines

• Aizat Hashim, Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation

• Dr Alexander Yap Jiawei, NHG Health Singapore

• Kenneth Tagapan Asuncion, Department of Information and Communications Technology Region X, Philippines

• Jonathan Yeo Ming Jie, Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, Singapore

 

Whole-of-Government (WOG) Award Category

1. Inter-Agency Award

🏆 Winner: MyGovCloud@PDSA, Jabatan Digital Negara, Malaysia

⭐️ Special Mentions:

• Government Customer Xperience Festival (GCX Fest) 2025

•  RAISE Program, DOST-PCAARRD / TTPD, Philippines

• Malaysia Smart City Maturity Journey, PLANMalaysia (Centre for Smart City Planning)

Shortlists:

• National AI Office, Malaysia

• Malaysian Government Central Data Exchange (MyGDX), Jabatan Digital Negara, Malaysia

• Clinics Submission of Digital Harmonised Medical Examination Report (HMER) for Singapore Police Force (SPF) and Land Transport Authority (LTA), Home Team Science and Technology Agency, Singapore

 

2. Agility Award 

🏆 Winner: ServiceSG Everywhere, Public Service Division, Singapore

⭐️ Special Mentions:

• Unified Registry for Assignment of Targeted State Social Assistance, State Social Protection Fund of Azerbaijan

• National Free Health Checkup Program, Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia

• Agile Loyalty, Sentosa Development Corporation

Shortlists:

• Safe App Portal, Cyber Security Agency of Singapore

• HeyTalia, Ministry of Education, Singapore

• Interpreter Management System (IMS), Ministry of Manpower, Singapore

3. Digital Society Award

🏆 Winner: EmPOWER, Ministry of Manpower, Singapore

⭐️ Special Mentions:

• MUIS Digital Halal Certificates, Islamic Religious Council of Singapore

• Kindness Movement, Central Provident Fund Board, Singapore

• Digital Citizenship Program of Hungary, Digital Hungary Agency

• National Social Data Revolution, Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of Population of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Shortlists:

• Digital Government Development Agency, Thailand

• Discover, National Youth Council, Singapore

• From Weeks to Minutes, Department of Information and Communications Technology - MIMAROPA, Philippines

• OnePlacement, Ministry of Education, Singapore

• REshare, Perbadanan Pengurusan Sisa Pepejal Dan Pembersihan Awam (SWCorp), Malaysia

 

4. Digital Government Award

🏆 Winner: Automated Identity & Access Management (AIAM) System, Synapxe, Singapore

⭐️ Special Mentions:

• National Harmonised Integrated Pharmacy System (NHIPS), Synapxe, Singapore

• MyGDX (Malaysian Government Central Data Exchange), Jabatan Digital Negara, Malaysia

• National Commission on Indigenous Peoples – Data Repository on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP-DRIP), National Commission on Indigenous Peoples, Philippines

Shortlists:

• HeyTalia, Ministry of Education, Singapore

• KTPH Smart Ward, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Singapore

• AI @ Work, National AI Office, Malaysia

• Integrated Land Use Planning Information System (I-Plan), PLANMalaysia

• SDC Staff App, Sentosa Development Corporation

• C4i Monitoring, Perbadanan Pengurusan Sisa Pepejal dan Pembersihan Awam (SWCorp), Malaysia

5. Digital Economy Award

🏆 Winner: Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation

⭐️ Special Mentions:

• Ministry of Economic Development and Digitization of Moldova

• Johor Corporation, Malaysia

6. Moon Shot Award

🏆 Winner: Diabetes Reversal Team, NHG Health, Singapore

⭐️ Special Mentions:

• NHG Health - Human Resource, Singapore

• Virtual Escape Room Simulation-based Education (VERSE) Programme, National University of Singapore

• Apps by Airmen for Airmen (ACUBE), RAiD, Singapore

• Digital labor contracts, State Labor Inspectorate Service (SLIS) under the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Shortlists:

• AMCAM, School of Engineering, Institute Technical of Education, Singapore

• AI-Powered Drone Tree Inspection POC, Bishan-Toa Payoh Town Council, Singapore

• Note Buddy, Singapore Health Services

• Indonesia Healthcare AI Hackathon (IHAH) 2025, Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia

• MyGov Malaysia, National Digital Department, Malaysia

7. AI-Ready Award

🏆 Winner: HeyTalia, Ministry of Education, Singapore

⭐️ Special Mentions:

• Meow Shan Wang, Government Technology Agency, Singapore

• National AI Office, Malaysia / Jabatan Digital Negara Malaysia

• Home Team Science & Technology Agency, Singapore

Shortlists:

• Center for Analysis of Economic Reforms and Communication, Azerbaijan

• Sentosa Development Corporation

• RSAF Power Platform Centre of Excellence (PPCoE), RSAF Agile, Innovative, Digital (RAiD), Singapore

• Development Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China

• JDN’s AIaaS Platform, Jabatan Digital Negara, Malaysia

• Audit Tool for the E-Invoice Product Classification System, ZATCA - Advanced Analytics Unit, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

8. Transformative Agency of The Year

🏆 Winner: Republic of Singapore Navy

⭐️ Special Mentions:

• Ministry of Education, Singapore

• Home Team Science & Technology Agency, Singapore

Shortlists:

• National AI Office, Malaysia

• Sentosa Development Corporation

• Development Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China

• Center for Data and Information Technology (Pusdatin), Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education of the Republic of Indonesia

•  RAISE PROGRAM, DOST-PCAARRD / TTPD, PHILIPPINES

•  Kent Ridge Office of Innovation, National University Hospital, Singapore

• Defence Technology Institute, Thailand

9. Digital Agency of The Year Award

🏆 Winner: Home Team Science & Technology Agency, Singapore

⭐️ Special Mentions:

• Department of Information and Communications Technology Region X, Philippines

• Development Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China

• Selangor Government Data Exchange (SelGDX)

Shortlists:

• Sentosa Development Corporation

• Kent Ridge Office of Innovation, National University Hospital, Singapore

•  Quality Risk and Safety Office, Woodlands Hospital,  Singapore

• Center for Analysis of Economic Reforms and Communication, Azerbaijan

• Health Technology Transformation and Digitalization Team, Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia