Southeast Asia Technology Trends & Priorities Forum 2024

DATE: 29 FEBRUARY 2024 | TIME: 9:30AM - 1:30PM | VENUE: HTX INNOVATION HUB - HATCH

LEADING IN THE NEXUS OF A.I. INNOVATION & BUILDING RESILIENCE

In an age where technology’s transformative power is redefining industries, SPARK’s unique annual tech trends and priorities study illuminates the critical crossroads where AI innovation and business resilience converge. This study unveils essential insights into the imperatives facing leaders in Southeast Asia’s digital landscape.

Join us at this forum, where we bring together top technology practitioners and thought leaders at the fore-front of technology innovation. Our power-packed panel of speakers will explore the transformative potential of A.I., massive leaps in enterprise data programmes, building greater agility and business resilience.

Digital Leaders today are pushed like never before, to challenge norms, spur greater innovation partnerships with business and ecosystem players and navigate the intricate interplay of AI innovation and business resilience. This year, our survey will cover 8 key areas that will shape digital transformation strategies for the next 1-2 years, centered on A.I. & Resilience, they include:

This year, our survey will cover 8 key areas that will shape digital transformation strategies for the next 1-2 years, they include:

Leadership & Change Management
Culture Transformation, Building Digital Skills, Human Capital Transformation.

Agile I.T Engineering
Agile processes, toolkits (cloud, DevOps, SRE), Reducing technical debt, etc.

Enterprise Data Management
Managing complex data silos, navigating data regulations in Asia, democratising access to data

Business Innovation in
Generative A.I
Improving A.I. readiness, driving business ROI from uses-cases in Gen A.I., Modernising legacy tech-stack to build toward A.I.

Cyber Risk
Management &
Resilience
Securing code by design, improving line-2 cyber risk communication & prioritisation, navigating the A.I. risk landscape.

Cloud
Architecture
Management
Streamlining and maximising ROI from multi-cloud operations; building an agile and modular cloud-stack for better business agility.

Digital Strategies for
Sustainability
Digital toolkits for sustainability driven partnerships, data sharing and joint innovation

Low-Code Citizen Development
Toolkits and processes to improve adoption of democratized digital development beyond I.T.

CIOs will be the first to discover top digital trends and investment priorities of more than 250 selected C-level executives from organisations across Singapore and Southeast Asia
Benchmark your digital transformation strategies across industry peers
Gain deep insights into national-level digital readiness across key cities in Southeast Asia

Leadership & Change Management
Culture Transformation, Building Digital Skills, Human Capital Transformation.

Agile I.T. Engineering
Agile processes, toolkits (cloud, DevOps, SRE), Reducing technical debt, etc.

Enterprise Data Management
Managing complex data silos, navigating data regulations in Asia, democratising access to data

Business Innovation in Generative A.I
Improving A.I. readiness, driving business ROI from uses-cases in Gen A.I., Modernising legacy tech-stack to build toward A.I.

Cyber Risk Management & Resilience
Securing code by design, improving line-2 cyber risk communication & prioritisation, navigating the A.I. risk landscape.

Cloud Architecture Management
Streamlining and maximising ROI from multi-cloud operations; building an agile and modular cloud-stack for better business agility

Digital Strategies for Sustainability
Digital toolkits for sustainability driven partnerships, data sharing and joint innovation

Low-Code Citizen Development
Toolkits and processes to improve adoption of democratized digital development beyond I.T.

FORUM ACTIVITIES

Tech Trends and Priorities for 2024

Key findings from our 2023 Tech Trends Survey will offer insights into the latest trends which will have a big impact on businesses and tech leaders from the region for the next 1-2 years.

Views from technology experts

New advancements in technology tools that will help businesses unlock the full potential of data, cloud, emerging technologies, with emphasis on the right cybersecurity strategies.

Insights from industry practitioners

Leadership competencies, best practices and digital strategies needed to stay competitive, foster an innovation culture, while at the same time help tackle legacy transformation challenges.

FEATURED SPEAKERS

NG YEOW BOON

Deputy Chief Executive (Development), HTX (Home Team Science & Technology Agency)

Ng Yeow Boon leads a cluster of Programme Management Centres that are responsible for the timely implementation of S&T capabilities to augment the Home Team’s frontline operations. He also steers 15 S&T Centres of Expertise to develop organic capabilities and spearhead research and development efforts in strategic S&T domains.

Mr Ng is a career Police Officer from the Singapore Police Force. He has held various leadership positions within the Force and Ministry headquarters, driving the law enforcement and homeland security agenda in the areas of policy development and legislation, joint operations and technology.

CHANG SAU SHEONG

Deputy Chief Executive, Product & Engineering,
GovTech Singapore

DR MELVIN HENG

Group CEO & Executive Director, Thomson Medical

ang chee wee

Assistant Chief Executive (Digital & Engineering), HTX (Home Team Science & Technology Agency)

TONY PANG

Executive Director, Group Technology Risk, DBS Bank

DR GERALDINE WONG

Group Chief Data Officer, GXS Bank

JAGATHESH RAJAVASAGAM

Risk & Cyber Security Officer, Abbott

KELVIN LOH

Senior Manager, Solutions Architect, Red Hat ASEAN

TARUN KUMAR KALRA

VP, Head of Sales – APAC, Apptio

ROBIN FONG

Regional Vice-President & General Manager, ASEAN & Korea, Denodo

MARC WEE

GM, South-East Asia, Data Services & Storage,
Hewlett Packard Enterprise

NICK DEARDEN

Field CTO, Confluent

KEVIN LIM

Head Of Enterprise Sales, APAC,
Redis Labs

CHUA CHEE PIN

Vice President of South East Asia & Korea (SEAK),
Veeam

More speakers to come…

AGENDA

9:30AM - 10:00PM | REGISTRATION & NETWORKING

10:00AM - 10:05AM | WELCOME & OPENING REMARKS

By David Chin, CEO, SPARK

10:05AM - 10:20AM | GUEST-OF-HONOUR SPEECH

By Ng Yeow Boon, Deputy Chief Executive (Development), HTX (Home Team Science & Technology Agency)

10:20AM - 10:35AM | TECHNOLOGY OUTLOOK 2024 BRIEFING

By David Chin, CEO, SPARK

10:35AM - 11:15AM | PANEL I – MANAGING DIGITAL & DATA RISKS IN THE NEW WAVE OF RAPID INNOVATION

Dr Geraldine Wong, Group Chief Data Officer, GXS Bank
Tony Pang, Executive Director, Group Technology Risk, DBS Bank
Jagathesh Rajavasagam, Risk & Cyber Security Officer, Abbott
Marc Wee, General Manager, Data Services & Storage, Singapore and SEA, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Chua Chee Pin, Vice President of Southeast Asia and Korea, Veeam

11:15AM - 11:30AM | KEYNOTE I – REINVENTING ENTERPRISE OPERATIONS BY UNLOCKING YOUR TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS (CLOUD ARCHITECTURE MANAGEMENT)

By Kelvin Loh, Senior Manager, Solutions Architect, Red Hat ASEAN

11:30AM - 11:40AM | FIRESIDE CHAT: UNLOCKING THE A.I. POTENTIAL – BUILDING A FUTURE-READY DIGITAL STACK FOR HOMELAND SECURITY

with Ang Chee Wee, Assistant Chief Executive (Digital and Engineering), HTX (Home Team Science & Technology Agency)

11:40AM - 11:55AM | KEYNOTE II

11:55AM - 12:05AM | TECH-IN-ACTION (DEMO)

By Kevin Lim, Head Of Enterprise Sales, APAC, Redis

12:05AM - 12:45PM | PANEL II – LEADERSHIP IMPERATIVES FOR LEADING BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION WITH A.I.

Chang Sau Sheong, Deputy Chief Executive Product & Engineering, GovTech Singapore
Dr Melvin Heng, Group CEO & Executive Director, Thomson Medical
Tarun Kumar Kalra, VP, Head of Sales – APAC, Apptio
Robin Fong, Regional Vice-President & General Manager, ASEAN & Korea, Denodo

Moderator: David Chin, CEO, SPARK

12:45PM - 1:30PM | NETWORKING LUNCH

Accordion Content

DATE: 29 FEBRUARY 2024 | TIME: 9:30AM - 1:30PM | VENUE: HTX INNOVATION HUB - HATCH

LEADING IN THE NEXUS OF A.I. INNOVATION & BUILDING RESILIENCE