SG:D Industry Day 2019

Synopsis

Hear from SG:D Accredited companies on the latest trends in digitalisation, and how they are helping Government and enterprises with their digitalisation journey to drive business values and impact.

Presenters

SaaS based Data Protection - Simplify operations and get value out data while reducing TCO by up to 50%
Druva is the leader in Cloud based data protection, transforming traditional backup and recovery into a SaaS solution, which greatly simplifies operations and reduces costs. Leveraging the power of the cloud Druva's architecture allows customers to get value out of their data, with governance, compliance, and analytic features. In this presentation, you will get an overview of this solution, and understand how enterprises in several industries have been able to achieve significant advantages over traditional solutions.

Speaker: Mr Pete Yamasaki, Vice President (Asia Pacific & Japan), Druva

The future of customer experience in the global data economy
Join Data Republic General Manager Asia, Raju Bhupatiraju as he explores the importance of data liquidity in the digital economy and the role ‘private by design’ data sharing technology can play to enable innovative customer experiences across the public and private sector. Discussion points include:
- Welcome to the 21st-century data economy - How data liquidity is changing the way the world works
- Customer experience innovation through data sharing - what is possible?
- Removing PI from the data economy - Data Republic’s approach to building a ‘private by design’ data sharing network

Speaker: Mr Raju Bhupatiraju, General Manager (Asia), Data Republic

Leverage Cloud for Big Data
Is moving to Cloud for your Analytics or Data Science the only answer? Listen to experiences from companies globally on what can go wrong and what preparation should organizations moving to Cloud undertake to be successful.

Speaker: Mr Nikunj Vora, Regional Vice President, Qubole

Connecting AI to Business and Social Impact
SparkBeyond is powering a new breed of market leaders. In tackling the most complex and pressing challenges, SparkBeyond’s AI-powered problem-solving technology has generated over $1 billion in impact for Fortune 500 companies worldwide. By harnessing the world’s collective intelligence, SparkBeyond helps clients disrupt their markets and transform into advanced digital enterprises. The platform connects the dots between disparate events and complex data sources, and generates millions of ideas in minutes that empower clients with actionable insights that drive impact. SparkBeyond is also committed to generating social impact on a planetary scale, from advancing cancer research to fighting human trafficking.

Speaker: Mr Jim Bullock, Impact Strategist, SparkBeyond

Maximise Technology Adoption While Improving Employee Experience
Digital transformation promises to unlock unprecedented ROI, and yet too many companies hit adoption challenges that jeopardize success. How can organizations today empower users to keep pace with technology that is constantly evolving while ensuring a frictionless employee experience? Join Kongyang for an in-depth look into WalkMe's approach for realizing the full potential of your digital ecosystem.

Speaker: Mr Tham Kongyang, Strategic Account Director, WalkMe

Synopsis

In the services sector, there are market gaps that are hindering its digitalisation. Addressing these market gaps requires the collective efforts of agencies and industry partners. No clear industry champions, high-risk implementations with no existing or yet-to-be proven solutions and scarcity of talent in emerging technologies are just some of the contributory factors giving rise to these market gaps.

The government has recently set up the Digital Services Lab (DSL) to work with industry partners and take on these market gaps. Comprising a team of engineers and technical architects, DSL partners with technology providers to co-develop emerging technology solutions and allow these technology providers to commercially deploy these solutions. By making these technologies and capabilities available, technology providers can then deploy them at scale. In this panel, IMDA has invited some technology providers to share their experiences of working with DSL.

Introduction

Speaker: Mr Wilson Ang, Director, DSL (Project Delivery), IMDA

Panellists

• Mr Baskaran Sivanandam, Director, Gurusoft
• Mr Christopher Yeo, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, sentient.io
• Mr Singaravalen Thirugnana Sambandan, Director, EverComm

Moderator

Mr Wilson Ang, Director, DSL (Project Delivery), IMDA

Synopsis

A briefing to industry partners about a technical reference architecture of autonomous delivery of goods for commercial buildings.
• Background and Objective
• Scope
• Timelines
• Next steps, e.g. Punggol, Northshore

Presenter

Mr Oliver Tan, Deputy Director, DSL (Project Delivery), IMDA

Synopsis

This breakout session will explain to you how e-Invoicing enhances your business value proposition to do more for your customers.

Introduction (25 mins)

Speaker: Mr Siraj Iqbal, Executive Manager (Modern Services Cluster), IMDA

Panellists

• Mr Colin Chin, Group Finance Manager, Seng Hua Hng Foodstuff Pte Ltd
• Mr Rashid Sohaib, Vice President (Delivery and Services), Fact Software
• Ms Aneesha Reihana, Director (Business Development), Numeropoint Pte Ltd
• Mr Faizar Hussein, Founder, Churros Republic

Moderator

Mr Siraj Iqbal, Executive Manager (Modern Services Cluster), IMDA

Synopsis

The SMEs Go Digital Industry Briefing will update participants on new opportunities made possible by 5G; what e-invoicing and SingPass can do to support businesses digitally; and the latest trends and digital tools for growth in the hospitality sector.

Introduction (10 mins)

Speaker: Ms Jane Lim, Assistant Chief Executive (Sectoral Transformation Group), IMDA

Presenters

Advancing SME Digitalisation to the Next Level (10 mins)
Speaker: Ms Catherine Chong, Director (SMEs Go Digital), IMDA

Bringing New Opportunities with 5G (15 mins)
Speaker: Mr Koh Wee Sain, Director (National Infocomm Infrastructure), IMDA

Creating Seamless Business Ecosystem with e-Invoicing (10 mins)
Speaker: Mr Bill Xiao, Senior Manager (e-Invoicing Project Office), IMDA

Empowering Businesses Digitally with SingPass (15 mins)
Speaker: Mr Poon Shou Xin, Senior Manager (Trusted Identity), GovTech

Leveraging on Digitalisation for Growth in the Hospitality Industry (15 mins)
Speaker: Ms Ong Huey Hong, Director (Hotels & Sector Manpower), STB; Project Director (Tourism Industry Data Transformation), STB

Q&A Panel (15 mins)

Synopsis

This breakout session will present the China-Singapore (Chongqing) International Dedicated Connectivity User Briefing, and discuss how it can help enhance performance connectivity for digital needs.

Presenters

IMDA-IDC Project and SG-CQ Collaborations (20 mins)
Speaker: Mr Chng Ken Wei, Centre Director (Beijing Office), IMDA

Introduction of CQ and Opportunities in CQ (20 mins)
Speaker: Ms Yang Fan, Deputy Director General, Chongqing Big Data Bureau

IDC Details, e.g. Latency, QoS, etc. (40 mins)
Speaker: Ms Krista Ho, Product Lead (Network Strategy and Solutions), StarHub

Speaker: Mr Lim Poh Hoo, Product Director, Singtel

Taylor Supply Chain (Singapore)’s sharing on its plan for IDC (20 mins)
Speaker: Ng Yong Hwee, Director, Taylor Supply Chain (Singapore) Pte Ltd

Q&A Panel (10 mins)

Synopsis

Gain insights on the business environment in Nanjing and business opportunities for Singapore tech solution providers.

Introduction (5 mins)

Speaker: Mr Philip Heah, Assistant Chief Executive, IMDA

Presenters

Business Landscape and Opportunities in Nanjing by SNECO (20 mins)
Speaker: Ms Isabel Yeo, Chief Representative (Singapore Rep Office), SNECO

Sharing on Smart Estates Initiative by IMDA (15 mins)
Speaker: Ms Tang Kang Min, Manager (Built Environment), IMDA (TBC)

Networking Session (20 mins)

Synopsis

In a global search for talent, attracting and retaining top talent in your key market is getting harder than ever before. Learn how best performing Singapore companies are attracting and retaining their key talent in Singapore and in the larger ASEAN market.

Presenters

Attracting and Retaining Talent in Singapore & ASEAN
Speaker: Mr Ivan Chang, SGTech Talent Committee Member & Executive Chairman, Wonderlabs Group

Synopsis

In a world where every company is going digital, organisations of all sizes need to embrace tech intensity to thrive and maximise their impact. First, every organisation will need to be a fast adopter of best-in-class technology, and they will need to build their own unique digital capabilities which starts with workers who are deeply knowledgeable about the latest technology. Join this session to understand more about how Microsoft embraces not just a culture of tech intensity, but also a culture of growth mindset in an environment where learning needs to be more accelerated than change. Learn also how your own organisation can get started on your own journey of tech intensity.

Presenters

Subtopic: Embracing a culture of growth mindset as companies embrace tech intensity
Speaker: Mr Gerald Leo, Director (Commercial Partners and Small Medium Enterprises Group), Microsoft Singapore

Synopsis

Learn to approach emerging data challenges by setting the right leadership agenda via a data strategy and marshalling the right team and capabilities for the building of digital and data savviness throughout your organisation.

Presenters

Leading a Data-Driven Business with Data Analytics Strategies and Skills
Speaker: Ms Catherine Khaw, TTAB EXCO Member & Founder, DNA Capitals

Synopsis

In this panel discussion, hear from OIP solvers how they capture business opportunities and work with enterprises to solve their business needs. Problem Owners will also be sharing why they are turning to OIP to crowdsource their innovative idea.

Panellists

• Mr Can Kiral, Co-Founder, Tagvance
• Ms Pamela Wu, Co-Founder, Ent-Vision
• Mr Jervais Choo, Deputy Director (Organisation Design & Innovation), National Heritage Board (NHB)
• Mr Leon Lim, Manager, Application Services (Cargo), IT, Singapore Airlines (SIA)
• Dr Patrick Chin, Chief Digital Officer & Head of Branding (Asia Pacific), SOMPO Holdings

Moderator

Ms Maria Li, Chief Operating Officer, Tech in Asia

Synopsis

Hear from companies who design their products and services with strategies to increase customer satisfaction, helping to gain competitive edge and reducing risk of innovation effort.

Presenters

Designing For Multiple Markets
Thinking of expanding beyond Singapore? Learn from Carousell how you can understand the needs of customers in different markets and build a product for their different needs.

Speaker: Mr Keith Oh, Head of Design, Carousell

Using digital storytelling to transform products and services into differentiated customer experiences
Digital Storytelling involves the use of digital tools and content creation skills to convey narratives that resonate. Find out how Bloomr.SG has been helping brands better engage their customers with compelling content, and how you can apply some of these techniques to differentiate your brand from the competition.

Speaker: Mr Diogo Cordes Aniceto Martins, Lead (Content & Community), Bloomr.SG Mediacorp

Improving customer experiences with immersive visualisation of architectural spaces
Discover how ID Architects leverages immersive media to visualize architectural spaces, encourage virtual collaboration and improve customer engagement. IDA Technology will also share on their key considerations of developing immersive experiences for the AEC industry.

Speaker: Mr Gerard Teo, Head of IDA VR, ID Architects

Synopsis

This breakout session focuses on addressing the challenges that companies face in going cloud native and the sharing of experiences on what companies can do to transition to Cloud Native Architecture.

Introduction (5 mins)

Speaker: Mr Howie Lau, Chief Industry Development Officer, IMDA

Presenters

Surf and Ride the Wave to Cloud Native with GoCloud (10 mins)
IMDA along with appointed service providers help ICT SMEs build up digital capabilities in Cloud Native, Microservices and DevOps easily without them struggling on their own. The cloud native apps/services are modular, scalable and adaptable, reducing their time to market and ability to scale to new markets.

Speaker: Ms Eveline Lim, Deputy Director (Innovation & Ecosystem Development), IMDA

Building Scalable Software as a Service Solution on AWS (25 mins)
Many factors will shape and influence your SaaS business and product. The domain you are in, the business goals of your product, the scope and time to market of your initial offering—these are some of the many considerations that will impact the approach you take for your SaaS solution. Ultimately, you will need to identify an approach that balances the technical and strategic realities of your business. This talk will cover the key considerations of building a SaaS business on AWS and share examples of other customers that went through this transformation.

Speaker: Mr Peter Butsch, Head of ISVs Singapore, Amazon Web Services

Tagit’s Business Transformation Journey Leveraging Cloud Native (25 mins)
Tagit will share insights on how they have benefitted from a cloud native architecture to scale business operations such as IT infrastructure thereby becoming a more agile organisation. Tagit will also talk about how they have embraced technical, cultural and organizational transformation necessary to adopt a cloud native architecture.

Speaker: Mr Prebhash Chandra, Global Head of Delivery Services, Tagit Pte Ltd

Taking Off with Cloud Solutions (25 mins)
Discover how City Developments Limited (CDL) leverages on cloud native solutions to accelerate the development of innovative digital products that increase value to their customers and users. See how CDL works with her partners to co-create new capabilities and transform CDL’s commercial asset portfolio into Smart Buildings.

Speaker: Mr Damien Chow, IT Solutions Architect, City Development Ltd

Synopsis

This panel discussion will explore and identify opportunities for digital companies in the Australian market place.
• Update by Tim Stapleton on the Digital Economy Agreement
• Where do you see the growth opportunities in the digital economy?
• How can Singaporean and Australian companies partner together in the digital economy?
• What is the role of new technologies in the digital economy?
• Neuron Mobility will share their experience of setting up in Australia

Introduction

Speaker: Ms Carolyn Chin-Parry, Vice Chair (Digital Economy) – Cyber & Digital Committee, AustCham

Panellists

• Dr Chris Berg, Senior Research Fellow (Blockchain Innovation Hub), RMIT
• Mr Zachary Wang, CEO, Neuron Mobility
• Mr Ben Vella, Head of Growth Markets (Asia & Digital Customer Hub), Telstra; Board Member, AustCham
• Ms Amra Naidoo, Co-Founder and Director (Partnerships & Operations), Accelerating Asia
• Mr Tim Stapleton, Director (Digital Trade and Other Issues Section), Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Moderator

Ms Carolyn Chin-Parry, Vice Chair (Digital Economy) – Cyber & Digital Committee, AustCham