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GovWare 2025 Call for Speakers

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Lead the Conversation at GovWare 2025

GovWare 2025 is calling for visionary speakers to take the stage and share insights that will drive cybersecurity forward. As we mark 10 years of partnership with Singapore International Cyber Week (SICW), this is an excellent opportunity to lead critical conversations shaping the cyber landscape.

Submit your speaker proposal now and help shape the future of cybersecurity. The Call for Speakers submission is open from 7 May to 9 June.

Submit Your Proposal Now

Cyberspace: Of Starbursts, Black Holes, and Last Frontiers

The environment defining tech has barely held its footing amidst waves of involuntary realignment and shows no sign of slowing. Cyberspace, and the discipline of cybersecurity, have long been shaped by constant flux, innovation, and adaptation. But the pace of change over the past year has been extraordinary, marking not just a moment of disruption but a shift towards a new normal.

At GovWare 2025, we look at this transformation through three intersecting vantage points:

  1. shifts within pureplay cybersecurity,
  2. its interplay with adjacent technologies—especially AI, and
  3. the evolving societal and policy landscapes in which tech exists and serves.

Each is complex on its own. Together, they form a dynamic ecosystem where boundaries blur and risks multiply.

In this shifting landscape, cybersecurity's core principles are being redefined. Concepts like identity, trust, and governance must now grapple with ephemeral data, autonomous systems, and an ever-expanding attack surface. Leadership roles are evolving too, as organisations race to align strategy with continuous technological shifts.

This year's theme takes inspiration from science's enduring pursuit: to probe the unknown, to dissect complexity, and to expand the boundaries of knowledge. The imagery of cyberspace and deep space reflects this duality. We are witnessing starbursts of innovation, alongside black holes of risk, collapse, and control lost to speed. And as we push forward, we're reminded that frontiers are not fixed; they are redefined by how much we're willing to understand, challenge, and evolve.

GovWare 2025 will centre discussions on key emerging issues through the lens of cybersecurity, with thoughtful connections to broader policy dialogues taking place across the Singapore International Cyber Week (SICW).

We invite you to be a part of this exploration and help shape the course into the last frontier of cyberspace.

For programme or speaker related enquiries, please contact [email protected].

Key Focus Areas of GovWare 2025

 

Pureplay Cybersecurity
  • A Relook of Identity and Data as Key Underpinnings of Cybersecurity
  • Agentic AI and Securing AI
  • Zero Trust as Applied to the Converged AI / Digital Trust Landscape
  • Cloud Native Security / Cloud-Enabled Cybersecurity
  • Cyber Threat Landscape & Intelligence
  • Cybersecurity Ops Centre: Methodologies & Operations
  • Darkweb, Cybercrime, Cyberwarfare
  • Endpoint Security / Mobile Security / Network Security
  • Incident Response, Investigations, Forensics, and Recovery in IT and OT Environments
  • Cybersecurity in OT Environments: Threats, Intelligence and Automation
  • Security by Design: Risk Assessment, Avoidance and Mitigation
  • Cybersecurity Risk Management / Risk-based Frameworks
Cybersecurity and the Interplay with Adjacent Tech
  • Data Security and the DPSM Matrix
  • Sec Ops and Cloud Native Convergence
  • Differentiation and Overlaps in AI and Cybersecurity Visibility
  • Governance and Assurance in AI
  • Quantum Computing and its Impact on Trust and Security Infrastructure
  • Recent Developments in ML / AI Engines
  • Privacy, Trust, and Compliance in the Digital Economy
  • Cybersecurity and Digital Transformation
  • Distributed Security in General and IoT Environments / Internet of Things
  • Cybersecurity and IT Resilience: Bridging Protection with Recovery
  • Tech Convergence for Cyber Defence: AI, Quantum, and the Human Factor
  • Cybersecurity in the Age of Industry 5.0
  • Navigating the Quantum Shift: Preparing for a Post-Quantum Era
Social and Real-World Environment
  • Consolidation in the Cybersecurity Market and the Ecosystem VS Best of Breed Approach
  • Geopolitics and the Weaponisation of Critical Infrastructure
  • Concepts of Trust and the Spillover of General Ecosystem Dynamics into Cyber Specific Supply Chains
  • Re-charting the CISO and Head of Security Footprint
  • Customer Protection by Design – Perspectives from Regulatory and Technical Engineering Viewpoint
  • People, Partnerships and Culture: Building a Sustainable Cybersecurity Ecosystem
  • Cybersecurity in Developing Economies and Underserved Communities

 

Important Dates

Call for Speakers Opens
 

7 May 2025

Call for Speakers Closes
 

9 June 2025

Notification to Applicants

From 26 June 2025

Submission of Presentation Materials

By 12 September 2025

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What Inspires the Voices at GovWare

Roll Call on Some of Our Esteemed Speaker Alumni

 

A Peek into GovWare 2024 Participants

  • Chief Information Security Officer, Australian Digital Health Agency | Australia
  • Senior Vice President, Mastercard | Singapore
  • Vice President & Global Head of Industrial Cybersecurity, Siemens Energy | United States of America
  • Director of HealthTech, Science and Business Park Tehnopol | Estonia
  • Director of IT Department, Ministry of Economy and Finance | Cambodia
  • Chief of IT Operations, Hospital Authority Hong Kong | Hong Kong
  • Managing Director, CFLW Cyber Strategies BV | The Netherlands
  • Chief Information Security Officer, Temasek International Pte Ltd | Singapore
  • Chief Information Officer, Wilmar International Limited | Singapore
  • Chief Technology Officer, Bank Of The Philippine Island | Singapore
  • Deputy Chief Information Security Officer, Bank Mandiri Indonesia | Indonesia
  • Senior Vice President - Group IT, Mewah Group | Malaysia
  • Vice President, Globe Telecom Inc. | Philippines
  • Head of IT, DC & Cloud Management, Bank Simpanan Nasional Malaysia (BSN) | Malaysia
  • Chief Information Security Officer, Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc. | Philippines
  • Vice President of Cyber Security - Asia, Marina Bay Sands | Singapore
  • Executive Director, Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC) | Philippines
  • Managing Director, Korea Testing Certification Institute | Republic of Korea
  • Head of Cyber Defence Centre, Indonesia Ministry of Defence | Indonesia
  • Head of Clouds & Infrastructure, ComfortDelgro Corporation Limited | Singapore
  • Executive Vice President, Safety & Security, Changi Airport Group (CAG) | Singapore
  • Professor for Computer Networks, University of Hamburg | Germany
  • Deputy Chief Information Officer Health, Federal Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection | Austria
  • Chief Information Officer, Gambling Regulatory Authority | Singapore
  • Director of Cyber Security Surveillance Cyber Operation Office, National Computer Emergency Response Team, NCSA Thailand | Thailand
  • Head of R&D and Innovation, ThanhBinhBCA | Vietnam
  • Director, Centre for Security, Strategy and Technology, Observer Research Foundation | India
  • Director of Information Technology, Sri Lanka Air Force | Sri Lanka
  • Chief, Risk Management, National Cyber Security Centre | Bahrain
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