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STACK is the Government Technology Agency’s (GovTech) first-ever developer conference for developers, programmers and technologists from the public and private sectors.
Held at Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre from 2-3 October 2018, STACK is a platform for innovators and tech geeks to learn about, share knowledge and try out some of the latest digital products and innovations that the Singapore Government is working on.
Top technologists from the private and public sectors spoke at STACK 2018. They included: Gregor Hohpe (Google Cloud), Steven Murawski (Microsoft), Richard Socher (Salesforce), Danny Burkes (Pivotal), Olivier Klein (Amazon Web Services), Kief Morris (ThoughtWorks), Chang Sau Sheong (SP Group) among others. GovTech also held talks and technical workshops where participants gleaned an insight into the Government’s tech platforms and products, as well as the key technologies that the public sector is banking on.
Event Programme
DAY 1 MORNING TUES, 2 OCT 2018
Day 1 Morning Event Programme
9:45am | Guests to be seated |
10:00am | Welcome Address–Lee Hsien Loong (Prime Minister, Singapore) |
10:10am | Introduction–Chan Cheow Hoe (Government CIO, Singapore)“Technology with a purpose” |
10:30am | Keynote–Gregor Hohpe (Technical Director, Office of the CTO, Google Cloud)“Cloud:Standing on the shoulders of giants” |
10:50am | Keynote–Steven Murawski (Cloud Developer Advocate, Microsoft)“Using the cloud to diminish limitations” |
11:20am | Panel Discussion–“Building Apps for Tomorrow: The Future with ABCD (AI, Blockchain, Cloud & Data)” |
12:05pm | Lunch |
DAY 1 AFTERNOON TUES, 2 OCT 2018
Day 1 Afternoon Event Programme
LIGHTNING TALKS | TALKS | WORKSHOPS | ||||
Room | Summit 1 | Summit 2 | Rm 330 | Rm 324 | Rm 325 | Rm 326 |
1:30pm | Becoming a Cloud-Native Smart NationHosting Applications in the GovernmentAutomating the Alpha and the Omega of Your Infrastructure | Re-imagining Customer Journeys through National Digital Identity | So you think you know UX? | Token Based Stateless Authentication | Effective Containerisation from Development to Production | Advanced Web Hacking for Developers |
2:30pm | Data.gov.sg – Singapore’s Open Data Platform | From the Iron Age to the Cloud Age | Government Private Cloud 101 | |||
3:30pm | Stalking Your Applications and Knowing What They’re Up To | Qualifying as a Government Vendor | MyInfo – Transforming Digital Journey | Nectar PaaS | Mob Programming | SHIP: Secure Hybrid Integrated Pipeline |
4:30pm | Machine Learning in Analytics Platform | Government Commercial Cloud 101 | FaaS: Function-as-a-Service | |||
5:30 – 8:30pm | Evening Tech networking (co-organised by Agile SG and Data Science Group) |
DAY 2 MORNING WED, 3 OCT 2018
Day 2 Morning Event Programme
8:30am | Registration / Breakfast |
9:45am | Guests to be seated |
10:00am | In Conversation with Dr Janil Puthucheary (Senior Minister of State for Communications and Information)Moderator: PeterHo, CEO, HOPE Technik |
10:20am | Keynote–Richard Socher,Chief scientist, Salesforce“Software as a service” |
10:40am | Keynote– Danny Burkes (Senior Director, Asia Pac & Japan, Pivotal)“From monoliths to micro-services” |
11:00am | Keynote– Olivier Klein (Head of Emerging Tech, AWS)“Future trends in application development” |
11:20am | Keynote– Chang Sau Sheong (Managing Director, SP Digital, SingPower) |
11:40am | Panel Discussion“Tech Culture & Innovation”Steven Koh (Deputy Director, Agile Consulting and Engineering, GovTech) [Host]Cornelia Davis (Director of Technology, Pivotal)Patrick Teo (Chief Product Officer & EVP Engineering, Redmart)Magda Chelly (CISO, Responsible Cyber) |
12:25pm | Lunch |
DAY 2 AFTERNOON WED, 3 OCT 2018
Day 2 Afternoon Event Programme
LIGHTNING TALKS | TALKS | WORKSHOPS | ||||
Room | Summit 1 | Summit 2 | Rm 330 | Rm 324 | Rm 325 | Rm 326 |
2:00pm | Red Teaming the Culture | Open Source, open mindset … open what? | Tech Stacking up the Smart Nation Sensor Platform | HATS off to BDD | APEX 101 | Customer Journey made simple with MyInfo APIs |
3:00pm | Incident Management, Monitoring and SRE | Dealing with Software Maintainability Through Refactoring | Internet footprinting – Uncovering treasures on the Internet with OSINT techniques | |||
4:00pm | Security Testing in Agile Projects | DevOps : Who Does What? | DevOps Culture and Practices in High Regulated Government Environment | Data Communication for a Controlled Sensors & IOT System | Get Hands On with NDI Sandbox! | Remove Developer Secrets or Remove Shameful Develo |
5:00pm | Parking.sg – Prototype to Production | Think (Break) Out of the Box | ||||
End of Conference |
*Programme is subject to change.
Registration Fees: $350 (Normal Fees) , $250 (Early Bird Promotion)
Event Details
Event Details
Date | 2-3 October 2018 |
Venue | Suntec Convention Hall |
For event or registration-related query | CMG_Events@tech.gov.sg |
For workshop-related query | enquiries@govtechstack.sg |