GovTech Design Festival
1-31 JULY
2025
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Keynote

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Festival Opening (feat. DCE Sau Sheong & Shiao-Yin)

01 Jul 2025, 10:30 AM → 11:30 AM
MBC 10 - Level 10 (The Big Place)
DCE Sau Sheong
DCE Sau Sheong
Deputy Chief Executive
GovTech Singapore
Shiao-Yin Kuik
Shiao-Yin Kuik
Executive Director
Common Ground Civic Centre
In-PersonKeynoteTalk

Fireside chat: Why isn't empathy enough?

03 Jul 2025, 11:30 AM
MBC 10 - Level 10 (The Big Place)
MOS Jasmin
MOS Jasmin
Minister of State
MDDI and MOE
ACE Bernard
ACE Bernard
Asst Chief Executive
GovTech Singapore
In-PersonKeynoteTalk

Fireside Chat with 2PS and Lillian Shieh

07 Jul 2025, 11:30 AM
MBC 10 - Level 10 (The Big Place)
2PS Augustin
2PS Augustin
Second Permanent Secretary
Smart Nation Group
Lillian Shieh
Lillian Shieh
Head, Design Practice
GovTech Singapore
12 PMKeynoteBuild SelfTalkOnlineBuild Craft

From Insights to Action: Driving Impact

07 Jul 2025, 12:00 PM
Online (SG-Teams)
Join via SG-Teams
Ruby Pryor
Ruby Pryor
Founder
Rex
12 PMKeynoteBuild SelfTalkOnlineBuild Craft

Flourishing at All Levels of the System

14 Jul 2025, 12:00 PM
Online (SG-Teams)
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Dr Douglas O'Loughlin
Dr Douglas O'Loughlin
Accessibility Expert
International Consultant
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Highlights

WorkshopIn-person

Ctrl + Alt + Design Workshop

Design Festival Team
Jul 4, 2025, 2:00 PM
In-Person (MBC 30 L11 Jupiter)
Fully booked
WorkshopIn-personGot FoodBuild Self

Design Your Life

Design Thinking Community
Jul 11, 2025, 2:00 PM
In-Person (MBC 10 L10 The Big Place)
Fully booked
WorkshopIn-personBuild Craft

Ctrl + Alt + Design Workshop

Design Festival Team
Jul 22, 2025, 2:00 PM
In-Person (MBC 30 L11 Jupiter Rooms 1+2)
Fully booked
CourseIn-personBuild Craft

Prototyping with AI and moderated concept testing

Ruby Pryor
Jul 4, 2025, 9:00 AM
In-Person (Event location shared in invitation sent to registered attendees)
Fully booked
CourseIn-personBuild Craft

Data Storytelling

Kontinentalist
Jul 8, 2025, 9:30 AM
In-Person (Event location shared in invitation sent to registered attendees)
Fully booked
CourseIn-personBuild CraftBuild Self

Visual Facilitation Lab

Art of Awakening
Jul 11, 2025, 9:00 AM
In-Person (Event location shared in invitation sent to registered attendees)
Almost full
CourseIn-personBuild Craft

Insights That Matter

Studio Dojo
Jul 15, 2025, 2:00 PM
In-Person (Event location shared in invitation sent to registered attendees)
Fully booked
CourseIn-personBuild Craft

Behavioural Design: Where Behavioural Science Meets Creativity

MakeIt Lab
Jul 28, 2025, 9:00 AM
In-Person (Event location shared in invitation sent to registered attendees)
Fully booked

Agenda

Tuesday, Jul 1, 2025

KeynoteIn-person

Festival Opening (feat. DCE Sau Sheong & Shiao-Yin)

DCE Sau Sheong, Shiao-Yin Kuik
Jul 1, 2025, 10:30 AM
In person (MBC 10 - Level 10 (The Big Place))
TalkIn-person

Design Arcade (Lunch Provided!)

Design Festival Team
Jul 1, 2025, 11:30 AM
In person (MBC 10 - Level 10 (The Big Place))

Wednesday, Jul 2, 2025

TalkOnline

Measuring design value with a numbers prototype

Derrick Ng
Jul 2, 2025, 12:00 PM
Online
Join via SG-Teams

Thursday, Jul 3, 2025

KeynoteIn-person

Fireside chat: Why isn't empathy enough?

MOS Jasmin, ACE Bernard
Jul 3, 2025, 11:30 AM
In person (MBC 10 - Level 10 (The Big Place))
TalkOnline

Scrappy not crappy: Quick shortcuts to deliver a good product

Tara Hirebet
Jul 3, 2025, 12:00 PM
Online
Join via SG-Teams
TalkOnline

UX Growing Pains: Designing in Different Worlds

Tasha Yip
Jul 3, 2025, 1:00 PM
Online
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Friday, Jul 4, 2025

CourseIn-person

Prototyping with AI and moderated concept testing

Ruby Pryor
Jul 4, 2025, 9:00 AM
In person (Event location shared in invitation sent to registered attendees)
TalkOnline

The Space Between

Samuel Lim
Jul 4, 2025, 1:00 PM
Online
Join via SG-Teams
WorkshopIn-person

Ctrl + Alt + Design Workshop

Design Festival Team
Jul 4, 2025, 2:00 PM
In person (MBC 30 L11 Jupiter)

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