TERESA CARLSON, VICE PRESIDENT, WORLDWIDE PUBLIC SECTOR, AMAZON WEB SERVICES

Teresa Carlson is the Vice President of AWS Worldwide Public Sector, and she is one of the most accomplished and forward-thinking technology leaders in the world today. Through her charismatic leadership, Carlson has helped change mindsets of both individuals and organizations around the world, modernize policies at all levels of government, and cultivate a 21st century global workforce equipped with the skillset necessary to leverage the full potential of the cloud to drive innovation.

Carlson founded the AWS Worldwide Public Sector in 2010. Today, tens of thousands of government agencies, education institutions, and nonprofit organizations around the world use AWS. Additionally, Carlson advises Amazon Public Policy on global policy issues.

Prior to joining AWS, Carlson served as Vice President of Microsoft Federal Government, where she oversaw the company’s US Federal Government business.

Carlson earned her undergraduate and Masters of Science degrees in Communications and Speech and Language Pathology from Western Kentucky University.

PETER MOORE, REGIONAL MANAGING DIRECTOR, ASIA-PACIFIC JAPAN, WORLDWIDE PUBLIC SECTOR, AMAZON WEB SERVICES

Peter Moore is the Regional Managing Director for Worldwide Public Sector in Asia Pacific at Amazon Web Services. Peter leads the team in strategy, sales and business development to help government agencies, education institutions and non-profit organizations learn and implement AWS cloud computing services. He is responsible in driving both revenue and business strategy across Australia, New Zealand, South East Asia, India, Korea, and Japan.

Before joining Amazon, Peter spent a number of years at Microsoft in various senior management positions. He was the General Manager at Microsoft for the public sector business across Greater China, and was instrumental in establishing and managing the Public Sector business for Asia Pacific. He also held the position of Chief Technology Officer for Microsoft Asia that focused on the technology and procurement policies of governments across the region, including the role of technology in accelerating economic development.

TAN KOK YAM, HEAD OF THE SMART NATION PROGRAMME OFFICE, PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE, SINGAPORE

Mr. Tan Kok Yam is the Head of the Smart Nation Programme Office in the Prime Minister’s Office. In this role, he coordinates the Singapore Government’s plans and engagements with the public and private sectors to use information technology in a concerted, integrated manner to achieve maximum positive impact to citizens.

Prior to his current post, Mr Tan served in a number of other Ministries within the Singapore Public Service. As the Director of Manpower in the Ministry of Defence, he was in charge of both the human resource and national service policies of the Singapore Armed Forces. He also served previously in the Ministry of National Development and the Ministry of Education, dealing with public housing and higher education policies respectively.

Mr Tan is an engineer by training, having graduated from the University College London in 1997 with a Bachelor's Degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and a Master's Degree of Science in Telecommunications. He also completed the one-year Sloan Program at the Stanford Graduate School of Business as a Fulbright Scholar.

EDWIN H CHAIDIR, IT LEAD, WORLD WILDLIFE FUND FOR NATURE, INDONESIA

Mr. Chaidir is the IT Lead for World Wildlife Fund Indonesia. He has more than 20 years of experience in Information Technology. He is certified in CITS, CISM, CHFI, CEH, ITIL V3 Foundation, Mikrotik Professional, CCNA and VCP5.0.

In his current role, he aims to revolutionize and improve conservation work by initiating new IT strategies that leverages on data analytics, internet of things, and machine learning. He recently led a project on identification and protection of endangered animal and tree species in Indonesia using deep learning solutions.

He has a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, majoring in Telecommunications, and is also registered with Prasetya Mulya, majoring in General Management. Mr. Chaidir is currently a candidate for the Masters in Management of Information Systems at Bina Nusantara University.