Keynote Speaker 1
H.E Suryo Pratomo
Ambassador of the Republic
of Indonesia
H.E. Suryo Pratomo presented his credential as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Indonesia to the President of the Republic of Singapore on November 2020.
Prior to assuming his current post, he started his profession as a journalist in 1987 at Kompas Gramedia Group, the largest print media in Indonesia. He has held several positions, as Editor-in-Chief of Kompas Gramedia and most recently Vice Chief Executive Officer of Kompas Gramedia Group.
He joined Media Group in 2008 as News Director of Metro TV and also a member of the Editorial Board Media Group. He has held several positions, most recently as the President Director of Metro TV. In addition, he has also led several programs, namely as the Economic Challenges program, which he was the also the host, and as interviewees for Bedah Editorial program and other special programs.
Active in several organizations, including as a member of the Editorial Leader Forum (Forum Pemimpin Redaksi), serving as Chairman of the Editorial Leader Forum for the 2015 – 2018 period, besides that he has also served as Secretary General of ATVSI (Indonesian Private Television Association).
Ambassador Suryo Pratomo holds a Bachelor of Agriculture from Bogor Institute of Agriculture, Bogor and a Master Degree from Bogor Institute of Agriculture, Bogor. He is married with 2 children.
Other Activities:
He is active in a variety of activities such as being a speaker and moderator, providing training or teaching for the institution of government and corporate.
Keynote Speaker 2
Mr. Kelvin Wong
Chief Executive Officer
Building and Construction Authority
Mr Kelvin Wong is the Chief Executive Officer of the Building and Construction Authority (BCA). He joined BCA on 27 July 2020 as the CEO-Designate before taking on the appointment as CEO on 2 November 2020.
Prior to joining BCA, Kelvin was the Executive Vice President of Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB). At the EDB, Kelvin oversaw the development of strategic growth engines in Hub Services and Supply Chain & Connectivity as well as EDB’s new businesses and policy and planning divisions. Kelvin started his career with EDB in 1996 and has helmed various key portfolios including logistics, professional services and urban solutions.
Mr Wong is a Glaxo-EDB scholar who graduated from the Imperial College, University of London (Masters in Communications and Signal Processing and a First Class Honours in Electronics and Electrical Engineering) in 1996.
Associate Professor Dr Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim
Minister of State
for Home Affairs and National Development