Tech Week Singapore returns to Sands Expo on 29 and 30 September with five co-located shows — cloud and AI infrastructure, DevOps Live, Cyber Security World, Big Data and AI World, and Data Centre World — under a single visitor registration.
CloserStill Media, which produces the event, said more than 600 speakers are on the programme, including teams from Google DeepMind, NVIDIA’s AI Technology Center, AI Singapore and INTERPOL. Conference sessions are free to registered visitors but run on-site only; organisers do not livestream the main theatres by default.
What buyers are shopping for
Enterprise attendees typically circulate between halls: cooling and power for data centres, DevOps tooling, and cyber dashboards. Singapore’s MDDI digital infrastructure bill — still moving through Parliament — hangs over vendor conversations about where new facilities can land and what reporting duties operators will face.
Commercial delegate passes were priced at S$99 plus GST before the show floor opened, rising on-site, according to local event guides. Exhibitors use the week to meet ASEAN buyers who might otherwise split travel across Tokyo and Sydney conferences.
Hackathon on the floor
Organisers are running a live vehicle cyber hackathon with real connected cars on display, pitching it as a hands-on test of automotive security risks as software-defined vehicles roll out across the region. It is a show-floor spectacle, but the underlying brief matches what LTA and enterprise fleets worry about: remote exploits on telematics and OTA update chains.
Practical notes
Doors open 9am to 5pm both days at Bayfront Avenue. Bayfront MRT is the straightforward public-transport link; Marina Bay Sands parking fills early on conference mornings. Dress is business casual; organisers discourage shorts and remind visitors that badges are required past security.
For Singapore’s tech policy crowd, Tan’s mainstage slot is the government signal; for operators, the hallway meetings on power and fibre are where deals get sized. Either way, Tuesday is day one of the city’s busiest enterprise technology gathering this quarter.
Regional buyers
ASEAN delegations often use Tech Week to compare Singapore vendor pricing against Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta data-centre builds. Booth staff said Tuesday morning foot traffic was heaviest at cyber and cooling aisles, reflecting boardroom anxiety about power density per rack.
Startups looking for sovereign-cloud partnerships queued for government programme booths, while systems integrators hunted GPU supply chain partners. The event is B2B; consumer gadget launches are sparse compared with a CES-style show.
After hours
Organisers scheduled Tech Night on 29 September from 5.30pm for exhibitors and speakers; it is not a public festival but a networking block for pass holders. Hotels around Bayfront were heavily booked, squeezing last-minute room rates for fly-in delegates.