GOVWARE 2026 TO CONVENE GLOBAL LEADERS AS CYBER MOVES AT AGENTIC VELOCITY

As AI moves from answering to acting, organisations must confront new realities around security, governance and accountability.

SINGAPORE, Sept. 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- AI is moving from systems that generate answers to agents capable of making decisions and taking action. As this shift begins to reshape security operations, infrastructure and enterprise environments, GovWare Conference and Exhibition 2026 will bring together global cybersecurity leaders from 13 to 15 October 2026 to examine what must change, and what must remain anchored, as cyber moves at agentic velocity.

Held at the Sands Expo and Convention Centre, Singapore, as the anchor trade platform of the Singapore International Cyber Week (SICW) and supported by the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA), GovWare 2026 is expected to convene more than 15,000 attendees from over 90 countries and regions, alongside 300+ speakers and more than 300 exhibitors from across government, industry and the cybersecurity community.

"Cybersecurity took several decades to evolve from a specialist technology concern into a whole-of-economy responsibility. AI is now driving another transformation, only at far greater speed," said Richard Ireland, CEO of GovWare. "As systems become capable of making decisions and taking action with greater autonomy, no organisation can navigate the implications alone. The need to connect government, industry and practitioners, exchange knowledge and build trusted partnerships becomes more important, not less."

This year's theme, "Anchored in Unchanging Principles: Cyber at Agentic Velocity," reflects this inflection point. Intelligent systems are increasingly sensing signals, supporting decisions and triggering actions. As a result, the time it takes to move from these signals to decision and consequence is compressing, raising new questions around delegated authority, human judgement and accountability.

Across three days, the programme will address what cybersecurity at agentic velocity means in practice, from defending core systems against evolving threats and designing secure, future-ready architectures, to strengthening governance, people and collective action as cyber risks increasingly cross organisational, sectoral and national boundaries.

More than 300 speakers will contribute perspectives from across the public and private sectors, including Jonathan Zanger, Chief Technology Officer, Check Point Software Technologies; Therese Quieta, Head of System Engineering, Centre for Advanced Technologies in Online Safety (CATOS), A*STAR; David Koh, Deputy Chairman, Ensign InfoSecurity; Bartley Richardson, Chief AI and Autonomous Systems Officer, CrowdStrike; Hoo Chuan Wei, Chief Information Security Officer, StarHub; Snehal Antani, Co-founder and CEO, Horizon3.ai; Kavitha Mariappan, Chief Transformation Officer, Rubrik; and Amir Ben-Efraim, Co-founder and Executive Chairman, Menlo Security.

GovWare 2026 will also examine what these shifts mean for sectors where cyber disruption can have wider economic and societal consequences, through closed-door Critical Information Infrastructure (CII) Forums for Financial Services and Healthcare.

The Financial Services CII Forum will examine AI governance, post-quantum readiness, technology concentration risk and maintaining financial services during disruption, including a live incident scenario, "Keeping Money Moving." The Healthcare CII Forum will focus on patient safety and continuity of care, spanning AI adoption, third-party risk and operational resilience, including "Keeping Care Running: Operational & Cyber Resilience in Action," a scenario-driven discussion on sustaining care during active cyber disruption.

The exhibition floor will further reflect GovWare's international reach, with country pavilions from the Czech Republic, Finland, France and, for the first time, Italy. Bringing together cybersecurity companies and capabilities from across Europe, the pavilions will provide a gateway for international innovation and expertise to connect with the region's cybersecurity community.

Local cybersecurity innovation will also be represented through a showcase jointly presented by the CyberSG Research & Development Programme Office (CRPO) and CyberSG Talent, Innovation and Growth (TIG) Collaboration Centre, which will bring together 10 cybersecurity innovators in a dedicated showcase. These include StrongKeep, AI Guardian and AgentSure with technologies spanning AI security, agentic AI accountability and post-quantum readiness, demonstrating how Singapore-based research and innovation are being translated into real-world applications.

Across the conference and exhibition, GovWare 2026 will connect perspectives from across markets and sectors, reflecting the increasingly global and interconnected nature of the cybersecurity challenges facing organisations today.

Registration for GovWare 2026 is now open. For the latest agenda, speakers and exhibition highlights, visit www.govware.sg.

About GovWare Conference and Exhibition

A trusted nexus for over three decades, GovWare unites policymakers, tech innovators and end-users across Asia and beyond, driving pertinent dialogues on the latest trends and critical information flow. We empower growth and innovation through collective insights, partnerships and connections. Our success is rooted in the trust and support from the cybersecurity community that we have had the privilege of serving over the years, as well as our organisational partners who share the same values and mission to enrich the cybersecurity ecosystem.

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