Unveiling the first speaker at Tech in Asia Jakarta 2015

Some of you might have taken a shot at guessing the first speaker we’re unveiling for Tech in Asia Jakarta 2015.

Today, we’re stoked to announce that kicking off the conference with a keynote speech on cloud computing is none other than Dr. Werner Vogels, CTO and vice president of Amazon.

Dr. Vogels will join us on stage to shed light on one of the fastest growing industries globally and in Asia. In 2014, small and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs) alone spent a hefty US$2 billion on cloud computing services – and that’s just the beginning. A report by International Data Corporation predicts the cloud sector in Asia to grow at an astounding Compound Annual Growth Rate of 67.9 percent, and with good reason.

Fuelling this rocket-speed growth are three main trends we are increasingly seeing in the region: a mobile generation demanding content to follow them on-the-go, remote working, and bring-your-own-device policies of new age employers. In addition, the arguments for cloud computing – reducing costs and IT staff size to name a few – are convincing more SMEs to jump on the bandwagon.

For Indonesia, the host country of our conference, the main driver behind cloud adoption is for firms to increase productivity and sharpen their competitive edges domestically and globally.

Want to find out what’s next? Hear from Dr. Vogels, the man instrumental in getting one of the world’s most sophisticated and largest cloud computing infrastructures off the ground. We know it as Amazon Web Services. He will be giving us an inside look from the frontline of today’s technology and share his thoughts on what’s in store for the community on our main stage in Jakarta.

And our winners are…

The moment we’ve been waiting for, the announcement of our five winners who have won themselves a pair of free passes (worth up to US $1,200 per pair) by correctly guessing Dr. Vogels’ identity based on the following clues:

That’s doctor to you – our speaker holds a Ph.D in computer science.
His head has been up in the clouds since 2006.
He has spent the last decade in his current position and is responsible for leading technology innovations for one of the world’s most valuable brands.

And they are…

1. Paul Yang
2. Roy Linuxjak
3. Dennis Koh
4. Viren Shetty
5. Derrick Ding

Congratulations – all winners will be contacted privately via Facebook so keep a lookout for a message from us!

You can still catch Dr. Werner Vogels in action

Didn’t manage to get it right? Not to worry – you can still hear from one of the most influential leaders in the industry when you get your passes to Indonesia’s ultimate tech conference.

Tickets are now going at 20 percent off until September 27, with the code tiajkt20 – get yours today.

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