Singapore | 3 November 2026 | Crowne Plaza (Changi Airport)
Singapore will host AI innovators, technology leaders, researchers, entrepreneurs and business decision-makers at AINext Awards & Conference Singapore 2026 on 3 November 2026. The in-person event is scheduled for the Ballroom at Crowne Plaza (Changi Airport), 75 T1 Boulevard, Changi, Singapore.
Running from 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM (GMT+8), the conference will bring together people working across artificial intelligence, machine learning, data innovation and emerging technologies. Keynote presentations, panel discussions and networking will be followed by the AINext Awards, which recognise people and organisations contributing to AI innovation and digital transformation.
A Message from Our CEO
“AINext Singapore 2026 is about bringing the region’s AI conversation back down to earth — away from hype and toward the decisions leaders are actually making right now. This year’s programme reflects that shift: creative industries, sustainability, construction, workforce development, governance and autonomous agents are no longer separate conversations, they are all part of the same question every organization is asking — how do we put AI to work responsibly and at scale? We’re bringing together 26 speakers from across enterprise technology, financial services, robotics and emerging tech to help answer that question, and I’m looking forward to welcoming everyone to Singapore on 3 November.”
— Anas Jawed, CEO, Next Business Media
AINext Awards & Conference Singapore 2026: A Full Day of AI Discussions
The Singapore programme covers generative AI in creative work, sustainability, enterprise transformation, AI investment returns, workforce skills, governance and the growing role of autonomous agents. Its 13 listed agenda slots span presentations, panel discussions, breaks and the awards ceremony, with opportunities to connect throughout the day.
Conference Agenda — 3 November 2026
8:00 AM | Opening Remarks — Conference Chair
Anas Jawed, CEO, Next Business Media, will introduce the day’s discussion of practical AI applications and digital transformation.
9:00 AM | Keynote: Leading in the Age of AI: What Neuroscience Reveals About Leadership Under Pressure
Parul Sharma, Director and CEO, Rewired by Parul.
9:30 AM | Panel: Generative AI: Revolutionizing Creative Industries
Speakers: Serena Lam; Mia Bowyer; Dmytro Olefyrenko; Navin Raina
The panel will look at how generative AI is changing content, communications and creative work, as well as the relationship between people and technology.
10:10 AM | Panel: AI-Driven Sustainability for Net Zero Goals
A discussion of how AI can support sustainability programmes and progress towards net-zero targets.
10:40 AM | Coffee Break & Networking
11:30 AM | Panel: The Future of AI in Business Transformation
Speakers: Vignesh Ganesan; Parul Sharma; Kelvin Tan; Elena Lukyanenko; Loh Rui; Maggie Kam
The conversation will focus on the changes AI is bringing to enterprise strategy, day-to-day operations and business models.
12:50 PM | Panel: Creating Measurable ROI from AI Investments
Speakers: Elena Lukyanenko; Dr Alexandra Posoldova; Prosenjit Banerjee; Lisa Weinzierl
Industry experts will discuss how organisations can connect investment in AI with measurable commercial outcomes.
1:30 PM | Lunch
2:30 PM | Panel: AI and the Future of Work: Upskilling Billions
Speakers: Goh Waye Leon; Tabia Rene; Marcus Woo; Shail Barthwal; Sutowo Wong; Yong Jie Wong
This session will explore how AI is reshaping work and why workforce development and reskilling matter.
3:10 PM | Panel: AI Governance: Building Trust, Ethics & Responsible Innovation
Speakers: Lance M.; Trevor Manokore; Achmad Adhitya; Camelia Wang
The discussion will consider the trust, ethics and governance questions involved in deploying AI responsibly.
4:30 PM | Panel: AI Agents at Work: Will Autonomous AI Transform the Future of Enterprise Operations?
Speakers: Lianne Dehaye; Cheok Jia Wei; Pranab Pillai; Mukund Srigopal; Guy Ron; Camelia Wang; Marrin-Boyd Andrews
Panellists will examine the role of autonomous agents and the changes they could bring to enterprise workflows.
4:30 PM | Coffee Break & Networking
5:00 PM | AINext Awards Ceremony
The ceremony will recognise individuals and organisations contributing to progress in artificial intelligence and digital transformation.
Featured Speakers
The programme brings together speakers with experience in enterprise AI, financial technology, cloud infrastructure, data, robotics, communications, leadership and digital transformation.
Pranab Pillai — Founder & CEO, Neuratrial-AI Pte Ltd
Pranab Pillai leads Neuratrial-AI, a Singapore company creating AI-enabled orchestration tools for complex, regulated enterprise workflows. He has spent more than 25 years in global drug development and clinical research across Asia-Pacific, the United States and Europe. His current work focuses on automation and governed decision-support systems that retain human oversight.
Sheena Nasim — Principal AI Architect, Field CTO APJ, Snowflake
At Snowflake, Sheena Nasim works with organisations across Asia-Pacific and Japan to design AI solutions ready for production. Her experience includes computer vision, deep learning, robotics and generative AI, with previous research and industry roles at Sumitomo Electric Industries, Accenture AI and Dataiku. She now focuses on agentic AI and large-scale machine learning architecture.
Kelvin Tan — Chief Executive Officer, audax
Kelvin Tan heads audax, a Standard Chartered-backed venture helping financial institutions launch and scale digital banking services. He previously built and led the bank’s Banking-as-a-Service initiative, Standard Chartered nexus. His career covers payments, retail products, transaction banking and strategic programmes across Singapore, Indonesia and Thailand, and he has been featured by the BBC and Forbes.
Vignesh Ganesan — Application Leader – Enterprise Applications, Platform & Enterprise AI, Meta
Vignesh Ganesan works on enterprise transformation at Meta, with a focus on enterprise AI, cloud strategy and the digital workplace. He brings more than 16 years of experience across consulting, technology, manufacturing, life sciences and engineering. He is also a six-time Microsoft MVP, international speaker and holder of over 30 professional certifications.
Samah Alafeef — Program, Project and Risk Management Consultant and Trainer, Metanoia Training and Consulting
Samah Alafeef works across programme delivery, project and risk management, training and technology-related consulting. Associated with Metanoia Training and Consulting, she holds PMP, RMP, ACP and GreenICT credentials. Her experience also includes sustainability and ICT initiatives.
Guy Ron — Founder & CEO, Cynapse
Guy Ron is the founder and chief executive of Cynapse.ai. He has held senior business and technology positions at startups and Fortune 100 companies and has experience growing businesses from an early idea into multimillion-dollar operations. He also advises AI startups and serves as a board director.
Elena Lukyanenko — Head of Sales, APJC, Cisco ThousandEyes
Elena Lukyanenko leads sales for Cisco ThousandEyes across Asia-Pacific, Greater China and Japan. With more than 20 years in technology leadership, including experience at Microsoft, Broadcom and VMware, she works at the intersection of cloud, AI and business strategy. She also founded The Graceful Edge, a publication about leadership and sustainable performance.
Tabia Rene — Founder & CEO, Kaika AI
Tabia Rene founded Tokyo-based Kaika AI to help businesses better understand employee engagement and workforce alignment. Inspired by the idea of Ikigai, his work focuses on using AI to give leaders a clearer view of their people, supporting stronger engagement, organisational decisions and long-term growth.
Cheok Jia Wei — Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer, Streamhost
As co-founder and CTO of StreamHost, Cheok Jia Wei leads engineering, infrastructure and AI integration for a platform supporting short-term rental hosts. His experience spans full-stack development, scalable software platforms, automation and distributed systems, with a focus on improving communication and daily operations.
Goh Waye Leon — Co-Founder & Brand Architect, Affinity AI
Goh Waye Leon shapes brand strategy, market positioning and user growth at Affinity AI. His background includes digital marketing, Web3 communities, growth initiatives and go-to-market planning. His work connects storytelling and business development with the adoption of new technologies.
Loh Rui — Co-Founder & Head of Business Operations, Affinity AI Pte Ltd
Loh Rui oversees business planning, operations, partnerships and growth at Affinity AI. He brings experience in entrepreneurship, investing, AI trading and digital assets, with an emphasis on automated trading tools and digital finance services.
Prosenjit Banerjee — Director, Enterprise Architecture, Oracle
At Oracle Financial Services, Prosenjit Banerjee works on banking architecture and technology solutions across Asia-Pacific and India. His expertise covers modernising banking platforms, enterprise architecture, data science and agentic AI. Drawing on experience in finance and digital healthcare, he helps organisations develop scalable technology and speaks on enterprise transformation.
Dmytro Olefyrenko — CTO & Co-Founder, Easy-Peasy.AI
Dmytro Olefyrenko co-founded Easy-Peasy.AI and leads its technology development. The Singapore-built platform serves more than 3.4 million users in over 150 countries. With more than 16 years of software engineering experience, he works on accessible AI tools and agents, including MARKy, which is designed to complete complex multi-step tasks.
Sutowo Wong — Managing Director, AI x Data, Temus
Sutowo Wong leads the AI x Data practice at Temus, helping organisations turn AI, analytics and automation into useful business and public-service outcomes. He brings more than two decades of consulting and healthcare experience. Previously, as Divisional Director of Health Analytics at Singapore’s Ministry of Health, he led teams applying advanced analytics to policy and operations.
Anas Jawed — CEO, Next Business Media
Anas Jawed founded Next Business Media and serves as Conference Chair for AINext Singapore 2026. His background spans technology, digital solutions and business events, and his company develops conferences and platforms that connect professionals across industries.
Dr Alexandra Posoldova — Founder, Sigma Services
Dr Alexandra Posoldova is an AI and data science specialist with a PhD in Data Science and more than nine years of AI consulting experience. Through Sigma Services, she helps organisations translate business problems into practical AI systems that can operate in production environments.
Lianne Dehaye — Senior Vice President, Chemin AI
Lianne Dehaye is Senior Vice President at Chemin AI by TDCX, which works on training data, collection, annotation, curation, model evaluation and AI operations. Her background includes AI, digital transformation and technology leadership, with previous experience at Meta, Google and IBM.
Marrin-Boyd Andrews — Director & Founder, ProPrompt
Marrin-Boyd Andrews founded ProPrompt to help organisations use AI in practical ways. With over 20 years in talent leadership, workforce change and technology-enabled transformation, he focuses on AI adoption, prompt engineering and business strategy. He develops role-trained AI employees for functions such as HR, sales and operations, and has trained more than 1,000 professionals across six countries.
Navin Raina — Head of Enterprise Business – Asia, LinkedIn
Navin Raina leads enterprise customer business across Asian markets at LinkedIn. His career includes leadership positions at LinkedIn, Gartner, Vodafone and Wipro, with work spanning enterprise sales, go-to-market strategy, digital transformation and AI-enabled growth. He focuses on combining human insight with data and AI to improve sales operations.
Mukund Srigopal — Co-Founder & CEO, Sparsa AI
Mukund Srigopal co-founded Sparsa AI, a Singapore enterprise AI company building a governed, agentic operating system for industrial businesses. He has more than 25 years of technology experience and previously served as co-founder and CEO of Xensai, CMO at Tambora Systems and a leader at Automation Anywhere.
Lisa Weinzierl — Founder, Ctrl-F GmbH
Lisa Weinzierl founded Ctrl-F GmbH and advises on data and AI strategy, MLOps and enterprise transformation. Her experience spans more than nine years, including a previous role as Head of Artificial Intelligence at Swiss Post. She also speaks, lectures and mentors, and holds an MSc in Quantitative Methods from the University of Basel.
Serena Lam — CEO & Founder, Fuzzy AI
Serena Lam founded Fuzzy AI, a sales platform designed to help B2B teams build more personal connections and develop their pipeline. Her work explores how AI can make outreach more efficient without losing the human element of business relationships.
Yong Jie Wong — Co-Founder, Glints
Yong Jie Wong co-founded Glints and helped grow it into a talent platform used by more than 15 million people. His current work centres on implementing AI agents that help companies improve operations and productivity.
Parul Sharma — Director & CEO, Rewired by Parul
Parul Sharma is a leadership and talent specialist, certified neuroscience coach and founder of Rewired by Parul. With 20 years of international experience, she focuses on leading under pressure, organisational change and the application of AI to leadership development.
Trevor Manokore — Chief Operating Officer, NiuPay
Trevor Manokore leads operations, systems and digital transformation at NiuPay. Following more than five years with Amazon Web Services, he applies cloud and AI expertise to developing secure digital platforms and supporting public-service modernisation in Papua New Guinea and the wider Pacific.
Maggie Kam — Chief Operating Officer, Spaceship
Maggie Kam oversees business operations at Spaceship as its Chief Operating Officer.
Achmad Adhitya — Special Advisor to the Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia, Ministry of State Secretariat
Achmad Adhitya works across education, research and innovation, supporting AI, robotics and digital literacy. His activities include connecting government and industry through initiatives that broaden access to scholarships, internships and technology skills.
Lance M. — Founder, Bitstric
Lance M. founded Bitstric and has a decade of experience in AI engineering, enterprise systems and IT risk compliance. He is developing a Sovereignty-First Agentic AI Trust Framework aimed at aligning AI agents with governance and legal requirements. His earlier work included APAC risk compliance, analytics infrastructure and cloud-native engineering for a major European investment bank.
Marcus Woo — Director of Sales & Marketing, HK & Greater China, Queue Associates APAC
Marcus Woo serves as Director of Sales & Marketing for Hong Kong and Greater China at Queue Associates APAC.
Mia Bowyer — Chief Executive Officer, Automate Social
Mia Bowyer is an international AI trainer, keynote speaker and founder of Automate Social. She helps businesses develop AI operating systems that reduce administrative work and make practical AI tools easier to adopt. Her speaking and training work has taken her across Dubai, Australia and Asia.
Camelia Wang — Founder & AI Product Builder, OptivizeAI
Camelia Wang is the founder of OptivizeAI and works on building AI products.
Shail Barthwal — Founder & CEO, Nexus Ocean AI
Shail Barthwal is a former Master Mariner whose career has included strategic and commercial roles at Maersk, Teekay and Wilhelmsen, along with technology leadership and consulting at Bain & Company. He now leads Nexus Ocean AI, developing agentic AI tools for maritime businesses, with an emphasis on retaining specialised knowledge as experienced professionals retire.
Connecting AI Innovation with Business Impact
The programme looks beyond individual AI tools to the choices organisations face when introducing them. Discussions connect creative work, enterprise processes, sustainability, construction, investment returns, workforce development, governance and autonomous agents to the challenge of delivering measurable value. The speaker lineup reflects a wide range of experience, from Meta, Snowflake, Cisco and Standard Chartered-backed audax to Temus, Chemin AI, Neuratrial-AI, Cynapse, Kaika AI, Streamhost, Affinity AI, Sparsa AI, Fuzzy AI, Spaceship, Bitstric, Automate Social, OptivizeAI and Nexus Ocean AI.
Networking, Awards and Industry Engagement
Dedicated breaks give attendees time to meet and continue discussions. According to the official event portal, paid passes also offer an attendee directory, forum, one-to-one chat and networking connections. Individuals and organisations can enquire about speaking, exhibiting, sponsorship, media partnerships, thought-leadership or committee roles, and nominations for the AINext Awards.
The conference will close with the AINext Awards Ceremony, celebrating people and organisations contributing to AI innovation and digital transformation.
Event Details
Event: AINext Awards & Conference Singapore 2026
Date: 3 November 2026
Time: 9:00 AM–7:00 PM (GMT+8)
Venue: Ballroom, Crowne Plaza (Changi Airport)
Address: 75 T1 Boulevard, Changi, East Region, Singapore 819664
Join AINext Singapore 2026
As AI moves from experimentation into everyday business use, AINext Singapore 2026 offers a place to discuss what responsible, practical deployment looks like. The day brings together expert perspectives, peer conversations and recognition across generative AI, business transformation, sustainability, workforce skills, governance and autonomous systems.
