Enterprise AI Singapore schedule

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• Beyond cost savings—how to capture the hidden value of AI in productivity, customer experience, and decision-making
• Building realistic ROI models that factor in integration, data readiness, and ongoing maintenance costs
• How leaders can balance short-term wins with long-term strategic investment in AI

Speakers

Guy Sheppard Head of AI Strategy and Adoption Standard Chartered Bank

Zhihao Lin Director, Investment (AI) Temasek

• Why so many AI projects stall at proof-of-concept, and how to break through the adoption ceiling
• Practical steps for scaling AI across departments without losing sight of business outcomes
• Lessons from early adopters in the region who turned experiments into competitive advantage

• What have been the most unexpected outcomes—both positive and negative—from implementing Gen AI in live business environments?
• Where are enterprises seeing real ROI, and where are use cases stalling due to technical, cultural, or regulatory barriers?
• How are leaders evolving their AI strategies based on what’s worked, and what’s being deprioritised in Gen AI roadmaps?

Moderator

E-von Yeung Editor, Newsroom Strategy (AI & Innovation) The Straits Time

Panellists

Roland Liew Head of Digital Transformation IHH Healthcare Singapore 

Sigrid Rouam Global Chief AI Officer EFG Bank International

Brijesh Pandya Director – AI Keppel

Michal Polanowski Head of Generative AI ST Engineering

• How are leaders operationalising AI governance frameworks that don’t just exist on paper, but actively influence how teams build and deploy models?
• What role should automation, tooling, and model monitoring play in scaling governance across rapidly growing AI portfolios?
• How are organisations balancing speed-to-market with the need for transparency, fairness, and regulatory compliance in AI systems?

Panellists
Vijay Jairaj ED, Responsible AI & Data Ethics Standard Chartered Bank

Dr Brindha Jeyaraman Senior Director, Group Head of AI Governance, Data Management Office UOB

Sherlyn Chua Regional Lead for AI and Data Governance Nomura 

• Using AI for hyper-localised personalisation across ride-hailing, food delivery, and digital payments
• Balancing innovation with responsibility – managing bias, fairness, and user trust in large-scale AI systems
• What this regional success story teaches us about scaling AI across multiple verticals

Discover how MyRepublic, a leading telecommunication and digital solutions provider, is reinventing itself from a connectivity driven business into an industry leading innovator using AI. This session explores how AI is reshaping work across industries and offers practical insights from MyRepublic’s own transformation journey, from strategy to implementation. Learn key considerations for businesses adopting AI and see award-winning examples of real-world AI automation and customer innovation in action.   

• How regional diversity complicates AI compliance across APAC markets
• Embedding ethics and security into the design of AI systems from the start
• Case studies of companies successfully managing compliance while still innovating

• What agentic AI is and why it could reshape enterprise automation
• Speculative opportunities: where agentic AI could have the most immediate impact
• What organisations can do now to prepare their infrastructure and governance

Tien Nguyet Long ED – Head of AI Safety & Standards Standard Chartered

Lily Rachmawati Director, Head of Applied AI BNP Paribas Wealth Management

• What “AI-ready” infrastructure really means for enterprises in practice
• How to handle the cost, energy, and sustainability pressures of large-scale AI
• Building data pipelines that can keep up with real-time, AI-driven demands

• Case study: how logistics players are applying AI to optimise routing, warehousing, and delivery at massive scale
• Overcoming infrastructure gaps and data fragmentation challenges unique to the region
• The future of AI-powered logistics and its impact on regional trade and customer experience

• Which jobs are evolving, which are disappearing, and which new ones are emerging
• How leaders can design roles where humans and machines complement each other
• Building a culture where employees see AI as an opportunity, not a threat

• How banking sector leveraged AI to optimise operations, enhance customer experiences, and improve risk management
• The cultural and organisational shifts required to scale AI responsibly in financial services
• What other industries can learn from banking’s early embrace of AI at scale

• What roles are being redefined or created in an AI-powered organisation?
• How can leaders support workforce upskilling without triggering fear or resistance?
• What structures and leadership behaviours enable AI-literate teams?

Panellists

Puneet Chopra Head of Data, Digital & Technology, Growth and Emerging Markets Business Unit Takeda

Priya Naidu Lead, CX & Digital Initiatives LeapFrog Investment

Jawad Md Head of AI Platform HTX