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12 June 2025

08:00 - 17:20

Equarius Hotel, Resorts World Sentosa, Singapore

Overview

Welcome to the Data Innovation Summit APAC. The most influential annual Data, Analytics and AI event in the world, bringing together the most innovative minds, enterprise practitioners, technology providers, start-up innovators and academics, working with Applied Data Innovation, Data Science, Big Data, ML, Applied AI, Generative AI, Data Management, Data Engineering, Architecture, Databases and DevOps, in one place to discuss ways to accelerate AI-Driven Transformation throughout companies, industries and public organisations. With over 40+ APAC and international speakers in this 4th APAC edition, spread across four stages, two workshop rooms, 30+ TIP sessions, and plenty of learning and networking activities in the exhibition area, the APAC Data Innovation Summit is the place to be for all professionals and organisations working with utilisation of data and AI innovation for enhancing customer experience, improve operational processes, enable future sustainability, reinventing business models, or developing data-driven products and services.

With over 1500 practical case studies presented in the past 9 editions and with geo events in Europe, MEA, APAC, and the ANZ region, the event is a worldwide movement, ushering the community of data, analytics, and AI practitioners across functions, companies, industries, sectors, countries and regions to collaborate, benchmark, share and innovate.

We welcome you to explore the event and see you at the event.

Event Agenda

Time

Session Details

8:00 AM – 8:30 AM

Registration and morning demos in the expo area

8:30 AM – 8:40 AM

8:40 AM – 9:00 AM

9:00 AM – 9:20 AM

Future Outlook Session | A dialog between William Tjhi – Head of Applied Research for Foundation Models | AI Singapore | Singapore and Krishna Feron – Chief Data Analytics Officer | L’Oreal Malaysia Singapore | Malaysia

William Tjhi
Head of Applied Research for Foundation Models, AI Singapore

Krishna Feron
Chief Data Analytics Officer, L’Oreal Malaysia Singapore

9:20 AM – 9:40 AM

KEYNOTE | Building an AI-Driven Enterprise: Strategies for Integrating AI Agents Across Business Functions
 
Kathiravan Manoharan
Regional Head AI & Data APAC, Collinson

9:45 AM – 10:05 AM

KEYNOTE | Reimagining Enterprise Data Architecture for an AI-driven Enterprise
 

Vinay Simha
Director and Principal Enterprise Architect, PHILIPS

10:05 AM – 10:45 AM

Networking Coffee & Peer-to-Peer Meetings

10:45 AM – 11:00 AM

Moderator’s Opening Remarks
 

Lau Guan Kiat
Product Manager (AI & Accounting), Summit Global

M1. AI Value & Strategy Stage

10:45 AM – 11:00 AM

Moderator’s Opening Remarks
 

Dr. Usha Balasundaram
Head of Data Governance, Corporate Platforms, S&P Global

M2. Modern Data Strategy Stage

10:45 AM – 11:00 AM

Moderator’s Opening Remarks
 

Nithya Krishnamoorthy
Solutions Architect, Prudential

M3. Business and Data Analytics Stage

10:45 AM – 11:00 AM

Moderator’s Opening Remarks
 

Vaibhav Gupta
Head of APAC, Consolidatus

M4. Machine Learning & Generative AI Stage

11:00 AM – 11:20 AM

Sovereign & Ethical AI in BFSI : Power, Privacy, Principle
 

Dr Sala Muthukrishnan
Field CTO APJ, EDB

M1. AI Value & Strategy Stage

11:00 AM – 11:20 AM

Scaling Intelligence: Deploying and Governing AI in the Enterprise
 

Abhinav Tewari
Manager, Aristocrat Technologies

M4. Machine Learning & Generative AI Stage

11:30 AM – 11:50 AM

Data and AI trends in BFSI and other Regulated Industries in JAPAC and globally. Best practices and learnings from transformation journeys
 

MAXIM AFANASYEV
BFSI Head for JAPAC, Global Strategic Industries , Google

M1. AI Value & Strategy Stage

11:30 AM – 11:50 AM

The Hidden Cost of Data Debt: Why Poor Data Quality Is Draining Your Business
 

Ambreen Mahvash
Senior Data Analyst- Global IT & Digitalization, BW Group

M2. Modern Data Strategy Stage

11:30 AM – 11:50 AM

Harnessing Data Lakes for Effective Central Management in Healthcare Analytics
 
M3. Business and Data Analytics Stage

11:30 AM – 11:50 AM

From Jupyter to Production : Enabling self service LLM deployment on-prem
 

Mohamed Jawad Askar Ali
Head of AI Platform, Home Team Science Agency (HTX)

M4. Machine Learning & Generative AI Stage

11:30 AM – 1:00 PM

Navigating Risks and Unlocking Opportunities: Data Governance for AI
 

Murali Krishnamurthy
Senior Manager, Solutions Engineer, Alation

Wx Workshop Sessions

12:00 PM – 12:20 PM

Scaling Generative AI to Drive Innovation in Smart Marine and Energy Solutions
 

Tal Katzav
General Manager, AI Centre of Excellence, Wärtsilä

M1. AI Value & Strategy Stage

12:00 PM – 12:20 PM

How ALP use AI automation to acquire more data in logistic industry
 

Wisely Chen
VP of Data & AI, Ally Logistic Property

M2. Modern Data Strategy Stage

12:00 PM – 12:20 PM

AI Projects in Aviation: Challenges and Solutions
 

Kevser Şimşek
Senior Data Scientist- Product Owner , Turkish Airlines

M3. Business and Data Analytics Stage

12:00 PM – 12:20 PM

Harnessing LLMs and Agents for Scalable Enterprise AI Solutions
 

Sanath Raj Narayan
Manager – Data Science, LAM Research

M4. Machine Learning & Generative AI Stage

12:30 PM – 12:50 PM

Building Intelligent Tools for Finance
 

Anurag Singh Chauhan
Head of Data and AI, Summit

M1. AI Value & Strategy Stage

12:30 PM – 12:50 PM

Ask Better, Trust More, Decide Smarter
 

Shouvik Nandy
Senior Manager, CRES Data & Insights, Standard Chartered Bank

M2. Modern Data Strategy Stage

12:30 PM – 12:50 PM

Navigating Data Challenges to Transform Teaching and Learning in a Newly Created University
 

Rhodora Reyes Abadia
Associate Dean(Online), Learning Insights Lead, Adelaide University

M3. Business and Data Analytics Stage

12:30 PM – 12:50 PM

Reinventing the Data Scientist role in the post ChatGPT era
 

Jingting Cher
Head of Data Science, SP (Singapore Power) Group

M4. Machine Learning & Generative AI Stage

2:00 PM – 2:20 PM

Ensuring FATE in AI: From Principles to Practice
 

Senthil Kumar
Enterprise Data Architect, World Vision International

M1. AI Value & Strategy Stage

2:00 PM – 2:20 PM

Stories that Stick: Driving Stakeholder Engagement in Modern Data & AI Governance
 

Ajay Mathur
Data Governance Leader, Motability Operations

M2. Modern Data Strategy Stage

2:00 PM – 2:20 PM

Driving Real Impact with AI: An Innovation & Prioritization Framework
 

Piyushkumar Jain
Senior Manager – Group AI , Prudential plc

M3. Business and Data Analytics Stage

2:00 PM – 2:20 PM

Driving Operational Efficiency and Customer Experience with AI and Generative AI
 

Mei-Lyn Ong
SVP, Data Science Lead, DBS Bank

M4. Machine Learning & Generative AI Stage

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Zoho Analytics: AI-Powered Self-Service BI & Analytics Platform
 
Wx Workshop Sessions

2:30 PM – 2:50 PM

Demystify Generative AI: Creating Maximum Impacts with AI and Gen AI
 

Irvan Bastian Arief
VP of Data Science, Machine Learning Engineering, Technology Payment, Refund, Order and Growth, tiket.com

M1. AI Value & Strategy Stage

2:30 PM – 2:50 PM

Data as a Product: Transforming Insights into Innovation
 

SU JELLA
BOARD MEMBER, WOMEN’S TENNIS FOUNDATION

M2. Modern Data Strategy Stage

2:30 PM – 2:50 PM

Insight Through Numbers: Harnessing Statistics for Smarter Outcomes
 

Grace Ngu Sook Ern
Senior Data Scientist, Micron Technology

M3. Business and Data Analytics Stage

2:30 PM – 2:50 PM

Leveraging Unstructured Data to Improve Customer Experience
 
M3. Business and Data Analytics Stage

2:30 PM – 2:50 PM

Operationalising AI/ML for Business Impact: Lessons from Analytics Use Cases
 

Nurul Asyikeen Binte Azhar
Senior Data Scientist , Data & Analytics, Rio Tinto

M3. Business and Data Analytics Stage

2:30 PM – 2:50 PM

Transforming Data Collection Through AI Automation
 

Daniel Sim Tze Wei
Deputy Director, Ministry of Manpower

M4. Machine Learning & Generative AI Stage

3:00 PM – 3:20 PM

Leading Digital and AI in Health Transformation in Singapore
 

Matthew Chin Heng Chua
DEPUTY DIRECTOR, DIGITAL AND SMART HEALTH OFFICE, NATIONAL HEALTHCARE GROUP

M1. AI Value & Strategy Stage

3:00 PM – 3:20 PM

Data Governance Laws and Regulations: A Focus on APAC and EMEA Regions
 

Pooja Damodaran
Vice President, Business Development and Legal, Siechem Technologies Private Limited

M2. Modern Data Strategy Stage

3:00 PM – 3:20 PM

From Data Driven Banking to AI Driven Banking
 

Biswanath Banik
Chief Data Officer, Tonik Digital Bank

M3. Business and Data Analytics Stage

3:00 PM – 3:20 PM

From Information Overload to Intelligence: Implementing Graph-Enhanced RAG Systems for Technical Knowledge
 

Courtlin Holt-Nguyen
Head of Data and AI, QIMA

M4. Machine Learning & Generative AI Stage

4:00 PM – 4:30 PM

[TIP – VeloDB] Three Key Use Cases and Excellent Performance of VeloDB Cloud

4:00 PM – 4:30 PM

[TIP – Zoho] AI-Powered Self-Service BI & Analytics Platform: A deep dive into Zoho Analytics

4:30 PM – 4:50 PM

AI for Smarter Investing: Enabling Better Trades for Everyone
 

Gaëtan Spaey
Data Scientist, AI Lab, OCBC

M1. AI Value & Strategy Stage

4:30 PM – 4:50 PM

Context is King: Architecting the Agentic Enterprise
 

Pawan Darda
CTO, Pelago

M2. Modern Data Strategy Stage

4:30 PM – 4:50 PM

Beyond Data-Driven Insights – Embracing Decision-Centric Practices
 

Neha Joshi
Head of Data, Sph Media

M3. Business and Data Analytics Stage

4:30 PM – 4:50 PM

Data as the Compass: Driving Success in the Maritime Industry
 

Balaji Sri Raj
Data Science Manager, PSA International Pvt Ltd

M4. Machine Learning & Generative AI Stage

5:00 PM – 5:20 PM

The AI Advantage: Measuring Impact Through Strategic Metrics
 

Praveen Govindaraj
Lead AI Engineer, Singtel

M1. AI Value & Strategy Stage

5:00 PM – 5:20 PM

Innovating Data Strategies: Building Resilient and Scalable Architectures
 

Budiman Bujang
Deputy Chief Digital Officer, Johor Corporation

M2. Modern Data Strategy Stage

5:00 PM – 5:20 PM

The Role of Synthetic Data in Model Evaluation: When LLMs Score LLMs
 

Tony Zhang
Senior Manager, GenAI Senior Data Scientist, Manulife

M4. Machine Learning & Generative AI Stage

Speakers

William Tjhi
Head of Applied Research for Foundation Models | AI Singapore | Singapore

Location

Equarius Hotel, Resorts World Sentosa, Singapore

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