SUMMIT OVERVIEW
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Piloting AI is just the beginning - true transformation happens when AI scales across the business, securely. However scaling AI presents a myriad of challenges. Technically, issues such as data inconsistencies, inadequate infrastructure, integration complexities with existing systems and Cyber Security can pose significant challenges. Organizationally, resistance to change, skills gaps, and misalignment between AI goals and business objectives can impede widespread adoption. As CIOs and CISOs look to expand their Businesses’ AI capabilities securely, understanding the potential challenges is crucial for successful implementation.
Carrying the theme of “Scaling AI to Next Level, Securely: From Pilots to Enterprise-Wide Adoption”, the Summit this year aims to address common challenges and share real-world AI implementation cases, and equip CIOs with a roadmap for embedding AI into businesses and turn AI from a technical initiative into a business-wide advantage. A highly selective group of around 150+ CIOs, CISOs, CDOs, CxOs and Business and IT / IT Security Professionals attend this signature event every year.
SUMMIT DETAILS
Date:
Time:
Venue:
18 September 2025 (Thursday)
09:00 - 16:35
Cordis Hotel at Langham Place
555 Shanghai Street, Mongkok
Kowloon Hong Kong
PROGRAMME AGENDA
08:15 - 09:00
Registration, Showcase Visit and Networking
09:00 - 09:25
Opening Keynote: Architecting for AI Advantage As AI reshapes everything from operating models to automation platforms, digital leaders face conflicting pressures: scale versus control, speed versus stability, innovation versus integration. The challenge is no longer just adoption; it’s governance across a rapidly diversifying stack of models, tools, and agentic systems. In this keynote, [Forrester analyst Fred Giron/ Leslie Joseph/ Meng Liu] will unpack the real trade-offs CDOs and CTOs must navigate to move beyond pilot-stage AI and embed intelligence into the core architecture of the enterprise. You will learn how to build toward autonomous operations without sacrificing oversight, trust, or strategic flexibility.
09:25 - 09:50
Keynote 1: Deliver Real AI Impact: The CIO's Roadmap to AI-nomics
Senior Execuive from Diamond Sponsor
09:50 - 10:15
Keynote 2: Usher in the Future of Work with AI Agents Built for the Enterprise
Senior Execuive from Diamond Sponsor
10:15 - 10:40
Keynote 3: The AI Integration Challenge
10:40 - 11:05
Keynote 4: Bring Your Data to the Model: Building an AI-Ready Infrastructure
Senior Execuive from Diamond Sponsor
11:05 - 11:20
Morning Networking Break and Showcase Visit
11:20 - 11:45
Keynote 5: AI, Cybersecurity & Privacy – Managing Risk in a Hyper-Regulated and AI-Dependent World In this session we will address AI-driven cybersecurity threats, data protection challenges, cross-border flows and regulatory considerations, and share practical insights on the risks "AI in cyber and data" as well as the opportunities of "AI for cyber and data".
12:10 - 13:00
CXO Think Tank: The Matrix of Leadership : Transform from the Top The discovery areas of this Executive Panel: •AI is redefining leadership for proactive transformation. This session brings together senior leaders driving that shift from the top. •Explore how to integrate AI into enterprise strategy, foster innovation while maintaining control, and lead cultural change across complex organisations. •Real-world cases on how data-driven leadership is outperforming legacy models and what it takes to thrive in AI-powered ecosystems.
Panel Chair:
Executive Panelists:
Terrence Siu
Chief Information Officer, APAC
L'Occitane (Far East) Limited
General Manager, Business Analytics and Enquiry
The Hong Kong and China Gas Company (Towngas)
11:45 - 12:10
Keynote 6: Hyperautomation And The Intelligent Enterprise
Senior Execuive from Diamond Sponsor
13:00 - 14:15
Executive Luncheon Roundtables
Sponsored by Equinix
14:15 - 15:10
CISO Think Tank: Addressing the Growing Impact of AI-Powered Threats
Panel Chair:
Executive Panelists:
Chief Information Security Officer Hang Seng Bank
Dennis Lee
Executive Director and Head of IT Governance and Control, Asia Pacific
Nomura International
Managing Director, Group Head of Audit Cyber, Data Enterprise Technology
Standard Chartered Bank
Micky Lo
​Cyber Risk and Security Management
15:10 - 15:35
Keynote 7: Seizing Innovation or Ceasing to Exist — The Fallacy of AI Adoption
Senior Execuive from Platinum Sponsor
15:35 - 16:00
Keynote 8: From Cost to Capability: Elevating Security’s Role in Business Strategy
Senior Execuive from Platinum Sponsor
16:00 - 16:10
Afternoon Networking Break and Showcase Visit
16:10 - 16:35
Closing Keynote: Contracting for AI: What CIOs Should Know
Paul Haswell
Partner
Howse Williams
SPONSORS
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