Date: 15 October 2025 (Wednesday)
Time: 08:30 - 14:00
Venue: Cordis Hong Kong
555 Shanghai Street
Mongkok, Kowloon
Enterprises in Hong Kong and across the region face a dual challenge: accelerating digital growth while building unshakable resilience. How will you secure today’s operations as you invest in tomorrow’s possibilities?
The Singtel Tech Forum 2025 cuts through the AI hype, exploring its real-world impact—how enterprises are applying it today and where it is headed next. This year’s forum dives deep into AI global adoption trends, insights from Singapore’s transformation, and the next wave of frontier technologies emerging from global innovation hubs.
Now in its 12th edition, the forum convenes 200+ industry leaders, security experts, and decision-makers from financial services, logistics, government, manufacturing, and beyond.
Through keynotes, live showcases, and an expert panel on cyber security and resilience, participants will gain:
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Actionable strategies for defending against evolving threats and ensuring compliance.
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The key to your digital infrastructure: Discover how CUBΣ solves today's most pressing business hurdles with integrated, secure, and intelligent solutions.
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A future lens on how AI, IoT, and technologies will evolve enterprise resilience.
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Opportunities to connect with peers and technology innovators driving regional transformation.
By addressing enterprise challenges with cutting-edge AI-ready solutions like CUBΣ, the forum equips enterprises with the clarity and confidence to build a secure roadmap for growth.
08:30 – 09:30
Registration, Welcome Coffee & Showcase Visit
09:30 – 09:35
Opening Remarks
Tim Chan
Managing Director of Greater China
Singtel
09:35 – 10:00
Opening Keynote: From Blueprint to Impact: Embracing AI and developing business strategies with a whole of organization mindset While many enterprises have an AI ambition, few have successfully advanced from experimentation to enterprisewide transformation. This keynote offers a practical blueprint for turning ambition into action, drawing on Singapore’s journey from vision to reality. Learn the frameworks for governance, talent, and ethical adoption that have positioned Singapore as a global leader in applied AI, shaping progress in healthcare, finance, and urban mobility. Attendees will discover: • How to build agile regulation that enables innovation. • Strategies for creating an AI-ready workforce. • A scalable blueprint for moving from pilot to production.
Kenny Yeo
Director, ICT practice,
Frost & Sullivan
10:00 – 10:25
Keynote 1: The Future of Connected Intelligence In today’s AI-driven world, networking goes beyond mere connectivity—it's about delivering high performance, scalability, and unwavering reliability to meet AI demands. Singtel’s CUBE is revolutionizing how businesses prepare their networks for AI workloads, enabling the creation of AI-ready infrastructure that supports both current needs and future innovations. As AI integration deepens across all business layers, networks must evolve intelligently, adapt dynamically, and ensure exceptional service delivery at scale. Join us to discover how AI integration across Fixed, Mobile, 5G, and Cloud ecosystems empowers customers to meet the rising demands of AI workloads with outstanding performance.
Kwang Yong Lee
Vice President, Enterprise Products
Singtel Singapore
10:25 – 10:50
Keynote 2: IoT & ESG: Scaling Global Impact with Connected Intelligence As enterprises scale globally, IoT is no longer about connecting devices—it’s about delivering meaningful impact. This session will showcase Singtel’s Global IoT Orchestration Platform, which enables zero-touch provisioning, regional compliance, and intelligent routing for large-scale IoT deployments that supporting ESG goals with real-time compliance and sustainability metrics.
Simon Lok
Senior Director, GC Solutions & Transformation, Customer Solutions
Singtel
10:50 – 11:20
Networking Break & Showcase Visit
11:20 – 11:45
Keynote 3: Shaping a Smarter & Sustainable Future with Byteplus Super AI The AI revolution is underpinned by scalable infrastructure and open ecosystems, powering the next generation of global enterprises. This keynote unveils the advanced compute engines and architectures of a leading global AI innovator, with deep R&D roots in one of the world’s largest digital markets. Discover how this industry leader is tackling AI’s toughest challenges while driving breakthroughs from autonomous driving to real-time multimodal AI. Attendees will learn: • How next-gen inference and training are achieving radical cost-efficiency. • The role of open-source ecosystems in accelerating innovation. • Blueprints for deploying scalable, mission-critical AI.
Jawn Lim
Regional Head of SA (GenAI)
BytePlus (a ByteDance company)
11:45 – 12:30
Panel Discussion: Securing Networks and Cyber Risks in the Age of AI As AI transforms enterprises and their networks, how can organisations innovate while maintaining robust cybersecurity? This interactive panel brings together industry leaders, cybersecurity experts, and Singtel executives to explore: • Managing AI-driven risks across enterprise networks • Securing hybrid East-West network environments • Detecting and mitigating AI-powered cyber threats • Balancing innovation, compliance, and resilience Gain actionable insights on building a secure, intelligent, and resilient network and cybersecurity posture in the AI-driven era.
Panel Chair:
Kenny Yeo, Director, ICT practice, Frost & Sullivan
Panellists:
John Lauderdale, CISO, Hong Kong Country Cybersecurity Lead, Citi
Vivian Poon, Head of Information Security, CLSA
Fiona Chua, Senior Director, SD & Cyber products, Singtel Singapore
Silvia Lam Ihensekhien, Director of Information Security and Risk Management, Swire Coca-Cola
Michael Lam, Transformation Architect, Greater Asia - Zscaler
12:30 – 14:00
Networking VIP Luncheon & Buffet Luncheon
