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GITEX AI ASIA 2026 takes place April 9–10 at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore. Over 23,000 buyers, 750+ enterprises and startups, and delegations from more than 110 countries are expected — making it the most global tech and investment gathering in the region.
But what sets it apart is not just the scale. It is the structure.
The Co-Located Shows: Where the Action Actually Happens
Six industry-defining co-located shows form the backbone of the event, each covering a distinct layer of the tech and innovation landscape—and together, spanning everything from national policy to early-stage startup competitions.
- ASEAN CXO Club — For C-suite dialogue across Southeast Asia
- Digital Nations Asia Ministerial Roundtable — to shape national AI and digital transformation agendas
- The Accelerator Zone — Asia’s fastest-growing startup arena, built for visibility, traction, and early-stage momentum.
- AI Factory of the Future — Focused on enterprise AI at production scale. Real deployments, real infrastructure, real outcomes.
- GISEC Cyber Resilience Hub — The region’s premier cybersecurity gathering, focused on the security foundation every digital transformation depends on.
- Supernova Challenge — GITEX AI ASIA’s flagship annual pitch competition. Fierce competition from startups across Asia and neighboring markets, with a total prize pool of SGD 60,000 on the line.
The conversations happening across these six tracks don’t exist in silos. They feed into each other — and that cross-pollination is part of what makes the event valuable.
The Speaker Lineup
Spanning 170+ speakers across five stages, the roster covers government, enterprise, deep tech, and emerging markets. The names below are a fraction of the confirmed lineup — but they signal the level of the room clearly.
- Dian Siswarini, President Director, Telkom Indonesia — 2024 Forbes 50 Over 50 Asia honoree with 30+ years in telecoms and digital.
- Alvaro Garrido, COO & CIO, Standard Chartered — Key architect of the bank’s multi-year technology transformation, with a concurrent board seat at Mox Bank.
- Pedro Uria-Recio, Chief Data & AI Officer, CIMB — AI transformation leader driving large-scale deployment at Southeast Asia’s fifth-largest bank.
- Col. Clarence Cai, Commander Defence Cyber Command, Ministry of Defence Singapore — Overseeing cyber defence operations and capability strategy for the Singapore Armed Forces.
- Kotaro Tamura, Former Senator & Vice Minister, Japan — Architect of Abenomics, Japan’s flagship economic strategy under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
- Dr. Lea Milling Korsholm, Special Advisor – HealthTech, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Denmark — Molecular oncology PhD with publications in Nature Communications and JCO Precision Oncology.
- Dr. Zina Cinker, Director General, MATTER Group, UAE — Condensed matter physicist leading a 30-country deep science think tank with a track record of convening Nobel Laureates and global policymakers.
- Er. Bikash Gurung, Advisor – National IT and AI Committee, Nepal — Led Nepal to recognition as Asia’s most promising emerging robotics ecosystem, with USD $50M+ in cross-border research collaborations.
The full agenda spans 60+ hours of content across debates, panels, workshops, and certified trainings — with 35+ countries represented on stage.
Asia’s New Nexus for Global VC Investment
The speaker programme sets the intellectual context. But the investor programme discussed below is where that context translates into capital.
Over 250 institutional investors, VCs, CVCs, and angels from 30+ countries are expected on-site, collectively representing more than US$350B in AUM. They arrive with mandates, investment theses, and bandwidth for serious conversations.
The GITEX AI ASIA Investor Meeting Programme would provide a structured, vetted, and curated 1-1 matchmaking event where these investors would be connected with startups based on specific investment criteria.
Exhibiting startups would receive priority placement in the programme to give them a direct pipeline to capital.
For startup founders, that level of structured access is rare at any event – anywhere in the region.
Why It All Matters
Asia’s AI moment is already here. Policy frameworks are being drafted, enterprise deployments are scaling, and capital is moving. GITEX AI ASIA 2026 is where the people driving those decisions converge — and where the next chapter of the region’s digital economy gets written.
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