AI & Data Summit MY – Agenda

Agenda

AI & Data Summit Malaysia 2026

One Day Event

8:00AM

Registration and Networking

9:30AM

Welcome Address

Dr. Christopher Lee Marshall

Dr. Christopher Lee Marshall

Research Vice President, Worldwide Enterprise AI, IDC

9:35AM

IDC Keynote: The AI Moment: Strategies for CIOs

Discover how autonomous enterprises can unlock productivity gains through self optimizing AI systems and intelligent automations.

Dr. Christopher Lee Marshall

Dr. Christopher Lee Marshall

Research Vice President, Worldwide Enterprise AI, IDC

9:55AM

Navigating Complexity: Simplifying the Tech Buying Process

Explore strategies for making smarter technology decisions while balancing innovation, business value, risk and long-term scalability.

10:15AM

Ask Questions, Rate Session & Stand a Chance to Win a Wireless Charge

10:20AM

Securing Web, APIs, and AI in the Post-Mythos Era

The threat landscape is expanding faster than security teams can respond, driven by the rise of AI agents as both users and adversaries, unchecked API growth, enterprise AI adoption outpacing its own security, and quantum harvesting already underway. Together with F5, explore the market trends shaping this expansion, where they converge on your single greatest risk surface—the applications, APIs, and AI models that run your business—and how the summit sessions map to defending it.

Chin LIM

Chin LIM

Senior Director, ASEAN, F5

10:30AM

Ask Questions, Rate Session & Stand a Chance to Win a Apple AirTags

10:35AM

Scaling for Success: The Age of Inferencing 

Explore how organizations are optimizing AI inferencing to deliver scalable, cost-efficient, and real-time business intelligence.

10:55AM

Roundtable Discussion: Building the Infrastructure for Agentic AI at Scale

11:15AM

Roundtable Discussion: The Self-Driving Enterprise: Real-World Use Cases for AI Agents

11:35AM

Panel Discussion: Scaling AI: From Pilot Projects to Enterprise-Wide Transformation

Many organizations have successfully launched AI pilots, but few have scaled them across the enterprise. This panel will explore the technology foundations, operating models, governance practices, and leadership strategies required to operationalize AI securely and consistently across complex business environments.

Dr. Christopher Lee Marshall

Dr. Christopher Lee Marshall

Research Vice President, Worldwide Enterprise AI, IDC

Wan Hock Wei

Wan Hock Wei

Chief Information Officer, Sunway Group

Alain Boey

Alain Boey

Chief Operating Officer, Citadel Group

Alex Chi

Alex Chi

Chief Information and Digital Officer, S P Setia Berhad

Dr Keeratpal Singh

Dr Keeratpal Singh

Chief AI and Data Officer, Worldline

12:15PM

Tea/ Coffee & Networking Break

12:40PM

Platinum Partner Sessions

Start of Session Raffle

Platinum Sessions

12:45PM – 1:00PM

AI in Action: Building AI-Assisted Network Operations and Decision Systems

FS Hue

FS Hue

Regional Solution Architect, BlueCat Networks

1:00PM – 1:05PM

Ask Questions, Rate Session & Stand a Chance to Win a JBL Soundgear

1:05PM – 1:15PM

Sovereign AI Starts with Your Data: Building a Lakehouse and Semantic Layer for Enterprise Intelligence

Saurabh Kothari

Saurabh Kothari

Director of Sales, Rocket Software

1:15PM – 1:20PM

Ask Questions, Rate Session & Stand a Chance to Win a JBL Soundgear

1:20PM – 1:30PM

Beyond the Technology: Enhancing Digital Experiences for CIOs

1:30PM – 1:35PM

Ask Questions, Rate Session & Stand a Chance to Win a JBL Soundgear

1:35PM

Felicitation of Partners / Speakers

1:45PM

Summary & Close

1:55PM

Lunch & Networking