IDC and Darwinbox Executive Roundtable
Optimizing for AI Architecture in the era of Agentic Debt
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AI has moved beyond the pilot stage, yet most enterprises still struggle to scale it across the business. Join IDC and Darwinbox for a closed-door roundtable bringing together senior CIOs in Malaysia to tackle this challenge head-on.
This is a rare opportunity to step away from the day-to-day and exchange candid, practical insights with peers navigating the same pressures: fragmented data, legacy integration, and the push to prove measurable ROI. Discussions will cover where AI is delivering real impact, how to embed it into employee workflows, and how to prioritise use cases that scale.
Designed exclusively for senior technology leaders, this session offers a confidential setting to benchmark strategies, learn from real-world experience, and build practical next steps for operationalising AI at your organisation.
Strategic Discussion Areas
Where AI initiatives are delivering real impact and where they’re stalling
Tackling data quality, context, and the often-overlooked groundwork behind successful AI
Integrating AI into legacy environments without disrupting core operations
Embedding AI into employee workflows to drive adoption, productivity, and experience
Prioritising and scaling the right use cases to drive measurable business outcomes
Agenda
The New Era of AI Operations
One Day Event
Registration & Networking
Welcome Address
AI-Driven Operations: Building a Unified Human–Machine Operating Model
Dr. Christopher Lee Marshall
Vice President, Financial Insights, IDC
Running an AI-Native Enterprise: From Experimentation to Execution with Governance and Scale
Aditya Ashokkumar
Director – Global Technology Solutions and CIO Advisory, Darwinbox
Open Discussion
Summary & Closing
Lunch & Networking
Speakers
Dr. Christopher Lee Marshall
Vice President, Financial Insights
IDC
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Dr. Christopher Lee Marshall
Dr. Chris Marshall is Program Vice President for IDC Asia Pacific, responsible for the Analytics, Big Data and Artificial Intelligence practice. Dr. Marshall’s core research coverage includes the development of Data Analytics and Machine Learning competencies and their implications – the threats and opportunities facing organizations as they seek to augment and automate their knowledge-based work.
Previously, Chris was a senior executive in IBM Watson Financial Services where he led their AI-enabled risk and analytics practice in Asia. Before joining IBM, he held senior business development and management roles in big data and analytics at KPMG, Oracle and UBS.
- MA in Theoretical Physics from Cambridge University.
- MBA from University of Chicago
- Doctor of Business Administration from Harvard Business School
- Professor of Computer Science at National University of Singapore.
- Co-Founder and Director of NUS Program for Research in Intelligent Systems
- Co-Founder and Director of NUS Risk Management Institute
- Author of widely used textbook on Operational Analytics
- Frequent speaker, presenter and moderator at industry conferences
Aditya Ashokkumar
Director – Global Technology Solutions and CIO Advisory
Darwinbox
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Aditya Ashokkumar
At the helm of Darwinbox’s Global Technology Solutions, my focus is on steering Darwinbox’s GenAI technology solutioning of our capabilities, leading Agentic AI Pilot solution scope, driving solution conversations with MCP server, leading AI governance and evals following expert IT application integrations delivered through our extensibility architecture.
Held ownership to drive Darwinbox’s integration builder extensibility “Darwinbox studio” and the pursuit of automation at scale is leveraged to deliver employee experience cutting across workflows in organization.
The consulting and advisory org I forefront also spread across the domains of Cloud hosting and architecting, Infrastructure and Monitoring advisory, Cybersecurity and Geographical compliances.
Led and delivered enterprise target state architecture leading to measurable business outcomes with a team of 12 consultants involved in both pre and post solution architecting across NORAM, EMEA,MENA and APAC realising substantial ROI for clients and fostering a culture of technological excellence.
Key Business and IT metrics impacted includes : Process Turn around time, Deployment time of a process and Optimisation of TCO in support and maintenance of software development operations.
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Darwinbox
A new-age, enterprise-ready, HCM platform that enables enterprises to automate day-to-day HR processes, simplifies human interactions, and delivers actionable insights to build better workplaces.
Venue
Four Seasons Hotel Kuala Lumpur
Room: Ballroom 1
Warisan Merdeka Tower, Presint Merdeka 118, Wilayah Persekutuan, 50118 Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur
Experience unparalleled luxury at Four Seasons Hotel Kuala Lumpur in the heart of Malaysia’s dynamic capital, just steps away from the KLCC shopping complex and Petronas Twin Towers. Surrounded by vibrant multicultural energy, our Hotel takes centre stage with its unique blend of panache and sophistication, combining extraordinary dining experiences, sleek and spacious accommodations, and legendary Four Seasons service. Our Hotel exudes success and style in the city, embodying the essence of upscale urban living in Kuala Lumpur.