Conference Schedule

9:00 AM - 9:10 AM Welcome Address: Capital, Innovation & Scale in the New APAC Economy

• 
  Sachin Marya
  Editorial Director, Entrepreneur APAC

9:10 AM - 9:30 AM Opening Keynote — Singapore as APAC’s Capital Gateway

• Singapore’s role in routing global capital into Southeast Asia
• Regulatory strength and business confidence
• The future of ASEAN as a growth engine

• 
  Patrick Lim
  CEO, Action Community for Entrepreneurship (ACE.SG)

9:30 AM - 10:10 AM Panel 1 — Banking & Business Finance - Financing Growth Across ASEAN

• Evolution of SME and mid-market lending
• Trade finance and cross-border credit
• Digital transformation in banking
• Financing regional expansion

Speakers:

• 
  Dennis Kuah
  Head of Product and Strategy, SME Banking, Standard Chartered Singapore
• 
  Larry Beck
  Chief Technology Advisor, Asia Pacific, Transient.Ai
• 
  Pei-Si Lai
  Group Chief Executive Officer, GXS Bank
• 
  Christophe Numa
  CEO, Gauld
  (Moderator)

10:10 AM - 10:50 AM Panel 2 — Funding & Capital - Private Credit, Family Offices & Growth Capital

• Rise of private credit in APAC
• Family offices and direct investments
• Alternative financing models
• Growth capital opportunities

Speakers:

• 
  Magnus Grimeland
  Chief Executive Officer & Founder, Antler
• 
  Saemin Ahn
  Managing Partner, Rakuten Capital
• 
  Wei Hsien Chan
  Managing Director, Private Credit, SeaTown Holdings
• 
  Arun Pai
  Partner - Monk's Hill Ventures
• 
  Samuel Rhee
  Co-founder, Chairman & Group Chief Investment Officer, Endowus
• 
  Evonne Tan
  CEO, Asia, Schroders Wealth Management (Moderator)

10:50 AM - 11:05 AM Coffee & Networking Break

Session Partner

11:05 AM - 11:45 AM Panel 3 — Startup Scale - Building Category Leaders in Southeast Asia

• Scaling beyond founder-led growth
• Building defensible businesses
• Regional expansion strategies
• Lessons from ASEAN scaleups

Speakers:

• 
  Ray Chohan
  Co-Founder, Patsnap
• 
  Keppell Smith
  GM-Asia Head, Heidi Health Group
• 
  Fannie Soubiele
  Head of Venture Capital Business Development, Google Cloud
• 
  Dr. Byung Joon (BJ) Han, PhD
  Co-founder, Board Director & CEO, Silicon Box
• 
  Dr Kenneth Lee
  Founder and Medical Director, Dr Plus Pte Ltd
• 
  Joash Lee
  Founder & CEO, Sedifly
• 
  Allison Nam
  Co-Founder & CCO, Nandina REM
  (Moderator)

11:45 AM - 12:25 PM Panel 4 — Corporate Innovation - How Enterprises Partner with Startups

• Open innovation models
• Corporate venture initiatives
• AI transformation inside enterprises
• Building innovation ecosystems

Speakers:

• 
  Ng Tian Chong
  CEO, Singtel Singapore
• 
  Johnson Poh
  Assistant CEO, IMDA
• 
  Amanda Ong
  CEO, Singapore, Arta Finance
• 
  Mike Maté
  General Partner, Kickstart Ventures
• 
  Sanjay Roy
  Managing Director- South East Asia and Oceania (SEAO), PUMA Group
• 
  Jeremy Choong
  Founder and CCO, Vivogenix Health (Moderator)

12:25 PM – 1:25 PM Networking Lunch

Session Partner

1:25 PM - 2:05 PM Panel 5 — Enterprise Growth - Building Regional Champions Across ASEAN

• Scaling from one market to many
• Leadership and organizational transformation
• Regional branding and positioning
• Growth through M&A and partnerships

Speakers:

• 
  Sayne Nicholas Tham
  Founder, Group CEO and Managing Director, Dieselmech Group
• 
  Martin Siah
  Singapore CEO and Southeast Asia head of Corporate and Investment Banking, Bank of America.
• 
  Nandini Joshi
  Deputy CEO, StashAway
• 
  Utsav Garg
  Managing Director, Head of Southeast Asia and Australia, Alvarez & Marsal
• 
  Sriram Ved
  Vice President and General Manager, Asia-Pacific (APAC), Deepgram
• 
  Oliver Tan
  MD, Rezolve Ai (Moderator)