Prateek Vivek Samarth

Consultant, Subscription Factory BV

Prateek Vivek Samarth is a digital transformation consultant specializing in subscription management, billing, and payments. He leverages AI and technology to drive scalable business growth and guide complex transformations. With a robust technical and consulting background, Prateek delivers data-driven, practical strategies that enhance agility and impact. Committed to a continuous Learn–Unlearn–Relearn cycle, he passionately advocates for lifelong learning and sustained professional growth. Prateek is dedicated to advancing thought leadership in digital transformation and innovation.

Rob van Alphen

AI Advisor | AI Upskilling and Adoption, Singapore

Rob van Alphen is the founder and Managing Director of Polaris, an AI consultancy helping teams successfully navigate the coming age of AI by developing critical skills, mindset and capabilities. He is an expert keynote speaker and AI training facilitator having taught thousands of professionnals on generative AI and its impact on the future of business and communications. Rob helped launch the first global research report on the perception and adoption of genAI among communications professionals, and led the creation of Asia’s first PR industry AI Guidance.

Jorge Rodriguez

Founding Partner at Los Rethinkers, Spain

Jorge Rod is a seasoned professional with expertise in design thinking, innovation, and corporate transformation. As the founder of Artehoy Foundation, he has developed cultural transformation projects for high-profile clients like Sony Pictures and the Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Jorge co-founded Rethinkers and served as Director of the Master in Research for Design and Innovation at Elisava, where he designed and coordinated the program. He also directed the MaDE Master in Advanced Design Management Strategy & Entrepreneurship, preparing professionals to navigate dynamic product and service design environments.

Dr Dimitrios Salampasis

Emerging Tech & FinTech, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia

Rekha Rathi

SME- Digital Transformation, Amphenol, India

Rekha Rathi is a Lead Specialist and Subject Matter Expert in Digital Transformation at Amphenol USA, with over a decade of experience driving innovation through technology in global enterprises. Her expertise lies in Robotic Process Automation (RPA), the Microsoft O365 solutions, which she leverages to streamline operations and enable intelligent business processes. Rekha has held pivotal roles at Accenture, Tata Consultancy Services, and Wipro Digital, contributing to the integration of automation and AI-driven tools in enterprise strategy. At the forefront of digital innovation, she is committed to redefining leadership and operational models through transformative technologies.

Roger Do

CEO, Co-Founder, AI Managed Security Service QSearch (Dolyman Inc.), Singapore

With over 17 years of Asia Pacific experience, I specialize in brand management, digital marketing, omni-channel strategy, partnerships, and eCommerce. As a content creator and creative strategist, I bridge technical expertise with storytelling to drive commercial revenue, brand value, and market share. A passionate people developer and servant leader, I thrive in collaborative environments and enjoy inspiring diverse teams toward shared success. I’ve delivered impactful talks and training at top institutions including James Cook University, SMU, Hilton, PWC, and ISCA, and have been featured in media like Channel News Asia, Straits Times, and CH8. Let’s connect and explore how marketing, leadership, and innovation can shape the future—together.

Elena Overchuk

COO & Director, Middle East & Africa, Kyndryl, UAE

Elena Overchuk is a seasoned finance professional with over 20 years of international experience, currently serving as the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer at Kyndryl, an IBM spin-off. With an MBA from the University of Warwick’s Warwick Business School, she brings a strong strategic vision and technical expertise in financial practices. Throughout her career, Elena has excelled in leading global finance and operational excellence initiatives, particularly in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) and Central/Eastern Europe (CEE) markets. Her leadership has been pivotal in transforming businesses, achieving significant cost reductions, and driving compliance across diverse regions. Fluent in multiple languages, including English, French, German, Spanish, and Russian, Elena is known for her exceptional communication skills and ability to build strong relationships. She is passionate about mentoring future leaders and advocating for women in finance, emphasizing the importance of innovation and high values in achieving success. In her role at Kyndryl, Elena has successfully managed projects that resulted in zero compliance allegations for the first time in a decade and a remarkable reduction in cost overruns. Her commitment to excellence has earned her recognition as a key driver of profitability and growth within the organization. Elena’s journey reflects her dedication to fostering a culture of progress and collaboration, making her a respected leader in the finance community.

David Lee

Director of Lifestyle Cluster, NTUC LearningHub, Singapore

He was Digital Excellence Lead for SIRS-NYP, job role including strategic partnership for program with global digital commerce enterprise, evangelist, curriculum developer for Alibaba, Amazon, Tencent, Lazada, Qoo10, Singtel 99%SME; digital transform C-suite Asia Large Retail Groups, SME to run businesses in the eMarketplace. He's well connected with senior leaders of SSG, WSG, IMDA, Spring, Trade Associations, NTUC for researches, resources and outreach to 450,000 PMET and businesses. He is also in the National eCommerce Standards Working Committee. David is the digital commerce strategic transformational leader with previous senior leader positions in digital Omni-commerce, business development, channel sales, marketing and strategic alliance partnership with Sun, IBM, Oracles and Microsoft; worked in companies Hewlett Packard, Motorola, Dell and Electrolux Asia Pacific region. As a leader, he excels in managing groups to get things done and preserves harmony within by making everyone feels inclusive. Doing excellent job in business partnership strategies, negotiation and program management, setting priorities, processes and resources with visibility, predictability and empowerment for all the stakeholders and leadership team to perform. He was the Electrolux Corporate trainer for C-suite yearly executive strategic imperatives; qualified by Haygroup Korn Ferry management consulting. He was rated "Top Performer"- top 20% marketer in the Marketing Excellence Survey 2001 amongst 9000 managers worldwide from 250 top companies, including HP, IBM, Motorola, Shell, etc. His last two corporate executive roles were General Manager in BenQ South East Asia and Vice President in IPC Corporation Limited.

Carnellia Ajasin

Entrepreneur & Co-Founder, Frequencyy Capital, USA

Carnellia Ajasin is an accomplished executive with extensive experience in technology leadership, strategy, and investing. Currently serving as Co-Founder of Frequencyy Capital since November 2023, Ajasin also holds the position of General Partner/Founder at Futuryst Inc, a technology innovation and sustainability venture studio founded in April 2009. Additionally, Ajasin is a VC Investing Member at Portfolia, promoting investment funds led by Latinx and African-American women, and serves as an Entrepreneur in Residence at the Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC). Previous roles include Senior Manager in the CRM Practice at Oracle Corporation and Program Manager for SAP HR at Cap Gemini and Ernst & Young. Ajasin holds a Master's degree in Information Science & Computer Technology from Drexel University.

Tan Kwan Chet

Head, AI Advisory in AI Singapore

Tan Kwan Chet is a leading voice in the field of Artificial Intelligence, with a proven track record of helping organizations harness AI to drive innovation and impact. As Head of AI Advisory, he has led consultancy efforts that have transformed over 100 companies in just 3.5 years, delivering more than 30 high-value AI projects across diverse sectors. His strategic leadership has been instrumental in shaping national go-to-market strategies and guiding AI adoption at scale.

A trusted advisor to government agencies, Tan provides expert counsel on the design, evaluation, and implementation of AI systems. He also contributes to global initiatives such as the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI), where he champions the responsible and widespread adoption of AI, especially among SMEs.

With deep technical knowledge, a sharp strategic mind, and a passion for meaningful innovation, Tan Kwan Chet stands at the forefront of AI transformation in business and society.

Jyoti Pannu

Product Manager at Booking.com

Jyoti Pannu is a seasoned Product Manager at Booking.com, with 7.5 years of experience spanning product management and consulting across fintech, e-commerce, and digital strategy. She has previously held key roles at Binance, BUX, Flipkart, Cisco, Kearney, and McKinsey, where she specialized in growth hacking, partnerships, KYC optimization, and user experience enhancement.

At Binance, Jyoti focused on improving KYC and address verification rates for the Middle East and Africa region, while at BUX, she led a team to increase trading volumes in the European market. During her tenure at Flipkart, she worked on growth-driven A/B experiments to enhance customer engagement and developed mobile solutions for sellers to optimize their revenue.

A graduate of the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB), Jyoti combines her data-driven mindset, strategic problem-solving skills, and cross-functional collaboration expertise to drive impactful product innovations. She is passionate about leveraging AI and digital transformation to redefine business strategy and user experiences.

Vasilios Sarakiniotis

Global Media Activations Lead

He has contributed to small start-ups, unicorns, and global corporations. From being an individual contributor to leading end-to-end teams and driving growth via E-commerce Management and Performance & Media Marketing. Led digital transformation projects to secure better customer experience, turning insights into actual actions. With the tech capacity and understanding,g he briefed and implemented Martech projects to increase CVR, CLV, and AOV for new users/clients in collaboration with Product, Business Intelligence, and Tech Right now, he is developing and executing user acquisition and annual media-performance strategies across various organic and paid advertising channels such as paid search, paid media, affiliates, retargeting, and programmatic for double-digit markets with triple-digit millions of budget. He has successfully completed an M.Sc in Marketing at Groningen University, Netherlands, a Bachelor in Economics at Thessaloniki, Greece, and courses under the B.B.A. in KU Leuven, Campus Brussels.

Garima Mamgain

Product marketing leader

Garima Mamgain is a seasoned product marketing leader with over 13 years of expertise in B2B marketing, demand generation, and new product introductions. Currently serving as the Global Portfolio Leader at 3M Inc., she has successfully driven high-impact marketing initiatives across diverse industries, including automotive electrification and advanced materials. Garima specializes in full-funnel marketing, omnichannel content strategy, and social media amplification, leveraging tools like Salesforce, Adobe Analytics, and Brandwatch. Her strategic approach has consistently delivered strong ROI, including a 234% MROI on micro-influencer campaigns and a significant boost in organic content reach through employee advocacy programs. Prior to 3M, she led retail marketing transformation projects at Caterpillar Inc., spearheading digital and customer experience innovations across the Asia-Pacific region. Her experience also includes pivotal marketing roles at Volkswagen India and Audi, where she managed successful product launches and award-winning branding campaigns. Passionate about innovation and inclusive leadership, Garima fosters dynamic, high-performing teams across global markets, ensuring sustainable business growth and customer-centric impact.

Ashish Deshpande

ASEAN Sales Leader

Ashish Deshpande is a CX Evangelist based in Singapore with over two decades of experience across ASEAN and South Asia. Currently with HCLSoftware, he specializes in helping organizations elevate customer experience by leveraging connected data and AI. With a rich background spanning the FSI, FinTech, Telecom, and Public Sector industries, Ashish blends his deep technical expertise in digital marketing, big data, analytics, and integration solutions with a human-centric approach to sales and customer engagement. Garima specializes in full-funnel marketing, omnichannel content strategy, and social media amplification, leveraging tools like Salesforce, Adobe Analytics, and Brandwatch. Her strategic approach has consistently delivered strong ROI, including a 234% MROI on micro-influencer campaigns and a significant boost in organic content reach through employee advocacy programs. Prior to 3M, she led retail marketing transformation projects at Caterpillar Inc., spearheading digital and customer experience innovations across the Asia-Pacific region. Her experience also includes pivotal marketing roles at Volkswagen India and Audi, where she managed successful product launches and award-winning branding campaigns. Passionate about innovation and inclusive leadership, Garima fosters dynamic, high-performing teams across global markets, ensuring sustainable business growth and customer-centric impact.

Erik Cambria

Professor of Artificial Intelligence, Nanyang Technological University

Erik Cambria is the Founder of SenticNet, a Singapore-based company offering B2B sentiment analysis services, and a Professor at Nanyang Technological University, where he also holds the appointment of Provost Chair in Computer Science and Engineering. Prior to joining NTU, he worked at Microsoft Research Asia (Beijing) and HP Labs India (Bangalore) and earned his PhD through a joint programme between the University of Stirling and MIT Media Lab. His research focuses on neurosymbolic AI for explainable natural language processing in domains like sentiment analysis, dialogue systems, and financial forecasting. He is recipient of several awards, e.g., IEEE Outstanding Career Award, was listed among the AI's 10 to Watch, and was featured in Forbes as one of the 5 People Building Our AI Future. He is an IEEE Fellow, Associate Editor of many top-tier AI journals, e.g., Information Fusion and IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing, and is involved in various international conferences as keynote speaker, program chair and senior program committee member. One day however a small line of blind text by the name of Lorem Ipsum decided to leave for the far World of Grammar. The Big Oxmox advised her not to do so, because

Julian Sng

Chief Marketing Officer, Alola, Singapore

Ashish Deshpande is a CX Evangelist based in Singapore with over two decades of experience across ASEAN and South Asia. Currently with HCLSoftware, he specializes in helping organizations elevate customer experience by leveraging connected data and AI. With a rich background spanning the FSI, FinTech, Telecom, and Public Sector industries, Ashish blends his deep technical expertise in digital marketing, big data, analytics, and integration solutions with a human-centric approach to sales and customer engagement. Garima specializes in full-funnel marketing, omnichannel content strategy, and social media amplification, leveraging tools like Salesforce, Adobe Analytics, and Brandwatch. Her strategic approach has consistently delivered strong ROI, including a 234% MROI on micro-influencer campaigns and a significant boost in organic content reach through employee advocacy programs. Prior to 3M, she led retail marketing transformation projects at Caterpillar Inc., spearheading digital and customer experience innovations across the Asia-Pacific region. Her experience also includes pivotal marketing roles at Volkswagen India and Audi, where she managed successful product launches and award-winning branding campaigns. Passionate about innovation and inclusive leadership, Garima fosters dynamic, high-performing teams across global markets, ensuring sustainable business growth and customer-centric impact.

Arun Kumar Singh

Research Scientist (AI)- AI Research Centre, Woxsen University, India

Prof. Arun Kumar Singh is an accomplished AI researcher and educator, currently serving as a Research Scientist and Development Team Lead at the AI Research Centre, Woxsen University, Hyderabad, where he also holds a faculty position as Assistant Professor in the Department of Analytics. With extensive experience in artificial intelligence, computer vision, and deep learning, Prof. Singh has previously worked as a Data Research Scientist at Digit Insurance and as a Senior Research Fellow at the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, focusing on applications of drone and satellite imagery for infrastructure and agricultural monitoring. A certified instructor and University Ambassador for the NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute, he regularly delivers training on cutting-edge AI and data science technologies. Prof. Singh is also an IEEE Ambassador and has held leadership roles in various academic and industry outreach programs. His research contributions lie at the intersection of AI, business innovation, and image processing, making him a key thought leader in driving practical applications of machine learning in business and beyond.