WAIC 2025
China-ASEAN AI Forum
中国-东盟 AI 论坛
Advocating Trustworthy AI Business with AI for Humanity
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- 28 July 2025 | 1:30pm-17:30pm
- Shanghai，China
Main Organizer
Executive Organizer
Co-Organisers
Knowledge Partner
Technology Partners
Ecosystem Partners
Forum Background
Consecutive Fifth Year of China-Singapore-ASEAN AI Forum
“ 1+1+N ” Bilateral and Multilateral International AI Ecosystem Dialogue and Collaboration
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Advocating AI for Humanity
China-ASEAN AI Collaboration
Mutual Metamorphosis for AI for Humanity
The WAIC China-ASEAN AI Forum 2025, themed “ Advocating Trustworthy AI Business with AI for Humanity ”, will bring together technical experts, business leaders, policymakers, investors, family offices, and representatives from international organizations from China and ASEAN.
The forum will continue to uphold the philosophy of ” AI for Humanity ” and ” Sustainable AI ” focusing on the two core topics of ” Building Bilateral AI for Humanity Ecosystem ” and “Empowering Trustworthy AI Business“.
We will explore the multilateral cross border collaboration in the fields of large language and reasoning hybrid AI model and robotics, as well as how to build trustworthy products from three dimensions: technology, business, and governance.
The forum aims to provide a platform for in-depth discussion and exchange, promoting cooperation and innovation in the field of artificial intelligence between China and ASEAN.
Our Forum Will Focus on the 3 Pillars of Sustainable AI for Humanity:
1. Seizing Opportunities in China’s Emerging AI Innovations
2. Building Trust Through Bilateral Dialogue
3. Empowering Trusted AI for Global Business and Investment Expansion
AI Technology
Advancing from AI capabilities and concepts to the design of trustworthy products
AI Commercialization
Building trusted AI business products and practices and shaping sustainable brand trust
AI Governance
Strengthening bilateral governance frameworks through human-centered AI
2025 Guest-of-Honour ( To Invite )
Patrick Tay
Assistant Secretary-General of National Trade Union Congress (NTUC)
Member of Parliament
2025 Speakers
YB Gobind Singh Deo
Minister of Digital
Malaysia
Prof. Stella Christie, Ph.D
Vice Minister of Higher Education, Science, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia
Theodoros Evgeniou
Director, the INSEAD Executive Education programme, “Transforming your Business with AI”
Dr James Ong
Founder & Managing Director，AIII
International Advisor, WAIC
Adjunct Professor, SUTD & AI Mega Centre
Angela Zhao
Chairman, Huangpu River Capital
John Cai
Partner，AIII
International Advisor，WAIC
Venture Partner, Huangpu River Capital
Bruce Yang
Co-founder & CEO， Sapiens AI
Edwin Yap
CEO of Jemco Group and Founder of Mr.Robot
Bruce Xiong
GM of Overseas Markets, Agibot
Teh Sook Ling
Executive Director, Selangor Human Resource Development Center (SHRDC)
YBrs. Tuan Anuar Fariz bin Fadzil
CEO, Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC)
Huang Yan
Managing Partner, Lantern Capital
Prof. Ir. Ts. Dr Tan Chee Fai
Fellow, ASEAN Academy of Engineering & Technology (AAET) and Founding President, ASEAN Federation of Smart Industry (AI)
Dr. Liu Bin
Founder and General Manager, EndoVista
Prof. Felix JF Herth
Chairman and Head
Dep. of Pneumology and Critical Care Medicine
University of Heidelberg
Dr. Hon Hock Woon
Head of AI, Senior Vice President for AI & ML. AmBank Group
Mandy Jiang
Executive Director and CFO, Cloudtech Group
Zhehui Wang
CEO, QuantumCTek
Kevin Yang
Founder, Longway AI
Davide Cali
Founding Partner of Globale Capital (Vietnam) & Chief Advisor, National Startup Support Centre of Vietnam
Tay Woon Teck
President, The Society of Modern Management Singapore
Dr Tan Eng Han
Vice President, Asia Pacific，ACT Education Solutions
Frank Yuan
Managing Director，Accelerate Future Education
Grace Gao
Executive Director，UNITAR Global SDGs and Leadership Development Center
Nishtha Mehta
Change Facilitator | Innovation Leadership Coach，CollabCentral Consulting
Agenda
13:00PM - 13:30PM
Registration
13:30PM - 13:40PM
Session 1 – Opening
Sub-Theme: Charting a Human-Centric AI Future for China-ASEAN Collaboration
13:40PM - 14:40PM
Session 2 - GOH Leaders Keynotes
Session Theme: Global and Regional Leadership for a Responsible AI Era
14:40PM - 15:10PM
Session 3 - AI for Humanity Industry Initiatives
15:10PM - 15:40PM
Session 4 – Industry Visionaries’Keynotes
Session Theme: Trust and Governance for Collaboration: The Pillars of AI’s Future
15:40PM - 16:20PM
Session 5 – First Panel Session
Panel Topic: Bridging Trust: Building AI Business for Mutual Empowerment
Synopsis: Industry leaders explore cross-border collaboration strategies to co-create a trustworthy AI ecosystem by leveraging complementary strengths in talent, technology, commercialisation and governance between China and ASEAN
16:20PM - 16:50PM
Session 6 - Vertical Keynotes on Trustworthy AI Applications
Session Theme: Trustworthy AI in Action: From Smart Future Cities to Healthcare and Finance
16:50PM - 17:30PM
Session 7 – Second Panel Session
Panel Topic: Co-Creating Human-Centric Trustworthy AI Ecosystem with Novel Impact Investment and Business Model
Synopsis: Focused on the principle of human trust, China-ASEAN industry leaders discuss co-developing a trustworthy AI ecosystem through innovative business and impact investment models.
17:30PM - 17:35PM
Session 8 – Closing
Session Theme: A Shard Commitment to AI for Humanity: From Dialogue to Action
Thought Leadership and Foresights
AI for Humanity：
Building a Sustainable AI for the Future
The newly launched book “AI for Humanity: Building a Sustainable AI for the Future” that outlines three pillars of Sustainable AI: governance, technology, and commercialization with great emphasis on the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration, reveals the potential and risks of AI technology, and provides practical tools and frameworks to better understand and address the challenges and opportunities AI brings to human society.
Past Prominent Speakers: 2021 to 2024
Selective Subset of Speakers
Dr. Francesca Rossi
President, AAAI IBM Fellow & Global AI Ethics Leader A*STAR AI Fellow
Professor Gu Qingyang
Chairman, Tech4SDG Alliance, NUS LKY School of Public Policy
Professor David Lee
Chairman, Global Fintech Institute (GFI) Singapore, University of Social Sciences (SUSS)
Steve Hoffman
Founder & CEO, FOUNDER SPACE Silicon Valley
Professor Ron Howard
Professor Emeritus, Management Science & Engineering
Director, Stanford Decisions & Ethics Center
Dr. Otthein Herzog
AI Professor, Universitaet Bremen & Tongji University
Fellow of acatech – National German Academy of Science & Engineering
Dr. Ong Yew Soon
Chief AI Scientist of Singapore Agency for Science, Technology & Research (A*STAR)
NTU Chair Professor
IEEE Fellow
Dalith Steiger
Co-Founder & Managing Partner SwissCognitive
Oscar Ramos
General Partner
SOSV
Carlos Muñoz Ferrandis
Tech & Regulatory Affairs AI Counsel
Hugging Face
Jeth Lee
Director of Legal and Government Affairs
Microsoft
Dr. Simon See
Global Head, Nvidia AI Technology Center & Senior Director
NVIDIA Corporation
Dr. Liao Ming
VP, Data Science, BCG
Adjunct Prof, New York University, Shanghai
Di Yao
Head of Legal
Google Shanghai
James Lee
Managing Director
Vertex Growth Fund
Yan Huang
Managing Partner
Lantern Capital
Dr. Sean Zhou
Co-CEO
United Imaging Intelligence Inc
Dr. Luo Zhen
CEO
BaseBit Technologies
Andeed Ma
President
Risk and Insurance Management Association of Singapore (RIMAS)
Bright Yang
Vice GM
6789 Group
Dr. Fanglin Wang
Head of Research and Development
ADVANCE.AI
Prof. Ivor Tsang
Director
A*STAR CFAR
Ben Tian
Sec-Gen, Tech4SDG Alliance for Asia
Dean, SenseTime Intelligent Industry Research Institute
Dr. Viktar Fedaseyeu
Associate Prof of Finance
CEIBS
Past Events Highlights: 2021 to 2024
WAIC 2024
WAIC China-Singapore-ASEAN AI Forum：AI Metamorphosis for Multilateral Cross Border Collaboration
On July 6, 2024, the WAIC 2024 China-Singapore-ASEAN AI Forum was successfully held in Meeting Room X at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition Center.
Themed around “Two-Way Overseas Expansion and Mutual Transformation,” the forum focused on diversified tracks such as “AI Governance,” “AI + Two-Way Overseas Expansion,” “AI + Financial Technology,” and “AI + Venture Capital,” exploring the diverse applications and commercial prospects of AI technology. It promoted two-way cross-border cooperation models and actively advanced international collaboration and mutual benefits.
WAIC 2023
WAIC International AI Forum：Global Sustainable Development of AI
On the afternoon of July 7, 2023, the “WAIC International AI Forum” sponsored by Artificial Intelligence International Institute (AIII) was successfully held at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition Center, with the theme of ” Global Sustainable Development of AI “.
WAIC 2023
China-Singapore AI Forum：Governable AI for Humanity
On July 7, 2023, Singapore Week of Innovation and Technology (SWITCH) and Artificial Intelligence International Institute (AIII) jointly organized and successfully held the third consecutive “ WAIC China-Singapore AI Forum ” with the theme of ” Towards Governable AI for Humanity “.
WAIC 2022
China-Singapore AI Ecosystem Collaboration：AI4Good & AI Unicorns Dialogue
The WAIC x SWITCH China-Singapore AI Ecosystem Collaboration Forum is one of international AI forum that is highly watched and was held with great success on September 3.
WAIC 2021
International Round Table Webinar：Co-Shaping our Sustainable Future with AI
On June 22, 2021, the 2021 International Round Table Webinar was held successfully with 5 invited speakers and moderator from across the world from US, Europe, Singapore and China.
WAIC 2021
China-Singapore Innovation & Technology Forum：City Digital Transformation for Sustainable Living
China-Singapore Innovation and Technology Forum is one of the featured forums at WAIC 2021 and co-organised by East Best Lan Sheng (EBLS) Group, Singapore Week of Innovation and Technology (SWITCH) and Artificial Intelligence International Institute (AIII).
AIII Ecosystem Partners
