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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Co-Organisers

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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

3 Pillars

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

Mr. Georg Kell

Founder of UN Global Compact

Chairman of Arabesque

(Invited)

YB Gobind Singh Deo

Minister of Digital

Malaysia

(Invited)

Prof. Stella Christie, Ph.D

Vice Minister of Higher Education, Science, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia

(Confirmed)

YBrs. Tuan Anuar Fariz bin Fadzil

CEO, Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC)

(Invited)

Theodoros Evgeniou

Director, the INSEAD Executive Education programme, “Transforming your Business with AI”

(Confirmed)

Prof. Ir. Ts. Dr Tan Chee Fai

Fellow, ASEAN Academy of Engineering & Technology (AAET) and Founding President, ASEAN Federation of Smart Industry (AI)

Angela Zhao

Chairman, Huangpu River Capital

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

Zhehui Wang

CEO, QuantumCTek

Kevin Yang

Founder, Longway AI

Dr James Ong

Founder & Managing Director,AIII

 International Advisor, WAIC

 Adjunct Professor, SUTD & AI Mega Centre 

John Cai

Partner,AIII

International Advisor,WAIC

Venture Partner, Huangpu River Capital

Renee Tan

Partner, AIII

Founder & Managing Director, Hashtaqs

Dr James Ong

Founder & Managing Director,AIII

 International Advisor, WAIC

 Adjunct Professor, SUTD & AI Mega Centre 

Renee Tan

Partner, AIII

Founder & Managing Director, Hashtaqs

Vincent Yu

Founder and Chairman of Sycamore Prima Capital

Sycamore Ventures Global Partner

Natalie Torin

Managing Director

Dunhill Ventures

Professor David Lee

Chairman,Global Fintech Institute (GFI)

Professor,Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS)

Carlos Marquerie Tamayo

CEO, Ainfinity Technologies

Partner, KDA Capabilities

Raymond Yuan

Founder and Chairman

CTH Group

Von Leong

Partner, AIII

Co-Founder, General Partner

Purpose Venture Capital

Brandon Peng Xiaoyu

Deputy Head, Advisory

Lumos Global Capital

Maryann Tseng

Head of International Capital Markets, and Senior MD of Strategic Investment

SenseTime

Steven Jiang

Vice President of Asia Pacific, AQ-Compute by Aquila Group

Sycamore Prima Capital Industry Partner

Chief Patrick

Founder, Clover Marketplace 2.0
Founder, Clover Net-Zero Fund
Founder & Chief, Clover Treasury
Patron (Climate Initiatives) ,  Indonesia Economic Forum

Tan Xinhui

General Partner

Paragon Ventures I Paragon Capital Management Singapore

Mark Mah

CEO and Co-Founder of FRACSIO

Partner of Tech Growth Ventures

LIU Yanjing

Deputy Dean, SAIRI

Representative of the Chairman, Global AI Centre of Excellence

Uli Hitzel

Founder

Electric Minds

Dr. Philippe Leduc

Chief of AI Engineering

Motion G

Cheryl Loh

Founder and Program Director

Coco Lab

Paulo Italiani

Founder and Design Director

Paulo Italiani Design

Tianyu Xu

Generative AI author and Founder

TYAI

Bjorn Selleg

Founder and CEO

seeyouAI

Andeed Ma

Co-Author for “AI for Humanity

President, Risk and Insurance Management Association of Singapore (RIMAS)

Vibhav Mithal

AI and IPR Lawyer

Associate Partner, Anand and Anand + Associate Research Fellow, Centre for Responsible AI, IIT Madras

Saad Siddiqui

AI Policy Researcher

Safe AI Forum

Rex Lam

AI Ethics, Inclusion and Policy Officer (Non-Profit)

Electric Minds

Keith Carter

Partner

KDA Capabilties

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 Policy Keynotes

Session Theme: Global and Regional Leadership for a Responsible AI Era

14:40PM - 15:25PM

Session 3 - Industry Visionaries’ Keynotes

Session Theme: Trust and Governance: The Pillars of AI’s Future

15:25PM - 15:40PM

Session 4 – Special Program

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: Human-Trust-Driven Collaboration: Co-Creating a New Impact Investment and Business Model for Trustworthy AI

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). 

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