WAIC 2026
AI for Humanity Forum for Asia
人本人工智能亚洲合作论坛
AI Metamophosis for Impact and Business Success
AI智启蝶变 · 影响力出海
- Tentative Date: July 3-5 2026 | 1:30pm-5:30pm
- Shanghai，China
Forum Organizations
(Invitation in Motion)
Main Organizer
Executive Organizer
Co-Organisers
Strategic Partners
Knowledge Partner
Technology Partners
Ecosystem Partners
Forum Background
The Sixth Consecutive AI International Forum:
China-Singapore-ASEAN-Asia
Multilateral International AI Ecosystem Conversation, Collaboration and Call-to-Action
WAIC 2025 China-ASEAN AI Forum
WAIC 2024 China-Singapore-ASEAN AI Forum
WAIC 2023 China-Singapore AI Forum & International AI Forum
Advocating AI for Humanity
AI Collaboration for Asia
AI Metamophosis for Impact and Business Success
This year, the WAIC 2026 AI for Humanity Forum – Asia will be held under the theme: “AI Metamorphosis for Impact and Business Success.”
The forum will convene a distinguished group of stakeholders from across Asia, including government leaders, policymakers, technology innovators, academic experts, entrepreneurs, investors, and representatives from international organisations.
Global thought leaders and practitioners will come together to explore how the AI for Humanity philosophy can serve as a foundational framework for transformation—balancing breakthrough technological innovation with commercial scalability, while embedding robust governance, ethical safeguards, and risk management through responsible investment.
Purpose and Outcomes:
The forum aims to catalyse meaningful, multilateral dialogue that translates into collaboration and concrete action. By advancing the principles of sustainable and responsible AI, it seeks to strengthen and expand the regional AI for Humanity ecosystem.
Ultimately, the forum will drive:
• Actionable and investable AI use cases that deliver both impact and commercial value
• Scalable impact initiatives aligned with societal and developmental priorities
• Venture and capital mobilisation towards responsible AI innovation
All efforts contribute towards a shared vision of advancing “AI for Humanity as UN SDG 18”—harnessing collective intelligence to shape a future where AI benefits humanity at scale.
Our Forum Will Focus on the Empowering Sustainable AI for Humanity Below:
1. Seizing Opportunities in Emerging AI and Robotics Innovations
2. Building Human Trust Via Multilateral 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 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.
人本人工智能：
用人本精神，培育出有机的人机共生智能
人工智能开发中有很多深刻的、令人不安的风险，例如深度伪造等，利润至上也容易将人工智能引向歧途。当人工智能发展越来越快，这些风险给人类前景蒙上了阴影。如何在企业、政府和其他社会组织中设计、构建、使用人工智能，使得人工智能以负责任、可持续和合乎道德的方式运行?本书深入探讨人工智能发展的三大支柱——治理、技术和商业化，从一般化的聊天软件到半智能武器系统，阐述在人工智能领域如何将技术和“人本”结合在一起，培育出有机的人机共生智能。
Past Prominent Speakers: 2021 to 2025
Selective Subset of 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
Jason Slater
Chief of AI, Digital and Innovation Officer,
UNIDO
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
Dr. Mariagrazia Squicciarini
Chief of Executive Office at the Social and Human Sciences Sector (SHS)
UNESCO
Dr. Marco Kamiya
Representative, Regional Office in Jakarta for Indonesia, Timor Leste and the Philippines
UNESCO
Sameer Hasija
Dean of Executive Education & Dean of the Asia Campus,
The Henry Ford Chaired Professor in Technology and Operations
INSEAD
Dr. Simon See
Global Head, Nvidia AI Technology Center & Senior Director
NVIDIA Corporation
Angela Zhao
Chairman, Huangpu River Capital
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. Zhaoli Song
Associate professor , School of Business
National University of Singapore
Prof Yeo Kiat Seng
Associate Provost
Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD)
Dr. Liu Jun
Assistant Professor
SUTD & AI Mega Centre
Dr. Roy Lee
Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) Assistant Professor
SUTD AI Mega Center Deputy Sector Lead (Industry)
Diana Ding
Chairperson of the Board、 Executive Director、CEO
Edensoft
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. Liao Ming
VP, Data Science, BCG
Adjunct Prof, New York University, Shanghai
Dr. Julien Lai
China CTO
NVIDIA
Dr. Xu Mingqiang
CTO, One Commercial Partner, Greater China Region
Microsoft
Di Yao
Head of Legal
Google Shanghai
William Chang
Chairman
Singapore Chamber of Commerce (SingCham), Shanghai
Liky Sutikno
Chairman
Indonesia Chamber of Commerce in China (InaCham)
Raymond Hong
Vice Chairman
Malaysia Chamber of Commerce (MayCham), Shanghai
Lydia Chen
Head of Greater
China Region，
Executive Education，
INSEAD
Ivy Pan
Vice President, JIRAN Group;
Vice President, JIRAN Thinktank;
CEO, JIRAN Sustainable Branding Institute
Stephanie King-Chung Hung
CIO and Director General, ITD
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Dr. Eliana Bejarano
PhD in law and IA ,
President and Founder, BeAi Foundation
Board Advisor, AiKiT
Former diplomat and partner of the Spanish law firm Cremades & Calvo Sotelo
Haihao Liu
Founder/CEO at Ternity Education, Machine Learning Researcher at Algoverse and PhD candidate at MIT
Maya Sherman
Innovation Attache, AI Expert and Embassy of Israel in India, GPAI-OECD
Judith Weinberger-Singh
Resident Representative, Hanns Seidel Foundation India
Sameer Gahlot
United Nations APAC Youth IGF Chair 2024 & Research Associate, National Internet Exchange of India
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
Vibhav Mithal
Al and IPR Lawyer
Associate Partner, Anand & Anand + Associate Research Fellow, Centre for Responsible Al, IIT Madras
Tan Siok Siok
AI for Humanity Co-Author, Filmmaker and Entrepreneur
Renee Tan
Managing Director & Founder Hashtaqs
Founder
HER® Entrepreneur
Von Leong
Co-Founder, General Partner
Purpose Venture Capital
Clemence Tan
Cybersecurity and AI Risk Management,
Partner, Cyber Professional Services and Solutions, NCS
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
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)
James Lee
Managing Director
Vertex Growth Fund
Bright Yang
Vice GM
6789 Group
Past Events Highlights: 2021 to 2025
WAIC 2025
WAIC China-ASEAN AI Forum：Advocate Trustworthy AI Business with AI for Humanity
On July 28, 2025, the WAIC 2025 China-ASEAN AI Forum opened in Room 1A of the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition Center. This marks the fifth consecutive year the forum has been held in Shanghai, aiming to further deepen dialogue and cooperation in artificial intelligence between China and ASEAN.
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).
