Keynote 3: AI Nations: Scaling Intelligence Across ASEAN

AI is rapidly becoming the intelligence layer of the digital economy. It is transforming industries, digital ser vices and the way economies operate. Across ASEAN, AI adoption is creating new opportunities for growth, competitiveness and innovation.  

But AI will not scale on ambition alone. It requires strong digital foundations: compute capacity, cloud infrastructure, AI-ready data centres, edge networks, high-quality connectivity, data ecosystems, governance frameworks, talent pipelines and sustainable investment models.  

This keynote will explore how ASEAN can build the foundations for an intelligent future. It will examine how governments, mobile operators, hyperscalers, technology leaders, and enterprises can work together to build scalable AI ecosystems and accelerate innovation across the region. The discussion will also focus on infrastructure, industry adoption, ecosystem collaboration and the role ASEAN can play in the global AI economy.