KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Pascal Bornet
Global AI & Automation Expert · Best-Selling Author · Top 10 World Influencer
Pascal Bornet is one of the world's leading authorities on artificial intelligence and automation — consistently ranked among the top 10 global influencers in his field. A former McKinsey partner and pioneer of Intelligent Automation, he has advised hundreds of organisations across five continents on how to harness technology to generate real, measurable value.
His body of work spans four best-selling books that have shaped the global conversation on AI: Intelligent Automation (2020), Irreplaceable (2024), Agentic Artificial Intelligence (2025), and his latest work, The Human-Agent Orchestrator (2026) — a leadership guide for scaling AI-driven organisations built from four years of research across 432 organisations.
Pascal has worked with organisations across the Asia Pacific and brings a specific perspective on the regulatory, workforce, and competitive dynamics facing leaders in the region.
He delivers over 100 keynotes every year, contributing to Forbes, McKinsey Quarterly, the World Economic Forum, Bloomberg and VentureBeat. Pascal's core conviction: the greatest value of AI lies not in replacing people, but in enabling them to be more human.
The Fire-Side Chat
Direct access. No filter.
Following the keynote, Pascal is joined by two leaders who are actively shaping enterprise AI adoption at scale — for an unscripted, candid conversation on what's actually working, what isn't, and what APAC IT leaders need to hear right now.
Naren Gangavarapu is an award-winning executive with over 25 years of experience translating technology strategy into measurable business outcomes. He has led large-scale digital transformation programs across complex service industries — including rail, roads, maritime, planning, and environment — spanning both public and private sectors.
Pedro Carrilho leads PhoenixDX's work at the intersection of AI, automation, and enterprise transformation across the APAC region. He brings a practitioner's lens to the conversation — grounded in the realities of what it takes for organisations to move from AI experimentation to genuine competitive advantage.
Venues
Three Cities. One Conversation.
Each city's onsite experience is hosted at a curated five-star venue — designed for the kind of candid, peer-level exchange that only happens in a private, intimate setting.
Sydney
New South Wales, Australia
Melbourne
Victoria, Australia
Singapore
SingaporeOrganised by
PhoenixDX builds AI-powered software solutions for enterprise organisations across APAC - from agentic AI deployment to legacy modernisation projects delivering tangible business value. Clients include Victoria Police, Optus, the New South Wales Department of Communities and Justice, and Pepper Money.
In partnership with
OutSystems is the Agentic Systems Platform built for the enterprise. Global organisations trust OutSystems to rapidly build mission-critical apps and agents, modernise legacy processes with agentic systems, and govern their entire AI portfolio across complex regulatory environments, all on a unified platform.
Supported by
We+ delivers digital transformation, product engineering and AI-driven automation at scale, with dedicated delivery teams across Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and Malaysia. Part of the Alan Allman Associates ecosystem, We+ works alongside PhoenixDX and OutSystems to bring strategy and platform to life, and at regional scale.