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AIS flagship academic conference under the theme 'Leapfrogging the Future with Artificial Intelligence,' convening top researchers and practitioners to examine how AI can accelerate development in emerging economies — putting Indonesia at the centre of the region's AI research agenda.

Annual ASEAN AI policy and innovation summit hosted by Malaysia. Ministerial-level delegations, national AI strategy presentations, and NAIO showcase. 2,000+ attendees from all 10 ASEAN member states.

Billed as the largest agentic AI hackathon in ASEAN, this 5-day builder sprint by GenAI Fund challenges ~2,000 developers to build and deploy enterprise-grade AI agents across 11 verticals — with Demo Day closing the week on actual deployment conversations, not just prototypes.

Academic conference on intelligent information systems, machine learning, and data engineering held in Bali. Co-located with related IT and engineering tracks drawing a regional Southeast Asia audience.

The Indonesia leg of the AI Revolution Summit series focuses on real-world AI use cases across industries, arriving as Indonesia pushes a five-pillar AI strategy and courts sovereign compute investment at scale.

Asia's largest ICT trade event. Significant AI and data infrastructure track covering ASEAN connectivity, sovereign cloud, and 5G-AI convergence. 20,000+ attendees, 600+ exhibitors.

Part of the Singapore Data Festival, this neutral expert-driven forum brings policymakers, legal practitioners, and technologists together to align on AI governance, data protection, and cross-border data-flow standards across the Asia-Pacific — with a dedicated AI governance training day on July 21.

First-ever ASEAN AI Hackathon, organized by Passage to ASEAN (P2A) and the ASEAN AI Council under the theme 'AI for a Resilient ASEAN: Innovation, Sustainability, and Humanity,' running from April through July 2026 across 150+ universities in the region.

Inaugural P2A/ASEAN AI Council hackathon spanning 150+ universities across ASEAN under the theme 'AI for a Resilient ASEAN: Innovation, Sustainability, and Humanity,' with mentorship from Google, Samsung, and Alibaba experts culminating in July 2026.

Regional ideathon by AngelHack empowering young innovators across Southeast Asia to build AI-driven solutions for social good. Aims to promote AI literacy, strengthen cross-border collaboration, and advance inclusive, sustainable AI for ASEAN communities.

First stop of Asia's #1 Conversational AI & CX Summit series. Focus on Agentic AI's impact on intelligent automation, large language models, voice technology, and real-world enterprise deployment across Southeast Asia.

An Open Hackathons / NVIDIA-ecosystem month-long virtual codefest focused on sovereign AI themes — directly relevant to SEA governments building domestic compute and AI capability outside US hyperscaler dependency.

Annual meeting of ASEAN digital economy ministers. 2026 agenda: DEFA AI provisions, cross-border data frameworks, digital infrastructure sovereignty.

Part of a Southeast Asia-wide AI Revolution Summit series also hitting Indonesia (Sep 22) and the Philippines (Oct 5), this Vietnam edition brings together business leaders, AI practitioners, and policymakers to examine real-world AI adoption and industry transformation across the region.

Part of the multi-country AI Revolution Summit series hitting Indonesia (Jul 16), Vietnam (Aug 13), Malaysia (Sep 22), and the Philippines (Oct 5), this one-day summit brings together enterprise leaders to explore practical AI adoption across ASEAN's fastest-growing digital economies.

Academic conference bringing together AI and software engineering researchers in Bangkok, part of a cluster of Southeast Asia-hosted IEEE-style technical events in August 2026 that collectively signal Thailand's growing role as a regional academic AI venue.

Bangkok edition of the ICMLC series focusing on machine learning and cybernetics research, one of three concurrent ICMLC venues in August 2026 and a marker of Thailand's expanding footprint in the Asia-Pacific ML conference circuit.

Peer-reviewed academic conference on AI research and software engineering methodologies, attracting international researchers and industry professionals to Bangkok.

Forrester's one-day Singapore forum gathers B2B marketing and technology leaders to work through AI adoption frameworks, responsible deployment strategies, and APAC-specific growth playbooks — directly relevant as SEA enterprises race to operationalize agentic AI.

Google Cloud's flagship Asia-Pacific event. ASEAN AI use cases, Vertex AI announcements, and customer stories from Grab, Gojek, Sea Group.

Kuala Lumpur-hosted academic conference on AI and data mining methods, arriving as Malaysia accelerates its AI Nation 2030 agenda and positions itself as a regional hub for AI infrastructure and talent development.

Two-day AI conference and expo co-located with TechInnovation, convening enterprise leaders, researchers, investors, and government agencies to accelerate AI commercialisation and cross-sector collaboration across Asia.

A three-city Southeast Asia series covering Conversational AI, Agentic AI, and generative AI with hands-on prompt-engineering workshops and live voice-tech demos; the Kuala Lumpur edition carries a special focus on agentic AI's impact on intelligent automation, making it a practical deployment forum for ASEAN enterprise builders.

Singapore leg of the Conversational Tech Summit Asia, spotlighting generative AI for automation and creativity, Agentic AI, and the future of human-AI collaboration, with live demos of voice tech and prompt engineering.

Vietnam's national AI summit. Focus: AI Law implementation, FPT AI Factory update, VinAI research showcase, and Vietnam's AI roadmap to 2030.

NVIDIA's flagship Asia technical conference. GPU architecture updates, robotics AI, autonomous systems. Major announcements for ASEAN DC partners. 5,000+ attendees.

Arriving weeks before Indonesia's October 2026 national GovTech AI platform launch, this Jakarta-anchored summit explores how AI is reshaping Indonesian business models, public-sector decision-making, and digital transformation at national scale.

The Malaysia edition of the AI Revolution Summit arrives as Kuala Lumpur hosts the new ASEAN AI Safety Network secretariat, making it a timely venue for governance, infrastructure, and enterprise AI conversations.

Trescon's flagship Southeast Asia AI event draws 1,000+ C-suite leaders and policymakers across four agenda tracks — AI Infrastructure & Sovereign Cloud, Enterprise AI Deployment, AI in Government & GLCs, and AI Security & Governance — directly tied to Malaysia's National AI Roadmap 2030.

Philippines-hosted ASEAN AI Summit under the 2026 Chairmanship with a dedicated focus on MSME AI adoption, aiming to translate regional AI policy ambitions into practical deployment frameworks for the bloc's 97%-MSME business landscape.

Jakarta leg of the Conversational Tech Summit Asia series, showcasing Conversational AI, Generative AI, and Agentic AI use cases across Indonesia's digital economy with hands-on demonstrations.

Premier virtual summit for Southeast Asia's cybersecurity executives, themed 'From Strategic Vision to Operational Excellence.' Covers AI-powered attacks, AI-native security operations, quantum computing risks, and evolving ASEAN regulatory environments.

Co-located with five other tech events at Marina Bay Sands, Big Data & AI World Asia is Singapore's flagship data-and-AI trade show, giving ASEAN enterprise and government buyers a single venue to evaluate AI platforms, infrastructure, and analytics solutions at scale.

World's largest fintech event. Significant AI-in-finance track. Central bank governors from all ASEAN nations. 60,000+ attendees.

The Philippines leg of the AI Revolution Summit convenes during ASEAN's 2026 chair year, spotlighting AI adoption aligned with the country's digital priorities and its role in shaping the ASEAN Digital Masterplan 2026–2030.

The Philippines leg of the AI Revolution Summit lands as Manila chairs ASEAN 2026 and advances its national digital priorities — providing a platform for AI enterprise and policy leaders during the Philippines' year in the regional spotlight.

Malaysia's flagship tech startup summit. AI unicorn track, NAIO showcase, ASEAN AI infrastructure investment forum. 5,000+ attendees.

2nd Asia AI Infrastructure Series event in Southeast Asia. Themed 'Adaptive and Trusted AI Infrastructure Powering Indonesia's Digital Future,' addressing Indonesia's presidential AI roadmap, AI safety regulations, and scalable data center development.

Amazon Web Services APAC edition. Bedrock and SageMaker ASEAN deployments, sovereign cloud announcements for Indonesia and Malaysia.

Co-located cluster of academic conferences in Bali covering machine learning and cybernetics, AI and technology, AI and cognitive science, and intelligent computing — one of Southeast Asia's largest academic AI gatherings.

Public-private dialogue session hosted by the ASEAN AI Safety Network secretariat in Kuala Lumpur. Focuses on AI capacity building, regulatory preparedness, and safeguard measures across ASEAN Member States, supported by the ASEAN-ICT Fund.

Salesforce-hosted summit for India and Southeast Asia exploring enterprise AI adoption via autonomous agents. Covers AI governance, Agentforce, Data Cloud, and how ASEAN organisations (29% of which have adopted AI) are scaling toward enterprise-wide transformation.

ASEAN Secretariat forum on AI governance. DEFA AI provisions update, Vietnam AI Law review, ASEAN AI Safety Network progress report.

ASEAN's largest tri-service defense expo. AI, autonomous systems, counter-drone dominant themes. 600+ companies, 30+ national pavilions, 28,000+ visitors.

Annual ADMM. AI in defense framework operationalization, ACICE expansion, maritime AI cooperation in the South China Sea.

The Economist Enterprise's Singapore edition brings together regional CDOs, AI practice heads, and enterprise leaders to debate AI strategy and data governance — a high-credibility forum for setting ASEAN enterprise AI benchmarks heading into 2027.

The 49th ASEAN Leaders' Summit is expected to conclude and sign the ASEAN Digital Economy Framework Agreement (DEFA) — the world's first region-wide digital economy pact covering AI governance, cross-border data flows, and e-commerce rules for a $300B+ digital economy.

Annual policy forum aligned with the Philippines' ASEAN Chairmanship 2026 priorities. Focuses on advancing DEFA negotiations, cross-border AI governance, and the ASEAN Digital Masterplan 2026–2030 implementation across member states.

Academic conference in Singapore on the latest advances in artificial intelligence and machine learning, covering deep learning, NLP, computer vision, and real-world AI applications relevant to the ASEAN digital economy.

World's largest fintech event. 60,000+ participants from 100+ countries. 2026 focus: AI governance, climate finance, cross-border payments, agentic AI in financial services.

Tech in Asia startup ecosystem summit. AI startup competition, investor panels, ASEAN AI ecosystem report launch. 3,000+ startup founders.

Philippines' premier cybersecurity and AI security event. ASEAN Chair 2026 edition — AI governance, counter-deepfake, DICT AI Skills Programme showcase.

Seventh edition of the ASEAN Digital Ministers' Meeting, hosted by Brunei. Expected to review progress on ADM 2030, ASEAN AI Safety Network activities, DEFA negotiations, and the region's AI governance and capacity-building agenda.

Singapore-based technical conference on machine learning theory and applied technology, positioned within Singapore's post-ASPIRE 2B sovereign-compute push to anchor regional AI research and commercialisation.

Academic conference covering advances in machine learning theory and applied technology, bringing together researchers and practitioners from across the Asia-Pacific region.

Apart Research's Global South AI Safety Hackathon with jam sites in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City hosted by AnToàn.AI (AI Safety Vietnam). Participants work on governance harmonization, safety evaluations for non-English LLMs, and region-specific risk assessments.

14th edition of IAIT, organized by KMUTT and IEEE Computational Intelligence Society Thailand Chapter. Theme: 'Trustworthy AI and Cybersecurity: Foundations for a Resilient Digital Future.' Marks the 30th anniversary of KMUTT's School of IT.

Flagship ASEAN AI event. Builders Summit, SuperAI Genesis startup competition (powered by OpenAI + Microsoft), Weights & Models AI leaders forum, AIM ASEAN online programme. 10,000+ attendees expected.

Five-day intensive build event bringing Southeast Asia's AI builders together to develop and deploy working agentic AI systems, with 1,100+ participants already registered — marking Vietnam as a live hub for practical AI agent development in ASEAN.

Final round of SEA's premier AI startup competition. Powered by OpenAI and Microsoft for Startups. Previous winner: Nanyang Biologics (graph neural networks for drug discovery).

Thailand's ETDA stages a dedicated AI Governance Week — tied to its freshly unveiled 2026 AI Governance Roadmap — bringing together regulators, industry, and civil society to set national and regional standards for responsible AI deployment.

High-profile regional AI and tech summit where governments, healthcare institutions, and ASEAN youth innovators presented practical AI projects targeting dementia care, rural education, and medical diagnostics. Featured executives from OpenAI, Amazon, NVIDIA, and researchers including Yoshua Bengio.

ASEAN leaders backed AI and digital economy as core priorities. Vietnam, Malaysia, Philippines cited as digital economy powerhouses. MSME digital transformation action plan 2026–2030 adopted.

IMDA flagship event. OpenAI committed SGD 300M+ and opened Singapore Applied AI Lab (first overseas lab). US-ASEAN AI Ministerial held on margins. AI Ready ASEAN Youth Challenge showcased. President Tharman as Guest-of-Honour.

First-ever US-ASEAN AI ministerial meeting. Convened by Under Secretary Jacob Helberg alongside ASEAN Digital Ministers. Launched "Road to 50 Years of US-ASEAN Relations." Discussed AI research, development, deployment.

Two-day summit organized by AI Global Insight focusing on AI infrastructure, computing power, AIGC, AI hardware, and AI ecosystem services across Southeast Asia's rapidly growing AI market.

First-ever ASEAN AI Hackathon organized by Passage to ASEAN (P2A) and the ASEAN AI Council. Theme: 'AI for a Resilient ASEAN: Innovation, Sustainability, and Humanity.' Open to university students across 150+ ASEAN institutions; tracks cover climate, health, smart cities, and education.

12th edition of IDC's premier ASEAN gathering for technology decision-makers. Focused on AI strategy, cloud, and cybersecurity as ICT investment in the region surpasses $170 billion, with AI spending growing 1.7× faster than overall digital tech.

5th edition. GovTech Singapore, Standard Chartered, ST Engineering, Chinabank as speakers. Enterprise data, AI, and advanced analytics focus.

Global AI Impact Summit attended by Southeast Asian delegations. 86 countries signed a joint declaration on responsible AI. Key implications for ASEAN's role in global AI governance were widely discussed by regional stakeholders.

Full-stack AI infrastructure event uniting government policymakers, private equity investors, hardware innovators, hyperscalers, and enterprise IT leaders across Southeast Asia. Covers data centers, edge computing, and GenAI deployment.

The flagship global AI research conference held in Southeast Asia for the first time, featuring technical paper sessions, workshops, tutorials, competitions, and invited speakers across all AI disciplines.

Sixth ASEAN Digital Ministers' Meeting under the theme 'ASEAN Adaptive: From Connectivity to Connected Intelligence.' Ministers adopted the Hanoi Digital Declaration and the ASEAN Digital Masterplan 2026–2030, with AI cooperation as a top priority.

Theme: "ASEAN Adaptive: From Connectivity to Connected Intelligence." Hanoi Digital Declaration adopted. AI Safety Network secretariat confirmed in KL. WG-AI intensifying policy harmonisation.

China and ASEAN opened Digital Academy and AI Innovation Center. Digital Silk Road framework pivots from 5G to AI. Goal: align China's 15th Five-Year Plan with ASEAN Digital Masterplan 2030.

A hands-on multi-city series by Altrusia Global Events covering Agentic AI, LLMs, and voice technology across Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta (plus Singapore), with live demos and prompt-engineering workshops targeted at enterprise decision-makers across SEA's two largest emerging markets.

A curated 200+ participant summit targeting policymakers and enterprise leaders on generative AI, smart manufacturing, and sustainable AI solutions — one of several policy-adjacent gatherings positioning Malaysia as the region's AI governance hub ahead of the anticipated AI Bill.

Part of a three-city ASEAN series (Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Jakarta) spotlighting Conversational AI, Agentic AI, and Generative AI through live demos and practitioner-led sessions focused on real-world enterprise deployment.

Indonesia leg of Altrusia Global Events' ASEAN Conversational AI series, covering Agentic AI, large language model personalisation, and voice technology for enterprise CX — significant for Indonesia's growing AI SME adoption push.

Singapore edition of the global AI Summit Series, co-located with ATxSG, focusing on AI governance, enterprise operational readiness, and responsible deployment at scale across APAC.

European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines forum convening policymakers, industry leaders, and EU experts around AI governance, sectoral deployment in finance and logistics, and opportunities tied to the Philippines' 2026 ASEAN Chairmanship digital agenda.

Three-city tour: Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Jakarta. Focus: agentic AI, LLM personalization, voice AI in SEA. Practical enterprise AI deployment emphasis.

Premier ASEAN startup and VC conference. AI track dominant. 10,000+ founders, investors, operators. Key networking event for ASEAN AI ecosystem.

Senior IT and business leaders across SG, TH, MY, PH, ID. ICT investments in region projected to surpass $170B. AI spending growing 1.7x faster than overall digital tech. Defining year for enterprise AI strategy.

AI cooperation framework reviewed. Human-in-loop doctrine reaffirmed. ACICE Malware Sharing Platform declared operational.

Record-breaking edition: 580 companies, 28 pavilions, 26,000+ visitors. AI and counter-UAS dominant procurement themes. Elang Hitam first flight announced.

Major AI defense announcements: Mistral AI + DSTA/DSO, Shield AI Hivemind, Anduril Lattice, DSTA-Thales C-UAS Co-Lab, Oracle sovereign defense cloud.

First ASEAN-wide AI summit. Hosted by Malaysia as ASEAN Chair. Sustainable & Inclusive AI theme. Governments, startups, research hubs from all 10 member states. ILMU LLM announced.

IMDA-led AI safety evaluation program. Evaluation report published Feb 2025. Builds regional AI safety evaluation capability and talent.

Inaugural edition. 10,000+ attendees, 300+ speakers, $500M in deals. Highlights: SEA-LION v3.5, OpenAI Singapore opening, Eureka Robotics Series A.

Formal adoption at ministerial level. Comprehensive strategic framework for responsible AI development across ASEAN. Builds on ASEAN Guide on AI Governance and Ethics (2024).

ASIA alliance: Anduril + Mahindra maritime autonomy, L3Harris + BEL sensors. Signals US-led autonomous defense architecture ASEAN must respond to.

First-ever ASEAN Defence Ministers Joint Statement on AI in Defense. Voluntary framework for AI cooperation and human-control principles.

Vietnam's premier tech summit. AI and digital sovereignty increasingly central. FPT, VNG, Viettel, government all present. Growing international attendance.

Indonesia's largest tech exhibition. AI, cloud, fintech, e-commerce. Growing AI startup pavilion. Government digital transformation showcase.

Government-backed innovation festival. AI startups, investors, government programs. Deep tech focus. Key ASEAN AI networking and deal-making event.

ERIA-organized award recognizing ASEAN startups using AI and zero-emission tech for sustainable impact. Finalists from all ASEAN member states.