Chairman’s Welcome Remarks

Panel Discussion: From IT Steward to Business Owner: Redefining the CIO’s Role in 2026/2027

In 2026, CIOs in Asia are no longer judged solely on system uptime or cost savings—they are expected to co-own digital products, influence revenue streams, and drive mission-critical outcomes. This session explores how top-performing CIOs are stepping beyond traditional IT boundaries to lead cross-functional business initiatives, manage digital P&Ls, and build careers anchored in enterprise impact rather than internal IT metrics.

• Redefining success metrics – from IT KPIs to business outcomes
• CIOs as digital product owners
• Framing and testing organisational models to fit the business model
• Skills and mindset shift for the expanded role
• Career pathways – stepping out of an established comfort zone

Keynote: Anticipating and Neutralising Threats Before It Happens with Preemptive Cybersecurity

With the expected rise in IT security spending on preemptive cybersecurity technologies and the escalating levels of danger, Singaporean companies will have to shift from reacting to preventing.

• Implementing preemptive cybersecurity to build resilience
• Leveraging emerging technologies to disrupt cyber criminals
• Understanding various methods to prevent and deceive attackers

Panel Discussion: Embedding AI-Driven Continuous Improvement in Business Operations

Moving beyond initial AI adoption requires organisations to establish continuous improvement cycles where AI iteratively enhances processes, customer experience, and operational efficiency. This session will examine best practices for creating sustainable AI value through feedback loops and overcoming organisational inertia, thereby delivering ongoing, measurable business impact beyond pilots and experiments.

• Designing AI feedback loops for continuous process improvement
• Overcoming organisational barriers to AI-driven change
• Integrating AI into business processes beyond pilots
• Measuring business impact and ROI of ongoing AI initiatives
• Leveraging AI for agile customer experience and operational efficiency

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Yasril Sjaf, Head of IT Division, PT Penjaminan Infrastruktur Indonesia Sudarto Unsurlany, Head of ICT Operations and Digitalisation, PT Petrosea Tbk

Morning Coffee Break & Networking

Keynote: Enabling Autonomous Workforce in 2026

By 2026, enterprise apps will feature task-specific AI Agents. In Indonesia, readiness barriers (talent, data quality, infrastructure) contrast global trends; prerequisites include AI literacy and Stranas KA-aligned upskilling for agentic capabilities.

• Agentic AI in 2026: Expectations vs. reality
• The future of agentic AI in enterprise applications
• Is your business ready for autonomous agents?
• Pre-requisites and approaches to implementing agentic AI
• Scaling agentic AI for competitive advantage

Panel Discussion: Operationalising Responsible AI: CIO Practices for Bias Mitigation and Ethical Deployment in Indonesia

In an era of accelerating AI adoption in Indonesia, operationalising responsible AI is essential for CIOs to mitigate risks, ensure regulatory compliance, build stakeholder trust, and sustain long-term innovation. This session delivers practical, actionable strategies to embed ethics into everyday AI deployment.

• Auditing third-party AI models for bias and ethical risks
• Selecting tools to deliver explainability that satisfies regulators and stakeholders
• Addressing cross-border data ethics challenges and governance steps to prevent AI misuse in operational environments
• Defining key metrics to measure ethical AI success and implementing effective team training programs on responsible AI practices
• Understanding regulatory influences on AI ethics approaches and identifying the single most impactful practice that has reduced ethical risks in real-world deployment

Allan Tan, Group Editor-in-Chief, Cxociety

Keynote: Reengineering Cloud Strategy in the Age of AI-Driven Innovations

Gartner anticipates that by 2026, 70% of new cloud deployments will leverage cohesive cloud data ecosystems rather than manually integrated point solutions. The use of AI and generative AI, combined with a torrent of disparate data and analytics, has amplified the challenge of managing cloud workloads in today’s digital revolution.

• Hybrid cloud shaping the next phase of cloud adoption
• Converging clouds and data platforms
• Enabling an integrated and optimised hybrid multicloud platform
• Meeting the challenges in a distributed landscape
• Balancing cloud-native agility with security and governance in hybrid infrastructures

Networking Lunch

Keynote: Unified Data as a Core Business Strategy

Gartner predicts that by 2027, 50% of business decisions will be augmented or automated by AI agents for decision intelligence. Decision intelligence combines data, analytics and AI to create decision flows that support and automate complex judgements. How to integrate fragmented data sources into a single cohesive system for a more accurate analysis and better decision making?

• Enabling consistent data management across hybrid cloud and on-premise
• Data fabric to reduce complexity of handling data at scale
• Building next-gen data fabric fuelled by AI-assistants and agentic capabilities
• Transforming data into actionable insights with end-to-end integrated analytics

Panel Discussion: Beyond the Hype: Human-Centric AI for Real Business Value

In 2026, AI is no longer optional—but neither is accountability. Demonstrating ROI in talent-constrained Indonesia by embedding AI as a trusted partner that amplifies human potential rather than replacing it. This session will explore strategies and best practices in building digital literacy without burnout, reducing reliance on global vendors, and driving resilience through local upskilling.

• Operationalising AI beyond PoCs
• Measuring real ROI: Cost, productivity, customer impact
• Designing ethical, explainable human-AI workflows
• Mitigating burnout and building AI literacy
• Integrating AI into composable, agile architectures

Allan Tan, Group Editor-in-Chief, Cxociety

Renaldi Tjahaya, Director of Information Technology, Kawan Lama Group
Darwin Poso, VP of Enterprise Data Management, Sinar Mas Land
Wilbertus Darmadi, CIO, Toyota Astra Motor

Fireside Chat: Bridging Digital Talent Gaps for Succesful Transformation

Indonesia is at a pivotal moment in its AI journey. The Ministry of Communication and Digital projects a demand for 12 million digital talents by 2030, yet formal education pathways will only produce around 9.3 million—leaving a gap of nearly three million IT professionals especially in the area of AI. Closing this gap requires more than generic “upskilling” rhetoric. This session will confront the realities of Indonesia’s digital talent challenge head-on and address the actionable strategies that work.

• Closing IT talent gaps to power Indonesia’s digital future
• Designing incentives and cultural transformation that spurs workforce confidence and retention
• Enabling cross-team co-creation in modern enterprise
• Proven tactics that turn fear of AI into excitement — and turn your people into your greatest competitive advantage

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Rajesh Grover, Former Group Chief Digital Officer & Head of AI, Kanmo Group
Andries Indrajaya, Group Head & Vice President of ICT, PT. Tiki Jalur Nugraha Ekakurir (JNE)

Panel Discussion: Strategic Tech Rationalisation and Future-Ready Tech Stack Optimisation

In a landscape of tighter IT budgets, increasing tech sprawl, and rapid emerging technology disruption, CIOs must go beyond modernization—they must rationalise and optimise IT portfolios with precision and strategic intent. This session explores how top Indonesian enterprises are auditing, consolidating, and evolving their technology stacks to drive business growth, reduce cost, and prepare for future innovations like AI, quantum computing, and automation.

• Auditing and rationalising application and vendor portfolios to remove redundancy while maintaining operational stability
• Balancing CapEx and OpEx decisions amid economic volatility and inflation pressures
• Uncovering inefficiencies and simplify complex tech stacks with AI
• Integrating legacy systems with emerging technologies
• Securing board and organisational buy-in for tough tech sunsetting decisions while safeguarding innovation budgets

Allan Tan, Group Editor-in-Chief, Cxociety

David Wirawan, Chief Technology Officer, PT. KB Finansia Multi Finance strong> Rachmajanto Subroto, General Manager of Business Transformation, PT. Sompo Insurance Indonesia strong> Edy Susanto, Director of IT, PT. Trans Retail Indonesia

Chairman’s Closing Remarks

Afternoon Coffee Break & End of Conference