The rules of workplace performance are being rewritten. Is your organisation built to scale, or just to scramble?
Whether you are managing a lean startup team, expanding an established SME, or leading a corporate enterprise division, the challenge is identical: how do you adopt AI to drive massive efficiency without losing the human element that keeps teams from burning out? The organisations that win the next decade won’t just adopt technology the fastest; they will use it to empower their people.
Why This Room Matters for Every Growth Stage?
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The Corporate Strategy: Gain macro-level insights from massive players like Lenovo and digital ecosystem architects like Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) on aligning AI adoption with sustainable workforce transformation.
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The SME & Startup Playbook: Discover how to steal big-tech strategies to maximise your headcount, build an attractive employer brand, and compete for top-tier talent.
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Stop Doing “Busywork”: See a live, hands-on tech demo from Hivekind AI built around automating repetitive admin, approvals, and onboarding. Learn how to do more with fewer resources.
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The Ecosystem That Matters: Connect across industries. This curated gathering bridges the gap between agile tech innovators, scaling local businesses, and corporate leaders facing the same future-of-work challenges.
Who Should Attend:
This room is specifically built for those managing talent and performance:
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Corporate HR Leaders & C-Suites aligning culture, AI policy, and digital transformation strategy.
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SME Owners & Startup Founders looking to optimize resource allocation and scale operations.
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People Operations Managers who need to automate workflows to focus on retention, engagement, and preventing burnout.
Keynote Speaker
Ir. Wan Murdani Wan Mohamad
Vice President of Digital Adoption, Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation
As the Vice President of Digital Adoption at MDEC, Ir. Wan Murdani architects national digital adoption and digital economy frameworks. With a background spanning digital policy, infrastructure, and strategic AI investment, he plays a pivotal role in accelerating digital transformation across Malaysia. He will share how organizations can leverage national policy and AI tools to stay competitive..
Panel Speakers
Then Sik Kwang
Employee Success Director of The Access Group
Sik Kwang brings deep expertise in regional HR strategy and employee success. At The Access Group, a global provider of business management software, he focuses on fostering collaborative, high-performance environments and navigating people strategies through rapid organisational growth.
With over 20 years of experience across Asia and Europe, including leadership roles at DHL Group IT Services and a background in technology and business transformation with IBM and DHL, he offers a unique perspective bridging technology and people leadership. Passionate about talent development, he is a mentor, coach, and speaker who champions human-centred workplaces.
Kelly Fung
Head of Talent Acquisition for Greater Asia Pacific, Lenovo
Kelly is a seasoned talent acquisition leader responsible for driving regional recruitment strategies across the fast-paced Greater Asia Pacific market for Lenovo. She specialises in integrating advanced recruitment technologies with human-centric hiring practices to scale teams.
With over 20 years of experience in talent transformation across Asia Pacific, Kelly specialises in integrating advanced recruitment technologies with human-centric hiring practices to scale teams.
A sought-after keynote speaker, moderator, and panellist, she actively contributes to conversations on workforce dynamics, AI-enabled HR, and future-ready organisations.
Jerry Lok
Head of Talent Development at AirAsia MOVE
With more than a decade of shaping high-impact learning and development solutions, Jerry Lok focuses on aligning enterprise-wide capability building with business goals, ensuring skills readiness for large-scale transformation.
A forward-thinking leader, he champions a dynamic organisational culture, elevates employer branding, and cultivates strategic ecosystem partnerships to expand growth opportunities. His leadership empowers workforce mobility and accelerates AirAsia MOVE’s competitive market edge.
Panel Moderator
Cally Yau
CEO, PEOPLElogy Development
Cally Yau has served as the CEO of PEOPLElogy Development since July 2022, building on a 15-year track record of leadership within the company. An innovative advocate for bridging the digital skills gap in Southeast Asia, Cally focuses on equipping today’s talents with critical skills of the future to transform corporate learning.
She works closely with government agencies, industry leaders, and education institutions to strengthen the digital talent ecosystem and advance AI readiness. Passionate about lifelong learning and people-centric leadership, Cally champions practical approaches to help organisations and individuals thrive in the future of work.
Live Demo Presenter
Calum Halcrow
CEO of Hivekind
Calum is the CEO of Hivekind, a company specialising in workflow automation and bespoke AI integrations. An expert in stripping complexity out of business workflows, Calum will lead a live session showing leaders how to leverage smart automation to offload repetitive administrative burdens from recruitment to corporate approvals.
He has been building software professionally since 2004, and brings a grounded, business-first view of AI adoption. His focus is on understanding how a business actually works, identifying what is worth automating, and building systems that create measurable value.
The Agenda
Doors open at 2:30 PM and the afternoon runs through to 7:00 PM, a mix of big-stage thinking, a hands-on demo, and time to connect.
Enjoy exclusive wellness benefits with Atlas Chiropractic & Physiotherapy, supporting desk-bound professionals with evidence-based chiropractic and physiotherapy care.