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DBS Asia Future Forward Conference

Intentional AI: Shaping Asia's Next Chapter of Growth

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Tan Su Shan

GROUP CEO / DBS BANK

Tan Su Shan is the Chief Executive Officer and Director of DBS Group. She has over 35 years of experience in consumer banking, wealth management and institutional banking.

In 2026 and 2025, Su Shan ranked 6th globally in Fortune's Most Powerful Women in Business List, making her the only Singaporean to feature in the Top 10. In 2024, she was also featured on Forbes Asia's Power Businesswomen List.

Su Shan graduated with a Master of Arts from Lincoln College, Oxford University where she studied Politics, Philosophy and Economics.

Hock Tan

PRESIDENT & CEO / BROADCOM

Hock Tan is the President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director of Broadcom, a position he has held since March 2006. He also serves on the Meta Board of Directors. Previously, Mr. Tan was Chairman of Integrated Device Technology and President and CEO of Integrated Circuit Systems.

His executive career includes leadership roles at Commodore International, PepsiCo, General Motors, Pacven Investment, and Hume Industries. Awarded the Global Semiconductor Alliance's Dr. Morris Chang Exemplary Leadership Award in 2024, Mr. Tan is a dedicated philanthropist supporting autism and brain disorder research through substantial donations to leading research universities, including MIT, Harvard, and Stanford.

Jenny Johnson

CEO / FRANKLIN TEMPLETON

Jenny Johnson is Chief Executive Officer of Franklin Templeton. In a career spanning over 35 years, she has been a key driver of the company's transformation to what is now one of the largest global investment managers.

She is a board member for Thermo Fisher Scientific, the Investment Company Institute and the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Foundation. In addition, she is a member of the International Advisory Panel of the Monetary Authority of Singapore.

Jenny Lee

SENIOR MANAGING PARTNER / GRANITE ASIA

Jenny Lee is Senior Managing Partner at Granite Asia, a multi-asset investment platform focused on backing innovation and technology companies across Asia and globally.

With over two decades of investing experience, she has backed numerous high-growth companies across consumer technology, sustainability and automation, with a portfolio including 21 unicorns and 18 IPOs.

Linda Sheng

PRESIDENT OF GLOBAL BUSINESS / MINIMAX

Linda Sheng is the President of Global Business at MiniMax.

Prior to MiniMax, she was a technology investor at Warburg Pincus, a major US private equity fund. Before Warburg Pincus, Linda was an early member of Softbank Vision Fund in Silicon Valley and Asia, focusing on AI and technology investing.

She began her career as a consultant with McKinsey & Company, specialising in semiconductor, software and internet verticals. Linda holds an Master of Science and Bachelor of Arts from Stanford University.

Lip-Bu Tan

CEO / INTEL

Lip-Bu Tan is Chief Executive Officer and Board Member of Intel, one of the world's leading semiconductor companies.

A veteran technology executive and investor, he brings more than two decades of experience across the semiconductor and software industries.

Tan has received several industry honours, including the 2022 Robert N. Noyce Award, the Semiconductor Industry Association's highest honour, and was named one of Forbes' Top 50 Venture Capitalists.

Pandu Patria Sjahrir

CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER / DANANTARA INDONESIA

Pandu Patria Sjahrir is Chief Investment Officer of Danantara Indonesia, the nation's sovereign wealth fund, where he drives strategic investments to support Indonesia's long-term economic growth and development.

A prominent leader in Southeast Asia's technology and investment ecosystem, he played a key role in advancing digital finance and venture capital, including raising over USD 1 billion through AC Ventures to back several leading technology platforms.

Richard Tong

CEO / TNE.AI

Richard Tong is Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder of TNE.ai, a software company transforming organisations with AI.

He has recently redomiciled his company and moved his family to Singapore from the U.S.

With more than 30 years of experience in enterprise software and AI, Richard has held senior leadership roles at Microsoft, co-founded globally recognised venture capital firms and built multiple AI companies. He now works with boards and executives to develop next-generation Sovereign AI capabilities.

Salim Ismail

CHAIRMAN / OPENEXO
BOARD MEMBER / XPRIZE FOUNDATION
AUTHOR / EXPONENTIAL ORGANIZATIONS

Salim Ismail is Chairman of OpenExO and global best-selling author of Exponential Organizations, ExO 2.0 and The Organizational Singularity (ExO 3.0), which explores how leaders can rebuild their organisations around AI.

He co-hosts the Moonshots podcast with Peter Diamandis, reaching over 1 million entrepreneurs weekly with insights on emerging technologies and exponential innovation.

Formerly Founding Executive Director of Singularity University and VP at Yahoo, Salim provides a unique, macro vision of how to implement 10X improvements for both massive business success and large-scale social impact.

Sara Hooker

CEO & CO-FOUNDER / ADAPTION

Sara Hooker is a Co-founder of Adaption, where she leads a team of AI researchers and engineers building intelligence that continuously evolves.

She was previously VP of Research at Cohere, a $6.8 billion frontier AI company focused on enterprise generative AI, and earlier built large systems in computer vision and NLP at Google Deepmind. Her work has been featured in Techcrunch, New York Times, Washington Post and MIT Technology.

She serves on Kaggle's ML Advisory Research Board and the World Economic Forum councils on AI and Data Frontiers and has been recognised by Fortune and Time among AI's leading voices.

Shou Chew

CEO / TIKTOK

Shou Chew is the Chief Executive Officer of TikTok, where he leads the company's global businesses and strategy. Prior to joining TikTok, Shou served as the Executive Director, President-International & SVP at Xiaomi Corp and as a Partner at DST Global.

Shou holds an undergraduate degree from University College London (UCL) and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Timothy Adams

PRESIDENT & CEO / INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL FINANCE

Timothy Adams is President and CEO of the Institute of International Finance (IIF) since January 2013.

Prior to the IIF, Adams was Managing Director of The Lindsey Group, an economic advisory firm based in Washington, DC. Previously, he served as Under Secretary for International Affairs at the U.S. Department of Treasury. In 1993, Adams co-founded the G-7 Group, a Washington-based advisory firm and later headed their Washington operation as Managing Director.

He holds a B.S. in Finance, a Masters in Public Administration, and an M.A. in International Relations from the University of Kentucky.

Yifan "David" Li

CO-FOUNDER / SHARPA

David Li is co-founder of Sharpa, a full-stack physical AI and robotics company developing next-generation humanoid robots powered by advanced manipulation intelligence.

A serial entrepreneur and robotics innovator, David has been at the forefront of advancing real-world perception, spatial intelligence and physical AI innovations.

The inaugural DBS Asia Future Forward Conference (AFFC) is DBS' flagship thought leadership platform, convening global leaders, investors, policymakers and innovators to discuss the ideas, technologies and decisions that will define Asia's next chapter of growth.

Taking place on 12 October 2026 in Singapore, the conference is anchored by the theme of Intentional AI: the belief that the greatest impact of AI lies not in the technology itself, but in how it is applied with strategic intent to create real economic and societal value.

Bringing together some of the world's most influential voices across technology, business, policy and investment, the conference will explore how AI is reshaping industries, transforming economies and redefining the future of growth, and what it will take for Asia to lead the next wave of innovation, investment and value creation in an increasingly AI-powered world.

Defining Asia's next chapter

Understand the forces shaping tomorrow

Explore how AI, innovation and investment are transforming industries, economies and societies.

Identify opportunities that matter

Discover where value creation, growth and competitive advantage will emerge in an increasingly AI-powered world.

Lead with strategic intent

Gain practical insights from global leaders navigating complexity, disruption and change.

Follow Asia's defining AI conversation

09:15

Opening Address

Tan Su Shan | Group CEO, DBS Bank

09:45

Unlocking Human Potential in an AI Era

Shou Chew | CEO, TikTok
Moderated by Shee Tse Koon | DBS Bank

10:45

What happens when AI gets a body?

Yifan "David" Li | Co-founder, Sharpa

11:15

What will define AI leadership?

Linda Sheng | President of Global Business, MiniMax
Richard Tong | CEO, TNE.ai
Sara Hooker | CEO & Co-founder, Adaption
Moderated by Derrick Goh | DBS Bank

13:00

How will AI rewrite the corporation?

Salim Ismail | Chairman, OpenExO
Board Member, XPRIZE Foundation
Author, Exponential Organizations

14:00

Where will the next trillion dollars in AI come from?

Lip-Bu Tan | CEO, Intel
Hock Tan | President & CEO, Broadcom
Moderated by Tan Su Shan | Group CEO, DBS Bank

15:15

Capital flows in the Age of AI

Pandu Patria Sjahrir | Chief Investment Officer, Danantara Indonesia
Jenny Johnson | CEO, Franklin Templeton
Jenny Lee | Senior Managing Partner, Granite Asia
Timothy Adams | President & CEO, Institute of International Finance (IIF)
Moderated by Han Kwee Juan | DBS Bank

16:00

Closing Dialogue

Lawrence Wong | Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Singapore
Tan Su Shan | Group CEO, DBS Bank

Meet the leaders shaping Asia's future