The agenda moves from international cooperation to national capability, then into enterprise application, infrastructure, governance and frontier technology. Every session has to answer a practical question — not describe a trend.
How AI changes the way a business decides, and what infrastructure that requires.
Proof that AI is entering the economy, finance, the city and the capital market.
The national level: governance, policy and the technology after this one.
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Opening of AI Summit inside Smart City Asia. The message: AI is not a solo game — Vietnam has to connect technology, policy, capital, talent and market. Opening film, organising committee address and the official opening ceremony.
From AI race to AI cooperation: where does Vietnam sit in the AI value chain? Tech fragmentation and the risk of emerging economies being left outside the game. Open versus closed ecosystems across models, cloud, chips, data and standards — and the argument that Vietnam has to be a place that creates AI value, not only consumes it.
CEOs, CFOs and CTOs argue about real ROI. From proof of concept to production — why so many AI projects never scale. Measuring productivity, revenue, cost, customer experience and risk reduction, with case studies that carry before-and-after numbers.
How agentic AI differs from a chatbot. Agents in customer service, finance, sales, supply chain, HR and software. Human-in-the-loop, identity, permissions and audit. Includes a live demo of an agent completing a business task end to end.
The GPUs, networking, memory, data centres, cloud and energy behind AI. Edge AI and the competition between compute vendors. Semiconductor supply chains — and the practical question of which layer of AI infrastructure Vietnam can realistically occupy.
Where exactly does AI change the P&L? Manufacturing, logistics, retail and FMCG, food and beverage, finance, media and operations. The path from copilot to agent to autonomous workflow, anchored by three Vietnamese cases with real numbers.
Physical AI — robots that see, understand, decide and act. Humanoids in the factory, the warehouse, healthcare and service. The stack underneath: language models, vision, robotics and simulation. And the blunt question: when does a robot show returns worth having in Vietnam?
How far can an AI agent transact on a user's behalf? Identity, consent, fraud prevention, audit and open protocols. Applications across banking, insurance, treasury and commerce.
AI for government: data, public services, transport, health, education and environment. The shift from Smart City to AI-enabled City, shared platforms that bring the cost down, and direct connections between provincial authorities and suppliers.
What an AI startup needs beyond a model: compute, data, distribution, enterprise access and capital. M&A and scaling across Southeast Asia. This session hosts the finals of the AI Summit Pitch Challenge, followed by an Investor Roundtable.
Safe-by-design, evaluation, red teaming, security and accountability. Where responsibility sits between model provider, deployer and enterprise user. Copyright and IP, personal data, cybersecurity and AI-generated content — discussed between the state, large technology firms, business and legal experts.
Two computing revolutions meeting: optimisation, drug and material discovery, cryptography, simulation and AI acceleration. Quantum-safe security and what it means for banking, defence, data centres and digital government. Closing question — what should Vietnam build today to compete in the next decade?
Both run inside AI Summit across the three days, with their finals on the Main Stage.
AI founders pitch directly to investors and venture funds. Selected teams present on the Main Stage, with the finals staged inside Session 10 — The AI Capital Race — and an Investor Roundtable immediately after, where teams meet funds and corporate venture arms.
Teams produce a short film or a television commercial entirely with AI tools, inside a 22-hour limit. Work is created on site and screened on the Main Stage, judged on craft, storytelling and the intelligence of the AI workflow behind it.
Exhibition booths and live experiences placed inside the conference footfall, so the exhibition is never separated from the content.
Meetings booked in advance, with priority for CEOs, AI suppliers, corporates, provincial authorities and investors.
A coordinated tour of the floor. Stops at any specific booth are only committed once approved.
Private meeting rooms for senior delegates and partner executives.
A limited, closed discussion focused on use cases and concrete collaboration rather than presentation.
Exclusive interviews and a Tech Insider podcast that extend speaker and partner value before, during and after the event.
Editorial rule. Sponsorship creates access and thought leadership. Content stays independent, multi-sided and grounded in real cases. No sponsor turns a session into a product advertisement.
VIP, Executive and All Access passes include all 12 Signature Sessions.