Program at a Glance

date

October 1, 2026 | 8:00AM - 7:30PM

venue

INSEAD Asia, Singapore

08:00 - 08:30

Registration & Networking Breakfast

08:30 - 08:45

Opening Remarks

Sandeep Aneja

Founder & Managing Partner

Kaizenvest

08:45 - 09:30

Keynote: The Case for Human Flourishing in the AI-Era

Dr. Jörg Dräger

Exec. Director of the Board of Trustees

Kühne Foundation

09:30 - 10:00

Expert Talk: Education Investment Trends in APAC

Sudeep Laad

Partner

L.E.K. Consulting

10:00 - 10:30

Coffee Networking Break

10:30 - 11:25

AI & the Workforce: What Jobs Do We Build Next?

Peter Zemsky

Professor - INSEAD

Founding CEO - Lexarius

Akshay Chaturvedi

Founder & CEO

Leverage Edu

Phil Psilos

Founder - TransitionScience.ai

Head of Consulting - Mekong Capability Lab

Shahera Youssef Younes

Senior Director of Economic Opportunity

FHI 360

Vivek Sinha

Founder & CEO

Emversity

11:25 - 12:20

Will AI Level the Playing Field - Rethinking Inclusion in the Age of AI

Gautam Singh

Partner

Trilegal

Amy Lim

Chief Ecosystem Engagement Officer

AVPN

Cris Ngo

COO for Learning

PHINMA Education

Hester Spiegel

Founding Partner

Epic Angels

Rishikesh Gajendra

Associate Partner

EY-Parthenon

12:20 - 13:20

networking lunch

13:20 - 13:40

Fireside Chat: What Does It Take to Transform a Mission-driven Education System?

Edgar Chua

CEO

De La Salle Philippines

Sandeep Aneja

Founder & Managing Partner

Kaizenvest

13:40 - 14:00

Keynote: Human Capability in the Age of AI - What Readiness Requires Now ?

Amit Sevak

CEO

ETS

14:00 - 14:20

Fireside Chat: Human Capability in the Age of AI - What Readiness Requires Now

Amit Sevak

CEO

ETS

Karl Engkvist

President

Taylor’s Education Group

14:20 - 15:15

What Does an AI-Ready Organization Look Like in 2026 & Beyond?

Jetu Lalvani

Managing Partner

Kaizenvest / Empacta

Alessandro Giuliani

Managing Director

SDA Bocconi Asia Center

ANDREW PEREIRA

President

Tau by Taylor's

Angela Chen-Delantar

Vice President

Wadhwani Foundation

MARK EVANS

Head of Customer Experience

DBS Bank

15:15 - 15:45

Coffee Networking Break

15:45 - 16:40

How Do We Finance Human Economic Mobility at Scale?

Sheinal Bhuralal

Co-founder

Agora Colearning

Esther Chia

Managing Director

DBS Bank

Gaurav Jain

Partner

Kaizenvest

Ivan Kwong

Director

KKR

Jiadi Yu

Chief Investment Officer

IFC

16:40 - 17:35

Higher Education, Reimagined: From Signalling to Substance

Shoaib Raza

Director of Digital Learning & Entrepreneurship

Nexus International School

Ben-Jie Lim

Chief People & Partnerships Officer

AirAsia MOVE

Chris Mathews

Managing Director, English and Exams

British Council

Myleeta Aga Williams

CEO International

UpGrad

Rina Lai

Founder

SynergisED

17:35 - 17:45

Kaizenvest Education Symposium 2027 Announcement

Continuation Remarks

18:00 - 19:30

HCD Networking Reception

date

October 2, 2026 | 8:00AM - 1:40PM

venue

INSEAD Asia, Singapore

08:00 - 09:00

Investor Networking Breakfast

Venue: Audi Foyer, Level 2

09:00 - 09:30

Keynote: Yesterday's Soft Skills Are Today's Hard Skills

Lars Sondergaard

Lead Economist

World Bank

09:30 - 10:20

How to Raise AI-Native Learners & Leaders?

Kaushik Mohan

Managing Director

Alvarez & Marsal

Prof Darren Bagnall

PVC Academic

Taylor's University

Nick booker

Co-Founder & CEO

Indogenius

Noam Gerstein

CEO

BINA

Swati Vasudevan

Country Director

Khan Academy India

10:20 - 11:10

How to Grow Education Systems Without Losing What Made Them Work in the First Place?

Oliver Anderson

CEO & Founder

ASK Consulting

Anip Sharma

Co-Founder & Co-CEO

The Perse School, Singapore

Jaspal Sidhu

Founder & Chairman

SIS & Inspirasi Group

Paul Blackstone

Managing Partner

SummitLearn

Dr Yeelin Teh

Senior Head of Programme

Singapore Institute of Management

11:10 - 11:30

Coffee Networking Break

11:30 - 11:50

Expert Talk: From AI Adoption to Readiness - Bridging the Gap between Campus & Workplace

Dr. Avantika Tomar

Partner

EY-Parthenon

11:50 - 12:40

Solving for Demand: The Forces Shaping ASEAN’s Workforce

Claudia Zeisberger

Professor

INSEAD

Lovelaine Basillote

Founder

Alab Partners

Mayank Khandelia

Specialist- Finance Economic Appraisal & Procurement

MITRA

Ratnesh Jha

General Manager, Institutional Language Products

ETS

Rohan Pasari

Founder & CEO

Manifest Global

12:40 - 13:30

Artificial Intelligence Readiness Workshop

Jetu Lalvani

Managing Partner

Kaizenvest / Empacta

13:30 - 13:40

Kaizenvest Education Symposium 2027 Announcement

Closing Remarks

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