Media Partners Asia (MPA), the organiser of APOS, Asia’s leading media and technology summit, today announced the launch of AETHER, a new invitation-only global summit, convening Global & Local Leaders to be held at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, on January 15–16, 2026.
AETHER is conceived as the first curated forum in APAC to unite leaders across Artificial Intelligence, immersive and generative technologies, connectivity and compute infrastructure, creativity and content, and global capital, in a deliberately intimate, high-trust environment designed for serious dialogue and long-term thinking.
Building on the success of MPA’s APOS Summit, which for over a decade has shaped strategy and thought leadership in APAC for companies across entertainment, technology, and telecommunications, AETHER represents a focused evolution with a sharper lens on the systems shaping the future.
Full agenda and Participation Details: www.aether-summit.com.
“AETHER is anchored in a unifying idea: the next phase of global innovation will be defined not by technology alone, but by the convergence of intelligence, imagination, and infrastructure,” said Vivek Couto, CEO of MPA
Confirmed Speakers
- Alibaba Cloud
Xingtong Su — Director, AI Strategy & Solutions - AIS
Pratthana Leelapanang — CEO - Bodhi Tree Systems / JioStar
Uday Shankar — Founder & CEO, Bodhi Tree Systems; Vice Chairman, JioStar - BytePlus
Kan Yang — Regional Head of Solutions - Collective Imagination
Josh Baillon — Co-Founder - Columbia University
Sharad Devarajan — Adjunct Professor, Columbia Business School; Co-Founder & CEO, Graphic India - Flam
Shourya Agarwal — Founder & CEO - Fudan University (AI3 Lab)
Dr. Alan Qi — Professor of Computer Science & Dean - Globe Telecom
Carl Cruz — President & CEO - ILM Immersive (Lucasfilm)
Vicki Dobbs Beck — VP, Immersive Content Innovation - Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison
Vikram Sinha — President Director & CEO - Lightspeed Venture Partners
Pinn Lawjindakul — Partner - Media Partners Asia
Vivek Couto — CEO & Executive Director - NeuralGarage
Mandar Natekar — Founder & CEO - NVIDIA
Ronnie Vashista — Senior Vice President, Telecom - Panjaya
Guy Piekarz — CEO - Physical World Ventures
Jeffrey Fullerton — Founder & General Partner - Positron AI
Mitesh Agrawal — Founder & CEO - Tel Aviv University
Prof. Ronit Satchi-Fainaro — Head, Gray School of Medical Sciences - Veros Ventures
Ashutosh Srivastava — Founder & Managing Partner - XIX Entertainment
Simon Fuller — Founder - 10D
Yahal Zilka — Managing Partner
Media Partners Asia is a leading independent research, advisory, and strategy firm focused on media, technology and telecommunications across Asia-Pacific.
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Contact details:
Lavina Bhojwani, VP
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