Finance & Banking

Asian Financial Services Congress 2026

The Asian Financial Services Congress (AFSC), organized by IDC, brings together leaders in banking, insurance, and capital markets across APAC to discuss the latest technologies and trends shaping the sector. The 2026 edition focuses on building resilient finance in the age of intelligence, exploring AI, cloud, data orchestration, operational resilience, emb…

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31Speakers
0Sponsors
23On the bill · sessions
20Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at Asian, in alphabetical order.
Alaa Moussawi
Chief Data Scientist · New York City Council
Alessandro Perilli
Vice President, Enterprise AI Strategies · IDC
Ann Culver
Principle Technology Partnerships · AWS
Annu Warikoo
Former SVP, Operational Risk · Comerica Bank
Ashish Nadkarni
Group Vice President and General Manager, Global Domain Lead, Enterprise Infrastructure · IDC
Dr. Chris Marshall
Vice President, Data, Analytics, AI, Sustainability, and Industry Research, IDC Asia/Pacific · IDC Asia/Pacific
Inna Bosenko
VP of Marketing · dotCMS
Jeramy Kopacko
Field CISO · Sophos
Jeremy Chen
BTP Solution Advisor and Strategic advisor · SAP
John Licata
Innovation Officer · ServiceNow
Jonathan Goldberg
Director, Product Strategy · Syncari
Lauren O’Connor
VP of Product Marketing, Strategy
Matt Sitelman
Chief Marketing Officer · MagicOrange
Meredith Whalen
Chief Product, Research & Delivery Officer · IDC
Michael Sek Pheng Yeo
Associate Research Director, IDC Asia/Pacific · IDC Asia/Pacific
Michelle Chiantera
CRO · Parallels
Nick Bonfiglio
CEO and Co-Founder · Syncari
Nijil Kuruvilla
Lead Product Marketing Manager · Merge
Patrick Conroy
CTO · Convene Hospitality Group
Patrick Donohoe
API Solutions, Product Engineering Lead · You.com
Phil Goodwin
Research Vice President, Infrastructure Software · IDC
Rafail Portnoy
Chief Technology Officer · MTA
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Agenda

Selected from 23 sessions on the bill.
  • 10:00AM

    Trust is the New Currency

    Agentic AI is advancing faster than enterprise governance can keep up. ServiceNow and AWS are closing the gap - combining identity, workflows, and guardrails into a unified approac…

  • 10:25AM

    Your AI Is Only as Trusted as Your Data

    Most enterprise AI initiatives stall. Not because the models are wrong, but because the data underneath them is fragmented, ungoverned, and inconsistent. In this session, we share …

  • 10:40AM

    Lightning Insights: Powering applications, data, and AI to move your business forward

    A unified technology platform enables organizations to extend existing systems, integrate applications and business processes, and build AI-supported solutions across the enterpris…

  • 11:00AM

    Hosted Discussions: Architecting the Future Enterprise

    Engage with leaders shaping the next generation of enterprise technology. These discussions focus on the strategic decisions around platforms, cloud, AI, and operating models that …

  • 11:40AM

    AI for the CIO Agenda – From Experimentation to Enterprise Value

    AI is rapidly becoming a cornerstone of the CIO agenda, evolving from isolated experiments to a driver of enterprise-wide transformation and measurable business value. IDC research…

  • 11:55AM

    Agentic MDM: The Next Frontier for Enterprise Data Strategy

    Siloed data is a strategic liability in the age of AI. Traditional MDM can’t keep pace. Agentic MDM is emerging as the next evolution: autonomous platforms that deliver continuous …

  • 12:10PM

    From Vision to Value: A Practical Guide to Realizing an AI-Ready Data Center

    The unprecedented pace of innovation is forcing enterprises to rethink business workflows, data management practices, and core infrastructure strategies. Based on our own real worl…

  • 1:30PM

    Upskilling the Workforce with AI

    AI is not just a tool, it is a catalyst for redefining workforce capability. In this session, IDC moderates a discussion with enterprise leaders who are rethinking how talent is de…

  • 1:55PM

    Driving Business Value with AI & Data

    Join this fireside chat to learn how to measure ROI, scale successful AI and data initiatives, and align innovation with strategic business outcomes to create lasting competitive a…

Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

An audience of 20 companies, parsed from the program.

Twenty companies in attendance.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
0All threespeak · spons · exh
0Sponsoringsponsor only
20Companies Speakingspeaker only
Speakers by seniority

77% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite1135%
  • VP-level929%
  • Director / Head of413%
  • Manager / Lead13%
  • Research / Science13%
  • Marketing / Brand13%
  • Advisor / Investor13%
  • Other roles310%

Of 31 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01IDC7V
  2. 02IDC Asia/Pacific4V
  3. 03Syncari2V
  4. 04AWS1V
  5. 05Caribou Coffee1V
  6. 06Comerica Bank1V
  7. 07Convene Hospitality Group1V
  8. 08Dell Technologies1V
  9. 09dotCMS1V
  10. 10MagicOrange1V
  11. 11Merge1V
  12. 12MTA1V
  13. 13New York City Council1V
  14. 14Orange Business1V
Sponsors by tier

Tiers were not disclosed for this event.