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.

www.media-partners-asia.com

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