Main Stage
Explore sessions on the most pressing innovation breakthroughs and insights with thought leaders alongside SLINGSHOT, our flagship startup pitching competition.
Overview
Where Vision Meets Reality
Experience the pulse of innovation as global tech leaders share groundbreaking insights alongside SLINGSHOT, our flagship startup pitching competition. Here, industry titans and emerging visionaries converge to shape tomorrow's technological landscape.
Main Stage Agenda
Not just a series of talks, the Main Stage is a meticulously curated blueprint for what's next in the world of technology. This is where the industry's foremost leaders and innovators reveal the most impactful ideas in AI, quantum technology, and sustainable solutions. Beyond the keynotes and panel sessions, you will witness the SLINGSHOT deep tech grand finals, where tomorrow’s unicorns pitch their disruptive ideas. This is your opportunity to gain actionable insights and strategic foresight that cannot be found anywhere else.
Day 1
Tuesday, 27 October 2026
Time | Session |
|---|---|
9:30AM - 9:55AM | Opening Address by DPM Gan Kim Yong |
10:00AM - 10:30AM | Engineering at AI Speed: How Physics-Based AI is Transforming Design and Simulation |
10:35AM - 10:55AM | The Intelligent Port: How AI is Transforming Global Connectivity |
11:00AM - 11:20AM | Reinventing the Enterprise: Leading Transformation in the Age of AI |
11:25AM - 11:35AM | The AI-ready enterprise: Building the foundations for AI at Scale |
11:40AM - 12:10PM | Beyond the Model: Making Enterprise AI Work |
12:15PM - 12:35PM | The AI Startup Playbook: What 22,000 Startups Taught Us About What Works |
1:25PM - 2:55PM | SLINGSHOT Domain Finals Domain #1: Health and Biomedical |
3:00PM - 3:40PM | From Lab to Global Scale: Who Wins in the AI + Deep Tech Era Unpacking where the next wave of AI and deep tech value will be created, what it takes for companies to win in an increasingly fragmented world, and how investors are backing the technologies and companies poised to scale globally. |
3:45PM - 4:25PM | Quantum x AI: Unlocking the Next Frontier of Enterprise Intelligence Explore how the convergence of Quantum Computing and Artificial Intelligence (QML) is driving the next wave of enterprise innovation. |
4:30PM - 6:00PM | SLINGSHOT Domain Finals Domain #2: Advanced Computing and Intelligence |
Day 2
Wednesday, 28 October 2026
Time | Session |
|---|---|
9:30AM - 9:40AM | Opening Address by MOS Alvin Tan Hear from industry leaders on the material challenges that matter most to their businesses, the breakthrough needed to unlock the next wave of innovation and how AI is changing the way materials are discovered, developed and commercialised. |
9:45AM - 10:05AM | Driving Innovation Across the Building Lifecycle: Fostering a Pro-Enterprise Ecosystem Galvanising industry-agency collaboration to unlock novel technologies that enhance construction productivity, drive the renewal of ageing estates and accelerate the adoption of heat-resilience solutions. |
10:10AM - 10:30AM | Cooling Cities: Scaling Solutions, Unlocking Opportunity As cities confront rising heat, this panel explores how heat resilience solutions can create economic value, become bankable investments, and scale from promising pilots to citywide deployment. |
10:35AM - 12:05PM | SLINGSHOT Domain Finals Domain #3: Environment, Energy & Sustainability |
12:10PM - 12:45PM | The Future Depends on Materials: What will be the inflection point for Materials.AI? Hear from industry leaders on the material challenges that matter most to their businesses, the breakthrough needed to unlock the next wave of innovation and how AI is changing the way materials are discovered, developed and commercialised. |
12:50PM - 2:20PM | SLINGSHOT Domain Finals Domain #4: Advanced Manufacturing & Industrial Systems |
2:25PM - 3:55PM | SLINGSHOT Domain Finals Domain #5: Digital Technologies and Security |
4:40PM - 5:20PM | Exploring the Future of Nuclear Energy: Fission, Fusion, and Emerging Trends Learn how fission and fission technologies could help meet the growing global energy demand and drive the clean energy transition. |
5:25PM - 6:05PM | From Customers to Ecosystem Builders: How Corporates Power Startup Growth Unpacking how corporates can go beyond technology adoption to become ecosystem builders – helping startups commercialise, scale and grow through strategic partnerships, investments and market access. |
6:10PM - 6:30PM | SLINGSHOT Top 10 Announcement |
Day 3
Thursday, 29 October 2026
Time | Session |
|---|---|
10:35AM - 11:15AM | The AI-Human Advantage: Redefining the Future of Work Examining how organisations are harnessing AI to augment human potential, redesign work, build future-ready capabilities and prepare the workforce for the next era of growth. |
11:20AM - 12:00PM | Beyond Equity: Building the Modern Startup Capital Stack Bringing together leading debt providers, financial institutions and investors to discuss financing options beyond venture capital to support founders to achieve sustainable growth. |
1:00PM - 3:00PM | SLINGSHOT Grand Finals |
4:00PM - 5:00PM | SLINGSHOT Award Ceremony |
Agenda details are subject to change.
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