AI for Asia is a regional program organized designed to empower young leaders across the region with the knowledge, skills, and networks needed to thrive in an AI-driven future.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming industries, economies, and societies across the world. In Southeast Asia, these transformations present both opportunities and challenges: unlocking innovation and efficiency while disrupting traditional labor markets. The inaugural AI for Asia fellowship seeks to bridge the AI skills gap by equipping the next generation of leaders, entrepreneurs, and changemakers with future-ready skills, entrepreneurial mindsets, and collaborative networks.
Over a 6-week intensive program, fellows will engage with world-class speakers, industry leaders, policy experts, and innovators. They will participate in knowledge-sharing sessions, case studies, group discussions, mentorship opportunities, and capstone projects that apply AI to real-world problems.
SPEAKERS
Manuela Prina
Principal Education Specialist, Asian Development Bank
Ming Tan
Senior Fellow, Tech for Good Institute
Kalika Bali
Microsoft
Roger Chao
Asst. Director/Head of Education, Youth and Sports, ASEAN Secretariat
Dinh-Long Pham
Youth Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation Coordinator, United Nations Development Programme
Geraldine Becchi
Team Lead – Partnerships, United Nations Volunteers
Sudhanshu Kasewa
Advisor, 80,000 hours
Cyrus Hodes
Founder, AI Safety Governance Coordination Project
Megan Robert
Digital Development Engagement and Positioning Manager, UNDP
Katrina Kalcic
Researcher, University of Oxford
Dr. Liew Voon Kiong
Advisor & AI x Blockchain Leader,
Grafilab (Malaysia
Muhammad Hanif
Co-founder, AI for Productivity (Indonesia)
Saksham Gupta
CEO, EduBild (India)
Pin Siang Tan
Co-founder, Embedded LLM (Singapore)
Joshua Lee
Managing Director, Asia-Pacific Future of Privacy Forum