CHRO Series SINGAPORE

Navigating the Human + AI Workforce Revolution:

Shaping Culture, Capability and Competitive Advantage in the Agentic Era

5 – 7 October 2026

One Farrer Hotel, Singapore

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Shaping Culture, Capability and Competitive Advantage in the Agentic Era

As AI evolves from assistant to autonomous collaborator, CHROs are entering a defining era of leadership. In 2026, the mandate is no longer just digital transformation — it is workforce reinvention at scale. From agentic AI and skills intelligence to rewards innovation, culture resilience, workforce wellbeing and leadership trust, HR leaders are now orchestrating the intersection of technology, humanity and business growth.

At CHRO Singapore 2026, over 200 senior HR and business leaders will come together to explore how organizations can build adaptive, high-performing and deeply human workplaces in an age of constant disruption. Expect bold conversations, practical case studies and actionable strategies on the future of work, AI-powered people ecosystems, next-generation talent strategies and culture transformation.

CHRO Series Singapore

*The event agenda below is subject to change.
Post-Workshop: AI-READY HR:From Productivity to Higher People & Organisation Value

Date: 5th October 2026
Time: 9:00am-5:00pm
Venue: One Farrer Hotel
Facilitator: Marcus Budimulia | Leadership Transformation Partner | Executive Coach & Catalyst | Associate Trainer, Lifeskills Institute

WORKSHOP DELIVERABLES

This workshop equips HR leaders to move beyond AI adoption toward measurable organisational value by making clear choices about where AI should automate, augment or remain human-led; assessing organisational and people readiness; and strengthening critical thinking in AI-supported decisions, while translating productivity gains into higher-value contributions such as strategic advisory, leadership coaching, talent development and organisation transformation, supported by a practical 3–5 year roadmap and immediate 30-60-90 day actions.
08.30am
Registration & Coffee
09.00am
Session 1: Productivity Is Not the Finish Line & Critical Thinking in AI Era
  • The HR value shift
  • Every hour AI saves needs a destination
  • Discussion 1 — Would you trust this AI recommendation?
10.30am
Morning Coffee Break & Networking
11.00am
Session 2: People Readiness: Generations, Behaviour & Change, and LI Support 
  • Avoid the generational trap
  • Three workforce groups need different AI support
  • Insight, Capability, Transformation, Alignment
  • Two systems, one transformation
12.30pm
Networking Luncheon
1.30pm
Session 3: Do’s, Don’ts & Responsible AI, and Company Readiness
  • 7 dimensions of company readiness
  • Discussion 2 — Where are we really?
  • Do’s and Don’ts
  • Discussion 3 — AI in performance management
15.00pm
Afternoon Tea Break
15.30pm
Session 4: 3–5 Year HR Transformation Roadmap
  • NOW / NEXT / FUTURE
  • Five measures that matter
  • Your 100-day action plan: one capability to accelerate, one dependency to reduce, one conversation to initiate
  • 30–60–90 day action plan
5.00pm
Summary, Q&A and End of Workshop

CHRO Singapore

6th October: CHRO Conference


8.15am
Registration & Networking
9.10am
Organiser’s Welcome Address
9.20am
Chairperson’s Opening Remarks
9.30am
[KEYNOTE]
The Human Advantage in an Agentic AI World
  • Why CHROs are becoming architects of human + AI collaboration
  • Building organizations where AI enhances creativity, trust and decision-making
  • Rewiring culture for speed, adaptability and continuous reinvention

Eng Sing Soon, VP Group Talent - Singtel

10.00am
[CXO THINK TANK]
Singapore Inc. Rewired: The CEO, CFO & CHRO Playbook for Sustainable Growth
  • Balancing business growth with lean workforce strategies in a high-cost operating environment
  • Driving productivity and innovation as Singapore competes for global talent and regional leadership
  • Building agile, future-ready workforce plans across multi-generational, hybrid and highly skilled talent pools
Moderator:

Lance Foo, Group Head of Talent Acquisition – Asia Pacific – NCS Tech

Panelists:

Dr. Bryan Lim, Managing Director, Head of Group Talent & Development – United Overseas Bank Limited

10.30am

Reserved for Vistra Group
11.00am
Morning Tea Break
11.30am
Reserved for Cornerstone Ondemand
12.00pm
Reserved for Pacific Prime
12.30pm
Lunch & Networking
02.00pm
INTERACTIVE ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION GROUPS [60 MINS]

Ask the experts and have your say! Structured to maximise interaction and in-depth focus on a topical subject matter, attendees will have the opportunity to participate in a roundtable of their choice, which has close relevance to their area of expertise and/or scope of responsibility. We will conclude with a 15mins sharing session, where each Roundtable Leader will present key highlights and takeaways from the group discussion.


ROUNDTABLE A

Agentic AI in HR: From Experimentation to Enterprise Scale

Reserved for Industry Partner:

ROUNDTABLE B

Rewards That Matter: Rethinking Compensation for a New Workforce Reality
ROUNDTABLE C

The Culture Reset: Rebuilding Trust in High-Change Environment

Reserved for Industry Partner:

ROUNDTABLE D

Learning Without Limits: Reinventing L&D for the AI Era
ROUNDTABLE E

The Future Leader: Coaching Humans in an AI-First Organization
ROUNDTABLE F

Workforce Wellbeing 2.0: From Burnout Prevention to Human Sustainability

Reserved for Industry Partner:

3.10pm
Case Study: Partner Showcase
3.30pm
Afternoon Tea Break
4.00pm
Fireside Chat
The New Employee Experience: Hyper-Personalisation at Scale
  • Using AI and behavioral data to personalise the employee journey
  • Creating meaningful workplace experiences across generations
  • Balancing efficiency with empathy in digital-first organizations
Moderator:
Panelists:

Priya Tiruviti, Director, Compensation and Benefits, APAC – Meta

4.40pm
[Panel]
The End of Traditional L&D: Learning in the Flow of Work
  • How AI copilots and immersive learning are transforming capability development
  • Building adaptive learning cultures instead of static training programs
  • Elevating human skills: creativity, influence, resilience and critical thinking
Moderator:
5.20pm
Closing Remarks & End of Conference

7th October: Workshop 2

THE RESILIENT ORGANISATION: HR When AI Meets Turbulence

Date: 7th October 2026
Time: 9.00am to 5.00pm
Facilitator: Joanne Flinn, Chairwoman - ESG Institute

Workshop Deliverables

79% of Singapore organisations have deployed AI agents. Yet only 23% of your workforce feels equipped to advance their careers. The Strait of Hormuz just triggered what DPM Gan called “the most severe global energy disruption since 1973.” And your board expects HR to build workforce resilience while nobody’s sure which roles survive the next quarter.


Singapore gave the world its first governance framework for agentic AI. While the Workplace Fairness Act is coming. The infrastructure for responsible AI is here. What’s missing is the capability to use these under pressure.

These aren’t separate challenges. They’re the same stress test. And it’s running now.

In this post-conference workshop, Joanne will work with you to build the capability engine that makes your organisation stronger under pressure — not despite the turbulence, but because of how you respond to it.

DAY 2: CHRO WORKSHOP AGENDA

Owning the AI Transformation Agenda

Date: 10th October 2025
Time: 9am to 5pm
Facilitator: Dominique Rose Van-Winther, CEO & Chief AI Evangelist - Final Upgrade AI
Today’s AI transformation is less about tech and more about people, culture, and change. The best tech in the world will not create results if the workforce is not engaged with it. That is why HR belongs in the driver’s seat of what is fundamentally the biggest and fastest workforce transformation of our time. As the stewards of culture, the success of AI depends on how you shape that culture and drive change. This workshop is built to equip you to lead your organization, demonstrating how AI-empowered talent can create a lasting competitive edge in volatile markets and times of transformation.

Key objectives:
  • Equip HR leaders to drive the biggest workforce transformation of our time, using AI as the catalyst for lasting cultural and operational change
  • Focus on what delivers AI-powered results, with hands-on activities and real-world examples that cut through the theory
  • Learn how to embed AI into daily habits, processes, and decision-making so change sticks and drives measurable business impact
  • Exchange lessons with peers on what’s working, what’s failing, and how different industries are approaching AI adoption
  • Drive HR’s own transformation, turning the function into a living example of AI-powered efficiency, innovation, and service excellence
  • Leave with a practical, step-by-step roadmap for rolling out AI initiatives, from setting clear policies to building champions and creating organization-wide readiness

Workshop Schedule

08.30am
Registration & Coffee
09.00am
Session 1: The Capability Gap Not Measured
Governance is in place. Adoption is high. So why does only 23% of your workforce feel ready? This session exposes what got missed.
  • Why governance without capability is a compliance exercise, not a competitive advantage
  • The skills paradox: 79% deploying AI, 4 in 5 professionals not AI-ready
  • What the Hormuz shock revealed about resilience you thought you had
  • Quick-fire quizzes to spot high-value use cases and avoid low-impact “shiny toy” projects
10.30am
Morning Coffee Break & Networking
11.00am
Session 2: Resilience Is a System, Not a Slogan 

The next disruption won’t send a calendar invite either. This session reframes resilience as something HR builds before the crisis, not during it.

  • The three resilience layers: operational continuity, workforce adaptability, strategic optionality — and which one HR actually owns
  • How AI deployments create hidden dependencies that break under pressure
  • Workplace Fairness Act implications: when AI decisions need to be traceable, explainable, and defensible in a crisis
12.30pm
Networking Luncheon
1.30pm
Session 3: Building the Capability Engine

Skills frameworks gather dust. Training programmes tick boxes. This session moves from skills-as-inventory to capability-as-engine — a system that compounds.

  • From skills mapping to capability architecture: what actually builds adaptive capacity
  • The 70% question: which skills are genuinely valuable, which are legacy?
  • Using AI to accelerate human capability — not just automate human tasks
15.00pm
Afternoon Tea Break
15.30pm
Session 4: Your Resilience Audit — From Diagnosis to Your 100-Day Plan

The capability you build determines the resilience you have. This session makes that visible and actionable.

  • Five resilience indicators applied to your organisation: governance, capability, adaptability, transparency, trust
  • Where Singapore’s regulatory sophistication helps you — and where it creates obligations you haven’t addressed
  • Your 100-day action plan: one capability to accelerate, one dependency to reduce, one conversation to initiate

    • You leave with: a completed resilience scorecard, a capability engine design, and the regulatory map — built on your reality, not a template

5.00pm
Summary, Q&A and End of Workshop
This interactive half-day workshop provides HR leaders with a practical introduction to artificial intelligence and its growing impact on the workplace. Participants will explore the latest AI developments and emerging trends, discover real-world HR use cases across talent acquisition, learning, employee experience, and workforce analytics, and gain hands-on experience using AI tools through guided exercises and discussions. The session will also address key considerations around AI risks, ethics, governance, and responsible adoption, before concluding with practical guidance on building an HR AI roadmap and identifying opportunities to develop future-ready capabilities through continued learning..

2026 CHRO SPEAKERS

Dr. Bryan Lim

Managing Director, Head of Group Talent & Development
United Overseas Bank Limited

Priya Tiruviti

Director, Compensation and Benefits, APAC
Meta

Joanne Flinn

Chairperson
The ESG Institute

Marcus Budimulia

Associate Trainer
Lifeskills Institute

Eng Sing Soon

VP Group Talent
Singtel

Cheryl Koh

Group Head of Learning & Development
Jadestone Energy

ESG MASTERCLASS SPEAKERS

Joanne Flinn

Kris Wadia

Jonathan Cheung

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ticket prices and information for CHRO Singapore

Delegate Pass
*For in-house HR professionals and end-user organisations		 Early Bird
*Register by 31-Aug-2026		 Advance Saver
*Register by 15-Sep-2026		 Regular
*Register by 5-Oct-2026
5 October 2026: Workshop 1 S$ 599 per delegate S$ 699 per delegate S$ 799 per delegate
6 October 2026: CHRO Conference S$ 399 per delegate S$ 499 per delegate S$ 599 per delegate
7 October 2026: Workshop 2 S$ 599 per delegate S$ 699 per delegate S$ 799 per delegate
[Bundle A] 2-Day Event (CHRO Conference and Workshop 1) S$ 899 per delegate S$ 1,049 per delegate S$ 1,199 per delegate
[Bundle B] 2-Day Event (CHRO Conference and Workshop 2) S$ 899 per delegate S$ 1,049 per delegate S$ 1,199 per delegate
[Bundle C] 3-Day Event (CHRO Conference and Two Workshops) S$ 1,149 per delegate S$ 1,299 per delegate S$ 1,449 per delegate
Vendor Pass
*For HR technology, solutions, and service providers		 Early Bird
*Register by 31-Aug-2026		 Advance Saver
*Register by 15-Sep-2026		 Regular
*Register by 5-Oct-2026
5 October 2026: Workshop 1 S$ 599 per delegate S$ 699 per delegate S$ 799 per delegate
6 October 2026: CHRO Conference S$ 899 per delegate S$ 999 per delegate S$ 1,099 per delegate
7 October 2026: Workshop 2 S$ 599 per delegate S$ 699 per delegate S$ 799 per delegate
[Bundle A] 2-Day Event (CHRO Conference and Workshop 1) S$ 1,249 per delegate S$ 1,399 per delegate S$ 1,499 per delegate
[Bundle B] 2-Day Event (CHRO Conference and Workshop 2) S$ 1,249 per delegate S$ 1,399 per delegate S$ 1,499 per delegate
[Bundle C] 3-Day Event (CHRO Conference and Two Workshops) S$ 1,499 per delegate S$ 1,549 per delegate S$ 1,699 per delegate

Take advantage of our Early Bird pricing up to August 31, 2026.
Note: Prices will increase after this period.

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Dr. Bryan Lim

Managing Director, Head of Group Talent & Development – United Overseas Bank Limited
Bio

Bryan is a dynamic people development and transformation practitioner with deep experience across capability development, change management, and innovation. His work spans the strategic to the practical end of capability building, including the design of change initiatives, leadership and core skilling programmes, and enterprise learning systems that materially change how people learn and work.

Since joining UOB in 2012, Bryan has led several large‑scale transformation efforts covering culture building and skills adoption, leadership development, performance management, and AI‑enabled innovation. He has been closely involved in translating enterprise priorities into change initiatives, leadership actions, and learning interventions that can be deployed and sustained at scale.

Bringing with him a strong focus on strategic problem-solving, execution discipline, governance, and applied learning, Bryan is particularly interested in understanding why well‑intended capability investments often fail to shift behaviour – and what needs to be designed differently to drive adoption, accountability, and measurable outcomes. His work consistently bridges strategy, people, and operating realities to ensure change efforts move beyond intent into day‑to‑day practice and business impact.

Bryan holds a Doctorate in Business Administration from the University of Canberra, a Master of Business Administration (Distinction) from the University of Birmingham, and a Bachelor of Business (Honours) from Nanyang Technological University.

Priya Tiruviti

Director, Compensation and Benefits, APAC – Meta
Bio

Priya Tiruviti is Director, Compensation and Benefits, APAC at Meta, based in Singapore, where she aligns regional rewards strategy with business objectives and modernizes health, retirement, and wellness programs across Meta’s APAC footprint.

A global rewards leader with over 20 years of experience, Priya has partnered with C-suite and business leadership to turn total rewards into a driver of organizational performance and human-capital ROI. Her work spans end-to-end rewards strategy: global compensation architecture and executive pay, pay equity and job leveling frameworks, benefits strategy and program design, retirement and insurance governance and the vendor ecosystems and operational infrastructure required to deliver these programs at enterprise scale across complex, multi-country regulatory environments. Priya is especially focused on how the rewards function itself must evolve: streamlining tools and processes, sharpening data-driven decision-making, and preparing teams for an increasingly AI-native way of working. A practical, people-centered leader, Priya is passionate about reward programs that balance business performance with employee experience.

Her career spans Meta, Accenture, and Citi, with leadership roles across APAC and North America . She holds a Master’s in Labor and Industrial Relations from Michigan State University and is a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR).

Joanne Flinn

Chairperson – The ESG Institute
Bio

Thinkers50 Radar 2026. Affiliate Faculty, SMU Academy. Chairperson, ESG Institute (B Corp).

Most AI-and-workforce conversations are led by people who’ve never sat at an executive committee table nor on the board of directors. Joanne has. As Country Head of Financial Services Consulting at PwC Thailand, as Head of Change on the IT ExCo at DBS and now as a Senior Accredited Director, she’s spent 35 years in the room where transformation budgets get approved, talent strategies get challenged, and boards ask “what’s this actually going to cost us?” and “what will we get for this investment?”

Her ClearSight research across 20 Asian exchanges tracks the gap between what organisations report and what they’re actually ready to deliver. And the human dimension — discretionary effort, adaptability, institutional judgment — is the piece no dashboard captures and no AI replaces.

Her sense of humor spices up her masterclasses… A day with Joanne connects what your board, your CFO, and your people strategy need — together, not in silos.

Author of Greensight. Currently writing ClearSight: The Director’s Guide to Long-Term Value.

Marcus Budimulia

Associate Trainer – Lifeskills Institute
Bio

Marcus Budimulia is a Singapore-based Leadership Transformation Partner, Executive Coach and Catalyst with more than 30 years of experience helping organisations and leaders navigate growth, change and transition. He has worked closely with shareholders, boards, CEOs, regional presidents and senior leadership teams across global multinationals and large Asian enterprises.

His career includes senior leadership roles with Golden Agri-Resources and Sinar Mas, Asia Pulp & Paper, SCIEX/Danaher, BASF, Givaudan and Dow Chemical. His experience spans organisation and workforce transformation, talent and succession, leadership development, culture, M&A, employee relations, productivity, HR digitalisation and responsible adoption of artificial intelligence.

As an executive coach, Marcus works with Gen Y and Gen Z professionals, senior managers and executives inside and outside organisations. He supports leaders in strengthening self-awareness, executive presence, stakeholder influence and decision-making, as well as navigating career transitions, larger leadership roles and the critical first 100 days. His two signature areas are NextGen CHRO Executive Coaching and the Executive Transition Accelerator.

As an Associate Trainer with Lifeskills Institute, Marcus brings practical executive experience into leadership and people-development programmes. His facilitation style is engaging, business-focused and action-oriented, helping participants connect leadership concepts with real workplace challenges, multigenerational teams, difficult conversations, coaching skills and organisation transformation.

Marcus combines ICF coaching training (ACC and CCC), John Maxwell coaching and leadership training, VitalSmarts Crucial Conversations facilitation experience and decades of senior HR leadership. He holds an MBA in International Business and a Bachelor of Business Administration from Charles Sturt University, Australia, and is fluent in English and Bahasa Indonesia.

A strong believer in enabling people and giving back, Marcus also served for a few years as Vice Chair of the Tzu Chi Sinar Mas social organisation, and has volunteered as a youth, career, and transition coach. His work is anchored on four principles: Integrity, People, Impact and Legacy.

Eng Sing Soon

VP Group Talent – Singtel
Bio

Eng Sing is Vice President, Group Talent at Singtel, where he works at the intersection of business, leadership and workforce transformation. As part of Singtel’s Group HR leadership team, he partners senior leadership across its multi-market portfolio to shape the human capital, leadership and workforce capabilities needed to execute strategy, navigate transformation and sustain long-term performance.

With over two decades of experience across telecommunications, technology and financial services, Eng Sing has held regional and global leadership roles at Singtel, GIC, Goldman Sachs, and UBS. His experience spans leadership and succession, workforce strategy, organisational effectiveness and AI-enabled capability building, with a growing focus on how human capital strategy and governance can enable enterprise transformation.

Beyond his corporate role, he serves on Singapore’s Skills Advisory Panel, co-chaired by the Institute for Human Resource Professionals and Skills & Workforce Development Agency Singapore, and is a member of the Industry Advisory Board of NUS CELC. He also brings nine years of listed-company board experience.

Cheryl Koh

Group Head of Learning & Development – Jadestone Energy
Bio

Cheryl Koh is Group Head of Learning & Development at Jadestone Energy, where she leads learning, leadership development and organisational capability across the company’s Asia-Pacific portfolio.

With more than 16 years of experience across energy, financial services and healthcare, Cheryl is passionate about moving learning beyond traditional programmes and embedding it into everyday work. Her experience includes leading regional learning governance across 18 markets at DBS and contributing to Standard Chartered’s Future-Skills Accelerator, which supported more than 80,000 employees.

At Jadestone Energy, Cheryl established the organisation’s first common leadership-development approach across five countries. She currently leads Leaders in Action!, a year-long journey for 62 managers that combines workplace challenges, leadership simulations, coaching, digital learning and performance conversations. Her work focuses on making learning practical, personalised and measurable so that capability is developed while work is happening, not separately from it.

Cheryl is an IHRP Certified Professional, Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach, Brain-Based Coach and certified practitioner in Hogan Assessments, Design Thinking and Agile methodologies.

Joanne Flinn

Chairwoman of the ESG Institute
Bio

Thought leader, award-winning author and respected international keynote speaker, Joanne Flinn has brought inspiration, insight, and action to audiences across countries and industries. Her deep experience enables her to share true insights about digital disruption, change and leadership. Her empathy and realism help people succeed in business and life. As the Chair of the Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) Institute, Joanne works with Chairman and CEOs of global entities to develop, scale and deploy sustainability strategies.

Kris Wadia

CEO of Humanized Leadership
Bio

Kris Wadia is the CEO of Humanized Leadership. He focuses on putting human beings, not processes or technology, at the core of any business that wishes to be successful. A former Partner at Accenture, with global experience across multiple industry verticals, his career journey has spanned over 70 countries. Most recently, Kris was a keynote speaker on ‘Habitual Hybrid Leadership’ for the UK’s Centre for Army Leadership, with a world-wide audience of over 6,000 attendees.

Jonathan Cheung

CEO of the ESG Institute and ASEAN Development Advisor Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS)
Bio

Jonathan Cheung comes to the helm of the ESG Institute with over 37 years of leadership experience in 20 countries across the Asia Pacific region, North America, and Europe. His deep expertise in business, procurement and supply chain are uniquely situated to help organisations successfully tackle scope 3 emissions and improve value chains.

Jonathan brings invaluable expertise, collaborative muscle and big-picture vision to the ESG Institute through his external role as the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS) ASEAN Development Advisor and his commercial acumen developed while the Executive Director/Regional Head of Citibank Strategic Sourcing & Procurement Services as well as his years at EDS, American Express, PwC Consulting, CAPCO, HP, and KPMG.

He is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS); a licensed CIPS Procurement Excellence Programme assessor for Asia, and a Chartered IT Professional (CITP). He is also an Exco member of The Supply Chain Asia (SCA) Procurement Council.