22 - 23 October 2025

Sands Expo & Convention Centre, Singapore

Customer & Commerce Stage

 

Customer & Commerce Stage, Wednesday 22 October 2025

08:50

Welcome Address by Terrapinn

Welcome to Day 1 of Accounting & Business Show Asia 2025

Rhonda Wong
09:00

Keynote Presentation: Why some businesses scale while others stagnate - Lessons from Asia’s fastest-growing companies

Koren Wines
09:20

Keynote Presentation: Navigating accounting’s transformation

Amidst an ever-evolving business landscape, the accounting industry is undergoing significant transformation. Join us to explore the emerging technologies, industry trends, and shifting expectations that are driving this change. Discover how to best leverage these developments for your business.

Shawn Shen
09:50

Keynote Presentation: Expanding globally without borders: Overcoming cross-border business challenges

10:10

Exhibition Visit & Changeover

Customer & Commerce Stage
10:30

Customer & Commerce Stage

Panel discussion
Customer & Commerce Stage
10:30

Panel: Omnichannel strategies that actually work for SMEs: How to align sales, marketing and customer experience

By attending this session, you will gain insights into:

  • Practical steps for integrating your sales, marketing, and customer service channels for a seamless experience.
  • Utilizing data analytics to understand customer behavior and personalize your outreach efforts across all platforms.
  • Implementing cost-effective technology solutions to automate and manage your omnichannel presence.
  • Measuring the ROI of your omnichannel efforts to ensure they are driving tangible business growth.
Danica Burke
Customer & Commerce Stage
11:20

Presentation: Marketing amidst AI: The evolving tech and enduring principles

A fast and furious session making a cross-functional case that brand-building is business building. What does your whole business need to understand about what's changing and what stays the same? By attending this session, you will gain insights into:

  • The Brand-formance flywheel: Learn why brand-building is not a “nice to have” but a proven driver of commercial growth, now and tomorrow.
  • Be Findable or Get Lost: Understand how AI is reshaping customer discovery and what this means for attracting tomorrow’s buyers.
  • Creativity is your moat: See how creativity and distinctiveness are becoming critical competitive advantages in B2B, helping businesses stand out in a noisy, AI-fueled marketplace.
Customer & Commerce Stage
11:45

Presentation: Minutes over money: AI and the compounding time dividend

Sponsored by Airwallex

Issac Liu
Customer & Commerce Stage
12:10

Presentation TBC

12:35

Lunch, Exhibition & Networking Break

Ravi Krishnaswamy
13:30

Keynote Presentation: Sustainability or Survival? How to balance ESG with profitability

Lily Tan
13:50

Keynote Presentation: From data entry to data-driven decisions: How automation is reshaping the accountant’s role

Violet Lim
14:10

Keynote Panel: Business owner perspectives: Building a culture of innovation in Asia

By attending this session, you will gain insights into:

  • Encouraging and rewarding creative thinking and risk-taking within your team.
  • Implementing simple processes that foster continuous improvement and new ideas from the ground up.
  • Overcoming common cultural and operational barriers to innovation in the Asian business landscape.
  • Utilizing technology and data to identify new opportunities and pivot your business model effectively.
Customer & Commerce Stage
15:30

Customer & Commerce Stage

Panel discussion
Customer & Commerce Stage
15:45

Panel: The rise of social commerce: How brands are monetising engagement beyond likes and shares

By attending this session, you will gain insights into:

  • Converting social media engagement into direct sales and measurable revenue.
  • Implementing effective social commerce tools and platforms to streamline the customer journey.
  • Creating a data-driven strategy to identify and collaborate with the right influencers for your brand.
  • Analyzing social data to inform your product development and marketing efforts.
Ayush Yagnik
Customer & Commerce Stage
16:35

Presentation: The AI advantage: How it’s fuelling the business innovation across Asia

Chee Yeng Tan
Customer & Commerce Stage
17:00

Presentation: Harnessing the power of AI: A data-driven approach for non-technical business leaders

By attending this session, you will gain insights into:

  • Understanding the fundamental concepts of AI and its potential applications without needing a technical background.
  • Learning how to ask the right questions to your technical teams to drive AI projects that deliver business value.
  • Identifying practical, low-risk ways to pilot AI initiatives within your organization.
  • Using AI-generated insights to make more informed business decisions and gain a competitive edge.
last published: 07/Oct/25 06:45

Customer & Commerce Stage, Thursday 23 October 2025

09:20

Welcome Address by Terrapinn

Welcome to Day 2 of Accounting & Business Show Asia 2025

Louise Loo
09:30

Keynote Presentation: Asia’s economic outlook 2025 – Overcoming headwinds and capitalising on growth hotspots

By attending this session, you will gain insights into:

  • Understanding the key economic trends and challenges facing Asia in the coming year.
  • Identifying high-growth sectors and emerging markets that present the best opportunities for expansion.
  • Developing a proactive strategy to mitigate economic risks and navigate potential headwinds.
  • Adapting your business model to capitalize on new opportunities and stay ahead of the competition.
Sarah Foo
09:50

Keynote Presentation: Thrive or Survive: Embracing our future With AI

The world continues to change and, with AI more widely available, it is changing at an ever accelerating pace.  To win in the future, you need to be good at everything and exceptional at a few things.  Exploring how you can use AI to help with both aspects of your business is something that is worthwhile and, in this session, we’ll do exactly that. Join us to look at some of the key trends underpinning the AI capabilities that are transforming the landscape of accounting and bookkeeping, and learn what you can do about it.

10:20

Platinum Sponsor Address

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10:40

Exhibition Visit & Changeover

Customer & Commerce Stage
11:00

Customer & Commerce Stage

Panel discussion
Customer & Commerce Stage
11:00

Panel: The ROI-centered mentality: Marketing as a driver of revenue and growth

By attending this session, you will gain insights into:

  • Developing a marketing strategy that is directly linked to measurable business outcomes.
  • Utilizing data and analytics to prove the value and impact of your marketing campaigns.
  • Optimizing your marketing spend to focus on channels that deliver the highest ROI.
  • Fostering a culture where marketing is viewed as a strategic investment, not just a cost center.
Esther Tan
Customer & Commerce Stage
11:50

Presentation: Why no one reads your emails and what to do about it

By attending this session, you will gain insights into:

  • Crafting compelling subject lines that get your emails opened and read.
  • Structuring your email content for clarity and scannability, ensuring your message is understood quickly.
  • Utilizing powerful call-to-actions that prompt a response and drive results.
  • Implementing segmentation and personalization to ensure your messages are relevant to each recipient.
Jasela Sarin
Customer & Commerce Stage
12:15

Presentation: The power of personalisation: How we increased conversions with data-driven marketing

By attending this session, you will gain insights into:

  • Gathering and analyzing customer data to create highly targeted marketing campaigns.
  • Implementing personalization across all your marketing channels, from email to social media.
  • A/B testing different personalized messages to optimize for conversions and engagement.
  • Measuring the ROI of your personalization efforts to prove their effectiveness.
12:40

Lunch, Exhibition & Networking Break

Scott McKechnie
13:30

Keynote Presentation: Raise, Scale, Repeat: What business leaders need to win in every phase

By attending this session, you will gain insights into:

  • Identifying the key milestones and challenges at each stage of business growth, from startup to scale-up.
  • Developing a repeatable playbook for raising capital and attracting the right investors.
  • Building scalable systems and processes that support rapid expansion without sacrificing quality.
  • Learning from real-world case studies of successful business leaders who have mastered the art of scaling.
Niharika Chaturvedi
14:00

Keynote Panel: Winning as One: The new rules of cross-functional leadership in modern SMEs

By attending this session, you will gain insights into:

  • Breaking down silos between departments to foster collaboration and shared goals.
  • Developing communication strategies that ensure all teams are aligned and working towards a common vision.
  • Implementing a performance management system that rewards cross-functional teamwork.
  • Cultivating a culture of shared responsibility and accountability across your organization.
Customer & Commerce Stage
15:30

Customer & Commerce Stage

Sharon Chong
Customer & Commerce Stage
15:45

Presentation: Don’t compete on price – compete on purpose

In today’s world, price is transparent, tools are accessible, and competition is everywhere. Competing on price only leads to burnout. In this inspiring session, Sharon Chong shares her journey from breaking even to building a sustainable business and reveals how accountants and SME owners can rise above the price war by building trust, authenticity, and purpose.

By attending this session, you will gain insights into:

  • Redesign - Attract with authenticity, not discounts
  • Rebuild - Build trust that outlasts transactions
  • Rise - Let purpose, not price, be your edge
Nishita Lalvani
Customer & Commerce Stage
16:10

Presentation: From Lean to Lift-Off: Scaling growth efficiently

Growth isn’t just about doing more—it’s about doing better. In this session, Nishita Lalvani, CMO of IFS Capital Group and a seasoned fractional CMO with leadership roles across big tech and high-growth firms, shares how businesses can transform lean operations into scalable growth engines. She’ll explore how marketing and growth strategies directly tie into business outcomes, and how leaders can leverage tools like AI to accelerate efficiency. Expect practical insights, proven frameworks, and real-world stories that will help you unlock smarter, faster, and more sustainable growth.

  • From Cost to Value: How to connect marketing and growth strategies directly to measurable business outcomes.
  • Scale with Smarts: Frameworks to evolve lean operations into sustainable, high-growth engines without overspending.
  • AI as a Multiplier: How leaders can leverage AI to boost efficiency, creativity, and decision-making at scale.
last published: 07/Oct/25 06:45

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