22 - 23 October 2025
Sands Expo & Convention Centre, Singapore
People Stage
People Stage, Wednesday 22 October 2025
08:50
Welcome Address by Terrapinn
Welcome to Day 1 of Accounting & Business Show Asia 2025
09:00
Keynote Presentation: Why some businesses scale while others stagnate - Lessons from Asia’s fastest-growing companies
09:20
Title Sponsor Keynote Presentation by Xero Asia
Representative from Xero
09:50
Keynote Presentation: Expanding globally without borders: Overcoming cross-border business challenges
Shawn Shen, Country Manager SG, WorldFirst (Ant International)
10:10
Exhibition Visit & Changeover
10:30
Panel TBC
Representatives from Summit
People Stage
10:30Panel: Matching your HR strategy to the size & complexity of your business
Gokul Jayaram, Global Human Resources Business Partnering, Castlery
11:20
Presentation: Future-ready at scale: How practitioners build trusted digital journeys?
Sponsored by ST Engineering
People Stage
11:20Presentation: Payroll nightmares: How we fixed ours and saved hundreds of hours
Reserved for Sponsor
11:45
Outdated systems are holding you back: What Singaporean and ASEAN businesses need to do / AI-Powered growth: How Southeast Asia companies are cutting costs and unlocking revenue
Representatives from Xero
People Stage
11:45Presentation: Rethinking employee experience: Boosting engagement in a digital-first workplace
People Stage
12:10Presentation: Wellness that works: How employee programs are driving productivity, retention, and success
12:35
Lunch, Exhibition & Networking Break
13:30
Keynote Presentation: Sustainability or Survival? How to balance ESG with profitability
13:50
Keynote Presentation TBC
Representative from Intuit Quickbooks
15:00
Roundtable Discussions (1 - 5)
15:45
Case study: Deploying agentic AI workflows into record-to-report cycle
People Stage
15:45Presentation: Trust, truth, and TikTok: How to engage your Gen-X to Gen-Z workforce
16:10
Presentation: From scroll to strategy – TikTok for Business – A playbook for scaling service-based brands in SEA
TikTok for Business invited on behalf of WorldFirst
Marcus Yeo, Business Development, SEA, TikTok for Business
People Stage
16:10Presentation: Rewriting the script: From role rigidities to agile capabilities
People Stage
16:35Panel: The war for talent in Southeast Asia: What it takes to attract and retain the right people
Rajashree Chandramogan, APAC Publishing, eSports and Enterprise HR Business Partner, Riot Games
last published: 29/Jul/25 14:45
People Stage, Thursday 23 October 2025
09:20
Welcome Address by Terrapinn
Welcome to Day 2 of Accounting & Business Show Asia 2025
09:30
Keynote Presentation: Business 2030: The next-gen tools and skills business leaders need to stay ahead
09:50
Title Sponsor Keynote Presentation by Xero Asia
Representative from Xero
10:20
Platinum Sponsor Address
Reserve for Sponsor
10:40
Exhibition Visit & Changeover
People Stage
11:00Panel: Employer branding in Southeast Asia: What matters to top talent in 2025 and beyond
People Stage
11:50Presentation: AI learns empathy: Can leaders keep up?
11:50
Presentation: Digital transformation ROI: Hype vs. reality and how to measure what really matters
12:15
Presentation TBC
Sponsored by SAGE
People Stage
12:15Presentation: Beyond profit: The future is human sustainability
Cyl Lin, Human Resources Director & APJ HR Business Partner, Tech Data APAC
12:40
Lunch, Exhibition & Networking Break
13:30
Keynote Presentation: Asia’s economic outlook 2025 – Overcoming headwinds and capitalising on growth hotspots
13:50
Platinum Sponsor Keynote Address
Reserved for Sponsor
15:00
Roundtable Discussions (6 - 10)
16:35
Presentation: The AI Advantage: How it’s fuelling business innovation across Asia
Reserved for Sponsor
People Stage
16:35Presentation: The CFO + CHRO alliance: Building resilient businesses in times of uncertainty
People Stage
17:00Presentation: HR in the cloud: How to streamline hiring, onboarding and payroll in one system
Reserved for Sponsor
17:00
Presentation: Talent at the top: Full-time resource vs fractional C-Suites
last published: 29/Jul/25 14:45
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