Topic: Future-Readiness

Asha Saxena

Asha Saxena is a strategic and innovative leader with a track record of building successful technology companies over the past 30 years.

She is the author of the bestselling book “The AI Factor – How to Apply Artificial Intelligence and Use Big Data to Grow Your Business Exponentially” and the Founder and CEO of Women Leaders in Data and AI, a global leadership organization brining world leaders together to create a fair digital world with parity and equity.

Asha is an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University, teaching graduate classes on Entrepreneurship and served as Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Columbia Business School. She also served as a partner at CEO Coaching International, a management services company focused on building, turning around, and selling successful businesses.

In the past, Asha served as the CEO of a healthcare data analytics company, built an e-commerce platform, and was the President and CEO of Future Technologies. This company provided data analytics solutions to Fortune 1000 companies and was recognized at the World Economic Forum as a “Global Growth Company for 2007”.

Asha earned her BS in Computer Science from Bangalore University in India, an MS in Data Science from Southern Methodist University, and underwent management training at MIT and the London Business School.

Charlie Ang

Charlie Ang is a Digital Futurist, Keynote Speaker, and Innovation Leader. He is the Founder of Everything 4.0 and Head, Strategic Futures and Innovation at one of the leading media organisations in Asia.

He has worked with and spoken to some of the world's and Asia's industry leaders and thousands of executives on achieving exponential growth in the digital age. He prepares organizations and leaders to win in the AI-first, 4th Industrial Revolution, Metaverse and Web 3.0 era. Charlie plays in the crucial intersection of futures, strategy, innovation, technology, and human-centricity.

Charlie has advocated the 4.0 model since 2013, which World Economic Forum refers to as the 4th Industrial Revolution in 2016. He firmly believes that, in the 4th Industrial Revolution, everything, from our economic models, political structures, social organizations to ways of life, will be re-invented from 3.0 version today to 4.0 model in 2020s. Leaders who prepare for this 4.0 future today will be the winners of tomorrow.

But that is not all. We are living in the "Perfect Storm in 2020s" which he has been warning about since 2018. In this decade, the acceleration and collision of the technology revolution, geopolitical disorder, climate emergency and ageing demographics will disrupt the world as we know it. Learn his grand strategy to prevail, prosper and play to win in the Perfect Storm of 2020s.

Charlie has been featured in international and Asian media such as BBC, National Geographic, Financial Times, The Telegraph, Al Jazeera, Asian Scientist, Channel NewsAsia, MediaCorp, Straits Times, Business Times, Esquire, and others.

Charlie received his MBA from the NUS Business School and BSc (First Class) Honours in Computer Science from the University of Manchester, UK. He is trained in strategic futures, design, innovation and emerging technologies at Singularity University (in Silicon Valley), Oxford University’s Said Business School, Stanford University, Singapore Management University, National University of Singapore, Luma Institute and ExO Organizations.