- 24 June 2026, Wednesday
- 9:00am – 10:30am (MYT)
- Hilton Kuala Lumpur
Building AI-Ready Infrastructure for Malaysia’s Digital Future
ABOUT THIS EVENT
FutureCIO, in partnership with Equinix, invites you to an exclusive roundtable with Malaysia’s top technology leaders.
The infrastructure decisions you make today will determine your organisation’s AI readiness, data sovereignty, resilience, and competitive edge in ASEAN for the next decade.
Malaysian enterprises are at a critical juncture. Persistent legacy systems that resist cloud migration, combined with ongoing digital transformation programmes and the urgent push to scale AI, are creating significant constraint, limiting agility, driving up costs, complicating data sovereignty, and intensifying talent shortages.
Modernising your infrastructure is no longer optional. It is a board-level strategic imperative aligned with Malaysia’s national ambitions: AI Nation 2030, National AI Office (NAIO) initiatives, the AI Technology Action Plan, and MyDIGITAL.
The shift required is clear: distributed, sovereign, and AI-ready infrastructure.
Key Discussion Topics
- From Legacy to AI-Ready: Modernising infrastructure, eliminating technical debt, and accelerating digital transformation
- Data Privacy, Sovereignty & Governance: Maintaining data residency and compliance requirements through secure, locally present infrastructure
- Cost, Scale & Energy Efficiency: Optimising through renewable-powered, high-performance infrastructure
- Talent & Workforce Readiness: Closing the skills gap via Equinix programmes and national initiatives
- Malaysian CIO Roadmap: Driving enterprise AI priorities to become innovators in Malaysia’s digital ambitions.
Key Takeaways
- Actionable strategies to overcome legacy constraints and fast-track AI innovation
- Practical frameworks to balance cost, energy, sovereignty, and performance
- Proven approaches to talent development and ecosystem partnerships
- A clear roadmap for building organisational and national resilience
Who Should Attend
CIOs, CTOs, Heads of IT, and senior technology leaders responsible for digital transformation and AI strategy in Malaysia.
Limited seats. By invitation only.
Who should attend?
- CIO, CTO, Head of IT
- IT leaders
- Director and above
In partnership with:
AGENDA
| Time | Topic |
|---|---|
| 8:30am | Registration |
| 9:00am | Welcome and Housekeeping Serb Jodha, Editorial Consultant, Cxociety |
| 9:05am | Opening Remarks Luke Lee, APAC Solution Lead, Equinix |
| 9:15am | Moderated Roundtable Discussion |
| 10:20am | Closing Remarks |
| 10:30am | End of Event |
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
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