FutureCIO Conference Indonesia

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EVENT OVERVIEW

Indonesia’s digital economy is entering a pivotal phase of transformation, with multiple reports projecting it to remain the largest and most dynamic digital market in Southeast Asia throughout the decade. In line with the nation’s long-term vision of Golden Indonesia 2045, the rapid expansion of the digital economy and accelerated adoption of artificial intelligence have become central priorities.

To guide this transition, the government introduced the Indonesia National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence 2020–2045 (Stranas KA), a comprehensive roadmap designed to establish Indonesia as a key player in the global AI ecosystem. The strategy emphasises not only technological advancement but also the ethical, inclusive, and broad-based application of AI, ensuring that innovation benefits all sectors of society.

In 2026, the business landscape for CIOs and CTOs in Indonesia is more intricate and dynamic than ever before. The rapid evolution of advanced technologies, coupled with heightened cybersecurity threats and a complex regulatory environment, presents both challenges and opportunities. Additionally, talent readiness, digital sovereignty, and regulatory fragmentation across regions will test an organisation’s agility.

Successful IT leaders in Indonesia must not only embrace digital transformation but also initiate strategic reinvention to leverage AI as a core partner in business operations. The 2026 technology leadership agenda is shaped by AI-driven innovations, cybersecurity evolution, regulatory navigation, sustainable IT, and talent ecosystem renewal. Robust partnerships, cross-functional leadership, strategic cost management and culturally attuned strategies are crucial to converting these challenges into opportunities for sustained regional digital growth.

Success requires strategic reinvention, positioning AI as a core business partner, and rationalizing portfolios for cost and future-readiness. Culturally attuned, cross-functional leadership and public-private partnerships (Stranas KA-aligned) are essential to convert challenges into inclusive, sustainable growth. To thrive in 2026, technology leaders in Indonesia face heightened complexity such as AI/agentic proliferation, cyber risks (deepfakes, supply-chain, post-quantum), strict data sovereignty/PDP compliance, severe talent mismatches, regulatory evolution, sustainable IT demands, and budget pressures amid rapid digital economy growth.

The FutureCIO Indonesia Conference 2026, themed “Forging Future Advantage“, equips IT leaders to drive measurable business outcomes, leverage Stranas KA momentum, ensure PDP/AI regulatory compliance, close talent gaps, build sovereign infrastructure, and secure sustained digital leadership in Indonesia’s unique context. The conference will feature insights from industry leaders and practitioners, addressing key topics such as:

Delivering continuous value for the business
Practical AI implementations
Balancing compliance with agility
Building resilient enterprisesHuman + AI collaboration

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

CIOs, CTOs, Directors, Heads, MDs, SVPs, VPs, Leads, involved in:

Information Technology
IT Operations
Enterprise Architecture and Strategy
ITSM
IT Infrastructure
IT Application
Big Data/Analytics
Cloud Management
IT Security and Technology Risk
Privacy/Data Protection

WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND

The FutureCFO Conference aims to give CFOs, who also act as their company’s strategic business partner and catalyst, insights on ensuring corporate growth and successfully mitigating risks and challenges amidst the current economic and political uncertainties in their countries. The conference will also address strategies and best practices on how CFOs can reimagine finance functions and their organizations to survive and thrive in today’s fast-paced and digitally driven landscape.

This by-invitation only one-day event will gather over 120 senior finance leaders from multiple industries and offers the best opportunity to hear from the industry’s leading professionals, contribute questions from the floor, engage in incisive panel discussions that discuss real-life business cases, updates and strategies to meet the most pertinent challenges facing the finance function in 2020.

High-Level Industry Speakers

We gather 20+ industry speakers and experts from leading organizations for keynote presentations and incisive discussions so you can tap on their invaluable insights and best practices important to your finance function management and transformation.

Interactive Discussions

Be part of our interactive panel discussions that address the current hot topics, share ideas and experiences and get the answers to your pressing questions from prominent finance leaders on stage.

Networking Opportunities

Meet new business partners, engage and forge new connections with fellow finance and treasury leaders in the region, solution providers and many more at our event through luncheons, coffee breaks, one-to-one meetings and informal introductions.

Targeted In-Depth Sessions

8 hours of learning and networking opportunities packed into 10 in depth sessions. Listen to corporate-driven best practices and case studies sharing that are targeted to your profession through the personalized country-specific conferences we crafted for you - FutureCFO Conferences.

FUTURECIO & FUTURECISO CONFERENCE SERIES

2026 AGENDA

09:15

Panel Discussion: From IT Steward to Business Owner: Redefining the CIO’s Role in 2026/2027

In 2026, CIOs in Asia are no longer judged solely on system uptime or cost savings—they are expected to co-own digital products, influence revenue streams, and drive mission-critical outcomes. This session explores how top-performing CIOs are stepping beyond traditional IT boundaries to lead cross-functional business initiatives, manage digital P&Ls, and build careers anchored in enterprise impact rather than internal IT metrics.

Redefining success metrics – from IT KPIs to business outcomes
CIOs as digital product owners
Framing and testing organisational models to fit the business model
Skills and mindset shift for the expanded role
Career pathways – stepping out of an established comfort zone

Moderator:
Allan Tan, Group Editor-in-Chief, CXOCIETY

Panelist:
Anindio Daneswara, Group Head of Technology, Digitalization & Process Excellence, PT SEMEN INDONESIA (PERSERO) TBK

09:50

Keynote: Beyond Storage: Reengineering Cloud Strategy in the Age of AI-Driven Innovations

Gartner anticipates that by 2026, 70% of new cloud deployments will leverage cohesive cloud data ecosystems rather than manually integrated point solutions. The use of AI and generative AI, combined with a torrent of disparate data and analytics, has amplified the challenge of managing cloud workloads in today’s digital revolution.

Hybrid cloud shaping the next phase of cloud adoption
Converging clouds and data platforms
Enabling an integrated and optimised hybrid multicloud platform
Meeting the challenges in a distributed landscape
Balancing cloud-native agility with security and governance in hybrid infrastructures

10:15

Fireside Chat: Digital Sovereignty and Cross-Border Data Collaboration Amid Geopolitical Volatility

Digital sovereignty has become a board-level priority in Indonesia, driven by full enforcement of the UU PDP and the expected harmonization of the PDP Agency by 2026. With ASEAN cross-border data flows accelerating, enterprises face critical choices around vendor diversification—balancing local sovereign providers against US and China players—while aligning with Stranas KA national data goals. Forward-thinking leaders need transform sovereignty into advantage via trusted, compliant ecosystems.

Navigating Southeast Asia’s evolving data protection laws
Designing cross-border data flows that respect sovereignty
Reassessing vendor dependencies (US vs. China vs. local)
Building sovereign cloud partnerships
Automating compliance without killing agility

Interviewer:
Allan Tan, Group Editor-in-Chief, CXOCIETY

11:10

Panel Discussion: Embedding AI-Driven Continuous Improvement in Business Operations

Moving beyond initial AI adoption requires organisations to establish continuous improvement cycles where AI iteratively enhances processes, customer experience, and operational efficiency. This session will examine best practices for creating sustainable AI value through feedback loops and overcoming organisational inertia, thereby delivering ongoing, measurable business impact beyond pilots and experiments.

Designing AI feedback loops for continuous process improvement
Overcoming organisational barriers to AI-driven change
Integrating AI into business processes beyond pilots
Measuring business impact and ROI of ongoing AI initiatives
Leveraging AI for agile customer experience and operational efficiency

Moderator:
Allan Tan, Group Editor-in-Chief, CXOCIETY

Panelist:
Sudarto Unsurlany, Head of ICT Operations and Digitalization, PT PETROSEA TBK