01AI Application
AI that moves beyond ideas to deliver measurable business value.
Applied AI · Infrastructure · Governance · Investment
JDI TFOAI4
18.08.2026TP.HCM
WHY IT MATTERS
Chapter 4 marks the shift from asking what AI can do to making AI work at scale—through applications, ML and foundation models, infrastructure, governance and investable execution.
011,000+ attendees
0240+ global speakers
0320 exhibitors
0480 partners
FROM AI HYPE TO BUSINESS IMPACT
Four layers required to make AI work, scale and deliver lasting value.
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02ML, Data & Foundation Models
The intelligence layer that transforms data into decisions that drive performance.
03AI Infrastructure
Physical and cloud foundations that enable AI to scale from pilot to production.
04Governance of AI
AI that is trusted, compliant and built for long-term, sustainable growth.
AGENDA & CONTENT
The programme at a glance
Opening & the future of AI
JDI, NVIDIA AI Technology Center and the Singapore Institute of Technology frame the move from AI exploration to measurable adoption.
University–industry AI transformation
A practical model for moving SMEs from digital transformation toward AI capability, deployment and operating change.
Agentic AI: from chatbots to autonomous agents
Investors, founders and cloud architects examine how autonomous business agents alter workflows, decisions and enterprise systems.
The Southeast Asia data moat
Synthetic data, data sovereignty and foundation-model competition are discussed as strategic infrastructure—not merely technical inputs.
AI for cities and smart infrastructure
Urban planning, industrial parks and smart infrastructure become test beds for AI deployment and public–private collaboration.
AI in healthcare and medical applications
Regional universities and NVIDIA connect research, clinical use cases and the requirements for responsible medical AI.
Governing AI across ASEAN
Policy, legal and ecosystem perspectives address ASEAN’s fragmented regulatory landscape and the need for proportionate governance.
Building an AI-powered health economy
Healthcare operators and advisers examine how data science, infrastructure and business models combine across the care ecosystem.
Startup Pitch Session
AI founders present deployable solutions while investors and ecosystem actors test commercial readiness, use cases and scale potential.
PRODUCTS & STARTUPS
Six AI ventures addressing operational problems across Southeast Asia.
STARTUP PITCHING · 6 PROFILES
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EXHIBITORS
Technology companies and innovation platforms represented at TFOAI4.
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY · 22 EXHIBITORS
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AN ECOSYSTEM PERSPECTIVE
TFOAI4 shows that AI adoption is primarily an organisational challenge: data readiness, workflow redesign, leadership capability, governance and the discipline to move from pilot to production. For Da Nang, the opportunity is to connect AI founders with real corporate and public-sector problems, investment pathways and deployable infrastructure.
SWISS EP
Connect AI startups, venture builders and corporate demand; strengthen partner organisations’ capacity to design AI-readiness interventions and convert event relationships into pilots.
Swiss EP VietnamPEOPLE & ORGANISATIONS
Profiles behind the network
PEOPLE · 2
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ORGANISATIONS · 29
Institutions represented across the JDI TFOAI4 programme.
DEPENDENCY & RELATIONSHIP MODEL
How data, infrastructure, governance and capital convert AI capability into adoption.
Data, models and infrastructure
Trusted data, foundation models, compute and cloud services establish the technical capacity to build.
Governance and organisational readiness
Risk controls, ASEAN policy, leadership and redesigned workflows determine whether AI can move into production.
Agents, healthcare and smart systems
Startups and technology teams translate the stack into solutions for enterprises, cities and specialised sectors.
Pilots, customers and investment
Pitching, exhibitors and investor matching turn event participation into deployment, revenue and scalable ventures.
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