HPC Summit Southeast Asia 2026

Arrival Registration and Breakfast

Opening remarks from W.Media introducing the HPC Summit Southeast Asia 2026 – setting the tone for a day of open collaboration among open standard communities.

Welcome Address

Opening remarks from W.Media introducing the HPC Summit Southeast Asia 2026 – setting the tone for a day of open collaboration among open standard communities.

James Loggie

Business Analyst

w.media

Opening Panel: The Future of High-Performance Infrastructure

A visionary session highlighting how open compute standards and cross-border collaboration are driving the next wave of AI and supercomputing infrastructure across Asia.

Kavickumar Muruganathan

ESG Policy & Planning Director (APAC & Middle East Africa)

Microsoft

Keynote: The Open Rack - Engineering for AI-Scale Efficiency

We’ll explore the new v2 specification, emphasizing modularity, rapid deployment, and sustainability in existing 19-inch rack environments.

Democratizing AI Infrastructure: Scalable HPC for Enterprise and Edge

Experts from hyperscalers, OEMs, and engineering firms envision how open, modular, and liquid-cooled data centers will evolve to serve AI workloads.

ASRock Rack

Representative

Insight: China's Open Compute Strategy and Scorpio Rack Evolution

Outlines how China's rack standard supports its AI Compute Network initiative, creating interoperability and supply-chain alignment across hyperscalers.

Maury G

Managing Partner

Pivotale AI

Morning Coffee & Networking

In the exhibition area

Spotlight: Modular HPC for Edge & Enterprise

Industry experts and consortium representatives discuss the possibility of a universal design language for racks, power, and cooling systems supporting global AI and HPC growth.

Dennis Sim

Technical Manager, RCDD

Panduit

Power Revolution

OEMs and power specialists explain how 48V systems are becoming the new baseline for AI clusters, enabling higher efficiency and interoperability between open rack formats.

Jimmy Yam

Vice President & General Manager, East Asia

Eaton

Suppan Saravanamuthu

Director - Head of Design and Construction - Asia Pacific

Iron Mountain Data Centers

Case Study: Building the AI Factory with Open Hardware

A hyperscaler or integrator shares practical insights from deploying an open compute-based HPC facility using liquid cooling and modular power infrastructure.

Networking Lunch

In the exhibition area

Fireside Chat: Sustainable Compute - When Green Meets Performance

Discussion on how renewable integration, heat reuse, and green financing intersect with HPC's high-density requirements.

Panel: Cooling the AI Factory - Innovations in Liquid and Immersion Cooling

Vendors and operators examine how open standards are enabling interoperable liquid-cooling ecosystems at scale.

Thiru Prakassh

Regional Manager for Data Center Operations APAC

OVHcloud

Professor Lee Poh Seng

Head of Mechanical Engineering Department

National University of Singapore (NUS)

Mark Langford

Regional Technical Director – Asia

Stulz

Panel: National Compute Infrastructure - Open Standards for Sovereign AI

Policy leaders and research institutions explore how open architectures can underpin national HPC programs across Southeast Asia.

PLDT

Representative

Mukesh Jain

CTO & Executive Vice President

Capgemini

HPC Network Fabrics and AI Cluster Interconnects

A technical session covering the emerging role of high-bandwidth, low-latency interconnects (InfiniBand, Ethernet, CXL) in open HPC system design.

Panel: Designing the HPC Datacenter of 2030

Open AI

Open AI representative

ASRock Rack

Representative

Closing Panel: Toward a Global HPC Standards Alliance

Industry leaders discuss a roadmap for global interoperability and regional working groups for AI infrastructure harmonization.

Sundown Networking Reception