9.07 – 9.15 am – Welcome Address by Joji Thomas Philip, Editor-in-Chief, DEALSTREETASIA

9.15 – 9.35 am: Fireside Chat: Putting Singapore’s Billion Dollar Innovation Fund to Work: Makara Capital CEO Ali Ijaz Ahmad in conversation with DEALSTREETASIA’s Joji Thomas Philip

9.40 – 10.20 am: Panel I – Local VCs – Global Play

— Chua Kee Lock, Group President & CEO, Vertex Venture Holdings

— Rachel Lau, Co-founder, RHL Ventures (Moderator)

— Dr Finian Tan, Chairman, Vickers Venture Partners

— Wei Hopeman, Managing Partner, Arbor Ventures

— Chris Pu, Partner and Head of Greater China, Telstra Ventures

— Edgar Hardless, CEO, Singtel Innov8

10.20 – 10.40 am: Emerging Trends that are Revamping Malaysia’s Startup Scene

— Norhizam Abdul Kadir, Vice President, Growth Ecosystem Development, Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC)

— Jan Lambrechts, CEO, CXS 

— SaiKit Ng, CEO, Captii Ventures

10.45 – 11 am: Coffee break

11 – 11.40 am: Panel II – Southeast Asia’s VC investment landscape: One large market or several smaller plays

— Willson Cuaca, Co-founder & Managing Partner, East Ventures

— Hanno Stegmann, CEO, Asia Pacific Internet Group (Moderator)

— Kay-Mok Ku, Partner, Investment, Gobi Partners

— Minette Navarrete, Vice Chairman and President, Kickstart Ventures

— Saemin Ahn, Managing Partner, Rakuten Ventures

— Paul Ark, Managing Director, Corporate Venture Capital, Digital Ventures

11.45 am – 12.25 pm : Panel III – Exit is the main entry barrier for venture capital in South & Southeast Asia

— Chua Boon Ping, CEO, SPH Media Fund

— Kuo-Yi Lim, Managing Director, Monk’s Hill Ventures

— Sanjay Nath, Co-founder and Managing Partner, Blume Venture Advisors

— Abraham Hidayat, Managing Director, Skystar Capital

— Patrick Grove, Co-Founder & Group CEO, Catcha Group

— Deepshikha Monga, Director, Strategy & Business Development, DEALSTREETASIA (Moderator)

12.30 – 1.30 pm: Lunch