
The short version
You are lucky.
You got here before the room filled up. Sit down: this takes two minutes.
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What's new
Start here. Everything below is the reason, but this is the news.
The first stories land in the week of 1 October.
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Why
In July 2025 the founders stopped the festival and said why: relevance beats reach.
They were right. The audience was never the problem; the hall was. So we are going back to the rooms that worked, closer to the people who decide: Bangkok, Manila, Jakarta and Muscat first. Between the rooms, the network stays open, every day, instead of eleven months of silence.
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What you get
Three answers, depending on who you are.
If you buy
You meet the people behind a project long before it becomes a tender.
A room of four hundred, and a reason for every name in it.
If you supply
You get into the room, and the opt-in attendee directory before you travel.
A name you can call on Monday, and a floor with a rebate if we miss it.
If you invest
You get the sector desk and the yearbook: what is moving, and who is moving it.
A desk that never closes: 24/7, 365 days.
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Who you are dealing with
Four people. You will meet most of them.
- Björn KempeTwenty years turning industries into communities across Asia; the Singapore edition that sold out is his.
- Ateeq ur RahmanThe CEO, in London. On sponsors and investors, and on what everything really costs.
- Haseeb ur RahmanInvestor relations and sponsoring across the growth markets. He knows who picks up the phone.
- Gritapat SetachanatipTechnology: the part of the network that is awake at three in the morning.
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Ways in
Four of them, and only one costs money.
Strategic
If you sell into this room, come in as a sponsor: globally, by category, or in the one market you care about.
Institutional
If you are an agency, a ministry or a chamber: no money moves either way. We sign an MoU and co-host.
Social
If you are an association, a university or an NGO: bring the programme, not a budget.
Philanthropic
If you fund the work rather than buy from it: the programmes take grants, and we report what happened.
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The menu
Eight things we sell. Ask for any of them.
- Global sponsorshipFour slots. The whole network, every market, all year.On request
- Category sponsorshipOne partner per category: water, energy and storage, mobility, data centres.On request
- Regional sponsorshipThree per country, for the market you actually sell in.On request
- MembershipTier 1 you can start yourself. Tier 2 and Tier 3 begin with a conversation.Start Tier 1
- Editions and delegate placesA seat in a room of four hundred, chosen by who else is in it.On request
- Delegations and institutional programmesTravel with a delegation, or send one of your own.On request
- The yearbook and sponsored intelligenceThe dataset people cite, in black and gold.On request
- Tailor-made projectsIf it is not on this menu, ask us anyway.On request
That is the short version. The long one is better with you in it.
