Beyond the Pilot: Leading the Next Business Shift — CIO/CDTO & CEO/BUSINESS LEADERS (Exclusive Workshop 2 of 2)
Part 2 of 2 — Exclusive Workshop Series: From Change to Action A GenAI Fund workshop series for CHRO, CIO/CDTO and CEO audiences on which organisational capabilities must change to turn technology into business results.
Other workshops in the series:
Beyond the Pilot: Leading the Next Business Shift
A decision system for scaling emerging technology, and a framework for turning it into business growth
🗓️ 10 September 2026
🕙 10:00– 11:00 AM GMT+7
📍 Attendance options: Online
An exclusive 60-minute workshop for technology, digital, innovation and business leaders deciding what emerging technology to pilot, how to move it toward production, and what it means for business strategy and growth.
Participation is limited to keep the discussion focused and practical.
⭐ Why this workshop matters
From predictive AI, generative AI and agentic AI to blockchain, tokenisation and quantum technologies, emerging technologies are advancing at very different levels of maturity. Understanding what's new is no longer the hard part. The hard part is deciding what to do about it, and what it means for the business.
For technology and innovation leaders, that means separating genuine maturity from hype, screening which use cases deserve investment, and knowing when a pilot is ready to move toward production.
For CEOs and business leaders, that means determining where value is shifting, what must change in the core business, and which new opportunities deserve real investment rather than another isolated pilot.
This workshop brings both questions into one room. It introduces a practical decision system for evaluating emerging technology, then connects that system directly to the business decisions that follow: what to protect, what to transform, and where to build new growth.
🎯 What you will learn in 45 minutes
Separate genuine technology maturity from market hype
Evaluate use cases across Task Fit, Adoption Readiness, Human Control and Ownership
Decide whether to stop, prepare, pilot or scale
Determine whether a capability should be bought, co-built or owned
Identify technology shifts affecting customers, costs and value chains
Decide what to protect, transform or build in the core business
Separate isolated technology initiatives from genuine business transformation
Establish the operating model and governance needed to move from ideas to production
🎤 Your speaker:
Professor Michael (Weihua) Xu is a Professor of Practice and Programme Director of the Doctor of Business Artificial Intelligence at PolyU, and Chairman of the Hong Kong AI Foundation. A former CTO with more than 18 years in global finance, including JPMorgan and Deutsche Bank, he brings a rare combination of technology, investment and business strategy to deciding what organisations should pilot, scale or stop.
👥 Who should attend
This workshop is designed for:
CIOs, CTOs, CDTOs and CDAOs
Technology and IT Directors
Digital Transformation leaders
Enterprise Architecture leaders
Data and AI leaders
Technology Strategy leaders
CEOs and Managing Directors
Founders and business owners
Business Unit leaders
General Managers and Country Managers
Strategy Directors
Business Transformation leaders
Corporate Innovation leaders
Senior executives responsible for evaluating or implementing emerging technology, or for growth, operating-model transformation and new business development
💡 Questions we will answer
How mature are predictive AI, GenAI, agentic AI, blockchain, tokenisation and quantum technologies, and which are moving from experimentation into real operations?
Does a proposed use case solve a genuine business friction with measurable KPIs, and are the data, owner, process, regulation, partners and infrastructure ready?
Should a solution operate through a human-led or technology-led model, and should the required capability be bought, co-built or owned?
Which opportunities belong under protect the core, transform the core or build new growth?
How can leaders distinguish a technology initiative from a genuine business transformation bet?
What governance and portfolio cadence prevents promising pilots from ending after the demonstration?
🔍 Application categories covered
Productivity copilots
Knowledge workflows
Decision support
Autonomous operations
Customer interaction
Risk and fraud
Developer productivity
📋 What you will leave with
An Emerging Technology Radar that separates maturity from hype
An Emerging Technology Decision Filter for screening use cases before investment
A Business Shift Map: Protect · Transform · Build
Four clear action options: Stop · Prepare · Pilot · Scale
Three capability options: Buy · Co-Build · Own
A practical execution pathway: Awareness → Discover → Source → Pilot & Co-Build → Scale
A clearer view of the operating model required to build enduring innovation capability
⏱️ Format
60-minute executive workshop
40 minutes of focused content
12 minutes of Q&A
8 minutes covering practical next steps
About GenAI Fund
GenAI Fund is ASEAN's first AI-focused fund dedicated to driving enterprise innovation. We work with more than 100 large enterprises, including Coca-Cola Beverages Vietnam, Sime Darby Property, and Tasco, alongside a network of over 2,600 AI startups. We have facilitated more than 500 enterprise-startup matches and supported over 100 AI proof-of-concept projects progressing toward production deployment across the region.
Through our Corporate Innovation programs, we help organisations build AI capability, identify high-value opportunities, source suitable technology and talent, validate solutions and move successful pilots toward production.
Our delivery approach connects five stages:
Awareness → Discover → Source → Pilot & Co-Build → Scale
🌐 AI and technology ecosystem
GenAI Fund works across a regional technology ecosystem that includes organisations such as NVIDIA Inception, OpenAI, AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft for Startups and other AI and technology partners.
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GenAI Fund worked with Sime Darby Property to frame the operational challenge, select a suitable technology partner and conduct a live-site proof of concept.
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🚀 Continue your AI workforce journey
After the workshop, participating organisations may request an Innovation Readiness Session to assess capability gaps, identify priority workforce or operational challenges and determine the most appropriate next step.
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— The GenAI Fund Team