The Ecosystem Edge: How Digital Leaders Win Through Partnerships
Every platform business eventually hits the same question: what do we build ourselves, and what do we build with someone else?
Get it right and you enter a new category in months. Get it wrong and you spend two years and a large budget rebuilding something that already existed.
On 08 October, Tech in Asia and Zurich Edge are bringing together a small group of founders and C-suite leaders from mobility, travel, digital banking, health, e-commerce and enterprise technology for a closed-door conversation about that decision, and what it takes to make the partnerships work afterwards.
Joining the conversation is Digbijoy Joseph Shukla (Digi), Head of Digital at Zurich Asia Pacific, who brings firsthand experience navigating these build-vs-partner decisions at scale across the region.
This is a discussion, not a series of presentations. It runs under the Chatham House Rule, so the room can talk about what actually worked, what it cost, and what they would do differently.
Agenda
4:45 PM | Registration
5:00 PM | Opening Address
5:10 PM | Moderated Roundtable Discussion
Ecosystem-led models: how to create business model with sustainable competitive advantage.
AI reshaping the game: how AI measurably improving customer acquisition and engagement
Strategic partnerships lessons: how to scale effectively across diverse markets.
Transactions to relationships: how embedded services and connected experiences lift customer lifetime value and repeat revenue
6:00 PM | Networking Dinner and Drinks
7:00 PM | End
Who Should Attend
This event is exclusively curated for:
Founders and C-suite leaders at digital-native organisations
Senior leaders driving partnerships, ecosystem strategy or customer experience
Why Attend
You will leave with a clearer view of how other leaders are weighing build-versus-partner calls, which added services have genuinely moved retention and revenue, and where AI is earning its budget — plus a room's worth of contacts across industries you would not usually meet in one evening.
Register your interest for an invitation
Seats are highly limited and this event is curated to keep the discussion balanced across industries and seniority. Registrations are reviewed on that basis, and our team will be in touch to confirm your place.