The window of getting a recruiter's attention is in seconds, and most resumes never make it past the first glance. Designed by Kinobi, this session provides practical tips on how ATS systems and recruiters scan resumes to maximise your chance of being seen.

7 Seconds to Stand Out: Crafting an ATS-Ready Resume

Joshua Phua
Co-Founder/ MD & CTO, Kinobi AI

AI-powered strategies to make your LinkedIn profile and CV stand out

Rock Your LinkedIn Profile

Akshay Gupta
Senior Enterprise Account Director, LinkedIn

This session explores how AI is reshaping roles, industries, and the skills employers increasingly value. It provides guidance on how individuals can future-proof their careers by integrating AI into long-term career planning and professional growth.

Future-Proofing Yourself in the Age of AI 

Dr. CJ Meadows
Skills and Strategies for Tomorrow’s Workers, S P Jain School of Global Management

No job description fully prepares us for the realities of the workplace — the unwritten rules, difficult conversations, and pivotal career decisions that shape our professional journeys. While skills and qualifications open doors, it is often guidance from those who have walked the path before us that helps individuals navigate uncertainty and grow with confidence.

In an era where careers are no longer linear and industries are rapidly evolving, mentorship has become an essential tool for career development. This keynote explores how mentorship empowers individuals to gain clarity, accelerate learning, and make more informed career decisions at every stage of their journey.

Through real-world insights and practical perspectives, the session will highlight how mentorship can bridge experience gaps, support career transitions, and build the confidence needed to move forward in an increasingly complex world of work.

Guidance When It Matters Most: The Power of Mentorship

Lorraine Chua
Director, Product Management & Innovation, Digital Business, NTUC LearningHub

Hear first-hand from recent graduates on how they navigated the job-hunt journey. We will discuss how they chose their career paths, what the hiring journey looked like, and how they handled setbacks they encountered along the way. They’ll share what they expected, what actually happened, and what they wish they had known earlier.

Ask Us Anything:
The Reality of Securing Your First Job

Dr. Francis Pavri
Adjunct Professor, Singapore Management University

Chan Jun Feng
Management Associate, SGX Group

Nadya Chua
Marketing Communications,
Allianz Commercial

Learn how to build global-ready skills from Singapore—by strengthening adaptability, cultural awareness, and career strategies for a fast-changing world.

How Young Talents can Build a Borderless Career

Yam Su Yin
former Microsoft tech leader

In a world where career paths, roles, and industries are changing faster than ever, many capable people find themselves anxious, stuck, or constantly playing catch-up — not because they lack talent or effort, but because the rules keep shifting. This keynote

reframes career success away from skills accumulation and toward decision-making under uncertainty.

Drawing on global workforce data and real-world observations across early-career, midcareer, and leadership contexts, the talk introduces the idea of a “Career Operating System” — the invisible system that shapes how individuals interpret change, make decisions under pressure, regulate themselves, and adapt over time.

Through relatable scenarios and clear contrasts, the session helps participants recognise why traditional career advice often fails in unstable environments, and why the real advantage today lies in thinking clarity, not credentials.

Designed to be practical, reflective, and future-focused, the keynote equips audiences with a simple but powerful lens to navigate career, leadership, and life choices when certainty is no longer guaranteed.

Decisions Under Change: The Operating System behind Career, Leadership & Life Choices

Christina Lim
Strategic Business Advisor & Elevation Architect

From boardrooms to networking events, the ability to express ideas clearly and confidently shapes how others perceive your value. This keynote equips participants with practical frameworks to communicate with conviction, show up authentically, and build a personal brand that leaves a lasting impression, turning every conversation into an opportunity.

Own Your Voice: Speak with Confidence, Build Your Brand, Create Impact

Rae Fung
Speaker, Coach, Professional Host of 10 years

AI is no longer a future concept—it is reshaping how we work, create, and compete today. In this talk, Laurence will explore what it means to be AI-Ready, equipping professionals with the skills and mindset to work confidently with AI, and what it takes to become AI-Competent, for those aspiring to build and engineer AI solutions. He will share how AI Singapore enables these journeys through structured learning pathways, hands-on programmes, and industry partnerships—empowering individuals to move from understanding AI to shaping its real-world impact.

Riding the AI Wave - Skills & Pathways to becoming AI Ready and AI Competent

Laurence Liew
Director of AI Innovation,
AI Singapore

A raw and honest look at career missteps, self-doubt, and the wrong turns no one puts on LinkedIn. Cindy shares why messy beginnings aren’t failures, they’re often the first step toward finding your real path. You'll leave seeing the hidden patterns in your choices and that might just save you years of career chaos.

The Lies We Tell Ourselves: Messy Starts & Meaningful Comebacks

Cindy Tien
EQ Maven. Titanium Hipster. Speaker & Author

29 March 2026

Unpacking how skills translate into real opportunities, especially in content-driven and creator-led industries.

From Talent to Opportunity: What It Takes to Succeed in Creative and Digital Careers

Diogo Martins,
Lead, Bloomr.sg, Mediacorp Pte Ltd

29 March 2026

The Truth About Your First Job Industry leaders unpack expectations, realities, and early-career survival tips.

The right credentials required from Classroom to Cubicle

Lorraine Chua
Director, Product Management & Innovation, Digital Business, NTUC LearningHub

Chris White
VP, Marketing & Communities, Ecosystm

29 March 2026