GSMA adds speakers for M360 ASEAN 2026 in Kuala Lumpur
Wed, 2nd Sep 2026 (Today)
The GSMA has added new speakers and exhibitors to M360 ASEAN 2026 in Kuala Lumpur, where ministers, regulators, operators, technology companies and investors from across Southeast Asia are due to gather.
The latest speaker list includes executives from Axiata Group, Globe Telecom, EdgePoint Infrastructure, Google, AWS, Mastercard, Meta, Ericsson, the ITU, Jio Platforms, HONOR Malaysia and ZTE, alongside representatives from AEON360 and Save the Children Thailand.
Newly named speakers include Nik Rizal Kamil, Group Chief Executive Officer at Axiata Group Berhad; Carl Cruz, President and Chief Executive Officer at Globe Telecom; Suresh Sidhu, Chief Executive Officer at EdgePoint Infrastructure; and Matthew Driver, Executive Vice President at Mastercard.
They join a wider line-up that includes Keren Priyadarshini, Vice President for Healthcare, WWPS, APJ at AWS; Anshul Goel, Android Partner Engineering Lead, APAC at Google; Pushpendra Singh, Global Director, Telco Messaging & API Partnerships at Meta; and Sulyna Abdullah, Chief Strategic Planning & Special Advisor to the Secretary-General at the ITU.
Other additions include Ngai Yuen Low, Managing Director at AEON360; Christopher Price, Vice President at Ericsson; Jonathan Turley, Director of Government and Policy Advocacy for Southeast Asia at Ericsson; Ethan Chen, Chief Executive Officer at HONOR Malaysia; Aayush Bhatnagar, Chief Innovation Officer at Jio Platforms; Chanita Seedaket Craythorne, Mrs World 2025 and Manager at Save the Children Thailand; and James Zhang, Senior Vice President, President of the Asia-Pacific and CIS Region at ZTE.
The exhibitor roster includes AALTO, Circles, Digital Virgo, Ericsson, Huawei, Maxis Berhad, NTT DOCOMO, Sino Telecom and Tuya Smart.
Agenda focus
The agenda centres on policy, investment and connectivity issues affecting ASEAN's digital economy. The programme will examine how governments and industry can work together on trusted digital infrastructure, resilience and broader economic participation.
Discussions are expected to cover digital trust, cross-border services, resilience, API-led business models and policy coordination across ASEAN and the wider Asia-Pacific region. The two-day programme also includes keynotes, summits and roundtables.
One core theme is digital trust, with sessions focused on scams, fraud and cyber threats. These discussions will explore how governments and companies can strengthen confidence in digital services while addressing trusted infrastructure, economic continuity and broader societal resilience.
A separate digital healthcare track will bring together contributors from The Connected Health & Community Care Accelerator, Global Health Connector, the GSMA and NUHS, along with hospital, academic, policy and regulatory specialists. The focus is on practical digital health use cases and the requirements for safe deployment at scale.
Another strand will examine non-terrestrial networks as the sector moves beyond early trials. The session is expected to address commercial, technical and regulatory issues across Asia Pacific, including hybrid connectivity models and partnerships between mobile, satellite and technology providers.
Manufacturing and production will also feature, with a focus on how industrial companies are using data-driven operations, artificial intelligence and more integrated systems. The agenda points to discussion of how to move beyond pilot projects and link digital investment to measurable industrial outcomes.
Regional setting
M360 ASEAN comes as governments and telecoms groups in Southeast Asia face pressure to extend connectivity, improve online safety and support digital commerce across borders. The region's fragmented regulatory landscape has made interoperability and trust recurring themes for operators, platforms and policymakers.
Mobile groups and infrastructure providers are also dealing with rising demand for network resilience as economies digitise more public services and business activity. At the same time, cyber fraud and scams have become major consumer protection issues in several ASEAN markets.
The GSMA will publish new findings from its Digital Nations report and Consumer Scam Survey during the event. The reports are expected to provide data on digital trust, online safety and the risks facing consumers and businesses in the region.
The mix of participants reflects the breadth of issues shaping telecoms and digital policy in Southeast Asia. In addition to operators and vendors, the line-up includes companies from cloud computing, payments, consumer technology, social media, healthcare and international institutions.
That breadth suggests the event is aimed at a broader discussion than telecoms infrastructure alone, as ASEAN markets weigh how to govern digital services, expand access and reduce the risks tied to rapid adoption. It also underlines the role of cross-sector partnerships in areas such as healthcare, identity, fraud prevention and industrial digitisation.
The gathering will also serve as a forum for debate on how policy frameworks can keep pace with new technologies while supporting investment and public trust. New research on scams and digital trust is set to add an evidence base to those discussions.