IBM_Red Hat

Present

Hybrid by Design:
Powered by IBM & Red Hat

Networking Lunch at Sofitel Singapore City Centre

Successfully Held on 6th August 2025

IBM_Red Hat

Present

Hybrid by Design: Powered by IBM & Red Hat

Networking Lunch at
Sofitel Singapore City Centre

Successfully Held
on 6th August 2025

WHAT WE DISCUSSED

Gen AI is driving a technology reset. Powered by an approach we call hybrid by design, leaders can rethink their technology estate to make the most of not only the gen AI opportunity, but the emerging technologies that will follow it.

Hybrid by design is a tested, codified architectural framework, running on hybrid cloud, to help organisations optimise business value through technology, giving them the agility, speed, and integration they need to achieve their business outcomes in the future.

Participants joined us for an exclusive luncheon and heard from a panel of their peers as they explored how the hybrid by design approach can create business value, and enable organisations to forge alliances and build robust ecosystems to get that competitive edge in a digital age, and got their chance to share their insights in an interactive roundtable discussion with experts and industry peers.

AGENDA

11:30 AM

Registration

11:55 AM

Welcome Address
Guna Chellappan

General Manager, Singapore, Red Hat

Sanjoy Bose

Senior Partner – Offering & Growth Leader, Hybrid Cloud & Data Leader, Consulting, IBM ASEAN

12:00 PM

Accelerating Digital Transformation
with Hybrid by Design
Sanjoy Bose

Senior Partner – Offering & Growth Leader, Hybrid Cloud & Data Leader, Consulting, IBM ASEAN

12:15 PM

Hybrid by Design powered by Agentic AI
  • IBM and Red Hat – when watsonx meets Open.AI (elaborating watsonx, governance, orchestrate, with key enabler with Red Hat Open AI)
  • Case Study how watsonx and OpenAI changed the dynamic of Generative AI which lands on Hybrid Environments
  • RH delivering enterprise-ready open source solutions to shape the AI landscape with scalable and flexible platforms
Sandip Sharma

APAC AI Lead, Red Hat

12:30 PM

Panel: Hybrid cloud and software development in the gen AI era

Hear from a panel of your peers as they discuss how to align tech investments with their business’s strategic objectives, and unlock business value through consistency across platforms, processes, and people.

Explore how can organisations use gen AI as impetus to rethink how technology can support the business, and how can you reset your tech, and move from hybrid by default to deriving value from hybrid by design.

Moderator:

Simon-Stockburger

AWS & Red Hat Alliance Leader, Consulting, IBM ASEAN

Panelist:

Luis Carlos Cruz Huertas

Executive Director, DBS

Sutowo Wong

Divisional Director, Health Analytics, Ministry of Health

Suresh Eswaran

Distinguished Engineer & CTO, Consulting, IBM ASEAN

Sandip Sharma

APAC AI Lead, Red Hat

13:10 PM

Roundtable Discussion
  • How many of you feel you are in the hybrid by default phase?
  • What are some of the roadblocks to implementing a hybrid by design approach?
  • Strategic partnerships, joint ventures, and collaborations with startups, developers, and industry leaders have become essential for success. Are you facing any challenges in partnering with the ecosystem to drive success?
  • What will it take for this to work for your mission critical applications (core)?
  • Where do you see Gen AI in hybrid by design?

Facilitator:

Simon-Stockburger

AWS & Red Hat Alliance Leader, Consulting, IBM ASEAN

13:50 PM

Wrap Up & Closing
Suresh Eswaran

Distinguished Engineer & CTO, Consulting, IBM ASEAN

Sandip Sharma

APAC AI Lead, Red Hat

14:00 PM

Event Close

VENUE

Sofitel Singapore City Centre

9 Wallich Street Singapore 078885

TALK TO US ABOUT ATTENDING FUTURE EVENTS

This is an executive peer group meet for senior leaders. We use a conversational, story-telling approach that works best when everyone participates.

Participation in this in-person networking session is at no cost to qualified attendees. Once you’ve completed the registration, we’ll confirm your invitation and send you a calendar invite with directions to the venue.

    By submitting this form I agree to be contacted by Common Sense Conferences and the sponsor(s) of this event with relevant information and updates.

    This site is protected by Invisible reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

    For queries related to this event, please contact our representative.

    Receive Upcoming Event Notifications
    Find out about upcoming events you or your team may want to attend.
    SUBMIT
    By hitting submit, you agree to receive important updates from Common Sense.