Backed by EQT Infrastructure, part of the global investment organization EQT, EdgeConneX provides a full range of sustainable data center solutions worldwide. We work closely with our customers to offer choices in location, scale, and type of facility, from Hyperlocal to Hyperscale.

EdgeConneX is a global leader in anytime, anywhere, and any scale data center services for a diverse portfolio of industries, including Content, Cloud, Networks, Gaming, Automotive, SaaS, IoT, HPC, Security, and more. With a mission predicated on taking care of our customers, our people, and our planet, EdgeConneX strives to Empower Your Edge.

For more information, please visit edgeconnex.com.

BDx Data Centers is a leading colocation, build-to-suit, managed services and interconnection solutions provider that serves enterprises and hyperscalers across fast-growing markets in Asia. Led by a globally recognized team, BDx Data Centers operates ultra-modern facilities across the region for customers to accelerate their digitalization initiatives. BDx Data Centers goes beyond providing highly efficient space and power, and delivers advanced, tailor-made services, designed with renewable resources. BDx Data Centers is actively investing in both developed and emerging markets to bring secure, scalable and sustainable solutions to power the growing digitalization of Asia.

Gaw Capital Partners is a uniquely positioned private equity fund management company focusing on real estate markets in Asia Pacific and other high barrier-to-entry markets globally.

Specializing in adding strategic value to under-utilized real estate through redesign and repositioning, Gaw Capital runs an integrated business model with its own in-house asset management operating platforms in commercial, hospitality, property development, logistics, IDC and education. The firm’s investments span the entire spectrum of real estate sectors, including residential development, offices, retail malls, serviced apartments, hotels, logistics warehouses and IDC projects.

Gaw Capital has raised seven commingled funds targeting the APAC region since 2005. The firm also manages value-add/opportunistic funds in the US, a Pan-Asia Hospitality Fund, a European Hospitality Fund, a Growth Equity Fund and it also provides services for credit investments and separate account direct investments globally.

Gaw Capital has raised equity of US$23 billion since 2005 and commands assets of US$36 billion under management as of Q1 2023.

Structure Research is an independent research and consulting firm with a specific focus on the cloud and data centre segments within the Internet infrastructure market. We are devoted to understanding, tracking and projecting the future of infrastructure service providers. Our mission is to publish the best research and analysis, and supply the most comprehensive data sets, about the Internet infrastructure services market. We provide the information and perspective necessary to make accurate strategic decisions.

DigitalBridge (NYSE: DBRG) is a leading global digital infrastructure firm. With a heritage of over 25 years investing in and operating businesses across the digital ecosystem including cell towers, data centers, fiber, small cells, and edge infrastructure, the DigitalBridge team manages a $69 billion portfolio of digital infrastructure assets on behalf of its limited partners and shareholders. Headquartered in Boca Raton, DigitalBridge has key offices in New York, Los Angeles, London, Luxembourg and Singapore.

Newmark Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NMRK), together with its subsidiaries (“Newmark”), is a world leader in commercial real estate, seamlessly powering every phase of the property life cycle. Newmark’s comprehensive suite of services and products is uniquely tailored to each client, from owners to occupiers, investors to founders, and startups to blue-chip companies. Combining the platform’s global reach with market intelligence in both established and emerging property markets, Newmark provides superior service to clients across the industry spectrum. For the year ending December 31, 2022, Newmark generated revenues of approximately $2.7 billion. As of June 30, 2023, Newmark’s company-owned offices, together with its business partners, operate from approximately 170 offices with over 7,400 professionals around the world. To learn more, visit nmrk.com or follow @newmark.

Princeton Digital Group (PDG) is a leading developer and operator of Internet infrastructure. Headquartered in Singapore with presence and operations in China, Singapore, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Japan, its portfolio of data centers powers the expansion of hyperscalers and enterprises in the fastest-growing digital economies across Asia. For more information, visit www.princetondg.com.

With an extensive sector knowledge, VIPA Digital is uniquely positioned to support Investors, Developers, Operators and Consumers of Data Centre Infrastructure as they navigate complex business decisions. The team has first-hand experience in ‘cradle-to-grave’, lifecycle assessment, for Retail, Wholesale and Hyperscale platforms in both established and emerging markets.

Our ‘Connected Thinking’ approach ensures end-to-end evaluation that optimises investment criteria with site selection, construction management, market intelligence, sales engineering and customer service levels. With a track record of delivery across a wide range of local, regional and international organisations with the common objective of operating profitably and providing the best end-user experience.

We help governments and leaders turn bold ideas into reality. We do it by advising on strategy, policy and delivery, unlocking the power of technology across all three. We do it by sharing our insights, so everyone can benefit. And we do it to help build more open, inclusive and prosperous countries for people everywhere.

Twimbit is a research and advisory firm driven by a singular mission: to empower businesses making a difference. We specialize in providing invaluable industry intelligence to executives and teams, acting as a catalyst for innovation and growth. Twimbit’s proprietary research platform seeks to revolutionize the way enterprises consume insights, making it effortlessly enjoyable and accessible to all.

We are a highly specialized Technology Consulting firm providing deep-dive, hands-on and implementable advisory globally. Our team is made up of 30+ highly qualified Tech industry experts. Each enjoys subject matter expertise, extensive market knowledge, and has garnered "partner-level"​ know-how. We take pride that 100% of our consultants hail from industry.

Actel Consulting has achieved significant credentials in terms of new business generation, revenue growth, and strategic alliances formed to 300+ clients across a range of sectors from Private Equity and Growth/VC Fund Technology Investors to Service Providers & Telecoms, Corporates, Innovators, Regulators, Fintech, Big Data & Data Sciences, and Cybersecurity. We offer Comprehensive Tech M&A advisory services, including Technical/Commercial/Financial due diligence, deal valuation, feasibility studies & market analysis, Operating & Financial modelling, risk analysis & mitigation, and value creation, synergy & carve-out realisation. We bring decades of deep-dive and hands-on tech industry practice to assist investors with broad-based M&A advisory.

In addition, we have a proven record of working on Digital Infrastructure projects for telecoms/mobile, Data Center, cloud, fiber, IoT, and hyperconverged infrastructure, with focus on Environmentally Sustainable Design (ESD) and renewables

Uptime Institute is the Global Digital Infrastructure Authority. For over 25 years, the company has established industry-leading benchmarks for data center performance, resilience, sustainability, and efficiency, which provide customers assurance that their digital infrastructure can perform across a wide array of operating conditions at a level consistent with their business needs. Uptime’s Tier Standard is the IT industry’s most trusted and adopted global standard for the design, construction, and operation of data centers. With its Tier Standard and Certifications, Management & Operations reviews, SCIRA-FSI financial sector risk assessment, broad range of additional risk and performance assessments, intelligence research service, and training courses completed by over 10,000 data center professionals, Uptime has helped thousands of companies in over 114 countries to optimize critical IT assets while managing costs, resources, and efficiency.

Uptime Institute is headquartered in New York, NY, with offices in London, Sao Paulo, Dubai, Riyadh, Singapore, and Taipei. For more information, please visit www.uptimeinstitute.com.

The Indonesian Cloud Computing Association, or ACCI is a non-profit organization built to harmonize the development of Cloud Computing technology and improve the quality of human resources to meet industrial needs and increase entrepreneurship in the field of information technology.

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Institut Masa Depan Malaysia (MASA) is an independent think tank that brings together experts in government and academia to provide quality research, policy recommendations, and analysis on the full range of public policy issues guided by the shared prosperity values.

Our Vision is to be a thought leader on policy ideas and analysis guided by shared prosperity values.

Institut Masa Depan Malaysia (MASA) was established in January 2019. The formation of the organisation was inspired and mandated by the seventh Prime Minister, YABhg. Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and the eighth Prime Minister, YB Tan Sri Dato’ Haji Muhyiddin Bin Haji Md Yassin was founded out of a passion to forward the philosophy of shared prosperity in Malaysia and this region. MASA was commissioned by the government of Malaysia to author and develop the Shared Prosperity Vision 2030 plan as the new socioeconomic plan for Malaysia

The Nomad Futurist Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization established to demystify the world of digital infrastructure and the related technologies that impact every aspect of our daily lives. Our primary focus is to empower and inspire younger generations through exposure to the underlying technologies that power our digital world. Through the contributions of our supporters, we are launching global programs in partnership with a range of education providers, NGOs and other nonprofit organizations committed to educating children in underprivileged communities.

We will use plain and simple language to tell that Indonesia Strategist services will meet your needs, and improve business outcomes through fulfilling your organization goal. We could support all your needs, as we tailor-made it for you. Not only that, but we could claim that Indonesia Strategist is a kind of mining company. We are not digging coal, nickel, or any ore material, but we dig information for you.

Our mining is the data, raw or ore data, that we collect utilizing our assets in the ground by old style ways. Meaning, that we are not tech firms that are now claiming as intelligent by cracking big data on the internet. Or using common ready-mate data providers like Bloomberg, CEIC, Refinitive, or official data. Our data is fresh data that has never existed, and we create it for you.

The data that we provide are primary data, just like surveys, non-online but face-to-face. For now, we are only open to any request data in Indonesia, from Sabang island to Marauke, from Manggias to Rote data collections. Our network is everywhere, in the province and regency, but most concentrated in the center of the economy. Big city and industrial areas. Soon, we will open services in other continents.

You will not find them, but they will find you. So, what is your need? Tell us: mail@indonesiastartegist.com

Nusantara Academy is created to support the creation of digital ecosystems which will become the major drivers of economic growth, rapidly affecting trade, productivity, and ways of doing business in Indonesia and in the Asia region.

Different sub-academies in our organization are created to address the problems and challenges of digital transformation/ implementation in Indonesia, in the agenda of strengthening Indonesian digital economy and increase Indonesia's competitiveness in the Asia region, and ultimately, the world.

The Pacific Telecommunications Council is recognized as the global non-profit membership organization promoting the advancement of information and communication technologies (ICT) in the Pacific Rim, the most dynamic geography of the world, spanning over 40 nations.

PTC is at the nexus of two of the most important trends on the senior leadership agenda today: the rise of the networked digital society and the exponential economic growth in Asia and beyond.

Asia Briefing provides business and investment research, advisory and opinion about foreign investment into the entire Asian region.

Founded in 1999, Asia Briefing includes investment news about China, Hong Kong, India, the ASEAN nations of Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam, as well as Central and Western Asia, including Asian Russia. We provide tax and free trade updates, legal and regulatory and operational articles and examine how the Asian region is becoming integrated through structures such as the Eurasian Economic Union, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, and many others.

Edge Industry Review (EdgeIR.com) is a news, analysis and industry resource website documenting the changes taking place on the edge of the internet infrastructure market – the present and the future of Edge Computing.

Today, there are a variety of definitions of Edge Computing. We will cover the debates that are occurring and explain their implications for the network operator, data center operator, cloud provider and the people and investors that are building new services. As part of the discussion, we will also present the viewpoints of the thought leaders of the Edge Internet Economy.

The next Internet evolution is upon us and EdgeIR.com will be at the forefront with insightful news and commentary.

Data Center POST embraces the stories, solutions, technologies and opportunities available throughout the data center ecosystem. Our number-one driver is ensuring our readers understand the trends, challenges and opportunities facing data center providers, customers and suppliers buying and selling these services. Data Center POST adds new information and content daily to ensure our readers stay informed of the ever-changing data and technology shaping the communications infrastructure space.

News, Views and insights about the Data Center and Digital Infrastructure industry across Asia.

Your place to learn about the fastest growing category of Infrastructure and Real Estate investment in the world.

From idea to scale, we live in a new entrepreneurial age where leadership thinking needs to cut through the noise to deliver on a vision and blueprint to success. The Great Business Minds podcast goes inside the business with the leaders, inventors, investors, executives, trendspotters and visionaries of today to explore what it really takes to build a brand beyond conventional wisdom and disrupt the marketplace with the next big leap in entrepreneurship innovation. Seize the moment with host João Marques Lima, journalist and former editor-in-chief of FTSE 250 tech publications.

Jaymie Scotto & Associates (JSA) is the preeminent provider of Public Relations, Marketing and Event Planning services to the telecom, data center and tech industries. Awarded ‘Most Outstanding Telecoms PR Agency’ by LiveWire for two years. Our success is attributed to our skilled JSA team, innovative tools, established media and industry relationships. We deliver outreach and brand awareness services, the latest lead generation inbound marketing tactics done in a timely integrated marketing plan, offering optimal and measurable ROI.

With over two decades of proven success in media and analyst relations, iMPR takes pride in understanding how media works today enabling clients to achieve their short term and long-term communications goals – taking them to the next level.

Understanding the industries that serve our clients is at the foundation of iMPR. Enhancing relationships and fostering community development, the firm represents industry-leading companies and associations including NANOG, OPEN-IX Association and NEDAS. Additionally, to meet the strategic need of its clients, iMPR maintains strategic memberships and affiliations with leading organizations such as the PRSA, Pacific Telecommunications Council, New Jersey Tech Council, Greater New York Chamber of Commerce, Internet Infrastructure Coalition, and more.

ZEX PR Wire offers massive Press Release, News, Authored Articles, Editorial services, geared at generating massive exposure for your unique project, business, or concept.

ZEX PR WIRE is a premium press release distribution provides end-to- end solutions to produce, optimize and target content and then distribute and measure results. Combining the world's largest multi-channel, multi-cultural content distribution and optimization network with comprehensive workflow tools and platforms, ZEX PR WIRE serves tens of thousands of clients from offices in the Americas, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific regions.

The International Finance Forum, a The Tech Capital conference portfolio brand, keeps you connected and informed in an uncertain and constantly changing world. As digital infrastructure builds the foundations of all nations' economies, we use our expertise in the field and the latest intelligence to take our events to global audiences.

By connecting the globe's foremost executives, investors, regulators, and the real movers and shakers in digital infrastructure, our compelling, in-depth, and multi-session agenda programs, offer a unique platform to ideate, innovate and build new connections amongst peers.

Mondego Media Group (MMG) is a leading provider of specialized news solutions, events, data and other media services. We cater to digital infrastructure leaders, investors, regulators, and stakeholders by offering tailored intelligence and experiences. Our team of experts is dedicated to providing our clients with the latest industry insights and breaking news, helping them stay ahead of the curve. At MMG, we inform, connect and amplify. We pride ourselves on our diverse portfolio of brands, including The Tech Capital and the International Finance Forum (IFF).

Anggun is without any doubt the world's most famous Indonesian-born recording artist, and one of the few Asian entertainers who have earned international acclaim. Starting her career as a child star in Indonesia, she set herself for an international career when she moved to France to pursue her music debut in Europe, at the age of 20.

In the late 90’s, her single "Snow On The Sahara” experienced a massive breakthrough in the French music industry. This soon brought Anggun to the broader international market with the release of her debut international album in 33 countries, which sold over 2 million units worldwide including Triple-Platinum in Italy and Indonesia, Platinum in France and Malaysia, Gold in Switzerland, Finland, Philippines and Singapore, etc. The album reached Billboard’s Top 20 Heatseekers Album Charts, while the hit single "Snow On The Sahara" reached Top 15 in the Billboard Dance Charts and Top 20 in the Billboard Pop Songs Charts.

A few years later, Anggun penned the main theme song for the movie "The Transporter II", becoming the first Asian-born artist to have performed the main theme song of a #1 US box office film. In 2014, she received a legendary "World Music Award" in Monaco as World's Best-Selling Asian artist and last year, the artist premiered her wax figure at the prestigious Madame Tussauds museum.

She also became part of the Judges panel of 'Asia's Got Talent', the biggest talent TV show on earth, with legendary music producer David Foster.

Besides her musical achievements, Anggun is known as a humanitarian activist, representing the UN Food and Agriculture Organization as a Goodwill Ambassador.

Anggun is also a proud ambassador of the haircare brand “Pantene” in Asia for more than a decade.

Anggun’s latest international single ‘What We Remember’ (2019) entered directly the Top 10 best-selling iTunes songs across Eastern Asia the week of its release (source: AsiaPop40.com). A few months after, the single peaked at #8 in the Billboard Dance Charts in the United States and remained charted for 16th consecutive week, making Anggun the only Indonesian-born female artist in music history to have ever been charted 5 times on the Billboard Charts in America.

Anggun continues to shine internationally as she has been a juror for the TV show "Mask Singer" in France for the past 3 seasons, which has achieved record ratings. There too, Anggun is the only Indonesian celebrity in history to be part of the jury panel of a TV franchise abroad.

Last year, Anggun shined on "Dancing with the Stars" on the biggest European channel (TF1) and headlined the musical “Al Capone” with operatic superstar Roberto Alagna.

A few months ago, Anggun took part in the US series "Cannes Confidential", playing the role of a woman accused of murder. Produced by AMC Studios in the US, the series will be broadcast worldwide shortly.

Anggun is a woman traveling between two cultures, a messenger of musical union. She opens a heart sometimes wounded by distance, often invigorated by adventure.

Anggun truly is unique by her journey and her outstanding achievements.

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Toto is DCI’s founder and CEO, he is responsible for the overall business and the main point of communication with key stakeholders, including investors, partners, customers and public. Educated in Germany, Toto is an accomplished IT veteran who began his career in a software company before founding Sigma in 1989. He also founded Indonesia’s first Internet Service Provider, Indonet in 1994, and holds an advisory role for Bursa Efek Indonesia.

Jonathan Atkin is a Managing Director at RBC Capital Markets. His focus areas include telecom services, communications infrastructure, and cloud computing. During the last three years, Jonathan has received the #1 ranking from Institutional Investor in the Communications Infrastructure sector. He has also received #1 rankings from Thomson Reuters in Telecom Services and Real Estate Equities, a #1 ranking from the Wall Street Journal in Internet Services, and a #1 ranking from the Financial Times in Telecom Services. Before joining RBC, Jonathan was a senior consultant at BIA Companies focused on wireless strategy and valuation, worked in corporate strategy at Daimler-Benz AG, and was a policy analyst with the United States Congress. He has an MBA from Columbia University and BS and MS degrees in engineering from Stanford University. He is a two-time finisher of the Ironman triathlon.‎

Manish has track Record of accomplishment of 25+ years of executive leadership in building sustainable organizations frominception and leading businesses through driving vision and implementing innovative programs in global markets.

Demonstrated year-after-year achievement of Revenue and EBITA growth throughout his career within turnaround and rapidly changing environments. Manish is a market-focused, growth-oriented, and a result-driven professional. He has deep expertise across enterprise, technology, telecom, energy, critical infrastructure and public sector domains – having led growth and turnarounds in these industries with global industry leaders.

For the past +5 years, Manish served as the Asia-Pacific Managing Director for Microsoft’s Regulated Industries - Energy, Critical Infrastructure, Healthcare, Education and Public Sector. He was responsible for formulation, execution and implementation of digital transformation strategies and initiatives to create new markets/sectors for cloud, data and AI platformsin Asia-Pacific. Manish delivered year on year Microsoft’s revenue and profitability growth by transforming this business from a software/license/OEM business to an industry led, cloud centric/XaaS growth portfolio.

Prior to Microsoft, Manish served as the SVP & Head of $2b+ Telenor Global Enterprise division and led the B2B/Enterprise business across Nordic countries, Central Europe and Asia. Based in Singapore, he led the diversification of the Telenor Group’s core connectivity business into emerging areas of Cloud, IoT, Cybersecurity and Enterprise Mobility. Manish also served as the Chairman of Telenor Cloud Services ASA, a fully owned subsidiary of Telenor. Before Telenor, Manish was the President of Airtel Business in South Asia, the B2B division of Bharti Airtel, a leading global telecom services provider worldwide. During his tenure at Airtel, he transformed Airtel Business from being a connectivity infrastructure player to be a leader in digital services provider in South Asia with revenues exceeding $1.5b and a market share of +31%. Additionally, he served on the management board of Airtel and on the Board of Nxtra Data Services, a subsidiary of Bharti Airtel.

In the past, Manish has also served as the Managing Director at Accenture and led the Infrastructure Services & Cloud practice for Asia-Pacific and Japan, based out of Australia. In addition, he led the international business division of SK Group, a $200b conglomerate in South Korea where he led the market expansion of their international business in telecom, engineering and technology across US, Middle East and Asia. He served on the Board of several SK affiliate organizations across China, India, Central Asia and US. Manish has also held leadership roles at Tech Mahindra (SCS), IBM and Hewlett-Packard.

Manish holds an MBA from INSEAD and has competed leadership programs at Harvard Business School. He also co-founded Indian Chamber of Commerce in Korea, an agency that promotes bilateral relationships and trade between India and South Korea and is an ex-member of Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD). Manish serves on the advisory board of Sustainable Development at Asia Development Bank (ADB) and Ecosystm.

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Pak Pandu Patria Sjahrir is an Indonesian businessperson who founded AC Ventures, Inc. and who has been the head of 10 different companies. Currently, Mr. Sjahrir occupies the position of Chairman at Indonesian Coal Mining Association, Co-President Commissioner at PT GoTo Gojek Tokopedia, Chairman of Asosiasi Fintech Indonesia, Chairman at PT Seagroup Indonesia, President Commissioner at Pt Energi Kreasi Bersama, Chairman-Executive Board at Fintech Indonesia, Chief Financial Officer of PT Toba Bara Sejahtra, President Commissioner of T Perkebunan Kaltim Utama I (a subsidiary of PT Toba Bara Sejahtra), President Commissioner at PT TBS Energi Utama Tbk, Director at PT Adimitra Baratama Nusantara, Managing Partner at Indies Capital Partners, General Partner of Agaeti Venture Capital Founding Partner of AC Ventures, Inc. which he founded.

He is also Chairman at International Surfing Association and Head-Digital Finance Development at Indonesian Chamber of Commerce & Industry and on the board of 12 other companies.

Mr. Sjahrir previously was Chairman for Sea Ltd. (Singapore), Principal at Byun & Co. Pte Ltd. and Advisor at Abraaj Capital Ltd. and Senior Advisor at The Abraaj Group (Indonesia) (a subsidiary of Abraaj Capital Ltd.).

He received an undergraduate degree from The University of Chicago, an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business and an MBA from Tsinghua University.

Sam Lee joined EdgeConneX in November 2021 as Managing Director, Market & Commercial Development for the Asia Pacific region and is leading efforts to grow the EdgeConnex platform across multiple countries in Asia.

He has more than two decades of experience in leading strategic teams in business development, sales, operations, real estate and finance.

Prior to joining EdgeConneX, Sam was Managing Director, Data Centers at Lendlease, where he was responsible for launching and managing one of Asia’s largest DC-focused funds, and successfully closed its maiden asset in Japan.

His career accolades include overseeing the completion of Global Switch’s data center in Singapore while growing the business. Sam was also one of the early members of the Digital Realty team in Asia, which was instrumental in laying the foundation for its success in Asia.

Sam holds a Masters of Business Administration from Chicago Booth School of Business.

Sam Lawn is a seasoned finance and management executive with a track record in financing, capital raising, and corporate development. Currently he serves as the Deputy CFO at GDS, a leading developer and operator of high-performance data centers in China and Southeast Asia.

At GDS, Sam has played a pivotal role in managing financial functions and driving investment returns across a vast portfolio of 100+ operational data centers. His leadership was instrumental in completing the Hong Kong IPO for GDS secondary listing.

Prior to his role at GDS, Sam held the position of CFO at Taomee Holdings, overseeing financial, operational, and investment matters for the entire organization. Sam's expertise also extends to other roles as Executive Director and Head of Investor Relations at Renren Inc, where he developed IR and capital markets communication strategies engaging with global institutional investors. Sam was also a senior research analyst at Oppenheimer and Co., where he covered China Internet, Technology, On-Line Gaming, and Lodging.

Manoj Menon, is founder and CEO of twimbit, an immersive life-long learning platform providing industry know-how to aspiring leaders. He is a futurist and an authority in the area of digital transformation. He helps individuals, society and businesses make sense of the fast-changing world that we live in.

Prior to starting twimbit, Manoj was a Senior Partner and Asia Pacific Managing Director at Frost & Sullivan. He was a founding member of the team in Asia, joining them in 1996 as an analyst. He went onto helping them open offices in over 13 countries and helping it become a leading advisory firm in the region.

His presentation and workshops provide a unique view of how the world is transforming and how we can be better prepared to participate in this new era. He has spoken at over a 1000 seminars and private conferences in the last decade across all continents.

Manoj is a chartered financial analyst (CFA), has a bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering and also holds a post-graduate degree in Business Administration (PGDBA). He is an author of many research studies on future industries and markets. He has appeared on major media such as CNN, BBC, Channel News Asia, CNBC and other regional media providing his opinion on major business events around the world.

Manoj is passionate about sports. He is an avid fan of Liverpool Football Club, runs marathons and is currently learning on best practices from sports that can be integrated into business practices.

Nick is the Chief Executive Officer of DCI Data Centers and has led data centre investments across Asia and India.

Nick joins DCI from STT Global Data Centers where he was one of the key founding team members and instrumental in the growth and development of the business. Most recently Nick was CEO, North-East Asia. During his time with STT GDC, he led market entry into the mature markets of UK and Japan as well as strategic investments and partnerships into India, South Korea, Indonesia, and the Philippines.

Prior to joining STT, he was Senior Vice President at Securus Data Property Fund, which later exited as Keppel DC REIT. An Australian national, Nick has also worked for Macquarie Group in an in-house M&A team within the Banking & Financial Services Group, as well as within Macquarie’s Real Estate Group. Nick’s track record in both leadership and data centre development is impressive and will be key to DCI’s continuing growth.

James Orme is a partner in the Global Projects Energy and Infrastructure Finance Group in Singapore with significant experience advising clients on the financing and development of complex, large-scale energy and infrastructure projects, many of which involve multi-sourced financing arrangements and multiple tiers of debt.

James regularly advises financial institutions, private debt providers, sponsors and investment funds at all levels of the capital structure (including senior, second lien and mezzanine) across a variety of sectors, including oil and gas (including LNG), mining, conventional and renewable power and transportation infrastructure. James also has extensive experience in structured and acquisition financings and restructurings.

James is both English law and New York law qualified.

Stefanus Ade Hadiwidjaja is INA's Chief Investment Officer and one of Indonesia’s leading investment executives with regional investing experience.

Prior to joining INA, he was with Creador, a leading Southeast Asian private equity firm, where he was the Managing Director and Country Head of Indonesia and Singapore and a member of the firm’s Investment Committee.

He led and executed a wide range of investments in the healthcare, consumer, and financial service industries. He has a proven track record in turning around and improving the value of firms’ investments, including acting as CEO and board member of investee companies.

He spent a few years working at a global consulting firm, the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), serving clients in financial services and telecommunications industries, across both private and state-owned enterprises. Prior to that, he worked at management consulting firms, Arghajata and Skha Consulting, and spent a year with IBM Indonesia as Territory Services Leader.

He earned an MBA in Finance from Wharton School, the University of Pennsylvania as a Fulbright-Sampoerna Scholar and a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Pelita Harapan.

Charles Cosgrove is the co-Founder and Executive Chairman for Digital Halo. He is the principal architect behind the formation of Arch Capital.

With over three decades’ experience in global telecommunications, real assets and infrastructure over a distinguished career with Singapore Telecom, Ayala Corporation and Arch Capital Management, Charles was instrumental in key strategic transactions for Singtel, including Globe Telecom, NetCom AS and Stjarn TV, and has served on boards for the aforementioned companies as well as Yorkshire Cable and Cambridge Cable. He also oversaw significant parts of Singtel’s business development and investment programmes in fixed network, cable television and wireless networks.

He is a graduate of Stanford University and Georgetown Law School, and a retired member of the New York State Bar.

Erik is a partner based in Oliver Wyman's Jakarta office. He has rich experience and passion for helping companies innovate and compete globally.

He has been deeply involved in the financial services sector in Indonesia for the last 16 years, holding senior roles in top tech conglomerates, consulting firms, and banks, most notably as general manager for transformation at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia in its headquarters and in Indonesia.

Erik has collaborated with diverse Indonesian financial services clients, from state-owned enterprises to privately held firms, on retail and corporate banking programs, digital strategy, public policy, multi-national operations, and onshore investments. One of his proudest achievements is being part of the team that drove the consolidation and electronification of payments in Indonesia.

Connell O’Neill, a registered foreign lawyer (NSW) in Hong Kong and a partner of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, head of the firm’s technology practice in Asia, advises clients throughout APAC and the Middle East on corporate and commercial transactions, privacy and cybersecurity, product counselling, and commercial intellectual property matters in the information technology, media and telecommunications sectors. Connell has been a key advisor on many major matters across APAC and the Middle East, including in China, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Myanmar, Thailand, Indonesia, UAE and elsewhere, and has provided strategic commercially-sensitive advice to clients on a range of complex and emerging topics.

Connell regularly advises emerging and established businesses on major transformative transactions and assists his clients on navigating legal complexity when pursuing digital strategies whether as a traditional industry incumbent or disruptive challenger. This focus has seen Connell advise on many market firsts in the areas of blockchain, autonomous vehicle technologies, information infrastructure and digital marketplaces. He is also very active across the fintech ecosystem and has assisted clients on the launch of many innovative fintech platforms.

Connell has been listed as a leading lawyer for his work in the TMT sector by Chambers Asia Pacific and is now also listed as a leading lawyer in the inaugural Chambers Greater China Region released in 2022, in which a client praised his “commercial acumen” and was quoted saying he is “very proactive in recommending solutions.” He is also recognized by Legal 500 Asia Pacific which notes Connell’s practice is “unique as they have a deep understanding and knowledge on acquisition, implementation, maintenance and managed services for technology.” One client was quoted saying “Connell O’Neill is a knowledgeable professional with excellent work ethics,” with another saying, “I find him to be an expert in terms of technology acquisition, implementation, maintenance and managed services consulting. He has deep knowledge, is passionate and very innovative. He has a deep understanding of risks involved and its mitigations.”

Connell’s counselling practice focuses on complex and emerging topics such as cybersecurity and data privacy, where he is able to draw on his technical computer science background to quickly deliver valuable client insights and identify risk. In the 2021 edition of Global Data Review’s GDR 100 Elite, a list of the world’s top 20 data practices, it was noted that “Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher appears to have the strongest practice overall,” with Connell listed as a leading individual in the Asia Pacific region.

Connell graduated from the Australian National University in 2007 with a Bachelor of Information Technology (Computer Systems) and a Bachelor of Laws (with Honors). He received a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice of the College of Law, Sydney in 2008.

Ishan Nahar is a Principal in the Singapore office of Kearney, specializing in the Communications, Media and Technology Practice.

Kearney is a leading global management consulting firm with offices in more than 40 countries, and a market leader in the APAC Communications, Media and Technology consulting sector

Ishan has ten years of consulting experience, advising telecoms & infrastructure clients, as well as government institutions across South East Asia, on corporate strategy, digital transformation, technology roadmaps, network planning and merger & acquisition.

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CHARLIE WILSON is the co-managing partner of Sidley’s office in Singapore and head of Sidley’s M&A and Private Equity group in Asia. He has advised on investments in Southeast Asia for more than 20 years and has extensive experience in advising private equity funds and corporates on their investments and disposals across a range of sectors and often on particularly large and complex transactions.

Charlie has been ranked in the Singapore and Indonesia chapters of Chambers Global 2019-2023 and Chambers Asia-Pacific 2014-2023 for Corporate/M&A (International Firms). He is recognized as an experienced practitioner, regularly garnering strong feedback from clients, such as in Chambers 2023: “Charlie provides us with a level-headed and sensible approach on many high-pressured occasions. Charlie always has an eye for detail and appears to be one step ahead at all times.” Clients have also lauded Charlie’s “commercial awareness and sage advice” (2023), noting that Charlie “is excellent at cutting through the negotiations and has had a great handle on the transaction” (2022), he “provides excellent work in cross-border transactions and impresses with his business-oriented legal solutions” (2021), he “is able to give the client confidence and has a good client manner” (2020), and is recognized as an experienced practitioner who is sought out for “his knowledge of Indonesia,” as well as “his dedication and ability to solve issues cropping up in deals” (2019).

Charlie is also recognized as a leading Corporate M&A lawyer by IFLR1000 2015-2023. He was named “Best Lawyer” in the Singapore chapter of The Best Lawyers 2014-2022, and both a Global Leader and Southeast Asia Leader for M&A by Who’s Who Legal in 2023, and “M&A Lawyer of the Year” at The Asian Lawyer’s Emerging Markets Awards (2016).

Dev Gupta joined ESR in May 2019 to spearhead the creation of the Data Centre Vertical. As Chief Investment Officer for ESR Data Centres, he is responsible for the development of the DC strategy, Acquisitions, Investment Management and Customer / Operator Partnerships. He has successfully received commitments for a dedicated APAC Data Centre development fund, acquired 8 assets with a total development potential of 560MW facility load across 6 countries in the region, and set-up a 20 member dedicated team for Data Centre design and development.

Prior to joining ESR, Dev was Director Investments, Allianz Real Estate, where he was responsible for development of new investment strategies across new APAC markets including Digital Infrastructure and Modern Logisitcs.

He has twenty six years of experience in strategy creation, starting businesses, and asset acquisitions/ DD/ financial analysis/ deal structuring across real estate, digital infrastructure, technology, and renewable assets in APAC.

Dev holds a Bachelor’s of Engineering and Masters of Business Administration.

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Mr. Ong joined Gaw Capital in 2021 as Managing Director – Head of IDC Platform, Asia (Ex-China). He spearheads Internet Data Centre (IDC) platform investments for Gaw Capital Partners outside of the China region.

Prior to joining Gaw Capital Partners, Mr. Ong worked in the Keppel Group of companies for 10 years in a number of roles including being a Senior Vice President and since 2014, as the Head of Strategy and Global Investments at Keppel Data Centres, a regional data centre owner and operator with over 25 data centres spread across the APAC and European regions. He has over 20 years of international experience in data centres, telecom and submarine cable development projects. He has strong track record in fundraising, growing data centre businesses in key markets in Asia and Europe, and leading investment teams to acquire data centres in Australia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Germany and in the Netherlands. He was ranked by Data Economy in 2018 as one of the world’s top 25 finance deal makers in the data centre and cloud industry.

Mr. Ong received his Bachelor of Accounting degree from the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and graduated from the Sloan Fellows Program at Stanford University with a Master of Science in Management from the Graduate School of Business in 2007. He is a Chartered Accountant (CA) in Singapore and Fellow of CPA Australia (FCPA) and a member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accounts (ISCA) and CPA Australia.

Wandrille Doucerain oversees all data centre business activities across Singapore, Malaysia, and the Philippines, helping customers meet their energy needs while transiting towards carbon neutrality. Prior to this appointment, Wandrille was Head of Digital Solutions & Strategic Projects at ENGIE where he worked to accelerate the digital transformation for his customers.

Jing is a Senior Director in Alternatives and Strategic Transactions team at Nuveen. She leads the build out of the data centre subsector of Nuveen Real Estate’s alternative portfolio.

Jing joined Nuveen from CBRE where she worked in the Data Centre Solutions team and provided advisory services in the Data Centre sector across APAC region. Prior to that, Jing worked for six years at Digital Realty (NYSE: DLR/S&P 500), where she held several management roles in portfolio asset management team and investment team. She also served as the company’s spokeswomen in Hong Kong. Jing started her real estate career at Eureka Fund Management (now known as AXA IM Australia) in 2006, where she managed the finance function for an AUD $800 million commercial property and hotel fund as part of the company’s AUD $4 billion AUM.

Jing graduated with a Bachelor's of Law from Southwest University of Political Science and Law (China) and a Masters of Professional Accounting from Wollongong University (Australia) and she is a Certified Public Accountant.

6+ years experience in crafting and executing strategy across multiple industries (Media, Financial Services, Telco) and multiple geographies (Indonesia, SEA, US).

Passionate about tech, government, entrepreneurship, sports and everything in between. Please do not hesitate to reach out to connect

Bertrand Guiot is the Head of Real Assets & Investment Banking, South East Asia, and Head of Infrastructure Funds Coverage, Asia Pacific, for Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking.

Bertrand has been with Natixis CIB for close to a decade, in various roles. Prior to his current appointment, Bertrand served as the Senior Country Manager for Natixis Canada Branch for two and a half years. Before this, he was the Head of Infrastructure, Asia Pacific, based in Hong Kong, overseeing all of the bank’s investment banking, financing and advisory activities pertaining to the infrastructure sector across the region. Before relocating to Hong-Kong in 2017, Bertrand led finance activities for Natixis CIB in Australia across multiple segments: greenfield infrastructure, privatizations, telecom assets and renewable energy projects.

Prior to joining Natixis CIB, Bertrand was with Dexia, where he coordinated PPPs in the infrastructure sector and arranged corporate acquisition financing in the telecom sector, before being appointed to lead the company’s project finance activities in Canada. Before Dexia, Bertrand spent 14 years in various business development/ strategy/ finance roles in large IT/telecommunication companies such as British Telecom and Cable and Wireless in Europe, leading global teams and managing outsourcing/acquisition deals through to completion.

Bertrand holds a masters degree in Finance from ESC Lille, France.

Dondy Bappedyanto is a technology executive with more than 15 years of experience, ranging from general management, product development, technical operations, and technology strategy.

Since 2008, Dondy has focused on the Cloud Computing and Hosting Industry in Indonesia which with his technological innovation and customer service excellence approach as well as his out of the box leadership has changed the shape of the industry in Indonesia.

Actively speaking in various IT events about Cloud Computing, Dondy is also regarded as one of the reputable sources for the cloud industry. He has been interviewed and quoted by several respectable publications in Indonesia as well as abroad.

20 years implementing managing and developing mobile telecommunication rollouts. Experience in project procurement, start up, implementation management, and contract management for both service-based and-time based contracts

Specialties: Commercial and Technical Diligence, Business Development and Procurement, Project Start Up, Contract Management for Mobile Telecommunications Deployments, Consulting and Project Management assignments, Recruitment.

Daryl Dunbar is a leader and expert in Data Center Advisory and technology transformation. Daryl has over thirty years of experience helping regional and global companies accelerate their technological advancement and data-driven decision making.

ICG’s Data Center Advisory Practice provides a suite of services across the Data Center ecosystem including, Strategy, Business Planning, Funding, Investment, M&A, Infrastructure Development, Due Diligence, Technical and Business Audit, Process, and Operations. Our consultants have decades of experience in this market, having delivered projects in North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.

Kai Goh is the co-Founder and Chief Investment Officer / Chief Operating Officer for Digital Halo. He will lead and build up the platform and is responsible for investment and asset management.

Kai is an industry veteran with over 15 years’ experience across digital infrastructure and real estate private equity. Prior to co-founding DH, Kai was with Keppel Group where he held senior positions at Keppel Data Centres and Keppel Capital. As Head M&A and Strategic Initiatives at Keppel Data Centres, he led their corporate development, M&A, strategy and decarbonisation initiatives. He was also Portfolio Manager for the US$1 billion Alpha Data Centre Fund at Keppel Capital, where he was instrumental in establishing and raising the investment vehicle; and the investment and asset management of its data centre portfolio across the Asia-Pacific.

Kai graduated with a M.Sc in Management Science & Engineering from Stanford University and magna cum laude with a B.Sc in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering from Cornell University. In college, he participated in the redesign of the thermal protection system of the space shuttle under a NASA sponsored initiative. He holds the CFA and FRM charters.

Mr. Herson Suindah is a Senior Vice President for Special Projects & Investments in the Chairman’s Office of Sinar Mas. He focuses on investing in digital infrastructure and other “New Economy” infrastructure platforms.

Prior to Sinar Mas, he was the founder and Managing Partner of Blackstar Asia Capital, an investment platform focusing on the “New Economy” real estate sector.

Prior to founding Blackstar, Mr. Suindah was a Managing Director and Member of the Investment Committee at Ancora Capital (Singapore) where he led a real estate private equity fund that invested in residential projects in Indonesia.

Before embarking on his investment career in Asia, Mr. Suindah spent 11 years on Wall Street as an investment banker in rising positions at Merrill Lynch, Bank of America, Deutsche Bank and Zelman & Associates covering the real estate, industrials and private equity sectors. He started his professional career as an engineer for Mercedes-Benz Group in the United States.

Mr. Suindah received an MBA from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a Bachelor of Science degree (with honors) in Industrials & Manufacturing Engineering from Oregon State University.

K2 is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Kuok Group and is focused on the development and operation of critical infrastructure serving the digital economy spanning data, renewable energy and connectivity infrastructure.

K2 Data Centres is an international developer, owner and operator of hyperscale digital infrastructure. We are currently the largest data centre provider in the Republic of Ireland with several projects under development across Europe and ASEAN regions.

Mr. ZP Kuan is a member of the board of directors and co-founder of K2. He manages the corporate & day-to-day operations where his responsibilities include strategy & corporate planning, originating and assessing market opportunities, execution of strategy & business plans, customer engagement and capital budgeting.

Prior to the founding K2 in 2016, he was part of the Special Projects team under the Kuok Group in Singapore to actively pursue business opportunities outside the Group’s core businesses. He also spent time with the Kuok Group’s offshore marine business, covering international corporate and business development and investor relations. ZP spent his early career in corporate finance roles within Standard Chartered Bank and DBS Bank.

Oscar is currently leading the team in EDGE DC - data center service provider with low latency located in downtown Jakarta. Combining his knowledge in edge data center and cloud computing, he’s passionate to share how both can accelerate and grow digital business in Indonesia.

Starting his career as Sales Manager at DCI Indonesia, he was responsible for managing Cloud Service Providers, Financial Services, and large enterprises from Fortune 500 companies. Prior to EDGE DC, Oscar was in Amazon Web Services, where he handled mature Indonesia startups to achieve their business goals. Oscar earned his Bachelor of Engineer degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor.

Narendra Sen is the Founder and Director of RackBank DataCenters Pvt Ltd. He is a pioneering mind who at first led the digital marketing expertise in Central India back in 2006 followed by founding the region’s first green data center.

Alex Budiyanto founded the Indonesian Cloud Computing Community (CloudIndonesiA) on April 23 2012 which was the forerunner of the Indonesian Cloud Computing Association. He once worked as Education & Community Manager at Sun Microsystems, one of his achievements was making the Sun Microsystems community in Indonesia the largest in Asia Pacific. Active in various IT communities in Indonesia such as the Indonesian Linux User Group (KPLI), Microsoft User Group Indonesia (MUGI), Java User Group Indonesia (JUGI) etc. He has been a Microsoft Student Partner, Microsoft Student Ambassador and Nokia Developer Champion.

Sam Lee joined EdgeConneX in November 2021 as Managing Director, Market & Commercial Development for the Asia-Pacific region and is leading efforts to grow the EdgeConnex platform across multiple countries in Asia.

He has more than two decades of experience in leading strategic teams in business development, sales, operations, real estate and finance.

Prior to joining EdgeConneX, Sam was Managing Director, Data Centers at Lendlease, where he was responsible for launching and managing one of Asia’s largest DC-focused funds, and successfully closed its maiden asset in Japan.

His career accolades include overseeing the completion of Global Switch’s data center in Singapore while growing the business. Sam was also one of the early members of the Digital Realty team in Asia, which was instrumental in laying the foundation for its success in Asia.

Sam holds a Masters of Business Administration from Chicago Booth School of Business.

Philbert Shih is the Founder and Managing Director of Structure Research, an independent Toronto and Singapore-based research and consulting firm devoted to the cloud and data centre infrastructure services markets with a specialization in the hyperscale value chain.

Mr. Shih is based in Toronto and has covered the infrastructure services space for over 20 years. His coverage of the sector is global in scope and extends across the broader Internet infrastructure value chain. He is the conference chair for the annual infra / STRUCTURE summit and heads up the Structure Research consulting practice, which has advised and provided subject matter expertise for transactions across data centre, cloud and managed hosting, with over $3b in value.

Mr. Shih is a regular speaker at industry events and has been quoted in various publications such as The South China Morning Post, The Deal, Data Economy, The Globe and Mail, IT World Canada, National Post, The Cube, Computerworld, InfoWorld, Bizjournals, Data Center

Knowledge, Light Reading, eWeek, Miami Herald, San Antonio Express News and Forbes.

Prior to founding Structure Research in 2011, Mr. Shih was the first hosting infrastructure analyst hired after Tier1 Research was sold to The 451 Group (2005) and spent six years as Senior Analyst for managed hosting and cloud. In this role, Mr. Shih helped launch Tier1’s coverage of hosting and cloud in international markets and was the lead and contributing author to all of the company’s quarterly and bi-annual hosting infrastructure sector reports.

Prior to joining Tier1 Research, Mr. Shih spent more than four years covering the web hosting industry – three of them as Senior Staff Writer for The Web Host Industry Review’s online and print publications. At theWHIR, Mr. Shih covered companies in the SMB and enterprise hosting, cloud and colocation segments.

Mr. Shih holds an MA in Political Science from the University of British Columbia with a specialization in political economic development.

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Claude Achcar is the Founder and Managing Partner of Actel Consulting, a highly specialized Tech advisory firm. The company, founded in 2002, differentiates through independent, deep-dive, and hands-on guidance to deliver implementable advisory. Clients include investors, innovators, corporates, telecoms, service providers, and regulators.

Claude has over 30 years of ICT experience. He began his career as an AI Research Associate followed by eleven years in various engineering, marketing, and operations roles with Nortel. Prior to Actel Consulting, Claude was Managing Director and VP Asia at Ciena.

Claude is an engineer by training, holding B.Eng. & M.Eng. (Speech Recognition) degrees from Ecole Polytechnique, and an MBA from McGill University, both in Montreal, Canada.

Fred Fitzalan Howard is the Associate Director, Data Centres Lead, Asia Pacific at Knight Frank. He oversees the division’s works in the region covering the full spectrum of data centre market services specialising in investment, site transactions and occupier advisory, in addition to valuation, consultancy and research.

Goutama Bachtiar is an IT specialist and has eight years experience in conducting IT services of financial auditing in various industries at Grant Thornton Indonesia.

Billy oversees the market and sales strategy of DCI Indonesia, the leading data center infrastructure provider in Indonesia with 3 campuses in the Greater Jakarta area with combined capacity of 80+ MW.

Prior to DCI, Billy was a management consultant at McKinsey & Company, where he delivered various strategy, digital transformation, new business building, post-merger integration projects in the financial services industry across state-owned and private firms.

Patrick Chan serves as the Vice President of South Asia at Uptime Institute. Based in Malaysia, he is responsible for all commercial and service delivery activities in the region.

Ainsley Woods is a Senior Research Analyst with Structure Research, an independent Toronto and Singapore-based research and consulting firm devoted to the cloud and data centre

infrastructure services market with a special focus on the hyperscale value chain.

Ms. Woods is based in Toronto and her coverage focuses on the data centre infrastructure market – primarily retail and wholesale colocation providers – but also interconnection, managed services and cloud infrastructure companies.

Ms. Woods is the lead author of the data centre and interconnection reports focused on select Canadian and European markets and regularly presents findings on Structure Research web properties and events such as infra / STRUCTURE and Structure Invest.

Ms. Woods holds a BSc in Marine Biology and Oceanography from Dalhousie University and a MBA from the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto.

João is the founder and editor of The Tech Capital. Winner of the Professional Publishers Association (PPA) 30 Under 30 media award and the Infrastructure Masons IM100 Award 2022, he owns a real passion for the media and has experience across online, print and broadcast. He has reported from over 30 countries worldwide, filming interviews with CEOs of big tech companies and government figures, amongst others. He is the founder and host of the Great Business Minds Podcast and prior to that, João has experienced the reporting industry at Data Economy, which he created for BroadGroup and where he also invented the Finvest Summit (all acquired by Euromoney Institutional Investor Plc in 2017), Capacity Media, Computer Business Review/Tech Monitor, the Daily Mail, Channel 4 News, Channel 4, The Guardian, Antena Lusa and Future Behind.