NTUC Career Festival 2026: AI-Ready SG

Panel: How AI is Transforming Businesses and Workers

Engage with industry leaders in a dynamic discussion on how AI is transforming businesses and accelerating digital adoption through the CTC Grant.

Featuring NTUC Leadership Team, AI Leaders & business innovators who have successfully implemented AI.

Moderator:
Shawn Seah, Deputy Director, Strategy, NTUC

• Salesforce
• STE
• VDL

Concept to Impact: Transforming HR Operations Through AI

Henderson Security Services shares its experience adopting AI-enabled solutions through the NTUC Company Training Committee (CTC). The session demonstrates how AI was applied to enhance productivity and workforce capabilities, enabling HR teams to move from routine transactional tasks to higher-value strategic work.

Speaker:
Justin Teo, Innovation & Sustainability Officer, Henderson Security Services Pte Ltd

Success Story Showcase: AI in Action

Showcasing inspiring AI transformation journeys powered by the CTC Grant and Career Conversion Programme (CCP), demonstrating how AI adoption creates real impact for businesses and their workforce.

Speaker:
P3 Projects Pte Ltd

Leveraging on SkillsFuture for Workforce Transformation

Introduction to SkillsFuture Resources for Enterprises, including SkillsFuture Enterprise Credit (SFEC), TalentTrack & TalentTrack+, Jobs-Skills Portal, and SkillsFuture Queen Bee Networks.

Speaker:
Kennedy Lee, Manager (Skills Advisory), Lifelong Learning Singapore (LLSG)

CTRL+ Activate: What is Prompt Engineering & How to Future-Proof Your Career

Hands-on session covering prompt techniques for emails, meetings, reports, custom GPTs, and image generation.

Speaker:
Marianna Olefyrenko, Generative AI Instructor, Vertical Institute & CEO of Easy-Peasy.AI

Practical AI for Working Professionals

A hands-on session focused on real workplace use cases, helping professionals work faster, think more clearly, and improve output quality.

Speaker:
Daryl Aw, Director and Founder, Skybots Pte Ltd

Panel: Talent Unleashed: How Career Mentorship Fuels Organisational and Professional Growth

• Using Mentorship to Enable Career Adaptation in an AI-Driven Workplace: How structured career mentorship helps employees interpret AI disruption, make informed upskilling decisions, and adapt their career paths with greater confidence and resilience.
• Building Mentorship Networks to Strengthen Workforce Capability and Readiness.
• How organisational mentorship networks foster knowledge sharing, continuous learning, and cross-industry connections that support workforce agility in an AI-augmented economy.

Moderator:
Samanatha Ng, Career Coach & Counsellor, Career Development Association of Singapore (CDAS)

Panellist:

• Patrick Tay Teck Guan, Assistant Secretary-General, NTUC
• Prof Gan Wee Hoe, Chief Executive Officer, Singhealth Community Hospital
• Amos Tan, Assistant CE and Chief Core Skills Officer, NTUC LearningHub

Applying Entrepreneurial Marketing to Land Your Next Job in the AI Era

In a job market characterised by a RUDE (Rapid, Unpredictable, Dynamic, and Engaging) environment, traditional application methods may no longer be enough. To succeed in the AI era, individuals must move beyond the "applicant" mindset and become Value Creators. Join Den as he demonstrates how entrepreneurial marketing principles can be used to strategically position yourself. Learn how to identify your unique value proposition, navigate market disruptions, and market yourself effectively. This session provides a practical framework for turning your values and professional expertise into an indispensable market asset.

Speaker:
Hooi Den Huan, Founding Member, World Marketing Council & Co-Founder, Asia Marketing Federation Foundation

Panel: Beyond the Degree: Designing Your First Career Chapter in a Skills-First Economy

Moderator:
Kelvin Kuok, Founder of Personify

Panellist:
Dr Wan Rizal, Director of Stakeholder Management, NTUC's e2i
Hooi Den Huan, Founding Member, World Marketing Council & Co-Founder, Asia Marketing Federation Foundation
Kaharuddin Mahmud, Human Capital Advisor, SWAPAC
Marcus Ho, Managing Director, Brew Interactive

AI Powered Workforce: Building Better Jobs for Singapore

This session will educate on the unprecedented opportunity for AI to create better more fulfilling jobs. It will explore how organizations can harness AI as a general-purpose technology to drive productivity improvements and sustainable wage growth across Singapore's workforce.

Drawing on a simple AI framework—Freedom to Invent, Maximizing Value, and AI You Can Trust—we'll examine how forward-thinking employers are transforming work rather than replacing workers. You'll discover practical strategies for workforce transformation, including upskilling initiatives, change management approaches, and AI adoption frameworks that empower employees that put human capital at the forefront.

Speaker:
Joel Garcia, Tech Lead Strategic Initiatives, ASEAN Amazon Web Services

The AI Tsunami: Why Standing Still is No Longer an Option for Hospitality Businesses

For most companies, the "old way" of doing business – answering emails "when we have time" and only in one language – is a sinking ship. Customers expect speed, personalisation, and global reach. Standing still means falling behind.

The speaker will be sharing on:

• Why the "5-Minute Rule" is the new law of survival
• How to deliver 5-star service in multi-languages by upskilling your existing workforce
• The 3 signs your business is currently "at risk."
• Insights on AI applications through relevant case studies

Don't get swept away. Learn how to surf the AI wave.

Speaker:
Lam Lye Chan, Founder, Training Strategies Pte Ltd

Human Capability in the Age of AI: Why Emotional Intelligence Matters

As AI reshapes the future of work, human capability becomes a critical differentiator. Drawing on behavioural science and real-world workplace contexts, this session explores how Emotional Intelligence supports sound judgment, adaptability, collaboration, mental well-being and sustainable performance as roles, workflows, and decision-making evolve. Participants will gain insight into the human capabilities that AI cannot replace, and how strengthening these enables individuals and organisations to remain resilient, effective, and thrive in an AI-enabled economy.

Speaker:
Monaliza M. Amid, Founder and Chief Trainer, Emotional Intelligence Mastery

AI at Work: Trends, Adoption Lessons, and Workforce Shifts

This masterclass helps employers understand how AI transforms workforce productivity, showcasing trends, strategies, case studies, and NTUC’s AI-Ready SG support.

Speaker:
Dr. Sunil Sivadas, Practice Lead, Next Gen Tech, NCS Pte Ltd

Ask Me Anything with e2i Career Coaches

Mid-Day Masterclass – What Happens to Your Resume After You Click “Apply”

A live demonstration showing how resumes are read, interpreted, and evaluated by AI-driven hiring systems.

Speaker:
Dr. Vaisagh Viswanathan, CEO and Co-Founder, impress.ai

CTRL+ Optimise: Building Your Authentically AI Profile

This is a 90-minute, hands-on workshop where you will learn how to use AI to strengthen your resume and LinkedIn profile. You will practise using commonly available LLMs such as ChatGPT and Gemini with easy-to-use prompts. Turn your experience into optimised profiles that have a higher chance of getting pass the ATS systems, AI recruiters, and human recruiters. You will also learn how to refine AI outputs, so they still sound natural and authentic. By the end, you leave with real improvements and the confidence to continue using AI to optimise your digital profiles on your own.

Speaker:
Cindi Wirawan, Founder, Vibe Tribe

CTRL+ Marketing Intelligence: AI-Powered Ideation & Content Strategy

This hands-on workshop introduces jobseekers to using AI as a strategic creative partner for marketing and professional communication. Rather than treating AI as a copywriting shortcut, participants will learn how to use it to develop clear value propositions, compelling campaign hooks, and aligned brand voice across career-critical touchpoints.

Designed as a taster session, the workshop focuses on one high-impact, repeatable workflow that participants can immediately apply to job search and personal branding contexts—such as LinkedIn content (Awareness), personal brand statements (Interest & Consideration), and entry-level campaign or communications copy.

The session emphasises digital marketability, strategic ideation, and real-world application, helping participants stand out in a competitive, AI-enabled creative and knowledge economy.

Speaker:
Geraldine Pang, Founder & Managing Director, Creative For More

CTRL+ Workflow: Automating Workplace Comms with AI Agents

This hands-on workshop focuses on how professionals can use AI agents to dramatically improve the speed and quality of written communication. Participants will learn how generative AI can be applied to everyday workplace tasks such as drafting and polishing emails, summarising long documents, and producing clear, well-structured responses in minutes instead of hours.

Through practical case studies, attendees will be introduced to using Manus together with MCP to orchestrate AI agents that understand context, apply consistent tone, and automate repetitive communication workflows. No programming background is required—this session is designed to be immediately applicable for PMETs across functions.

Speaker:
Kong Yu Ning, Co-Founder, Heicoders Academy