Actor, director and producer Andy Serkis will communicate on the APOS Summit 2026, scheduled for June 16-18 on the Mulia Resort in Bali.
The annual gathering, organized by Media Companions Asia, has confirmed a primary wave of 37 audio system drawn from throughout the streaming, broadcast, sports activities and expertise sectors. The checklist additionally consists of Zai Bennett, CEO and chief inventive officer of BBC Studios International Content material, and Rahul Purini, president of Crunchyroll.
A second wave of audio system is due April 22, with the total summit agenda to comply with on Could 6. Director and author Josh Nelson Youssef can also be among the many confirmed inventive voices. On the published and telco facet, Rab Mukraj, CTO of ABS-CBN Int’l., Lertchai Kodsup, chief cell enterprise officer at Superior Information Service (AIS), Euan Smith, group CEO of Astro, Sutanto Hartono, president of Emtek and CEO of SCMA and Vidio, and Yoichi Iwaki, president and consultant director of J:COM, are all confirmed.
Streaming platforms account for a major share of the lineup. Yang Xianghua, president of the mainland and abroad enterprise group at iQIYI, and Janice Lee, MD of PCCW Media Group and CEO of Viu, will attend alongside Julie Choi, CEO of TVING, and Toshi Honda, COO of U-Subsequent. JioStar is represented by three executives: CFO for sports activities Ishan Chatterjee, head of TV distribution Piyush Goyal, and SVP of gen-AI content material and expertise Stephan Bugaj.
Synthetic intelligence and digital content material characteristic prominently. Jon Zepp, MD of leisure content material and platforms at Google, and Melody Hou, head of partnerships and GTM at Kling AI, are among the many confirmed audio system. Sharad Devarajan, co-founder of Faible Media, and the corporate’s chief AI officer Mark Sagar will even participate, as will Joey Jia, founder and CEO of Loopy Maple Studio and RealShort, and Vinay Singhal, CEO and co-founder of STAGE.
Sports activities rights and distribution are nicely lined, with Sanjog Gupta, CEO of the Worldwide Cricket Council, Javier Tebas, president of LaLiga, and Ameeth Sankaran, CEO of Faith of Sports activities, all on the invoice.
Content material safety is represented by Guillermo Rodriguez, director of dwell content material safety on the Movement Image Affiliation, and the MPA’s EVP and chief content material safety officer Larissa Knapp. Isaac Bess, MD of product partnerships at TikTok, and Gunjan Soni, nation MD of YouTube India, add platform views to the gathering.
Manufacturing and content material voices embrace Tom Thirlwall, co-founder and CEO of COPA90, Brian Nam, CEO and co-founder of DIVE Studios, Manoj Punjabi, CEO of MD Leisure, and Lino Cayetano, co-founder, president and CEO of Rein Leisure. Investor and strategic illustration comes from Nikhil Bahel, managing accomplice at Elysian Park Ventures, and Thomas Tull, co-chairman of TWG International. Warner Bros. Discovery is represented by Simon Robinson, president of world experiences and studio operations, and James Gibbons, president for Asia-Pacific.
