Your Career. Reimagined.
The NTUC Career Festival 2026 is not just another career fair.
It is where everyone comes together to prepare for an AI-powered future of work.
As digitalisation and Artificial Intelligence rapidly transform industries, roles and skills, workers and businesses alike face a shared challenge: staying relevant in a changing economy.
Anchored by NTUC’s commitment to building an AI-ready workforce, the festival empowers workers, jobseekers and companies with the clarity, skills and connections needed to move forward with confidence.
Whether you are starting out, exploring your next career move, upskilling to stay relevant, or building future-ready teams, the NTUC Career Festival 2026 provides the tools and support to help you adapt, grow and excel in a rapidly changing world of work.
Do not just adapt to change. Lead it.
👉 Register now and build the skills, connections and confidence for what’s next.
Through high-impact talks, immersive industry showcases and hands-on interactive sessions, participants can:
Note: This is an indicative programme and may be changed without prior notice.
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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
Henderson Security Services will share its experience in adopting technology and AIenabled solutions as part of its NTUC Company Training Committee (CTC) and how it has supported its transformation journey. The session will demonstrate how technology and AI were applied to enhance productivity and build workforce capabilities, allowing the HR team to move from routine transactional tasks to higher-value strategic work. It will also share the key outcomes achieved and provide practical insights on the implementation approach and critical success factors.
Speaker:
Justin Teo, Innovation & Sustainability Officer, Henderson Security Services Pte Ltd
The session will showcase 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. Success stories prove that leveraging AI can drive productivity, streamline operations & empower employees with future-ready skills.
Speaker:
P3 Projects Pte Ltd
Organisations are overwhelmed by a cacophony of AI solutions that overpromise rapid transformation with an 'agentic' silver bullet. Yet, business impact often falls short due to top-down implementations that ignore the nuance of human-driven workflows.
The solution lies in a radical shift to a 'People-First' approach that accelerates transformation by empowering your workforce to lead from the ‘middle’. Using our pragmatic 3D Framework, we demonstrate how to guide middle managers to Discover friction points, Discern where human judgement is irreplaceable, and Deploy 'Small AI' solutions for specific business needs.
Join us to learn why successful AI strategies start with people, not processors.
Speaker:
Yeo Zhihan, Partner, TalentKraft
This workshop introduces employers to SkillsFuture Resources for Enterprises and how it supports workforce transformation through inclusive funding and practical tools. Participants will explore SkillsFuture Enterprise Credit (SFEC) and how it can be used to offset supported programmes and courses.
The session highlights key initiatives such as TalentTrack & TalentTrack+, the JobsSkills Portal, SkillsFuture Queen Bee Networks, the Course Directory for Business, and many more. Employers can tap into these resources to future-proof their workforce, to build resilient, future-ready teams.
Speaker:
Kennedy Lee, Manager (Skills Advisory), Lifelong Learning Singapore (LLSG)
As AI reshapes jobs, professionals who know how to guide AI effectively will stay ahead of the curve. In this hands-on session, you’ll learn prompt techniques through real workplace examples such as emails, meetings, reports, Custom GPTs, and image generation to strengthen your professional value.
Speaker:
Marianna Olefyrenko, Generative AI Instructor, Vertical Institute & CEO of Easy-Peasy.AI
This practical session is designed for working professionals who want to use AI effectively in their day-to-day work. The focus is on real, hands-on use cases that help you work faster, think more clearly, and improve the quality of your outputs. Participants will learn how to use AI for common work tasks such as writing, analysis, structuring ideas, and decision support, while also understanding important considerations around data confidentiality and responsible use. This is a practical, demonstration-driven session with techniques that can be applied immediately at work.
Speaker:
Daryl Aw, Director and Founder, Skybots Pte Ltd
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AI adoption is accelerating, but realising real business value requires the right strategy and the right people. In this session, learn how to identify high-impact AI use cases, choose the right technology, and maximise returns through practical, cost-effective AI deployments. You'll also discover how upskilling your workforce is the critical enabler that turns AI investments into sustainable competitive advantage.
Speaker:
Francis Han, Vice President, Oracle Customer Excellence Centre, Oracle Corporation Singapore
Moderator:
Samanatha Ng, Career Coach & Counsellor, Career Development Association of Singapore (CDAS)
Panellist:
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
Moderator:
Kelvin Kuok, Founder of Personify
Panellist:
This session will educate on the unprecedented opportunity for AI to create better more fulfilling jobs. It will explore how organisations 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, Maximising 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 NTUC AI-Ready SG Playbook aims to guide SMEs in their AI transformation journey by offering a step-by-step blueprint for adopting AI solutions, demonstrating how AI enhances business value chains, and showcasing success stories from Company Training Committees (CTCs) and tech partners. It includes practical use cases in AI implementation, training, and job redesign, supported by industry testimonials and examples of AI-driven transformations. The playbook structure covers AI transformation strategies, sector-specific training, talent redesign, and applications across value chains, providing actionable insights for businesses to embrace AI effectively.
Speaker:
Reyes Leo, Assistant Director, NTUC
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:
Don't get swept away. Learn how to surf the AI wave.
Speaker:
Lam Lye Chan, Founder, Training Strategies Pte Ltd
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:
Mona M. Amid, Founder, Emotional Intelligence Mastery
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
Most jobseekers never see what happens after they submit a resume. This session opens that black box.
Through a live demonstration, participants will see how resumes are read, how skills and experience are interpreted, and how signals are created to support hiring decisions. The goal isn’t to “beat” the system, it’s to understand it.
For jobseekers, this means learning how clarity, structure, and skills representation affect employability. For employers, it’s a chance to see how evaluation design choices shape outcomes. The session is practical, honest, and designed to make AI in hiring feel less mysterious, and more accountable.
Speaker:
Dr. Vaisagh Viswanathan, CEO and Co-Founder, impress.ai
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
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
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
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Career stability through deep specialisation is dead. In an AI-first world, the ability to pivot strategically is your greatest asset, not a backup plan.
This session flips conventional career advice on its head. You'll discover how to leverage AI as a tool for career transformation rather than viewing it as a threat. We'll explore three powerful pivot strategies: repositioning your existing skills in AI-augmented roles, moving from execution to strategic oversight, and bridging domains that AI can't yet connect.
You'll learn to abandon rigid five-year plans in favor of rapid experimentation, using AI to compress your current workload while building your next career move. The goal isn't to avoid change, but to become so skilled at pivoting that it becomes your competitive edge. Walk away with practical frameworks for staying relevant and thriving amid constant disruption.
Speaker:
Meiling Wong, Career Mobility Coach and Visibility Strategist
Speaker:
Dimitri Bintein, Technology Director – AI COE, NCS Pte Ltd
Artificial Intelligence is already transforming how organisations operate and make decisions. This talk explores practical AI applications across manufacturing, logistics, and healthcare. Three sectors facing rapid operational and workforce change. Participants will learn how AI is improving productivity, quality, safety, and decision-making, while gaining awareness of key considerations around skills, governance, and workforce readiness. Through real-world examples, the session highlights how organisations can adopt AI responsibly and prepare their people to work confidently alongside AI technologies.
Speaker:
Vasanth Elangovan, Product Manager (Advanced Manufacturing), NTUC LearningHub
Speaker:
Wilson Ang, Executive Director, Association of Singapore Marine & Offshore Energy Industries (ASMI)
This talk introduces Red Alpha’s Alpha Specialist Training Programme (ASTP) and Enterprise Specialist Training Programme (ESTP) — two structured, full-time training pathways designed to help individuals transition into tech roles such as Cybersecurity, AI, Data, Cloud, Network, and Software, even with no prior experience. Attendees will be able to find out more about what these roles are like, how the industry works, and what their journey could look like if they were to join.
Speaker:
Alex Lim, Head of Partnerships, Red Alpha
Are you worried that your resume doesn't tell your whole story? In an era where AI is the first point of contact for many employers, understanding how "Skills-First" technology works is your new competitive advantage.
Join Dr. Vaisagh from impress.ai for a transparent look at how modern hiring platforms like Scale Screen actually work. Instead of filtering you out based on "pedigree" or job titles, these tools are designed to find your hidden capability. In this session, you will learn:
This talk is about making your employability tangible and transforming AI into a tool that works for you.
Speaker:
Dr. Vaisagh Viswanathan, CEO and Co-Founder, impress.ai
AI agents are moving from novelty to necessity, but most enterprises can't deploy them effectively to interact with their business systems. This session reveals how Workato is solving that challenge through Enterprise MCP (Model Context Protocol), enabling AI agents like Claude, ChatGPT, and Cursor to securely orchestrate actions across 12,000+ enterprise applications. You'll see live demos of agents handling real business tasks and discover skills in demand in an Agentic Enterprise. Additionally, join this session learn about the various career opportunities at Workato's newly launched Singapore AI Lab.
Speakers:Don’t let the "Blank Page" stall your progress. In this high-octane live workshop, we demystify the role of AI in the modern creative economy. Moving beyond the hype, we focus on a non-negotiable principle: AI supports the thinking, but Humans lead it.
This is a live, guided demonstration designed for the Human Navigator. Participants will witness a workflow that integrates AI as a "creative assistant" to accelerate output without sacrificing authorship. We will bridge the gap between abstract ideas and professional brand assets.
Whether you are a freelancer, career switcher, or content creator, you will leave with a repeatable blueprint that handles the "heavy lifting" while keeping you at the helm. Discover how to use AI to assist the work, so you can focus on owning the work.
Speaker:
Jason Wong, Creative Director, Omnicron Films
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Are you finding it challenging to stay ahead in today’s dynamic workplace? This workshop will help you take charge of your career and skills development.
Participants will learn about key SkillsFuture initiatives, programmes, and resources to identify courses that align with their career goals. Get a quick glimpse into the future of work! Discover emerging workforce trends, future work skills and simple self-assessment tools. Participants will also learn how to leverage SkillsFuture Credit and funding support to enhance their professional development.
Speaker:
Mohd Ridhuan, Manager (Skills Advisory), Lifelong Learning Singapore (LLSG)
As AI becomes more embedded in daily work, the way we communicate, collaborate, and demonstrate value at work is quietly changing. This session looks at how AI is shaping workplace culture, from how messages are written to how performance and initiative are seen.
Participants will explore where AI helps, where it creates challenges, and how to stay visible and relevant without losing their personal voice. Using real workplace examples, live polls, and practical insights, this talk helps professionals understand what is changing at work and how to adapt with confidence in an AI-driven environment.
Speaker:
Mitesh Soni, Founder & Creative Director, Kopi Break
This workshop highlights the emerging career path of the AI-based designer. Regardless of IT background, participants can upskill or reskill through this session and explore opportunities in designing images and creating videos using AI. Alibaba Cloud will showcase its proprietary AI models, Qwen and Wan, demonstrating how anyone can develop AI-driven designs for visual and video content. The workshop also covers practical techniques such as creating storyboards and screenplays for cinematic-style productions using AI tools.
Speaker:
Dr. Ferdin Joe John Joseph, Senior Training Advisor, Alibaba Cloud Singapore
The coaching market is growing, the data is encouraging, and yet many qualified coaches struggle to find consistent work. In this 30-minute session, Ramya Eva shares ICF data on coaching rates, market size, and trends in APAC and Singapore, painting a realistic picture of today’s coaching landscape. While demand exists, it is fragmented and often hard to access, leading to an oversupply of coaches competing for visibility and credibility. The real gap in her view? Entrepreneurship skills. This session surfaces the skills rarely taught in coach training; how to build a business, market yourself, sell with integrity, and price your work sustainably so participants can make informed, grounded decisions about coaching as a career.
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Speaker:
Ramya Eva, Director of Partnerships, Singapore Chapter of the International Coaching Federation (ICF)
Building a Future-Ready Career in Financial Services
Artificial intelligence and digitalisation are transforming the financial services industry and reshaping the nature of work. Today’s roles in the industry require more than technical expertise; employers increasingly value problem-solving ability, adaptability, and strong communication skills. In this session, we explore how careers in financial services are evolving, the emerging capabilities and in-demand skills employers are seeking, and practical steps individuals can take to build resilient, future-ready careers in a rapidly changing financial landscape.
Moderator:
Min Chan, Career Advisor, The Institute of Banking and Finance (IBF)
Speaker:
Lim Chai Leng, General Manager, Randstad Pte Ltd
From Passion to Profession: Opportunities in Early Childhood
This session offers insights into the early childhood sector, highlighting emerging roles, career pathways, and professional development opportunities for individuals at all stages — from fresh graduates to mid-career switchers and retirees. Grounded in brain science and current sector trends, the talk explores why the early years are critical to human development and why early childhood education is increasingly valued.
Participants will learn about the skills and qualities valued in the sector, including a passion for working with children, empathy, adaptability, and a commitment to inclusive, strength-based practices. The talk outlines clear education and training pathways, from certificates to diplomas, and how structured training equips learners with practical, job-ready skills.
Attendees will gain an understanding of career prospects and why pursuing professional development with a recognised institute like KLC International Institute can provide both practical experience and strong support for career growth.
Speaker:
Charmaine Ng, Head Admin of Early Childhood (English Programmes), KLCII
AI’s transformative benefits and harms have both been well explained by experts. How do we maintain our agency when AI’s presence is increasingly inevitable in our lives and future? Unfortunately, there is no free pass or easy blueprint to an ethical use of AI. Critical to this is an understanding of AI, how it works, and how we can be more discerning in our use of it.
Key Takeaways:
Speaker:
Amanda Teo, Senior Product & Experience Designer, Kontinentalist
In a world where roles change faster than industries, job security is no longer guaranteed. What matters now is having skills you can carry with you—anywhere.
Join global HR leaders Vanessa Teo and Vanessa Iloste for an executive masterclass on navigating the 2026 workforce. This session moves beyond traditional career advice to introduce a practical Resilience Blueprint—helping you shift from reacting to change to intentionally designing your career.
You’ll learn how to build an agility mindset for complex career pivots and gain insight into what senior leaders really look for in future-ready talent.
Don’t just adapt to change. Shape it.
Speakers:Join Gary Gan, CEO of JobKred, for a deep dive into how AI is fundamentally changing the way we work. In this interactive session, Gary pulls back the curtain on how "Skills-First" hiring really works in 2026. Learn how to identify your hidden "transferable tracks" and discover why the most successful "Human Navigators" aren't just technical—they’re adaptable. No slides, no jargon—just the raw data and real stories you need to steer your career.
Speaker:
Gary Gan, CEO and Co-Founder, JobKred
This session explores why clarity matters more than visibility in building a credible personal brand, and how AI can be used responsibly as a thinking partner rather than a content generator. Participants will learn how to articulate who they are and what they stand for on LinkedIn before seeking attention, ensuring their visibility is intentional, coherent, and sustainable.
Speaker:
Adrian Chin, Generative AI Instructor, Vertical Institute & AI & Digital Marketing Strategist
Growth of AI is good only up to 2028 due to limitation of LLM’s. A study from Stanford shows where AI is used by the current accounting firms and where the gap is. This talk will give you insights to where you as an accountant can take advantage of what is available in the market to explore how to use AI to your advantage versus a firm that still does things the traditional way. Everything is backed by data and case studies within the industry.
Speaker:
Jay Sen Lon, Sales Director, Gotofu
Speaker:
Rachel Poo, Brew Interactive
A fast-paced, hands-on ideation session where you’ll learn how Design Thinking practitioners at 55 Minutes use AI to brainstorm better ideas, faster. You’ll use two AI tools: one to generate a breadth of solution ideas, and another to ideate a more concrete digital solution concept. You’ll also learn prompting techniques to move beyond generic AI outputs so you leave with more innovative ideas.
Note: Please bring a fully charged laptop and a pen/pencil to participate in the hands-on activities.
Speaker:
Lynn Wee, Senior UX Researcher, 55 Minutes
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
Click here to see the list of participating companies at NTUC Career Festival 2026!
