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KEYWORDS: Artificial Intelligence, Open Process Automation, Open Platform Communications, Universal Automation, Industrial 5G, Robotics and Drones, Cybersecurity, ARC Singapore Forum
Overview
On August 7, 2025, ARC Advisory Group in Singapore brought together close to 200 industry leaders, technology providers, automation end users, and innovators at the Marriott Tang Plaza Hotel for the second ARC Industry Leadership Forum Singapore. With this year’s theme of Winning in the Industrial AI Era, the full-day event featured 22 expert speakers and 14 presentations with real-world case studies.
The four Forum sessions explored key themes shaping the future of technology-enabled manufacturing:
- Artificial Intelligence for Industry
- Future Automation: Open, Standardized, Software-Defined
- Industrial 5G: Connecting the Smart Factory
- 21st-Century Operations: Smart, Secure, and Sustainable
The sessions included speaker presentations, expert panel discussions, and audience Q&A. An accompanying exhibition showcase allowed attendees to see and explore much of the technology described on stage, as well as interact and network with sponsors and fellow delegates.
Keynote Address: From Automation to Intelligence
After an entertaining stage performance featuring several robots from Hong Kong service robot innovator Robocore grooving to Latino anthem Despacito, the Keynote Address from Chandran Nair, CEO of Universal Vapor Jet Corporation (UVJC), a veteran in industrial automation and advanced manufacturing, traced the progression from early machinery to today’s intelligent operations, emphasizing that success in the AI era requires more than tools—it demands resilience, openness, and human-centered collaboration.
“While AI may change how factories are, work or will operate, the real transformation is still cultural, that is still, for now, cultural is still very much based on us, humans. Will people trust working alongside robots?” he asked. Nair also heralded the emerging fifth industrial revolution (Industry 5.0) as human-centric, sustainability-driven, and rooted in closer connections between technology and people.
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