Mekari Conference 2026: AI at Work

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Mekari Conference 2026: AI at Work

One day in Jakarta on where AI already does the work, with the people running it

Tuesday, 29 September 2026, Raffles Hotel Jakarta

Mekari's annual conference gathers business leaders and technology decision-makers for a day on practical AI: not what it might do, but where Indonesian companies already run it, in chat platforms, customer support and back-office operations. Speakers come from OpenAI, Meta, AWS, BCA, Paragon Corp and Mekari itself. The full programme and the speaker list are on mekariconference.com.

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At a glance

Date

Tuesday, 29 September 2026

Time

11:00 to 18:00 WIB

Venue

Raffles Hotel Jakarta, Ciputra World, Kuningan, South Jakarta

Format

Main stage talks plus an interactive stage during the breaks

Organizer

Mekari

Tickets

Booked on the conference site

On the agenda

• AI in the enterprise
• Conversational commerce
• Customer trust
• Cloud and infrastructure
• The future of work

Who is speaking

OpenAI

Sandy Kunvatanagarn

Head of Policy for Southeast Asia, on what an AI-powered enterprise looks like in practice, with Mekari's COO Arvy Egadipoera.

Meta

Aldo Rambie

On turning conversations into conversions: what businesses selling through chat are actually doing, with Mekari's Aviandri Hidayat.

BCA

Wani Sabu

On keeping a customer's trust when a bank puts AI between itself and the people it serves.

AWS Indonesia

Anthony Amni

Country Manager, with Samiaji Prasetya Adisasmito and Grasia Meliolla, on how Indonesian enterprises are moving faster on cloud and AI.

Paragon Corp

Risman Adnan

CTO of one of Indonesia's largest consumer goods groups, on the future of work in an age of machine intelligence, with Mekari's Stevens Jethefer.

Opening

Suwandi Soh and Rudiantara

Mekari's CEO opens the day, then sits down with the former Minister of Communication and Informatics on the economic landscape.

Main stage

Main stage

1. 11:00 WIB

   Registration opens

   Check in, coffee, and the interactive stage is already running.

2. 13:00 WIB

   Opening

   Suwandi Soh, CEO of Mekari.

3. 13:20 WIB

   The economic landscape

   Rudiantara, former Minister of Communication and Informatics, in conversation with Suwandi Soh.

4. 13:50 WIB

   Business Reinvented: The AI-Powered Enterprise

   Sandy Kunvatanagarn (Head of Policy Southeast Asia, OpenAI) and Arvy Egadipoera (COO, Mekari).

5. 14:20 WIB

   Turning Conversations into Conversions

   Aldo Rambie (Meta) and Aviandri Hidayat (Mekari).

6. 14:50 WIB

   Coffee break

   Thirty minutes. The live showcase runs on the interactive stage.

7. 15:20 WIB

   Building Customer Trust in the AI Era

   Wani Sabu, PT Bank Central Asia Tbk.

8. 15:55 WIB

   Accelerating Indonesian Enterprise Innovation

   Anthony Amni (Country Manager, AWS Indonesia), Samiaji Prasetya Adisasmito and Grasia Meliolla.

9. 16:05 WIB

   The Future of Work and Intelligence in the Age of AI

   Risman Adnan (CTO, Paragon Corp) and Stevens Jethefer (Mekari).

10. 16:55 WIB

    Closing remarks

Interactive stage

The second stage runs during the gaps in the main programme, so nobody has to choose between a talk and a demo.

Interactive stage

1. 11:30 WIB

   Power Your Growth Podcast

   Recorded live, before the main stage opens.

2. 14:50 WIB

   Live Showcase: AI in Action

   Product demos during the coffee break.

3. 17:00 WIB

   Engage and Connect

   The networking session that closes the day.

Why go

The speakers on this bill are the people deciding how AI reaches Indonesian customers: the policy lead for OpenAI in the region, the person at Meta who sees what sells through WhatsApp, and the CTO of one of the country's largest consumer goods groups. For a founder selling to enterprises, a day in that room is a shortcut through several months of cold outreach.

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About the organiser

Mekari builds business software for Indonesian companies: accounting, payroll, HR and customer messaging, sold to companies of every size across the country. Mekari Conference is its annual gathering for the leaders who buy and run that kind of software, and this is the edition on AI.