Partnerships · 5 Oct 2026

Global International and APEA President You Dixiang discuss driving AI at the Asia-Pacific International Cooperation Summit

The summit runs 17–20 December 2026 in Johor Bahru, Malaysia; we exchanged views on AI touchpoints — multilingual communication, smart attendee services, matchmaking and post-event content.

Meeting Mr You Dixiang, President of the Asia-Pacific Elite Entrepreneurs Association

Where AI can sit in the summit

Today Global International met *Mr You Dixiang (游迪翔), President of the Asia-Pacific Elite Entrepreneurs Association*, to discuss how AI can be applied at the inaugural Asia-Pacific International Cooperation Summit 2026.

Background: the Inaugural Asia-Pacific International Cooperation Summit 2026 will be held from 17 to 20 December 2026 at Forest City Marina Hotel, Johor Bahru, Malaysia, with the main session on 18 December, 2:00pm–9:00pm. Its theme is “Uniting Asia-Pacific Wisdom, Creating a Prosperous Future Together”, around the keywords cooperation, trust, win-win and future, across six tracks: high-level dialogue, global cooperation, business opportunities, investment growth, cultural exchange, and innovation & development. The summit is organised by Culture & Economic Trade (Singapore), with the Asia-Pacific Elite Entrepreneurs Association as international guiding organisation.

Official poster of the Asia-Pacific International Cooperation Summit 2026 (supplied by the organiser): 17–20 December, Forest City Marina Hotel, Johor Bahru, Malaysia, with six tracks spanning dialogue, global cooperation, business matchmaking, investment growth, cultural exchange and innovation.

We discussed where AI can fit: first, multilingual communication — live translation and document translation across Chinese, English and Malay/Indonesian so that cross-border conversations are not limited by language; second, attendee services — an AI service desk answering common questions on the agenda, venue, registration and accommodation; third, business matchmaking — matching participants intelligently by industry and need, so “who should meet whom” happens faster; and fourth, post-event content — minutes, summaries and multilingual publishing that capture what the summit achieved. Global International offered its hands-on experience in AI Agent applications and AI customer service.

The meeting over a meal — Continuing the discussion over a meal on how to bring AI into the summit.

On approach, the discussion was to start with a small pilot on one or two tracks, prove the result, and then decide on wider rollout; the details will be confirmed as summit preparations progress.

Global International works across international education, student homestay, international trade, agritech and smart dining, and runs AI Agent courses and corporate AI adoption advisory in Singapore. If your organisation would like to drive AI through a summit or another platform, talk to us.

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