XConf APAC 2026 Singapore talk recordings now available
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At XConf Singapore 2026, close to 200 technologists came together to explore the real-world challenges and opportunities of building and working with AI.
Across 9 sessions, 13 speakers shared practical insights on topics ranging from AI-assisted coding and testing and multi-agent systems to incident response, product design, and the teams and infrastructure needed to scale AI.
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XConf Singapore 2026 talk recordings
The AI native squad: How small teams deliver faster with AI
AI is changing software delivery, but the real breakthrough comes when teams redesign delivery around AI-native squads. In this talk, Jessie and Siyuan share how small, high-transparency teams can deliver business outcomes faster. Through real delivery examples, they will show how team structure, ceremonies, and daily workflows change when AI becomes a shared team capability.
AI is a scout, not an engineer
After 26 months building a distributed database in Rust with AI assistance, Tyson encountered three near-misses where code passed tests and benchmarks but risked corrupting production data. Through these experiences and the research behind them, he introduces Human Replay, a method for keeping critical engineering understanding in human hands while using AI where it belongs.
First Responder: Agentic incident triage
Production incidents are costly, chaotic, and deeply manual. Agentic AI changes that. In this talk, Vijay presents a live demo of First Responder, an agentic system that investigates production incidents end-to-end. Starting from an alert, automatic triaging and closes the loop with automated fix generation and pull request creation, with engineers staying in control throughout.
[Keynote] Different clocks: Why execution speed is a strategic choice
Over the past 18 months, MYOB built an AI product capability from the ground up: New teams, new platforms, new operating rhythms, and a growing portfolio of customer-facing AI products. The most important decisions weren’t technical. They were strategic.
This talk explores how MYOB matched the pace of decisions to the pace of change: When to hack around legacy systems, standardize or stay flexible, build or buy, reshape teams, and prioritize learning over shipping. The goal isn’t simply to move faster, but to know what deserves to move fast — and what deserves time to compound.
AI moves fast, but not every decision should.
XConf APAC 2026 speaker line-up
Amit Upadhyay
Lead Consultant, Thoughtworks
As a Technical Principal with 11+ years of experience shipping software, Amit leads AI-first software delivery, helping engineering organisations move from AI experiments to production systems that hold together.
Bishnu Prasad
Senior Consultant, Thoughtworks
Bishnu is a QA specialist focused on functional and automation testing, actively using AI in day-to-day testing workflows and exploring AI testing at scale across current public sector engagements.
Hao Pan
Principal Consultant, Thoughtworks
With over a decade of experience in software engineering and enterprise architecture, Hao specializes in designing large-scale distributed systems. Beyond pure technology, he is a strong advocate for socio-technical architecture.
Jessie Xie
SVP & Global CIO, Thoughtworks
Jessie leads Thoughtworks' Global IT Services function, driving the AI-native transformation across software delivery, knowledge management, enterprise platforms, and IT operations. Jessie focuses on reimagine how teams work, deliver, and scale in the AI era.
Kate Linton
Experience Design Principal, Thoughtworks
An accomplished design leader, Kate focuses on the ethical application of AI, ensuring a "human-in-the-loop" philosophy remains at the heart of AI innovation. Her recent work focuses on guiding and supporting teams to transition into AI-first ways of working.
May Xu
Regional Head of Technology, APAC, Thoughtworks
As a leader in applying AI to evolve software delivery., May advises clients on large-scale digital transformations and shapes regional technology strategy, with a current focus on AI-first approaches. Her expertise includes technology strategy, architecture, digital platforms, engineering practices, organisational design and building high performance teams.
Pratyush Mittal
Principal Product Manager, Thoughtworks
Pratyush is a Principal Product Manager with deep experience shaping complex digital products, leading discovery and delivery, and working closely with cross-functional teams on large public sector accounts.
Shangqi Liu
Principal Consultant, Thoughtworks
Shangqi is a technology leader with extensive experience designing complex software systems, modernizing large-scale platforms, and building engineering capabilities across various industries.
Siyuan Li
Lead Consultant, Thoughtworks
Currently leading AI-native team transformation for Global IT Services at Thoughtworks, Siyuan has 8+ years of experience building enterprise systems, a full-stack engineering background, and hands-on experience as Tech Lead on multiple 0-to-1 platforms.
Tracy Moore
General Manager of AI and Data, MYOB
Tracy Moore is General Manager of AI and Data at MYOB. She built the function around one rule: customer data safety first, speed to market second, everything else negotiable. Her core skill is matching the pace of a decision to the pace of what's actually changing, not the noise around it.
Tyson Brown
Lead Consultant, Thoughtworks
Tyson has been shipping software since 2005, across mining, medical devices, MRI physics, and distributed systems. In his spare time he built Celeriant, a distributed event-sourcing database in Rust that sustains 1,057,000 durable writes a second on two nodes, with strict ordering and per-aggregate reads.
Vijay More
Lead Consultant, Thoughtworks
As the sole author of First Responder, Vijay has over 14 years of experience architecting and building large-scale systems across application development, cloud-native infrastructure, and DevOps.
Xiaowen Zhuang
Senior Consultant, Thoughtworks
Xiaowen Zhuang is a full-stack engineer transitioning into solution architecture. Her experience ranges from low-level embedded software to large-scale enterprise systems, with recent work focused on architecture, security, delivery governance, and engineering practices across complex multi-team environments.