AIA welcomes you to join us at the inaugural AIA Healthcare Summit 2026
Date: 12 August 2026, Wednesday
Venue: The Ritz Carlton, Millenia Singapore
As Singaporeans live longer than ever before, the focus is increasingly shifting from lifespan to healthspan, how we ensure these additional years are lived in good health and with quality of life?
Centered on the theme "Purposeful Longevity," the summit will bring together leaders across healthcare, policy and business to explore how we can collectively shape better health outcomes for a longer-living population.
Key topics will include:
- Longevity science and geromedicine
- Ageing well in Asia
- Extending healthspan through preventive care
- Sustainability of healthcare financing amid increasing longevity
- Workplace wellbeing and the role of employers in prevention
- Public–private partnerships in advancing population health.
Programme (morning)
Programme (afternoon)
Meet our speakers
8.00am
Registration | Breakfast
9.00am
Welcome Remarks by Emcee:
9.10am
Opening Address:
9.20am
Guest of Honour Address:
9.30am
Panel Discussion:
Topic: Financial stability of medical insurance in the face of increasing longevity
Focus on how public-private partnerships play a key role in achieving sustainable healthcare as Singaporeans enter the blue zone.
Moderator:
Panellists:
10.15am
Topic: How AI is redefining the future of population health span
This keynote shares how Ant Group's AI health assistant "AFU" applies multimodal medical AI to enable proactive health management for users — from intelligent triage and health reports interpretation to ongoing wellness guidance — and explores how integrating AI-powered health services with commercial insurance creates a sustainable model shifting insurers from payers to health partners.
Speaker:
10.50am
Topic: Precision geromedicine: Medicine keeping you healthy
Advances in geroscience have strengthened understanding of the biological mechanisms that drive ageing and age-related decline. Precision geromedicine applies this knowledge through personalised assessment and intervention strategies, with the aim of supporting health, function, and resilience across the life course.
Speaker:
11.20am
Topic: Beyond healthspan: Building communities where people can age with purpose
The 100-year life is here to stay. Most older adults want to remain in their own homes and not move into institutional care. Ageing in place requires more than housing. It requires communities that support social connection, active lifestyles, lifelong participation, and a sense of purpose. This session explores how governments, businesses, and community partners can work together to create sustainable models that enable older adults to remain active, connected, and independent throughout longer lifespans.
Speaker:
11.45am
Panel Discussion:
Topic: The pursuit of healthspan and longevity
Globally, there is roughly a 9-year gap between our expected lifespan and our healthspan, what interventions, medical advancements and preventive technology can Singaporeans look forward to closing this gap?
Moderator:
Panellists:
12.30pm
Lunch
Please note that information on the AIA Healthcare Summit is accurate at the time of publication. Further updates will be released in due course as we approach the event date.
1.30pm
Topic: Breaking free from reactive care: Finding the risks others miss
Asia's health systems hold more data than ever, yet chronic disease continues to rise. Discover how data-led interventions, outcome accountability, proactive health stewardship can identify health risks earlier—and reduce the burden on the healthcare ecosystem.
Speaker:
2.00pm
Topic: Risk is behavioural: From predicting it to changing it
Healthcare has become increasingly effective at predicting risk. But prediction alone does not improve outcomes. The real challenge is behavioural: humans think short term, while health risk accumulates over the long term. This creates one of healthcare's hardest problems - how to influence millions of daily decisions today to change health outcomes years into the future.
Speaker:
2.20pm
Topic: Workforce health and longevity: The road ahead
The future of workforce health and longevity will be shaped by the role of employers and the private sector. As populations age and healthcare challenges become more complex, organisations must look beyond workplace safety to promote holistic health and wellbeing. This requires recognising health as a critical asset alongside wealth and fostering lasting behavioural change. By championing preventive health and healthy longevity, employers can help build a healthier, more productive, and resilient workforce for the road ahead.
Speaker:
Professor and
Founding Dean of the
National University
of Singapore,
School of Public Health
Founding Dean of the
National University
of Singapore,
School of Public Health
2.50pm
Coffee Break
3.00pm
Topic: Traditional feel-based therapy to precision medicine: Digitising TCM for longevity science
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has long relied on feel-based approaches, such as therapeutic massage (Tuina), to address pain and promote health. With advancements in technology, there is now an opportunity to digitize these practices, bringing precision medicine to the forefront of longevity science.
Speaker:
3.15pm
Topic: Unlocking preventive healthcare with consumer devices
Healthcare has become increasingly effective at predicting health risks. However, the real challenge is behavioral: people tend to think short term, while health risks often build up over the long term. Consumer wearables can play an essential role in addressing both aspects. Continuous, high-quality health data enables earlier identification of potential health risks. At the same time, wearables help tackle one of healthcare's hardest challenges: influencing millions of daily decisions today, in order to improve health outcomes years into the future.
Speaker:
3.30pm
Topic: Why we know what to do, but still don't do it: The behavioural science of healthspan
Sustainable health is not just about knowing the right nutrition, exercise or lifestyle choices. It is about understanding motivation, stress, habits and environment. How can we design healthier behaviours across different life stages to support longer, better lives?
Speaker:
3.50pm
Coffee Break
4.00pm
Panel Discussion:
Topic: Leveraging data, technology, and behavioural science to improve health outcomes
Singaporeans and living longer, how can technology and preventive care help provide a healthier lifespan.
Moderator:
Panellists:
4.50 pm
Closing Remarks:
5.00pm
End of Event
Please note that information on the AIA Healthcare Summit is accurate at the time of publication. Further updates will be released in due course as we approach the event date.
Hear from industry leads shaping the future of health, longevity and preventive care.
Prof. Chia Kee Seng
Professor and Founding Dean of the National University of Singapore,
School of Public Health
Professor and Founding Dean of the National University of Singapore,
School of Public Health
Please note that information on the AIA Healthcare Summit is accurate at the time of publication. Further updates will be released in due course as we approach the event date.