About | AETHER 2027

About AETHER

The Asia Pacific Summit
on AI, Networks, Media and Capital.

Media Partners Asia added AETHER to its forums in January 2026, alongside APOS in Bali and APOS Sports Edge in Singapore. The second edition runs on 26–27 January 2027 at Mandarin Oriental, Singapore.

Where AETHER Comes From.
Announced December 2025.

AETHER is the Asia Pacific summit where technology, imagination, and infrastructure converge to define how AI will shape human experience, creativity, and capital formation. Hosted by Media Partners Asia, AETHER debuted in January 2026 at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore.

Vivek Couto gives the opening presentation at AETHER 2026, his name and title on the screen behind him. — Vivek Couto gives the opening presentation at AETHER 2026, Marina Bay Sands, 16 January 2026.

“AETHER is anchored in a unifying idea: the next phase of global innovation will be defined not by technology alone, but by the convergence of intelligence, imagination, and infrastructure.”

Vivek CoutoCEO & Executive Director, Media Partners AsiaAt the announcement of AETHER, December 2025

The First Edition.
January 2026, Singapore.

AETHER opened at Marina Bay Sands with the CEO Forum on 15 January and a full summit day on 16 January.

Media Partners Asia.

Media Partners Asia (MPA) is an insights and influence platform rooted in Asia, combining proprietary consumer data and technology with a trusted ecosystem of research, advisory and executive forums. MPA supports business planning across 15 APAC markets in the connectivity, entertainment and technology sectors, has advised on numerous M&A transactions across the region and has acted as Independent Consultant for the IPOs of leading media and telecoms companies. MPA also operates ampd, an APAC data and analytics platform, and hosts APOS, its flagship industry forum since 2010, alongside AETHER and APOS Sports Edge.

Bali

APOS

The flagship leadership conference of Media Partners Asia for the Asia Pacific media, entertainment, telecoms, sports and technology sectors, held in Bali every June.

APOS Website

Singapore