The heads of Asia-Pacific operations at Netflix, Prime Video, Walt Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery will share the stage at APOS 2026, because the annual summit takes place June 16-18 in Bali.
The 4 executives – Netflix VP of Content material APAC excluding India Minyoung Kim, VP of Prime Video APAC and ANZ Gaurav Gandhi, SVP of Disney Asia Pacific Direct-to-Client Tony Zameczkowski and President of WBD APAC James Gibbons – will seem collectively on a panel titled “Asia’s Streaming Benefit: Development, Profitability and the Future”, the centerpiece session of the primary day’s afternoon program.
The gathering, produced by Media Companions Asia, opens on June 16 with a welcome reception hosted by Netflix, preceded by an AVIA coverage panel dialogue, an AVIA state of piracy panel dialogue, and an invitation-only APOS CEO discussion board. The primary convention program takes place June 17-18.
The primary day opens with a keynote tackle from CEO and Government Director of Media Companions Asia, Vivek Couto, titled “Asia Reset: Engagement, Economics & Worth Creation,” adopted by a fireplace chat with Thomas Tull, Co-Chairman of TWG International, on the clever enterprise. Crunchyroll President Rahul Purini then takes the stage for a session on constructing a worldwide anime fandom, whereas JioStar Leisure CEO Kevin Vaz addresses the problem of scale.
The economic system of microdrama capabilities as a standard thread all through the 2 days. ReelShort CEO Joey Jia opens the dialog on day one in a fireplace panel titled “Micro-Dramas, Mega-Economics,” whereas day two kicks off with back-to-back panels – “Constructing the Vertical Stack in Asia” with COL Group Worldwide, ROCK Networks and Refinery Media, adopted by “Contained in the Micro-Drama Pipeline” with RJ RisingJoy Co-Founder and CEO Cassandra Yang and Bamboo Founder and CEO Community, Dabin Chung. Story TV founder and CEO Saurabh Pandey then discusses the microdrama increase in India throughout a devoted fireplace chat.
Sports activities loom massive from day one, with JioStar Sports activities and Dwell Experiences CEO Ishan Chatterjee inspecting sports activities as a platform for fandom, AI and commerce, adopted by ICC CEO Sanjog Gupta on international cricket enlargement and La Liga President Javier Tebas on fan engagement and enforcement. Prime Video’s three-market panel – that includes Gandhi alongside Prime Video India’s Shilangi Mukherji and Prime Video Japan Nation Director Keisuke Oishi – discusses how the streamer is shaping the area’s future.
TikTok’s panel, titled “From Scrolling to Success: How TikTok Turns Creativity into Development,” pairs the platform’s Director of Product Partnerships, Isaac Bess, with Indonesian creators Christie Basil and Kenneth Cia, placing the creator economic system and enterprise dialog squarely on the agenda. YouTube India Managing Director Gunjan Soni follows the primary day within the afternoon with a fireplace chat on the video increase in India.
The AI thread intensifies over the course of two afternoons. A panel titled “The New Inventive Pipeline: AI, IP, and Human Craft” options actor-director Andy Serkis, Google VP of Leisure Content material and Platforms Jon Zepp, and director Josh Nelson Youssef. Day 2’s AI periods embody a presentation and panel on GenAI throughout the content material pipeline with JioStar’s Stephan Bugaj and FBRC.ai’s Todd Terrazas, adopted by fireworks on AI-native filmmaking from Utopai Studios co-founder and CEO Cecilia Shen, AI and mental property from FaiBLE Media AI director Mark Sagar, AI-native video localization from CEO of Panjaya, Man Piekarz, and Melody Hou AI Video Technology, Head of International Partnerships at Kling AI.
Indonesia receives heavy consideration all through the second day, with a speech from Jakarta Deputy Governor Rano Karno on town’s new incentives for filmmakers and creators, in addition to a session on MNC Group’s streaming technique with co-CEO Angela Tanoesoedibjo and V+Brief CEO Clarissa Tanoesoedibjo, and separate appearances from Vidio CEO Sutanto Hartono, and MD Leisure CEO Manoj Punjabi.
Southeast Asian content material anchors day two extra broadly within the afternoon, with a session within the Philippines with Rein Leisure co-founder and CEO Lino Cayetano and a Thai content material panel titled “Made in Thailand,” that includes TrueVisions NOW head of content material technique and worldwide partnerships Deedee Pholthaweechai, Residing Movies founder Chris Lowenstein and director Banjong Pisanthanakun. DIVE Studios CEO Brian Nam closes content material supply in Southeast Asia with a fireplace take a look at constructing international fandoms from a Ok-pop basis.
The investor dialog takes form throughout a first-day panel titled “Capital within the Age of AI: The place Buyers Guess on Sports activities, Streaming and Tales,” that includes Gautam Saxena, head of company finance at ING, Nikhil Bahel, managing director at Elysian Park Ventures, Swapnil Chichani, vp at Asia Companions, and David Do, managing director at VI Group.
The combat in opposition to piracy will get a devoted slot on the second day within the afternoon, with MPA Government Vice President and Director of Content material Safety Larissa Knapp, MPA Dwell Content material Safety Director Guillermo Rodriguez, beIN Asia Pacific Managing Director Mike Kerr and UEFA Senior Content material Safety Knowledgeable Diego Dabrio showing collectively in a session titled “The Combat for Worth: A International Frontline in opposition to piracy.
APOS 2026 takes place from June 16 to 18 at Mulia, Nusa Dua, Bali.