This year, enterprises are moving beyond experimentation with AI. Results now matter. At ABBYY Ascend Singapore, discover how purpose-built Document AI turns business-critical documents into trusted, actionable data — powering intelligent automation, informed decision-making, and next-generation AI use cases. Experience it through an immersive, in-person event designed to turn complexity into clarity. Connect with peers, spark innovation, and gain a solid foundation to lead your organization into the future of enterprise AI.
Why you should attend?
As a Business Strategy Leader, C-Suite, VP, Operation, Automation
Achieve measurable ROI from AI driven document workflows
Reduce processing time, cost, and risk
Improve accuracy, compliance, and auditability
Move from automation pilots to scaled outcomes
As a Technical Leader, Architect, Developer, Engineer
Build scalable Document AI using SDKs, APIs, and containers
Combine purpose built AI with LLMs to boost accuracy
Architect end to end ingestion and extraction workflows
Standardize document data with DocTags
As an Innovation Leader AI, Digital Transformation, COE
Enable true agent autonomy with semantic document understanding
Explore adaptive, self adjusting AI workflows
Balance LLM innovation with deterministic AI reliability
Please note full breakfast is included in hotel room stay so no breakfast buffet only pastries, fruit juice, coffee, tea, water.
08:15–09:10, Foyer
Welcome
Executive Leadership welcomes the audience and sets the stage for the day's insights.
09:10–09:30, Main Stage
Intelligence That Works — Document AI in the Era of Agentic Automation
Enterprises are moving beyond generic AI toward solutions that deliver reliable, measurable results—especially in the document-heavy workflows that power their business. In this keynote, we introduce how ABBYY’s purpose-built Document AI models and domain-specific VLMs enable agents to read, interpret, and act on business-critical documents with accuracy and confidence. We will share the latest market trends, customer outcomes, and the rapidly growing need for standards-based, trustworthy extraction as the foundation for safe and scalable agentic automation. Attendees will see how high-quality document intelligence is transforming workflows across finance, operations, compliance, and customer experience, and why “intelligence that works” begins with getting your documents right.
Max Vermeir, Vice President, AI Strategy
09:30–10:00, Main Stage
External Keynote
10:00-10:30, Main Stage
Fireside Chat / Panel
Host: Max Vermeir, Vice President, AI Strategy
10:30-11:15, Main Stage
Break
11:15-11:45, Foyer
Business Track 1
The Hybrid Approach: Making GenAI Production-Ready
Generic LLMs promise flexibility but often fail on accuracy, predictability, and cost control in document-heavy workflows. In this session, we demonstrate how ABBYY’s hybrid approach—combining purpose-built Document AI with our GenAI portfolio —delivers fast wins and production-grade performance. Learn how zero-shot extraction, auto-labelling, improved user experience, and domain-specific optimization unlock measurable impact across finance, compliance, operations, and customer onboarding.
Slavena Hristova, Director of Product Marketing
11:45-12:30, Breakout Room A
Technical Track 1
Making LLM Document Extraction Work in Production
Go inside ABBYY’s Purpose-Built AI architecture and see how we combine domain-trained document models with foundational LLMs to minimize hallucinations, control token usage, and maximize extraction accuracy. This hands-on session walks through practical implementation patterns that make GenAI usable in real-world document workflows.
Nick Carr, Director Pre-Sales
11:45-12:30, Breakout Room B
Lunch
12:30–13:45, Foyer
Ascend Central
Networking: Explore partner ecosystem, connect with experts, and experience live demos.
13:00-13:45, Expo/Foyer
Business Track 2
Setting the Standard for Safe, Scalable AI
AI adoption without standards increases enterprise risk. In this session, learn how ABBYY is shaping the standard to define how LLMs extract, structure, and validate business-critical documents. Discover how standardized document intelligence reduces compliance risk, ensures consistency across systems, and enables scalable AI governance.
Jon Knisley, Product Marketing Manager, Process AI
13:45–14:30, Breakout Room A
Technical Track 2
Standardizing Document Structures for Enterprise AI
Today’s document data formats are fragmented—XML, JSON, hOCR, ALTO—creating integration complexity. This session introduces a new standard for document extraction co-created by ABBYY. Learn how it unifies document structure representation, simplifies downstream integrations, and provides a stable backbone for enterprise-grade AI systems.
Max Vermeir, Vice President, AI Strategy
13:45–14:30, Breakout Room B
Business Track 3
From AI Experiments to Enterprise-Grade Agentic Automation
Agentic automation promises transformation — but without governance, trusted data, and orchestration, it remains a pilot. In this session, we'll show how enterprises move from isolated GenAI use cases to fully orchestrated, business-critical workflows. You’ll learn how: Trusted document intelligence provides decision-ready data for agents. An orchestration layer governs how agents act across systems. Enterprises maintain transparency, compliance, and human oversight. Business leaders measure and scale ROI across claims, onboarding, KYC, finance, and logistics. This session is for business leaders who want to operationalize AI safely — not just experiment with it.
14:30–15:15, Breakout Room A
Technical Track 3
FineReader Engine in Containers: Built for Scale
See how to operationalize ABBYY’s Document AI platform at scale using containerized deployments such as Docker. ABBYY engineers will walk through workflow orchestration—from ingestion and extraction to routing and task completion—showing how to build a scalable, high-availability architecture that supports intelligent agents and enterprise automation systems.
14:30–15:15, Breakout Room B
Break
15:15-15:30, Foyer
Award Ceremony: Customer of the Year & Partner Impact Awards
Following the case study, we will present two major awards. First, the Enterprise AI Impact Award, recognizing the organizations that have most successfully transformed document complexity into clarity, setting a new industry standard. Then, we’ll celebrate our ecosystem partners with the Partner Impact Awards, honoring the partners who drive customer success and enhance the value of ABBYY solutions.
Michael Lazarri, Director, APAC Sales
15:30–15:45, Main Stage
Closing Remarks
Summarizing the event's key takeaways and issuing a strong call to action for future engagement.
15:45-16:00, Main Stage
Ascend Central with Reception
The event transitions into a networking reception at Ascend Central, allowing attendees to connect with experts and peers.
