AI INVESTMENT GOVERNANCE
Fewer than one in five Singapore CIOs can point to measurable ROI from the AI investments they made in the past 24 months. The gap isn't the technology, it's the accountability model around it.
CXO ROUNDTABLE
The Java Question Nobody
on Your Board Is Asking
- 27 October 2026 | 04:30 PM - 07:45 PM
- FRASERS HOUSE, A LUXURY COLLECTION HOTEL, SINGAPORE
Join senior IT and business leaders in Singapore for an invitation-only dinner roundtable on AI investment governance, Oracle Java risk, and turning your technology estate into a value engine.
Read This Before You Walk In
Oracle rebuilt Java licensing around headcount, not usage. AI rebuilt the economics of compute around consumption at a scale most enterprises never planned for. Put those two shifts together and you get a boardroom conversation most executive teams have not had yet, at least not with real numbers on the table.
We put it all in one place. “The Java Question Nobody on Your Board Is Asking” is a field guide for CEOs, CFOs, CIOs, CPOs and CTOs navigating Oracle Java in the age of AI. It is the companion piece to this roundtable, and every registered delegate receives a copy ahead of the event.
We put it all in one place. “The Java Question Nobody on Your Board Is Asking” is a field guide for CEOs, CFOs, CIOs, CPOs and CTOs navigating Oracle Java in the age of AI. It is the companion piece to this roundtable, and every registered delegate receives a copy ahead of the event.
What's inside
- 92% of Java professionals say they are concerned about Oracle’s pricing, and 73% have gone through an Oracle Java audit in the past three years.
- At 43% of Java-using organizations, JVM workloads account for more than half of total cloud compute spend, yet only 16% of CFOs currently treat runtime optimization as a cost lever.
- Among organizations that completed a migration off Oracle Java, 84% said it went as planned or was easier than expected.
Three Pressures, One Conversation
Singapore’s CXOs are being asked to do three things at the same time: prove the ROI on AI spending, close the visibility gaps regulators are starting to test for, and find real savings without slowing the business down. This roundtable was built around exactly those three pressures.
SOFTWARE LICENSING & ORACLE JAVA RISK
Oracle's per-employee pricing model, introduced in 2023, has turned Java into a hidden financial liability sitting quietly on most enterprise books, and most Singapore IT leaders don't yet know the full extent of theirs.
REGULATORY READINESS
The Monetary Authority of Singapore's Technology Risk Management guidelines treat accurate, current IT asset visibility as a compliance requirement, not a nice-to-have.
CXO Roundtable, Singapore
EVENT
CXO Roundtable, Singapore
“From Cost Centre to Value Engine: Governing the AI-Ready IT Portfolio”
DATE
October 27, 2026
VENUE
The Library, Fraser House
Singapore
FORMAT
Invitation-only Dinner Roundtable
15 delegates · Chatham House Rules · 04:30 PM to 07:45 PM
WHO'S IN THE ROOM
Senior Technology & Business Leaders
CIOs, CDOs, CTOs, CFOs and VPs of IT from enterprise and mid-market organizations in banking and financial services, government, professional services, and manufacturing.
HOSTED BY
SoftwareOne ITPM Practice
In partnership with Azul
Only 15 seats available
Seats are capped at 15 so the room stays a real roundtable, not a conference panel. Once your seat is confirmed, it's held for you, not your title.
More Than a Dinner
Delegates leave with material they can put in front of their own leadership team that same week.
01
Your copy of “The Java Question Nobody on Your Board Is Asking”
02
A personalized IT Portfolio Health Check, built from the conversation at your table
03
SoftwareOne's “From Cost Centre to Value Engine” eBook
04
Azul's State of Java 2026 report and ITAM/SAM survey findings for the Singapore market
05
A post-event intelligence brief with anonymized insights from the roundtable, delivered within five business days
06
A complimentary 30-day Java estate assessment from Azul
07
A complimentary IT portfolio maturity diagnostic from SoftwareOne ITPM
AGENDA
4:30 – 5:30 PM
Registration & Executive Networking
Delegate arrival, refreshments and informal networking.
Use a conversation-starter on the name card:
“What technology investment are you most uncertain about right now?”
This gives the facilitator an early sense of the priorities in the room.
5:30 – 5:40 PM
Welcome & Setting the Agenda: The Portfolio Paradox
Frame the evening around one central question: As technology investment accelerates, how do leaders demonstrate that IT is creating measurable enterprise value?
Introduce three threads: AI investment governance, software and Java risk, and turning the IT portfolio into a value engine.
5:40 – 6:00 PM
KEYNOTE: From Technology Spend to Enterprise Value in the AI Era
Industry practitioner and thought leader keynote.
A non-commercial perspective on what boards and executive teams expect from technology leaders: what to fund, what to stop, where AI genuinely creates value, and how CIOs can connect technology decisions with business outcomes.
6:00 – 6:25 PM
Executive Dialogue: Governing the AI-Ready Portfolio
Moderated discussion following the keynote.
Who owns AI ROI? How should consumption-based AI costs be governed? When should an AI pilot be scaled or stopped?
How do technology leaders balance innovation, cost, risk and business value?
6:25 – 6:50 PM
The Java Runtime Reckoning: Hidden Cost, Risk and Opportunity
Azul executive perspective on Java estate visibility, Oracle licensing exposure, runtime efficiency and the relationship between the JVM and cloud economics.
Combine the partner insight and customer case into one sharp segment, with approximately 12–15 minutes of content followed by executive Q&A.
6:50 – 7:20 PM
CXO Roundtable: Cost, Risk and Value. What Must Change?
Peer discussion bringing together AI investment accountability and software governance.
Provocations:
- Are we governing AI differently from traditional IT?
- Is software licensing now a board-level financial risk?
- Is FinOps looking deeply enough into the application and runtime layer?
- Where should accountability sit across IT, Finance, Procurement, Legal and the Business?
7:20 – 7:35 PM
The 90-Day Executive Action Agenda
Structured peer exchange.
What is the most important technology portfolio decision you need to make in the next 90 days? What is preventing you from making it today?
What would change if you had complete visibility into cost, consumption, risk and value?
Capture recurring themes anonymously.
7:35 – 7:45 PM
The CXO Compact: Insights, Commitments & Next Steps
Concise closing synthesis. Reflect the strongest themes heard during the evening.
Introduce the IT Portfolio Health Check, Azul Java assessment and the post-event Intelligence Brief.
Invite delegates to continue specific conversations over dinner and through optional one-to-one follow-up sessions.
7:45 PM onwards
CXO Networking Dinner
Seated dinner/Buffet and informal executive networking. No formal presentations.
SoftwareOne, Azul, the keynote speaker and delegates continue the conversations arising from the roundtable in a relaxed setting.
Speakers
Dean Vaughan
Vice President of Asia Pacific,
Azul
Azul
Uttam Kumar
APAC Director, IT Portfolio Management, SoftwareOne
Indulekha Menon
Regional Solutions Leader, ITPM & FinOps (APAC), SoftwareOne
Navin Sellappan
Regional Pre-Sales Leader, SEA, SoftwareOne
This Room Is Built for Decision Makers
This isn't an open event. Seats are reserved for CIOs, CDOs, CTOs, CFOs, and VPs of IT at enterprise and mid-market organizations in banking and financial services, government, professional services, and manufacturing. If you own the budget, the risk, or the outcome of your organization's technology portfolio, this conversation was built for you.
Fifteen Seats. One Table. Your Call.
This roundtable runs once, on October 27. Reserve your seat now and we'll send your eBook, your agenda, and everything you need ahead of the day.
CXO ROUNDTABLE
- 27 October 2026 | Singapore
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