Suriname's first business-focused AI summit

SAIS26 · Suriname AI SummitWhere Suriname decides what AI means for business.

Two focused days for leaders ready to move beyond awareness and make informed choices about value, readiness, risk and responsible adoption.

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Founded and content-led by Qualogy Caribbean · Developed with the organizers of SMCS

Edition2026 founding edition
FocusBusiness, leadership & responsible AI
FormatKeynotes, workshops, demos & curated connection
Why SAIS · Why now

AI is no longer only an IT topic. It is a leadership decision.

The real question is where AI can create value—and what your organization needs to act responsibly.

  • 01Separate signal from noise.
    Focus on opportunities that matter to strategy and operations.
  • 02Make stronger investment choices.
    Consider value, feasibility, readiness, risk and governance together.
  • 03Define the next move.
    Return with priorities your leadership team can turn into action.
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Local context · Global expertiseBuilt for decisions here.
Built for decision-makers

Different responsibilities. One shared need for clearer choices.

SAIS is designed around the decisions participants are responsible for—not around broad audience labels.

Executives · Boards

Set direction

Prioritize value, governance and the decisions leadership cannot delegate.

Business owners

Find practical value

Identify where AI can improve productivity, services and growth.

Government · Policy

Shape responsible adoption

Connect public value, capability and governance in a local context.

IT · Data · Risk · HR

Make adoption workable

Translate ambition across people, processes, systems and safeguards.

Your two-day return

What you take back to your organization.

Not another list of tools—four practical lenses for turning AI developments into clearer organizational choices.

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Opportunity map

Where AI may create meaningful value in your sector and functions.

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Readiness lens

What needs to be true across data, people, process and governance.

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Decision framework

How to assess feasibility, value and responsible risk.

04

Next-step network

Who can help move the conversation toward implementation.

Two-day SAIS programme

From AI experience to executive action.

The programme follows one deliberate journey: Experience → Opportunity → Strategy → Trust → Action.

27 October · AI Foundation & Opportunity

Experience what AI can do—and find where it creates value.

Build a shared foundation through live AI experiences, enterprise readiness, business-value thinking and an executive opportunity challenge.

28 October · Strategic Depth, Trust & Leadership

Turn opportunity into better boardroom decisions.

Challenge assumptions, strengthen decision-making and work through AI-driven cyber risk, trust and leadership under pressure.

Programme highlights

Built to move from understanding to decisions.

Day 1 · 09:30AI Experience

Google AI Opening Experience

Enterprise impact, live demos, AI playground and an interactive readiness check.

Day 1 · 13:50Working session

AI Opportunity Challenge

Identify, prioritize and shape a high-value AI use case.

Day 2 · 10:30Boardroom session

The Boardroom

Practice better AI decisions across value, risk and scalability.

Day 2 · 13:45Crisis simulation

Executive Cyber Crisis Simulation

Make leadership decisions under pressure during an AI-driven cyberattack.

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Confirmed voicesExpertise made relevant.
Meet the speakers

Global experience. Suriname perspective.

Hear from leaders across enterprise AI, cybercrime, strategy, transformation and responsible implementation—each connected to a concrete programme conversation.

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Why Suriname · Why here

Global change creates local choices.

SAIS focuses on the sectors and organizational realities that matter in Suriname, without pretending that imported conference formulas provide local answers.

Finance & banking

Customer intelligence, compliance, productivity and risk.

Energy & resources

Data-driven operations, automation and decision support.

Government

Public value, capability, governance and responsible adoption.

Talent & workforce

Skills, roles, productivity and organizational change.

Local figures, named cases and institutional endorsements will only be added when approved and verifiable.

Choose your access

One room. Four ways to join.

Choose individual SAIS or SMCS access, bring a five-person team with the Corporate Pass, or unlock both programmes with All Access. Founding Rates are available where shown.

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Partners & sponsors

Organizations helping move the conversation forward.

SAIS is supported by organizations committed to advancing responsible AI, business innovation and meaningful collaboration in Suriname. Their involvement strengthens the platform with expertise, reach and the resources needed to move the conversation forward.

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Before you decide

Four questions worth answering first.

Resolve the main questions about audience, access and format before choosing a pass.

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Your next move

Turn AI conversation into organizational direction.

Join the leaders, experts and professionals moving Suriname's AI conversation toward responsible action.

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