Andy Serkis, BBC Studios, Crunchyroll Chiefs Among Speakers at APOS

Actor, director and producer Andy Serkis will converse at the APOS Summit 2026, scheduled for June 16-18 at the Mulia Resort in Bali.

The annual gathering, organized by Media Partners Asia, has confirmed a first wave of 37 audio system drawn from across the streaming, broadcast, sports activities and technology sectors. The checklist also contains Zai Bennett, CEO and chief artistic officer of BBC Studios Global Content, and Rahul Purini, president of Crunchyroll.

A second wave of audio system is due April 22, with the full summit agenda to comply with on May 6. Director and author Josh Nelson Youssef is also among the confirmed artistic voices. On the broadcast and telco aspect, Rab Mukraj, CTO of ABS-CBN Int’l., Lertchai Kodsup, chief cellular enterprise officer at Advanced Info Service (AIS), Euan Smith, group CEO of Astro, Sutanto Hartono, president of Emtek and CEO of SCMA and Vidio, and Yoichi Iwaki, president and consultant director of J:COM, are all confirmed.

Streaming platforms account for a big share of the lineup. Yang Xianghua, president of the mainland and abroad enterprise group at iQIYI, and Janice Lee, MD of PCCW Media Group and CEO of Viu, will attend alongside Julie Choi, CEO of TVING, and Toshi Honda, COO of U-Next. JioStar is represented by three executives: CFO for sports activities Ishan Chatterjee, head of TV distribution Piyush Goyal, and SVP of gen-AI content and technology Stephan Bugaj.

Artificial intelligence and digital content feature prominently. Jon Zepp, MD of leisure content and platforms at Google, and Melody Hou, head of partnerships and GTM at Kling AI, are among the confirmed audio system. Sharad Devarajan, co-founder of Faible Media, and the company’s chief AI officer Mark Sagar will also participate, as will Joey Jia, founder and CEO of Crazy Maple Studio and RealShort, and Vinay Singhal, CEO and co-founder of STAGE.

Sports rights and distribution are effectively lined, with Sanjog Gupta, CEO of the International Cricket Council, Javier Tebas, president of LaLiga, and Ameeth Sankaran, CEO of Religion of Sports, all on the invoice.

Content safety is represented by Guillermo Rodriguez, director of live content safety at the Motion Picture Association, and the MPA’s EVP and chief content safety officer Larissa Knapp. Isaac Bess, MD of product partnerships at TikTok, and Gunjan Soni, nation MD of YouTube India, add platform views to the gathering.

Production and content voices embody Tom Thirlwall, co-founder and CEO of COPA90, Brian Nam, CEO and co-founder of DIVE Studios, Manoj Punjabi, CEO of MD Entertainment, and Lino Cayetano, co-founder, president and CEO of Rein Entertainment. Investor and strategic illustration comes from Nikhil Bahel, managing companion at Elysian Park Ventures, and Thomas Tull, co-chairman of TWG Global. Warner Bros. Discovery is represented by Simon Robinson, president of global experiences and studio operations, and James Gibbons, president for Asia-Pacific.