[HCMC | Business Luncheon] The New Rules of AI: Economics, Risk, and the Decisions Leaders Need to Own
Event Organizer
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EuroCham
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Phone
(84-28) 3827 2715 -
Email
eventsupport@eurochamvn.org -
Website
Eurocham Website
Vietnam is the first country in Southeast Asia with a binding AI law. It took effect on 1 March 2026, it reaches foreign companies operating here, and the transition period runs to 2027. Most AI pilots still have not reached the P&L. Now regulation adds a cost and a liability that few business cases have accounted for. This is a strategic and economic question before it is a legal one, and it belongs on the leadership agenda.
This working session organized by EuroCham Vietnam covers three decisions that determine whether AI creates economic output or accumulates risk.
• Which AI initiatives to fund, now that regulatory load changes the picture. A method to rank initiatives by economic output and time to value.
• The real ROI of AI starts with the real cost base. Subsidised prices that will not hold. Compliance now adds cost and liability the business case has to carry.
• AI adoption creates operational, vendor and jurisdictional dependencies. Architect for control and an exit path. Sovereign by design.
What you will receive:
• A one-page template to inventory every place AI touches your business.
• A quick test to place each system by role and risk under the law.
• A compliance calendar mapped to the 2027 deadlines.
• A business case template with compliance cost and liability built in.
• The questions that belong on your leadership agenda.
Details of the event:
• Date: Friday, 02 October 2026
• Time: 11:45AM – 01:45PM
• Location: Hôtel des Arts Saigon, 76 – 78 Nguyen Thi Minh Khai, Xuan Hoa Ward, HCMCÂ
• Fee (lunch included):
      EuroCham members: 600,000VND/pax
      Non – members: 900,000VND/pax
• Contact: Ms. Khanh at eventsupport@eurochamvn.org for more information
*Please note that cancellation (if any) must be made at least 48 hours before the event; otherwise, full charge (600,000VND/pax for EuroCham members or 900,000VND/pax for non-members) will be applied due to obligation with venue.
Speaker
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Damien KoppManaging Director of ReBootUPDamien Kopp is a Singapore-based advisor on AI strategy, governance, and technopolitics. He leads RebootUp, a boutique advisory practice serving CEOs, boards, and executive teams in regulated industries across Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. His work focuses on enterprise AI adoption, sovereignty by design, and digital resilience. Clients include Unilever International, UOB, Roche, KPMG, Toku, and Singtel/NCS. Previously, Damien was Head of Innovation at NCS (Singtel Group), leading a 100-person team scaling AI and robotics across Asia. Before that, he spent a decade at Accenture across three continents. Through KoncentriK, his independent research platform, he publishes on AI economics and technopolitics, including The Dependency Economy of AI, and co-authored an IEEE paper on Responsible AI Sovereignty with the Royal Military Academy Belgium and Open Universiteit Netherlands.
Damien teaches AI strategy, governance, and the geopolitics of technology for executives at SMU Executive Development.
Event Descriptions
Date
- 02 Oct 2026
Time
- 11:45 am - 1:45 pm
Location
- 76-78 Nguyen Thi Minh Khai, D3, HCMC
