Monday 28 September 2026 · Free entry

One day to stop reading about AI and actually make something.

LEARN. CREATE.
INNOVATE.
MAKE AN IMPACT.

Students, professionals, entrepreneurs, active agers and families. Come to learn, connect and shape our digital future together.

28 September 2026Monday
11AM to 6PMDoors from 10.30am
Lifelong Learning Institute11 Eunos Road 8, Singapore 408601
Food and refreshmentsProvided, no charge
Free registration 5 programmes in one day 1 national record attempt Bring a phone, that's it

Six things happening under one roof

Come for one, stay for all of them. Everything runs on the same day, in the same building, and nothing costs anything.

Singapore Book of Records

Hundreds of creators, hundreds of AIGC videos. One national record, made together in a single hour.

Read how it works

Founders Alley

Meet young founders turning AI ideas into real ventures, and ask them the awkward questions.

Meet the founders

Hack for Humanity

Collaborate, build and prototype solutions for a better world. No team needed.

See the themes

AI Discovery Clinic

Chat with advisors and find out which of your real problems AI can actually solve.

Book a slot

AI Discovery Zone

Try the latest AI solutions through live demos you can put your own hands on.

Explore the zone

AI Youth Festival

Young founders pitch, exhibit and take the stage, plus the launch of the SAIA Youth community.

See what's on

Programme schedule

Everything runs across two levels of the Lifelong Learning Institute. The record attempt is the one timed session, so arrive well before 12.30pm if you want to be counted.

SAIA A.I. Festival programme by time and room
Time Event Hall 1-1 Event Hall 1-2 TR 1-1 & TR 1-2 Event Hall 2-1 Event Hall 2-2 TR 2-1
11am – 12pm Registration and light lunch, Level 1 AI Discovery Zone
Exploring Start-ups and AI Ecosystems
AI Discovery Zone
- Business Solutions
12pm – 12.30pm Welcome speech and prep
12.30pm – 2pm Singapore Book of Records attempt
2pm – 2.30pm Official record success announcement AI Collective:
Hackathon for Humanity
2.30pm – 3pm Intermission AI Discovery Clinic
3pm – 4pm AI Youth Festival TBC
4pm – 5pm AI Youth Festival TBC
5pm – 6pm AI Youth Festival TBC

Swipe the table sideways to see all rooms.

Singapore Book of Records attempt

Make history in one hour.

On 28 September 2026, SAIA is attempting a Singapore Book of Records title: the most people creating an AIGC video, or AI-generated content video, in a single hour.

No film crew. No studio. No experience. Just you, your phone, and 60 minutes. You will walk in having never made an AIGC video, and walk out having made one, published live to a video wall alongside everyone else in the room.

What happens

We brief you step by step before the clock starts. You get a ready-made asset kit and a guided workflow, so you are directing rather than fiddling with settings. The hour begins, you create your video on your own phone, and you upload it to the SAIA video wall as part of the official attempt.

What you walk away with

  • A place in a Singapore Book of Records attempt
  • An e-Certificate of Participation from SAIA
  • Your video on the public SAIA video wall, yours to share
  • A shot at the prize for best video of the hour
  • A skill you can use on Monday morning

Prepare two things before you come

  • A Google account signed in on your phone. This is how you access the AI tool on the day. Create one at accounts.google.com beforehand.
  • A fully charged phone. The record clock does not pause for low battery.

Youth and students

You are already fluent in video. Find out you can direct it, not just scroll it.

Business leaders

One hour to learn what AIGC video actually costs you in time and money, hands on. Bring your team.

Active agers

They say AI is not for your generation. One hour and one video on the wall ends that story.

AI Youth Festival

The afternoon belongs to the ones building next.

From 3pm, Event Hall 1-1 hands over to young founders. Not a showcase of what students might do one day, but businesses that already exist, pitched by the people running them.

Come to watch, come to heckle kindly, come to hire someone. If you're under 25 and building with AI, come to take the mic.

Join the youth festival

What's happening

  • Speed pitching. Young founders pitch their AI business against the clock.
  • Booth showcase. Walk the floor, try what they've built, ask the awkward questions.
  • Graffiti wall. An open wall for what you think AI should and shouldn't be. Bring an opinion.
  • Panel discussion. Founders, operators and students on what building with AI actually looks like now.
  • Launch of the SAIA Youth community. A home for young builders in Singapore, starting on the day.
Hack for Humanity

Your next big idea could make someone's everyday life a little easier.

Help a senior find support. Connect a neighbour with a volunteer. Make a confusing message less frightening. Bring your curiosity, team up on the day, and turn "wouldn't it be useful if" into something people can actually try.

You do not need to arrive with a team, a finished idea, or a computer science degree. You need a problem you have noticed and a willingness to build something rough with people you just met. AI does the heavy lifting now. Your job is knowing which problem is worth solving.

Join the hack
Lovable Prototyping platform
for Hack for Humanity

Five themes to get your ideas flowing

  • Silver Connections. Help seniors find community, connection and everyday support.
  • Neighbourhoods That Care. Match volunteers with people who need a helping hand.
  • Kinder Digital World. Help people recognise scam warning signs and understand confusing messages.
  • Dignity by Design. Make benefits and social services easier to find and navigate.
  • No One Left Behind. Make public-service information accessible across languages and abilities.
AI Discovery Clinic

If you run an SME, you have heard more about AI than you can use.

347Singapore businesses asked
971atomic pain points found
6 in 10need strategy, not a tool

Most of what holds a business back isn't a tool problem at all. AI helps with plenty, but it isn't the answer to everything, and pretending otherwise wastes your money.

What we noticed is that most owners don't have a neutral place to sort out which problems AI can genuinely solve before committing a dollar to anyone. That's the gap this clinic fills. One afternoon, one clear starting point.

Book a clinic slot
An advisor working through the AI Toolkit Assessment with a business owner at a SAIA AI Discovery Clinic
An advisor-led AI Toolkit Assessment at a previous AI Discovery Clinic.

What you'll walk away with

  • A clear read on where AI creates real value in your business, and where it doesn't
  • Your real bottleneck, identified through an advisor-led AI Toolkit Assessment
  • The funding and transformation pathways you may qualify for
  • How to reskill your team while the government helps subsidise the salary
Across four clinics so far, 9 in 10 attendees left clearer on their next AI step. More than 8 in 10 said the advisor conversation surfaced a problem they hadn't put into words before. Your advisor doesn't sell anything. No jargon, no pitch.

Built together

The festival runs with the support of government agencies, industry associations and community partners across Singapore.

Organisers, community partners and supporters of the SAIA A.I. Festival 2026
Getting there

Lifelong Learning Institute

11 Eunos Road 8, Singapore 408601

Directly connected to Paya Lebar MRT on the East-West and Circle lines, about a five-minute covered walk. Parking is available on site but limited on weekdays, so public transport is the easier option.

Getting around at the Lifelong Learning Institute

Everything sits across two levels. Lifts and escalators are in the same core, so you can move between them in under a minute.

Level 1 floor plan showing Event Hall 1-1, Event Hall 1-2, Training Room 1-1 and Training Room 1-2
Level 1 — registration, lunch, the record attempt and the AI Youth Festival.
Level 2 floor plan showing Event Hall 2-1, Event Hall 2-2, Training Room 2-1 and the two lift lobbies
Level 2 — Discovery Zone, Hackathon for Humanity and the AI Discovery Clinic.

A community for everyone

Students, professionals, entrepreneurs and families. Come together to learn, connect and shape our digital future. Registration is free and takes about a minute.