If part of your job is staying ahead of where the market is headed, the stack you built your 2026 plan around won’t survive to 2028. IDC predicts today’s enterprise stack won’t exist in its current form by 2030, and by 2028, 42% of the world’s largest companies will have already rationalized their entire agent and apps portfolio just to keep pace.
That’s not an IT problem. It’s a shift in where value gets created, how deals get won, and what your go-to-market story needs to say next, and it belongs at the leadership table, alongside your P&L and risk register.
That’s the premise behind IDC FutureScape 2027: The Great Rewrite, IDC’s annual technology predictions event for Asia/Pacific, taking place live on 13 November 2026, 8:00 AM–12:00 PM SGT, at the Conrad Singapore Orchard.
The theme: The Great Rewrite
Intelligence is leaving the cloud for the device. AI factories run large-scale inferencing, agents work the network edge, and hardware is being rebuilt to carry it. Robots have moved off the roadmap and onto the factory floor. Quantum computing is out of the lab and into five-year plans, with real use cases beyond cryptography. Connectivity is heading into orbit and under the ocean floor, redefining what “always-on” means. Work is being redivided between people and agents, creating job titles, like Agent Supervisor, that didn’t exist a year ago.
Even the money is being rewritten. Knowing matters less than acting fast, and that shift is forcing CFOs to build an entirely new financial discipline just to keep up with what AI actually costs.
Dozens of evidence-backed forecasts, across every layer of the stack and every industry, converge on one conclusion: AI isn’t being added on top of the technology industry. It’s rewriting it from underneath, from the compute layer to the org chart.
The morning is packed with evidence. Agenda highlights include:
- Keynote: The Great Rewrite
- AI’s Reckoning: The Race, the Bill and the Ground It Stands On
- AI Infrastructure Race: The Compute, Power and Trust Stack Reshaping Asia Pacific
- Industry Panel: From AI Deployment in Practice to Emerging Capabilities
- Winning in the Reimagined Technology Leader Landscape
- Live Q&A and closing remarks
The full agenda, with timings and speaker bios, is available to download from the event page.
As Sandra Ng, senior vice president, Research and Data Intelligence at IDC, puts it, “The technology stack isn’t just evolving, it’s being rewritten from the compute layer up. Every leader in this room has a stake in that rewrite, whether they’re setting strategy, building the roadmap, or telling the story to the market. FutureScape 2027 gives you the evidence to make your next move with confidence, instead of waiting to see how the rewrite plays out.”
Why business and technology leaders need to be in the room
Predictions are only useful if you can act on them. That’s what separates FutureScape from a typical trends report: IDC analysts turn these predictions into a diagnostic tool to help technology leaders develop their enterprise IT strategy and roadmap and navigate their decisions with confidence. If you’re a technology provider, IDC FutureScape reports and analysts can help you identify where your brand needs to position to win in the agentic economy with third-party backed content.
Whichever seat you’re in, this belongs on your calendar for three reasons: early access to evidence-backed predictions for 2027–2031, ahead of your competition; the breakthrough trends defining 2027 and the evidence behind how they’ll reshape IT roadmaps, purchase decisions, and the stories you tell in-market; and the best network in the room, with 150+ industry peers, technology leaders, and IDC analysts all in one place.
This shows up differently depending on your seat:
- C-suite: know which shifts change your capital allocation and risk exposure before your board asks.
- Sales: get evidence that reframes client conversations around where the market is heading.
- Marketing: get the narrative and proof points before your competitors publish theirs.
- Product: see which categories, from Agent Supervisor tooling to sovereign AI infrastructure, are being created before they have established players.
- MI/Strategy: build your next planning cycle on the same evidence the analysts used to produce it.
“Every year, FutureScape asks the same question: what’s actually going to matter in the year ahead, and what’s just noise? This year the answer touches everything, from where AI infrastructure lives to who’s accountable for governing it. My hope is that leaders leave this room with a clearer view of where to place their bets for 2027,” said Dr. Chris Marshall, vice president, Financial Services Research, IDC.
IDC FutureScape has already earned the trust of business and IT leaders across the region:
“The AI buyer engagement playbook was a game-changer — exactly what service providers need to stay ahead.” – Analyst Relations, Software
“The insights at IDC FutureScape helped us understand not just where AI is going, but how to get there with confidence.” – VP Southeast Asia, Korea and Channels, Solutions Provider
“Appreciate IDC for the bold, global conversations around the future of tech — lots to take forward.” – Industry Analyst, Consulting
Your next move
The technology stack is being rewritten layer by layer, and the leaders who show up with evidence will navigate it with confidence. Seats across the region are limited.
Register now for IDC FutureScape 2027 and reserve your seat at the Conrad Singapore Orchard on 13 November 2026.
