Beyond Tables: Powering Insights with Graphs

Join us for an exciting evening where cutting-edge Generative AI meets the power of Graph Technology! In "Beyond Tables: Powering Insights with Graphs," we’ll explore how combining large language models (LLMs) with connected data unlocks smarter, more context-aware applications.

Venue: IMDA, Mapletree Business City

The agenda of the evening would be:
- 6:30pm: doors open
- 7:00pm: announcements and welcome
- 7.10pm: RAG versus GraphRAG by Ivan Yulian Suryawinata
- 7:40pm: Agentic or MCP server? What matters is to have an AI-ready (graph) database! by Xavier Pilas and Bryan Lee
- 8:10pm: Networking
- 8:30pm: doors close

Speakers:
Topic Talk: RAG versus GraphRAG
Description: Learn about the basics of RAG, and how real organizations in the region choose GraphRAG as the method of choice for consuming knowledge using LLM
🎤 Ivan Yulian Suryawinata, Solutions Engineer, Neo4j
Speaker Bio: Ivan is a Solutions Engineer in Neo4j, with more than 8 years of experience in enterprise and solution architecture in various technical domains: infrastructure, API integration, observability, and data engineering. He serves as a trusted advisor for many enterprise clients, helping them to bridge business use cases with a fitting technical solution. He is always keen to share his insights on new technology trends and his own hands-on experience. Outside of work, Ivan enjoys spending quality time with his newborn, and really appreciates uninterrupted video-gaming sessions.

Topic Talk: Agentic or MCP server? What matters is to have an AI-ready (graph) database!
Description: Let's discuss how these new concepts revolutionized the way to approach data and projects. Let's have a look on the impact of choosing the right approach. Both can help and solve your business issues but the challenges could be somewhere else: how to make your agents and your MCP servers efficient by using Graph databases!
🎤 Xavier Pilas and Bryan Lee, Solutions Engineer, Neo4j
Speaker Bios:
Bryan Lee is a forward-thinking Solutions Engineer at Neo4j, specializing in GenAI and data-driven solutions. His expertise in optimizing data engineering processes for GenAI applications has driven significant business outcomes, particularly in the ASEAN region.
Bryan’s hands-on approach to problem-solving, combined with his passion for learning, has enabled him to lead innovative deployments in the rapidly evolving field of AI. He frequently shares his knowledge at workshops, conferences, and summits, advocating for the transformative power of GenAI and graph technologies. Bryan is dedicated to helping enterprises unlock their potential by navigating the complexities of data architecture and AI implementation.

Xavier Pilas is working as a Solutions Engineer at Neo4j for more than 3 years and has a track record of finding technical solutions to complex business challenges for 25 years. After many years developing front to back systems in the finance industry, he jumped on the other side to help companies choosing the right databases for their projects. In the past 7 years, meeting customers all across Asia helped him having a vision on where the industry is going for their infrastructure choices. With GenAI, it is a new era of design and implementation that he is happy to share and discuss with you what will be the shape of the future of IT deployments.