IHH Healthcare has hosted the second edition of its regional leadership conference, FutureHealth.Now, in Singapore, bringing together more than 300 leaders from government, healthcare, technology, finance and investment to discuss how innovation and partnerships could make care more affordable, accessible and personalised.
Held at The Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore under the theme “Redefining the Care Stack”, the conference focused on how healthcare systems can respond to rising costs, workforce pressures and increasing demand, while also adapting to rapid advances in artificial intelligence and precision medicine.
In his opening address, Ashok Pandit, Group Chief Corporate Officer, IHH Healthcare, said healthcare systems are under growing strain and argued that the sector must rethink how care is delivered.
“Healthcare systems today are facing pressures like never before. Demand is rising faster than capacity, costs are increasing faster than affordability, and expectations are growing faster than our systems can adapt,” he said, according to the press release shared with PP Health Malaysia (PPHM)
“The way we have delivered healthcare for the past 50 years will not be enough for the next 50. That is why we are redefining the care stack – bringing together people, science, technology, infrastructure, capital, policy and trust to reimagine how care is designed and delivered. Ultimately, our goal is simple – better outcomes, greater access and better value for patients,” he said.
The opening panel, moderated by CNBC news anchor Christine Tan, looked at how healthcare can support productivity, economic growth and national competitiveness. Panellists included Dr Prem Kumar Nair, Group Chief Executive Officer, IHH Healthcare; Ganen Sarvananthan, Managing Partner, TPG Asia; and Associate Professor Daniel Ting, Co-Director, SingHealth Duke NUS AI Medicine Institute, Chief Data and Digital Officer.
Asked about the factors likely to shape investment decisions over the next decade, Dr Prem said:
“Three healthcare megatrends that will reshape how care is delivered are ageing populations, the advancement of technologies including AI, robotics and imaging but most importantly, healthcare affordability.”
Across the day, speakers discussed three main themes: (1) Keeping care affordable while improving outcomes, (2) AI moving from experimentation to real-world use and (3) Cancer care and precision medicine becoming more important priorities.
The programme featured speakers from Singapore and overseas, including leaders from OpenAI, Bain & Company, Nanyang Technological University, Lucence, the National University Health System, India’s National Health Authority, Sidra Medicine, Mayo Clinic Berg Innovation Exchange, Prudential Hong Kong and ICON Group.
Reflecting the conference’s focus on preventive and personalised care, IHH Healthcare Singapore also launched Healthspan, an initiative aimed at helping people live healthier and more fulfilling lives. The company said Healthspan marks a shift from episodic treatment to a proactive, continuous model centred on early detection, personalised interventions and long-term wellbeing.
FutureHealth.Now 2026 builds on the inaugural conference held in Kuala Lumpur in August 2025, which brought together more than 350 leaders and experts from healthcare, government and business.
