2026 RAS Leadership Symposium PRESENTS

The
Intelligent
Restaurant

Less Admin.
More Hospitality.
Wednesday, 15 July 2026
2:00pm – 6:00pm  (Registration from 1:30pm)
Sands Expo & Convention Centre, Halls A–C, Main Stage
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The Symposium

Built for Operators
Who Want to Get Their Time Back

AI isn't coming for F&B. It's already here — quietly running reservations, optimising menus, forecasting demand, and freeing operators to do what they actually opened the place for.

The Intelligent Restaurant, 2026

The Intelligent Restaurant is the Restaurant Association of Singapore's flagship leadership symposium for 2026 — built specifically for multi-outlet F&B owners and operators navigating the shift to agentic AI.

Across four hours, you'll see what's already working in real Singapore F&B businesses, hear honest stories from operators who've done it, and design your first AI agent for one focus area of your business.

You'll leave with a tangible plan, a starter playbook, and access to a follow-up peer community — so the work continues after you walk out of Sands Expo.

Featured Speakers

Five Voices.
One Honest Conversation.

Four platform leaders building AI for F&B today, and one multi-outlet operator running it in the wild.

Joshua Chan
Joshua Chan
Co-Founder
Ergotune
Gao Rifeng
Gao Rifeng
COO & CFO
The Lo & Behold Group
Shawn Liam
Shawn Liam
Co-Founder
Atlas
Alwyn Cheong
Alwyn Cheong
Head of Product
Oddle
Whey-Han Tan
Whey-Han Tan
Senior Director, Asia and Middle East
OpenTable
Workshop Facilitators

Joining all five speakers on the floor during the build session.

Kai Yi
Kai Yi
Co-Founder
StaffAny
Sung
Sung
CEO
Grain
Alan
Alan
Co-Founder
Oddle
The Programme

Four Hours.
Seven Segments.
One Tangible Takeaway.

A deliberate mix of inspiration, honest operator stories, applied tools, and time at the table to build something you keep.

01
Keynote · Building Lean, Building Bold
Joshua Chan · Ergotune
Joshua exited a S$20M company by maximising human leverage where every hire mattered. Thin margins, lean teams — here's how he'd rebuild it differently in the AI era.
02
Showcase · Your Restaurant AI Needs A Harness
Shawn Liam · Atlas
What it takes to make AI actually work in your restaurant: the operating layer underneath that turns disconnected tools into a working system you can drive.
03
Strategy · When Everyone Can Execute, What Matters?
Alwyn Cheong · Oddle
AI does not automatically create growth. It changes where the bottleneck is. This session looks at how restaurant operators can use AI to improve decision-making and build stronger systems across marketing and revenue growth.
04
Fireside · An Operator's Honest View
Gao Rifeng · The Lo & Behold Group
A candid conversation on Lo & Behold's AI journey. What worked, what didn't, and what to look forward to.
05
Industry Signals · From AI Adoption To Real Results
Whey-Han Tan · OpenTable
A global view of AI deployment in F&B — what's working at scale, what's emerging, and what your competitors are quietly doing.
06
Hands-on Workshop · Design And Build Your First AI Agent
Facilitated by all speakers + Kai Yi (Co-Founder, StaffAny), Sung (CEO, Grain), and Alan (Co-Founder, Oddle)
Work in small groups to design an agent for your operations — using a printed canvas to map Trigger → Inputs → Steps → Human Checkpoints → Output. Choose one focus area:
Marketing & Customer Acquisition
Staff & Scheduling
Guest Experience
Finance & Reporting
07
Closing · Your First Move Starts Today
Host & Emcee
Walk away with your completed agent canvas, a starter idea sheet, and an invitation to the post-event peer community.
Pricing

Bring the Whole Team.
It's Cheaper That Way.

Tiered pricing rewards early commitment and group bookings. Tables of 4 or 8 unlock meaningful per-seat savings.

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Early Bird is live — all rates frozen until 12 June 2026. After that, RAS Member and Non-Member rates apply.
Tier
1 Seat
Half Table (4)
Full Table (8)
Early Bird
Until 12 June 2026
All welcome
$150
$500
$125 / seat
$900
$112.50 / seat
RAS Member
From 13 June 2026
$180
$600
$150 / seat
$1,080
$135 / seat
Non-Member
From 13 June 2026
$250
$850
$212.50 / seat
$1,500
$187.50 / seat
PayNow QR Code
Payment by PayNow
Scan, transfer, attend.
After registering, you'll receive a confirmation email with your booking reference and this PayNow QR. Pay to UEN: S80SS0208LRAS (Restaurant Association of Singapore) and use your booking reference in the transfer description. Email a screenshot of your transfer to hello@ras.org.sg to confirm your seats. A GST tax invoice will follow once payment is verified.

Important: Payment must be completed within 7 business days of registration. Unpaid bookings will be automatically cancelled and seats released to the next group on the waitlist.
Common Questions

Before You Book

Who is this symposium for?
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Multi-outlet F&B owners, operators, and senior leaders. The content assumes you're running or scaling a hospitality business and want a practical first step into agentic AI — no prior AI experience required.
What does "agentic AI" actually mean?
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It's AI that doesn't just answer questions — it performs multi-step tasks autonomously. Think of an agent that watches your inventory, places reorders, alerts you to anomalies, and writes the supplier email — all without you touching it. The symposium shows you what's possible today, in F&B.
How do I pay after registering?
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You'll receive a confirmation email with a PayNow QR code and a booking reference. Transfer the total amount to RAS's PayNow UEN S80SS0208LRAS, use your booking reference in the description, and email a screenshot of the transfer to hello@ras.org.sg to confirm your seats. Payment must be completed within 7 business days, or your booking will be automatically cancelled and seats released to the next group on the waitlist. A GST tax invoice follows within 1-2 business days of payment verification.
Can I book multiple seats for my team?
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Yes — and it's cheaper per seat. Half Tables (4 seats) and Full Tables (8 seats) unlock per-seat savings. During registration, you'll be asked to enter each attendee's full name, email, mobile phone number, designation/department, and preferred workshop focus area separately, so the right people get the right communication.
What happens at the hands-on workshop?
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You'll be seated with peers who chose the same focus area (Marketing, Staff, Guest Experience, or Finance). Together you'll design an AI agent on a printed canvas — mapping out the trigger, steps, human checkpoints, and outcome. You leave with the canvas to keep building afterwards. All speakers plus Kai Yi (Co-Founder, StaffAny), Sung (CEO, Grain), and Alan (Co-Founder, Oddle) circulate as coaches.
What if my plans change? Can I cancel or transfer?
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Cancellations are not permitted, but you may transfer your ticket(s) to a colleague at no additional cost. Email hello@ras.org.sg with the original booking reference and the new attendee's details (full name, email, mobile, designation, and workshop focus area) and we'll update your booking.

15 July 2026

Less Admin. More Hospitality.