Cover Afghan activist and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Mahbouba Seraj, a past speaker at the Tatler Gen.T Summit. The second edition of the leadership summit takes place in Bangkok from October 27 to 28, 2026 (Photo: Billy Chan)
Afghan activist and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Mahbouba Seraj, a past speaker at the Tatler Gen.T Summit. The second edition of the leadership summit takes place in Bangkok from October 27 to 28, 2026 (Photo: Billy Chan)
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The Tatler Gen.T Summit will take place in Bangkok from October 27-28, 2026, bringing honest conversations and practical methods from leaders building without a playbook. Here are the first six speakers confirmed—and how to apply to attend
Leadership today is being built in a period of extraordinary change. AI is moving faster than the frameworks meant to govern it. Industries are being rewritten in real time. For the generation stepping into leadership now, there is no single playbook for what comes next. The opportunity is to learn from those who have gone first—and understand how they thought, decided and adapted along the way.
The Tatler Gen.T Summit 2026 brings those lessons together. Every speaker on our stage has a genuine first to their name—from claiming a world number-one ranking to breaking records and reaching milestones at a national, regional or global level. What connects them is not simply what they achieved, but how they got there: the decisions, setbacks, adaptations and methods that shaped their path.
The Gen.T Summit 2026 takes place from October 27 to 28 at Siam Paragon, Bangkok, in partnership with the Tourism Authority of Thailand, Siam Paragon and Jai by OneSiam. Across two days, 300 curated attendees from Asia and beyond—from founders and innovators to creators, changemakers and leaders across industries—will come together not just to hear their stories, but to take away methods, ideas and connections they can put to work.
Above Wat Arun Temple (Wat Arun Ratchawararam) in Bangkok, Thailand (Photo: Getty Images)
Wat Arun Temple (Wat Arun Ratchawararam) in Bangkok, Thailand (Photo: Getty Images)
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What to expect
Themed The Defining Generation, the Summit explores what it takes to go first through three content pillars:
- The First Move: how to act before you have permission, certainty, authority or an established model
- The Inner Game: how to manage attention, judgement, pressure, energy and difficult decisions
- Built From Here: how Thai and Asian culture, knowledge and experience can become global advantages
Expect conversations that unpack the methods, decisions and frameworks behind the achievements, and leave with greater clarity and practical ideas you can use to make your next move.
Meet the first wave of speakers
Above Natalie Dau, two-time Guinness World Record-breaking ultra-endurance athlete (Photo: Natalie Dau)
Above Punnat Punsri, Thailand’s highest-ranked poker player and the 2025 Global Poker Index (GPI) Player of the Year (Photo: Triton)
Natalie Dau, two-time Guinness World Record-breaking ultra-endurance athlete (Photo: Natalie Dau)
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Natalie Dau, a two-time Guinness World Record-breaking ultra-endurance athlete whose Project 1000 runs across Thailand, the Philippines, Malaysia and Singapore—chronicled in the award-winning documentary Project 1000 Believe—have raised over US$200,000 for charities empowering women and girls through sport.
Punnat Punsri is Thailand’s highest-ranked poker player and the 2025 Global Poker Index (GPI) Player of the Year—the first Asian to ever win the award. The multiple Triton Poker Series champion is also currently ranked third in the world and has total live cash earnings exceeding US$38 million.
Above Nottapon “Kai” Boonprakob, director of ‘Mad Unicorn’ and ‘The Evil Lawyer’, both of which reached the top 10 on Netflix’s charts in Thailand and globally upon their release (Photo: Worapon Teerawatvijit)
Above Althea Lim, co-founder and group CEO of Gushcloud International, a pioneer in Singapore's creator economy (Photo: Gushcloud International)
Nottapon “Kai” Boonprakob, director of ‘Mad Unicorn’ and ‘The Evil Lawyer’, both of which reached the top 10 on Netflix’s charts in Thailand and globally upon their release (Photo: Worapon Teerawatvijit)
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Nottapon “Kai” Boonprakob is the director of Mad Unicorn, the Netflix series that hit No.1 in Thailand on its first day and No.4 globally on the platform’s Non-English TV chart. It went on to win Best Screenplay at the Asian Academy Creative Awards 2025. His latest series, The Evil Lawyer, also reached the top 10 in 34 countries.
Althea Lim, a pioneer of Singapore's creator economy who co-founded Gushcloud International in 2011, sold it in 2015, bought it back in 2021, and rebuilt it into a global operation that now spans 13 territories and partners with over 20,000 creators across Asia-Pacific, Europe, the UAE and the US.
Above Natavudh “Moo” Pungcharoenpong, founder of Ookbee, Thailand’s first digital reading platform (Photo: Natavudh “Moo” Pungcharoenpong)
Above Jirayut “Topp” Srupsrisopa, founder and group CEO of cryptocurrency exchange Bitkub, Thailand's first digital asset unicorn (Photo: Bitkub)
Natavudh “Moo” Pungcharoenpong, founder of Ookbee, Thailand’s first digital reading platform (Photo: Natavudh “Moo” Pungcharoenpong)
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Natavudh “Moo” Pungcharoenpong founded Ookbee, Thailand’s first digital reading platform, before the market knew it needed such a service. He also started 500 TukTuks, one of the country’s pioneering startup-focused venture capital funds, and is a judge on Shark Tank Thailand.
Jirayut “Topp” Srupsrisopa is the founder and group CEO of Bitkub, a cryptocurrency exchange he started in 2018. Licensed by Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission, Bitkub crossed the billion-dollar valuation mark within three years of its founding to become Thailand’s first digital asset unicorn. It now commands over 90 per cent of the country’s digital asset market.
More speakers will be announced in the coming weeks.
How to attend
The Tatler Gen.T Summit 2026 is application-only, with tickets priced at THB 13,000.
Apply now to be considered for a place among 300 entrepreneurs, creators, innovators and leaders from across Asia and the world.
Above Watch highlights from the inaugural Tatler Gen.T Summit, held in Hong Kong and featured speakers including author and architect Juan Pablo Escobar, YouTube co-founder Steve Chen and former squash world champion Nicol David (Video: Tatler Asia)
Visit the Tatler Gen.T Summit 2026 website for more information
The Tatler Gen.T Summit 2026 is presented in partnership with the Tourism Authority of Thailand, Siam Paragon and Jai by OneSiam
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Chong Seow Wei is a regional senior editor covering business, innovation, impact and people. Based in Singapore, she oversees content for Gen.T, Tatler’s platform for promising entrepreneurs and new-generation leaders, and its Power & Purpose vertical.
