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Zia Zaman is a Research Fellow at the MacEachen Institute in Canada and a technology executive, most recently as GM of Business Development Strategy & Ventures for Microsoft across Asia Pacific, where he executed deals and investments that were transformational, and previously as Chief Innovation Officer at MetLife. He served for ten years as a board director on two Singapore statutory boards \u2014 the Energy Market Authority (EMA) and the National Environment Agency (NEA) \u2014 giving him firsthand experience in how small states govern energy and technology. He is a Fellow of the Aspen Institute, a frequent mainstage keynote speaker, and writes and speaks on AI, innovation, and geopolitics. He has an MBA from Stanford and two degrees from MIT. He is based in Singapore.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Research Fellow, MacEachen Institute \/ Futurist \/ AI Strategist \/ Innovation Practitioner<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5198,"template":"","person_role":[28],"class_list":["post-5209","people","type-people","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","person_role-speakers","en-US"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nZia Zaman | TechGALA Japan 2026: BEYOND<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/techgala.jp\/en\/speakers\/s00141\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Zia Zaman | TechGALA Japan 2026: BEYOND\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Research Fellow, MacEachen Institute \/ Futurist \/ AI Strategist \/ Innovation Practitioner\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/techgala.jp\/en\/speakers\/s00141\/\" 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