9 thought leadership events to look out for this F1 Singapore Grand Prix 2025

Beyond the buzz of glamorous parties, here are nine events to attend for some food for thought and inspiration on matters such as policy-making, Web3, and healthcare innovation.

The best part? Some of these events take place on the day of the races in a prime location to watch the Formula 1 races.

Journal House 

Date: October 1 to 3, 2025
Location: Jiak Kim House, 5 Jiak Kim Street, #01–17
RSVP: Request an invite here

Journal House is the Wall Street Journal’s curated event that brings the publication’s editors, business leaders and subject-matter experts together for intimate on-stage conversations, private roundtables and sponsor-led sessions. 

This year’s edition, taking place at Jiak Kim House from October 1 to 3, 2025, frames its agenda around strategic opportunities amid disruptive risks — particularly relevant for business leaders navigating macroeconomic volatility, regulation, and digital transformation. 

Keynote speakers include Singapore’s Minister for Manpower Dr Tan See Leng, News Corp chief executive Robert Thomson, DBS Group CEO Tan Su Shan, and Grab co-founder and CEO, Anthony Tan. 

The event will also feature sessions with industry experts, including James Ooi, VP of Throughput Business, and Vivek Agrawal, global head of procurement at Olam Agri, to examine the impact of geopolitical and international supply chain risks on the region, as well as the effects of evolving trade and energy policies.

All That Matters (ATM)

Date: September 26 to October 1, 2025
Location: Hilton Singapore Orchard (and music events across Clarke Quay)
RSVP: Tickets and festival passes available via the ATM registration page; options for conference passes and VIP packages. 

If you’re looking for an event centred around content and fan engagement, be sure to check out All That Matters (ATM). The event is a festival-style platform designed for thought leaders across the music, sports, gaming, media, marketing, and tech industries. 

Scout new commercial formats, such as creator monetisation models, and learn how to create immersive live experiences, while meeting partnership prospects from across the APAC region. 

ATM blends thought-leadership sessions with live music and high-energy panel discussions for a networking session with all that jazz. Key highlights include panel sessions covering AI in content creation, Web3 monetisation, and cross-industry partnerships.

TOKEN2049

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Date: October 1 & 2, 2025
Location: Marina Bay Sands
RSVP: Tickets and sponsorship opportunities via the TOKEN2049 site (standard passes, founder/VIP passes, and partner packages)

Considered the marquee event of the region’s crypto industry, TOKEN2049 is where crypto exchange founders, VCs, and enterprise partners huddle together to debate the intersection of digital assets with mainstream finance. Head here if you are keen to evaluate tokenisation and crypto payments for your business. 

Keynote speakers include Star Xu, CEO and founder of OKX, and Arthur Hayes, CIO of Maelstrom.

This year’s event highlights include roundtable discussions on AI and crypto, exploring how US policy might accelerate global crypto adoption, what’s next for Ethereum, and building the next generation of crypto super apps.

Milken Institute — Asia Summit 2025

Date: October 1 to 3, 2025
Location: Four Seasons Hotel, 190 Orchard Boulevard
RSVP: Registration and delegate passes on Milken’s Asia Summit page (delegate, sponsor and press registration; contact Milken for private-session requests) 

The Milken Institute Asia Summit brings together high-level government officials, institutional investors, finance chiefs, and philanthropic leaders to address macroeconomic risk, capital flows, healthcare innovation, climate finance, and cross-border investment. 

With a theme of “Progress with Purpose: Collaboration Amid Complexity”, the 12th Asia Summit centres on strategic capital deployment, scaling resilient markets, and public-private collaboration — topics that directly inform boardroom strategy and M&A planning.

Expect heavyweight panels, country-level briefings, and private roundtables (useful for fund managers and corporate development teams seeking co-investment partners). 

For executives, the Summit is particularly valuable for horizon scanning (tracking policy moves and regional capital availability) and for arranging one-on-one meetings with institutional allocators and sovereign funds. The Four Seasons setting, combined with private sessions, makes it ideal for discreet deal discussions and partnership formation. 

F1 Singapore Big Catch-Up

Date: October 3, 2025
Location: Suntec Singapore International Convention Centre
RSVP: Via the event registration link on the FOCUS page (tickets or invite-only attendance; contact organisers for guest lists)

The F1 Singapore Big Catch-Up is a curated networking forum organised by Focus/W.Media, primarily for commercial teams and tech leaders seeking a compact, high-calibre meet-up during race week.

Expect a short speaker series, followed by structured networking and a premium cocktail reception. Sessions skew toward sponsorship activation, content distribution, hospitality strategy and experiential tech (AR/VR, fan data platforms) — practical topics for rights holders and brands sharpening their race-week activations.

Business leaders will value the event’s tight format: fewer but deeper conversations with senior marketing, broadcast and agency decision-makers, plus immediate opportunities to prototype collaborations or discuss hospitality partnerships that could be executed during the Grand Prix.

Leaning into Sustainability

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Date: September 30, 2025 (evening session)
Location: Singapore Sustainability Academy
RSVP: Tickets available via Eventbrite (paid/paid-tier options shown on the event page)

Organised by The Matcha Initiative, this small-scale session is packed with high intent for sustainability leaders, corporate sustainability officers and local ecosystem partners. 

The event is designed to workshop net-zero pathways, reporting readiness, and stakeholder engagement tactics. Short presentations are followed by facilitated breakout discussions, where leaders work on pilot reporting frameworks or brainstorm a list of local vendors for green procurement.

The Female Quotient

Date: October 4, 2025
Location: Pan Pacific Orchard, Garden Terrace Lawn, Level 11, 10 Claymore Road
RSVP: Registration/invite on the FQ events page

Here’s an event for women leaders who are making their mark in the fast lane. The Female Quotient’s thought-leadership and networking sessions, held at the FQ Lounge during the Singapore Grand Prix, are an experiential space that aims to connect women leaders in the sports, media, and brand strategy industries. 

Key highlights include a talk helmed by Shelly Zalis, CEO of The Female Quotient, on women in motorsports and breakthrough performances on the track, as well as a session led by Jessica Hawkins, a race and stunt driver and the head of the F1 Academy, unpacking how to build unique collaborations and partnerships.

Expect conversations that celebrate the remarkable talent and passion driving women forward in racing — and highlight how their success is shaping the future of the sport.

Singapore Grand Prix with Dealmakers Gala

Date: October 3, 2025
Location: SKAI Loft, Swissotel the Stamford

Located in the SKAI Loft at Swissotel the Stamford, the Singapore Grand Prix with Dealmakers Gala hosted by Datasite offers networking during the race season with amazing views of the city (and Zone 4 of the race track).

The event features an elegant seated gala format, where private-market professionals gather to exchange pipeline updates and meet fellow investors and business leaders focused on mergers and acquisitions, as well as capital raises.

Fun highlights include a simulator for you to imagine racing your own Formula 1 car down the race track.

Kpler F1 Race Weekend Mixer

Date: October 5, 2025
Location: Fairmont Hotel
RSVP: Registration via Kpler

Kpler’s F1 Race Weekend Mixer is a sector-specific networking event that attracts leaders in commodities, data, and analytics who utilise real-time intelligence and market signals. While Kpler’s core community is energy and commodities, the mixer is positioned as a relaxed, high-value networking evening for data-centric execs, investment teams and tech partners — an ideal place for commercial leaders exploring how advanced data products can enhance sponsorship measurement, hospitality analytics, or supply-chain visibility for large live events. 

Expect high-density introductions, short demo tables for data vendors, and see how real-time datasets (trade flows, consumption signals) might be deployed to optimise live-event logistics, hospitality inventory or fan commerce.