16 Tech & Startup Conferences You Can’t Miss in Asia Pacific in 2020

5 min readDec 17, 2019

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Planning your schedule in 2020? Looking for the best startup event? Want to stay up-to-date on technology trends, startup communities, and stay connected with changemakers in the region? To help you save time and over again, I have curated a series of tech and startup conferences in the Asia Pacific region. No more hassle:

1. BaseConf

Jan 15–26, 2020
🇲🇾 Johor, Malaysia

BaseConf 2020 is the first-ever technology conference in Iskandar Malaysia, organized by startup ecosystem builder, START, in collaboration with Techsauce, Southeast Asia leading source of tech & business news.

2. Pause Fest

Feb 5–7, 2020
🇦🇺 Melbourne, Australia

Pause Fest is an independent, industry-driven movement with a mission to bring diverse intelligence together to fuel the next generation forward.

3. The Lifestyle Tech Conference

Feb 13, 2020 (Postponed to Jul 2020)
🇭🇰 Hong Kong, China

The Lifestyle Tech Conference dives deep into the trends that make our lives tick, from what we eat, to how we move around and how we choose to relax. With 40+ speakers covering a variety of technologies and trends, the conference is a platform for industry leaders and experts to discuss the challenges and opportunities we can expect to encounter in the lifestyle industry.

4. Startup Impact Summit

Feb 14, 2020 (Postponed to Jul 2020)
🇭🇰 Hong Kong, China

Startup Impact Summit is one of the core events of StartmeupHK Festival 2020 taking place on February 14, 2020. Startup Impact Summit is focused on impact, created by regional and international Startups, driven by successful cases of co-innovation projects between startups and corporates while leveraging the strength of connecting the ecosystems.

5. India FinTech Festival

Mar 4–5, 2020
🇮🇳 Mumbai, India

IFF will be the yearly marquee event for Fintech in India. IFF is a festival, one that celebrates Fintech milestones in India and is also a learning highway for both the Indian and International Fintech community.

6. CU Asia

Mar 5–7, 2020
🇮🇩 Bali, Indonesia

Asia’s biggest Coworking Unconference | 5–7 March 2020 | Bali. Be part of a highly contagious and inspiring event where we shape the future of work together.

7. Sesame Summit

Apr 2–3, 2020
🇻🇳 Hanoi, Vietnam

Sesame Summit is an annual event dedicated to the future of technology and the people building connections between startup ecosystems. The program is curated by some of the best Tech events in the world.

8. Echelon Asia Summit

May 14–15, 2020 (Postponed until further notice)
🇸🇬 Singapore

The 2020 edition of Echelon is all about business matching and dealmaking. Attend Echelon and be a part of setting a new record for the most number of business meetings held in less than 36 hours!

9. InnoVEX

Jun 3–5, 2020
🇹🇼 Taipei, Taiwan

Started in 2016 as the startup focused exhibition of COMPUTEX TAIPEI, InnoVEX has continued to grow along with the importance of startups. Positioned as the innovation hub of Asia, InnoVEX continues to attract startups & investors from around the world. Aiming to help startups prosper, InnoVEX features more than just exhibitions; but also Pitch contests, matchmaking sessions, forums, & more.

10. Techsauce

Jun 18–19, 2020 (Postponed until further notice)
🇹🇭 Bangkok, Thailand

The Techsauce Global Summit is the epicenter for global leaders in technology, startups, corporations, investors and venture capitals to collaborate while networking to improve the Tech industry.

11. SaaStock Asia

Sep, 2020
🇸🇬 Singapore

SaaStock Asia is the conference that unites SaaS founders, execs and investors who are driving growth in Asia’s booming SaaS scene.

12. Meet Taipei

Nov 18–21, 2020
🇹🇼 Taipei, Taiwan

Powered by Business Next Media, the most influential tech media in Taiwan, and collaborated with the biggest startup community Meet Startup. Meet Taipei first launched in 2014, demonstrating its diverse content design, resources, and global power, becoming the largest, most disruptive and global startup festival in Taiwan.

13. Slush Shanghai

Coming soon
🇨🇳 Shanghai, China

Slush Shanghai is a tech-startup event focusing on AI, cloud, 5G, IoT, Medtech, healthcare, and future society. It connects startups and technology talents with international investors, entrepreneurs, and the media.

14. TechCrunch Shenzhen

Coming soon
🇨🇳 Shenzhen, China

At TechCrunch Shenzhen, we will gather top entrepreneurs and companies of each industry together under one roof and focus on trending topics such as 5G, artificial intelligence, the international expansion of companies, and the ecosystem of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (simply known as the “Greater Bay Area”).

15. Ignite

Coming soon
🇵🇭 Manila, Philippines

Ignite is a gathering of the top minds in innovation across Asia in startups, investments, and industry, to share world-changing ideas and best practices in shaping the world’s technologies.

16. Startup Launchpad

Coming soon
🇭🇰 Hong Kong, China

Join Startup Launchpad to maximize your sales, gain essential skills, network with top executives and VCs, and find out what’s coming in the Future of Lifestyle.