As the global intelligence wave intensifies, Thailand’s leading digital infrastructure titan mobilizes major public partners and Big Tech leaders to turn human capability into the nation’s core economic advantage.
Redefining National Capability in the Emerging Age of Artificial General Intelligence
Thailand stands at a pivotal technological intersection where sheer access to digital infrastructure is no longer sufficient to guarantee competitiveness. The rapid rise of artificial intelligence has moved beyond basic machine learning and Generative AI into the broader horizon of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). In response to this transition, AIS Academy is accelerating its mission to equip everyday citizens, small enterprise owners, and professionals with tangible AI capabilities. Rather than allowing advanced technology to widen socioeconomic divides, the organization is staging an all-inclusive national effort designed to empower the Thai workforce to lead alongside intelligent tools rather than be displaced by them.
The initiative comes alive through the annual flagship conference and exhibition, AIS ACADEMY For THAIs 2026, hosted under the unifying theme of MASTERING AI BEYOND BORDERS. Taking place on September 11–12, 2026, at Samyan Mitrtown Hall, the open-access summit eliminates financial barriers to high-level tech literacy by welcoming the public completely free of charge. The gathering directly addresses industry-wide misconceptions that AI is merely an off-the-shelf software purchase or an autonomous problem solver. Instead, it positions AI literacy as a fundamental problem-solving and critical-thinking discipline that every worker must cultivate to sustain long-term career resilience.
Addressing the urgent need for capability over mere tool adoption, Ms. Kantima Lerlertyuttitham, Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Chief Corporate Officer at AIS, emphasized that true economic progress must be shared broadly across society. “AIS has always believed that the growth of a single organization alone cannot be considered sustainable. A strong business must grow alongside society, the economy, and the people of the country.
Thailand is moving from an era focused on Access toward one centered on Capability, while the world is advancing beyond Generative AI toward the next stages of AI evolution, including Artificial General Intelligence, or AGI,” said Ms. Kantima Lerlertyuttitham. “What we need to prepare, therefore, is not simply the ability to use any particular AI tool, which can change at any time, but the development of true AI Capability. This means enabling people to continuously learn and adapt, ask the right questions, work effectively with AI, and apply it to create greater productivity, business value, innovation, and new opportunities in a responsible and informed way.”
Global Tech Giants Convene for Practical Interactive Masterclasses and Workshops
To deliver world-class learning without commercial bias, AIS Academy has assembled an extraordinary roster of global technology giants for interactive demonstrations, real-world case studies, and hands-on masterclasses. Industry leaders including AWS, BytePlus, Canva, Google, Huawei, Meta, Microsoft, NVIDIA, Pearson, Samsung, and ZTE are participating alongside more than 30 specialized practitioners from diverse commercial fields. These technology frontrunners will anchor over 20 interactive workshop and masterclass tracks, deliberately structured to move beyond abstract theory into practical, daily application for commerce, creative production, and personal development.
The curriculum is engineered around three foundational pillars: AI Ready Thailand, AI Ready Business, and AI Ready Skills. AI Ready Thailand concentrates on fortifying the broader macroeconomic readiness and national infrastructure of the country. AI Ready Business accelerates enterprise modernization, organizational change management, and commercial integration across traditional industrial sectors. Meanwhile, AI Ready Skills focuses on the workforce itself, covering vital practical tracks such as digital safety, animation, workflow automation, modern design, and monetization within the expanding Creator Economy.
By eliminating ticket sales and product sales pitches, the forum ensures that participants engage directly with live AI Interactive Experience booths and hands-on technology without commercial pressure. Attendees will witness practical problem solving rather than simple marketing demonstrations, observing how advanced algorithms can be adapted to everyday operational tasks. By connecting global technological standards with local workplace realities, the two-day experience bridges the gap between sophisticated software suites and the actual functional execution needed across local business operations.
Cross-Sector Governance Drives the Thailand AI Readiness Index Benchmark
A central pillar of this nationwide movement is systemic institutional collaboration between telecom expertise and government policy makers. AIS Academy has expanded its strategic alliance with the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation (MHESI) through the official rollout of the Thailand AI Readiness Index, known as TARI. This comprehensive assessment framework is built to evaluate corporate strategic roadmaps, existing technology infrastructure, and employee digital proficiencies, identifying exact capability gaps across domestic enterprises.
The TARI initiative sets an aggressive benchmark for national industry transformation, aiming to evaluate approximately 5,000 corporate organizations within its inaugural year. This structured evaluation will scale up significantly to encompass tens of thousands of medium, large, and small-to-medium enterprises across the country over subsequent phases. By establishing clear, standardized metrics, TARI enables commercial firms to recognize where strategic investment is truly needed, preventing costly and ineffective technology acquisitions.
Underlining the strategic purpose of this framework, Dr. Panthip Sangkaew of the MHESI network explained how data-driven evaluation underpins true commercial competitiveness. “Through the development of the Thailand AI Readiness Index (TARI) with AIS, we are assessing enterprise readiness across strategic planning, current technological assets, and internal staff capabilities,” noted Dr. Panthip Sangkaew. “Our target is to assess 5,000 organizations in the first year alone and expand extensively thereafter, empowering SMEs and major enterprises alike to understand their true operational baselines and elevate their competitive standing on the national stage.”
Fostering Grassroots Innovation and Youth-Led Solutions for Thai Education
Beyond corporate evaluation, AIS Academy is deepening its core partnership with the National Innovation Agency (Public Organization), or NIA, to construct a resilient future talent pipeline. This ongoing alliance links academic researchers, startup developers, private investors, and institutional founders to ensure that home-grown AI advancements transition smoothly into real commercial markets. NIA is actively providing innovation grants and resource networks to local ventures that utilize artificial intelligence across healthcare diagnostics, architectural modeling, and real-time multilingual communication.
This innovation-focused partnership culminates on the main stage of the event with the Final Pitching round of the JUMP Thailand Hackathon 2026, held under the direct theme of AI for the Future of Thai Education. Ten finalist student teams will present their proprietary, AI-driven educational solutions directly before judging panels comprised of top-tier industry executives and technology leaders. The hackathon gives emerging talent an immediate national platform to showcase practical inventions, showing how advanced automation can address real systemic challenges in domestic classrooms.
Detailing the broader innovation vision, Dr. Krithpaka Boonfueng, Executive Director of the National Innovation Agency (NIA), highlighted the fundamental importance of community-wide adoption. “AI will integrate into every facet of our daily existence, requiring everyone to master its practical use across both the public and private sectors,” stated Dr. Krithpaka Boonfueng. “Our mission with AIS Academy is to build a supportive ecosystem where Thai startups and youth can rapidly test, iterate, and deploy AI innovations that solve real domestic challenges without requiring people to build complex coding architectures from scratch.”
Decentralizing AI Literacy Through Regional Roadshows and Knowledge Management
Recognizing that national digital transformation cannot remain confined to the capital city, AIS Academy has partnered with the Office of Knowledge Management and Development (Public Organization), or OKMD, to take digital education nationwide. Throughout August 2026, the dedicated AIS Academy For THAIs 2026 Roadshow travels across four distinct regional hubs: Phitsanulok, Nakhon Ratchasima, Chachoengsao, and Nakhon Si Thammarat. These localized workshops deliver interactive technology exhibits and practical use-case training directly to community members, small business operators, and provincial students.
OKMD is simultaneously introducing specialized learning frameworks to help citizens process, categorize, and deploy modern information through dynamic tools such as the AI Playground and the innovative Rocket Learning system. This program analyzes global research databases and synthesizes complex insights into actionable, multilingual content suitable for Thai learners. In addition, the initiative implements a comprehensive Train-the-Trainer framework, transforming local community mentors, caregivers, and educators into digital coaches who can effectively guide others in their immediate surroundings.
Emphasizing the democratization of national learning, Dr. Taworn Kiatapaporn of the Office of Knowledge Management and Development (OKMD) highlighted the necessity of accessible learning platforms. “Knowledge management traditionally involves exhaustive research, categorization, processing, and communication, all of which can now be streamlined effectively through artificial intelligence,” stated Dr. Taworn Kiatapaporn. “Through our regional roadshows and frameworks like Rocket Learning and our Train-the-Trainer model, we are ensuring that every citizen—including regional communities and caregivers—can transform raw information into real vocational progress.”
Transforming Classrooms and Securing Safe Digital Futures for Vocational Youth
Equipping the emerging workforce demands a comprehensive modernization of the public school system, driven by close collaboration with the Ministry of Education (MOE). The joint initiatives shift educational pedagogy away from basic rote memorization and simple search querying toward critical analysis and problem-based reasoning. Instead of merely utilizing AI to generate ready-made homework responses, students are guided to use machine learning as an analytical instrument to evaluate complex real-world challenges, such as environmental testing and localized scientific problem-solving.
To support long-term economic alignment, AIS Academy and the Ministry of Education are preparing specialized technology curricula tailored specifically for vocational students nationwide. Vocational institutions represent a vital educational pipeline that matches real industrial demands directly with operational labor markets. By embedding practical automation skills, data processing techniques, and cyber hygiene into vocational training programs, the initiative ensures that graduates enter the workforce fully prepared to step directly into tech-driven manufacturing and digital service roles.
Addressing this fundamental educational shift, Mr. Nikorn Sangket of the Ministry of Education explained the urgent need to rethink student engagement with intelligent software. “We must ensure our students learn to use AI, rather than letting AI use them,” remarked Mr. Nikorn Sangket. “Artificial intelligence is a powerful tool that eliminates learning barriers, from language translation to accessibility support, but our responsibility is to guide students to apply it critically while safeguarding their digital rights and personal security through programs like the Aunjai Cyber curriculum.”
Bridging Vulnerability Gaps to Build an Inclusive, Long-Term Digital Society
Digital advancement carries the inherent risk of leaving marginalized populations behind without proactive human intervention. Maintaining a long-term partnership with the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security (MSDHS), AIS Academy continues to deliver tailored digital literacy programs for vulnerable populations, including elderly citizens and persons with disabilities. The collaboration focuses on real-world vocational empowerment, transforming everyday mobile devices into income-generating tools through social platforms and dedicated assistive accessibility technologies.
These combined social initiatives illustrate AIS’s foundational belief that sustainable enterprise growth requires constant investment in social well-being. Operating over a 5G network infrastructure serving 53.9 million total subscribers—including 47.1 million mobile connections and 5.3 million broadband users under AIS 3BB FIBRE3—the company utilizes its commercial scale to drive sustainable public benefit. By building cross-sector alliances with government ministries, research agencies, and global technology leaders, AIS Academy continues to translate complex technology into widespread national capability.
Reinforcing this human-centric commitment, Mrs. Sunee Srisangatrakullert, Inspector General of the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security (MSDHS), reflected on the tangible impact of public-private cooperation. “Vulnerable groups—including the elderly, low-income families, and persons with disabilities—often face severe limitations in accessing modern technology,” noted Mrs. Sunee Srisangatrakullert. “Our ongoing work with AIS Academy over the years has bridged these critical gaps, turning technology into practical tools for career development and daily independence so that no citizen is left behind in the digital economy.”
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