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The team of Xponents behind MTX 2026 celebrate the success of the record-breaking event. (Photo: HTX)
- MTX 2026 concludes in Singapore, attracting over 21,000 visitors across its three-day run, marking HTX’s largest public safety event to date.
- Senior government leaders, including Minister for Law and Second Minister for Home Affairs Mr Edwin Tong, toured cutting-edge exhibits of science and technology solutions that are shaping public safety, on the summit’s final day.
- Associated events drove global dialogue, bringing together government, industry and academia to address emerging challenges in public safety.
MTX (Milipol TechX Summit) 2026 wrapped on a high on 30 April 2026 – over its three-day run, the event drew more than 21,000 visitors, making it HTX’s largest and most impactful event to date.
The biggest name to grace the event on Day 3 was Minister for Law and Second Minister for Home Affairs Mr Edwin Tong. Earlier in the day, Acting Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs and Senior Minister of State (SMS), Ministry of Home Affairs, Associate Professor Dr Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim also toured the event space.
Day 3 saw the most Associated Events, which brought experts and stakeholders from various fields to discuss critical issues. Among them was the “Trustworthiness: A crucial attribute of the AI Technology Stack”.
“As AI scales into real-world, mission-critical application, performance alone is not sufficient. We need AI systems to operate reliably, securely, and predictably. Establishing trustworthiness across the AI technology stack therefore becomes an increasingly important task for organisations and practitioners,” said Vincent Tan, a Principal Engineer at HTX’s Disruptive Technologies Office (DTO), which organised the event.
“In this workshop, we brought together perspectives from industry, academia, and practitioners to examine how trustworthiness can be achieved and sustained across different layers of the AI technology stack, including considerations such as infrastructure reliability, supply chain dependencies, and evolving security risks.”
Here’s a look at what went down on Day 3.
Minister Tong (third from right) poses with OceanOneK, the world’s first underwater humanoid robot, before starting a tour of the HTX Central Zone at MTX 2026. He was accompanied by HTX Chief Executive Chan Tsan (4th from left), Director of Stanford Robotics Lab, Stanford University Professor Oussama Khatib, and members of HTX senior management. (Photo: HTX)
Minister Tong (left) got a hands-on experience while learning about the capabilities of OceanOneK – including its ability to provide haptic feedback and dive up to 1km underwater – and how it could support underwater search and rescue operations in Singapore waters. (Photo: HTX)
Similarly, SMS Assoc Prof Dr Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim (centre, in black), toured exhibits by HTX’s partners, such as WEKA, a company transforming how organisations build, run and scale AI workflows with its intelligent, adaptive mesh storage system. (Photo: HTX)
SMS Assoc Prof Dr Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim also opened the Crisis Leadership Forum 2026. The forum, which was organised by the Home Team Academy, brought together global thought leaders to swap insights and skills required to navigate increasingly complex, multi-domain crises. (Photo: HTX/Nicole Lim)
(From left) Principal Research Engineer, UL Fire Safety Research Institute (FSRI) Adam Barowy, Senior Director of Regional Standards, UL Standards and Engagement (ULSE) Kolin Low, Vice President of International Standards, ULSE Ms Sonya Bird, Member of Parliament and Guest of Honour Mr Ng Shi Xuan, HTX ACE (Science) Lim Chin Chin, Technical Director of the Singapore Battery Consortium Dr Chiam Sing Yang, and HTX Deputy Director, Forensics Centre of Expertise (CoE) Yang Chiew Yung pose at the ASEAN Battery Safety Science and Innovation Conference 2026, which was organised by HTX’s Forensics CoE, A*STAR, Singapore Battery Consortium, and ULSE. The conference featured a series of expert-led lectures addressing critical challenges in battery fire safety across the full spectrum, including fire risks, safety science, and emerging approaches to mitigation, response, and investigation. (Photo: HTX/Alvin Lim)
HTX Senior Scientist Wong Swee Liang (right) welcomed attendees to a quantum technologies workshop organised by HTX’s Disruptive Technologies Office (DTO). The session saw expert leaders from academia and industry discuss the evolving landscape of quantum technologies, and their applications and implications on public safety. (Photo: HTX/Janna Giam)
One of five speakers in the workshop, Dr Lee Shiang Long, Group Chief Technology and Digital Officer, ST Engineering, spoke about grounding quantum in public safety needs, and the shift from abstract potential to practical deployment. (Photo: HTX/Janna Giam)
Lian Ghim Hua, Commissioner of the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA), opened the Biometrics Symposium: Biometrics Institute Meeting. This event, led by the Biometrics Institute in partnership with HTX and ICA, showcased biometrics as a critical technology for advancing public security. Participants learned about the latest trends and developments in the field and discussed the future of biometrics, AI, and digital identity. (Photo: HTX/Alvin Lim)
In his closing speech at the Biometrics Institute Meeting, HTX DCE (Operations) Chen Yeang Tat noted: “Governments bring operational context and accountability. Industry drives innovation and deployment at scale. Academia strengthens the science and evaluation behind these systems. Our collaboration in biometrics development has already delivered real outcomes: stronger border security, reduced identity fraud, and more seamless travel experiences. These are concrete gains. The question now is how to extend them responsibly into the future.” (Photo: HTX/Alvin Lim)
Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) Deputy Commissioner (Strategy & Corporate Services) Teong How Hwa (centre) shared his perspective during the HEARTS Roundtable. Co-organised by HTX and SCDF, this session saw a lively discussion about the importance of technology in augmenting human performance and whether emerging tech like AI or humans should be at the centre of decision-making in public safety operations in the future. (Photo: HTX/Alywin Chew)
Professor Kumar Ramakrishna, Dean of the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University, at the CBRNE (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive) Threats and Detection Workshop. Organised by HTX’s CBRNE CoE, the workshop brought together leading experts and practitioners to examine terrorism trends and emerging CBRNE threats and the latest detection capabilities. (Photo: HTX/Alvin Lim)
A fireside chat between Danny Elmarji, Vice President, Presales, Asia Pacific, Japan and China, Dell Technologies, and Denise Ang, HTX Chief Strategy Officer and Director, AI Central, kicked off the “Trailblazing the Next Frontier of AI for Public Good” event. This event, organised by HTX’s AI Central, explored how the real-world deployment of AI has created new opportunities to scale AI-enabled solutions for meaningful societal impact, including recent AI advancements in the Home Team. (Photo: HTX/Alvin Lim)
Xponents pose with one of the crowd favourites at MTX – a crowd engagement robot powered by the latest version of Phoenix, the Home Team’s very own family of AI models. (Photo: HTX)
A visitor holds a live cyborg cockroach during Day 3 of the MTX Exhibition. Such roaches were deployed in a real-world operation for the first time last year during Operation Lionheart in Myanmar. (Photo: HTX)
All systems go! Engineers preparing the two engagement robots by HTX behind the scenes. (Photo: HTX)
HTX engineers show off PINPOINT, a robotic indoor tracking system. (Photo: HTX)
A visitor poses for a photo while sitting on Gibson, a wheeled patrol robot that is currently on trial at Changi Airport Terminal 4. (Photo: HTX)
