Acer reaffirms commitment to education with inaugural Acer Edu Summit Asia Pacific 2025

 

BANGKOK, THAILAND — Acer hosted its inaugural Acer Edu Summit Asia Pacific 2025, a two-day event held from May 7 to 8, 2025, at the Renaissance Bangkok Ratchaprasong Hotel. With the theme, “Shaping Tomorrow: AI and Digital Technologies in Education,” the summit brought together delegates from the Philippines, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Australia, South Korea, India, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, and Taiwan to foster a deeper understanding of the role of AI and digitalization in education.

The digitalization of learning, amplified by the advent of Artificial Intelligence (AI), is transforming education through revolutionary learning experiences. 

The summit served as a platform for educators, policymakers, and tech luminaries to share practical insights on integrating cutting-edge technology in classrooms, promoting digital literacy, and preparing students for a tech-powered future. It also highlighted how Acer’s ecosystem of AI-powered devices, digital education solutions, and EdTech innovations can support teaching methodologies, streamline administrative tasks, and enhance student engagement. 

“Digitalization has demonstrated its capabilities to complement, enrich, and transform education, and Acer created this summit as a catalyst for innovation,” said Andrew Hou, Acer Pan Asia Pacific President.  

Key event highlights included interactive booths from Intel, Windows, and Google, while Aopen, SpatialLabs, and Predator Gaming showcased how esports can be utilized in an educational setting. Altos also unveiled its latest advancements in AI server technology, showcasing powerful systems created to meet the increasing demands of generative AI and large-scale model training.

The spotlight fell on two high-performance platforms:

Altos BrainSphere™️ R680 F7 – A versatile system built to support up to eight NVIDIA RTX™️ 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs, ideal for compute-intensive, graphics-rich, and AI-driven workloads.

Altos BrainSphere™️ R880 F7 – Designed for next-generation scalability, this HGX-based platform is optimized for Large Language Model (LLM) training and Generative AI, leveraging the breakthrough NVIDIA B200 Blackwell Ultra GPU. With energy-efficient design and massive compute power, these platforms reflect Altos’ strategic focus on empowering AI innovation across education, enterprise, and research sectors.

“The Acer Edu Summit Asia Pacific 2025 reinforces Acer’s commitment to equipping educators and learners with tools that not only enhance education today but also prepare them for the evolving digital landscape of tomorrow,” said Andrew Hou.

For more information, visit www.acer.com/us-en/education.