ASEAN Integration in the Face of Global Crisis: Challenges and Opportunities
 
21 and 22 October 2009
Plaza Athenee Le Meridien Hotel
Bangkok, Thailand
PROGRAM as at 21 October 2009
 DAY ONE
Wednesday, 21 October 2009  
Plaza Athenee Ballroom I  
   
2:00pm – 6:30pm
ASEAN 100 Leadership Forum registration
   
6:30pm – 7:30pm Pre-Dinner Welcome Reception
   

 7:30pm – 10:00pm

FORUM DINNER AND DIALOGUE WITH THE PRIME MINISTER OF THE KINGDOM OF THAILAND

“Thailand’s Path to Economic Dynamism and Social Stability”

Keynote Address by His Excellency Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva followed by dialogue with ASEAN 100 Leadership Forum participants

   
 DAY TWO
THURSDAY, 22 October  
Athenee Crystal B Ballroom  
   
8:00 – 9:00am Light refreshments
   
9:00 – 9:10am Opening Remarks
  Dato Timothy Ong, Forum Convener
   

SESSION 1

9:10am – 10:40am

FORUM STOCKTAKING

“The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on ASEAN and Prospects for Regional Integration”

What is the impact of the Global Financial Crisis on ASEAN? Is the Crisis really over?  What are the implications of the Crisis for ASEAN’s goal of a Common Market by 2015? Are there opportunities for accelerated regional integration that ASEAN can capitalise on?

An open forum discussion led by

Hon. Korn Chatikavanij, Minister of Finance, Thailand
Dato Sri Nazir Tun Abd Razak, Group CEO, CIMB Group
Dato’ Sri Tony Fernandes, Director and Group CEO, AirAsia
Mr. PK Basu, Managing Director, Daiwa Securities SMBC

Moderated by: Dato Timothy Ong

   
10:40am – 11:00am Networking Break with Light Refreshments
   

SESSION 2

11:00am – 12:30pm

FORUM REFLECTIONS ON LEADERSHIP

“New Leadership for Changing Times”

What are the requirements of leadership in times of rapid change? How are ASEAN leaders responding to the changing expectations of the people they govern? Are new approaches to leadership required?

An open forum discussion led by

Tengku Rozidar Tengku Zainal Abidin, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, Nineteen-O-One
Mr. Isra Sunthornvut, Deputy Secretary-General to the Prime Minister for Political Affairs, Office of the Prime Minister of Thailand
Mr. Steven Gan, Editor-in-Chief, Malaysiakini

Moderated by: Mr. Richard Hoon, CEO, I Search Worldwide Group, Singapore

   
SESSION 3

12:30pm – 2:30pm
TOWNHALL DISCUSSION OVER LUNCH @ CRYSTAL A BALLROOM

“ASEAN’s Present and Future”

To begin the Townhall discussion, two contrasting views:
“Why I am Optimistic ”:  Mr. Sandiaga Uno, Founding Partner, Saratoga Capital, Indonesia
“Why I am Pessimistic”:  Dato Timothy Ong

Town hall discussion moderated by Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia, Governor of Cebu Province, Philippines

   

SESSION 4

2:30pm – 4:00pm

CONCURRENT FORUM MASTER-CLASSES on:

[A] Environmental Challenges: Are responses to climate change compatible with economic growth?
 
  • Dr. Matthias Roth, Associate Professor, Department of Geography, National University of Singapore and President, International Association for Urban Climate
  • Mr. Wade Hughes, Director Public Strategy and Business Development, Alcoa Primary Products Growth Group
  Moderated by: Mr. Basil Ong, Vice Chairman of the International Board, YPO-WPO International
 
[B] The Global Economy: Has the global economic crisis fundamentally changed the market economy as we know it?
 
  • Mr. Manu Bhaskaran, CEO, Centennial Asia Advisors
  Moderated by: Mr. Allen Lai, Director, Asia Inc Forum
   
[C] Technology and Society: How has the new media changed the way political contests are fought and won?
 
  • Dr. Adrian Cheok, Director, Mixed Reality Lab, National University of Singapore
  • Mr. Steven Gan, Editor-in-Chief, Malaysiakini
  Moderated by: Tengku Farith Rithaudeen, President, SKALi
   

SESSION 5

4:00pm – 5:45pm

DEBATE ON ASEAN

Motion: “This House believes that the development of an ASEAN community requires that ASEAN moves away from the principle and practice of non-interference among ASEAN members”

A debate between four ASEAN 100 leaders followed by an open forum discussion and a vote.

For the Motion:
Mr. Manu Bhaskaran, CEO, Centennial Asia Advisors, Singapore
Dr. Noel Morada, Professor, Department of Political Science, University of the Philippines
 
Against the Motion:
Mr. Khairy Jamaluddin, Member of Parliament for Rembau and Chief, UMNO Youth, Malaysia
Dr. Buranaj Smutharaks, Spokesman, Democrat Party, Thailand

Moderated by: Mr. Michael Vatikiotis, Regional Representative, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue

   
5:45pm - 5:55pm Closing Remarks by Dato Timothy Ong
   
5:55pm – 7:00pm Networking over Evening Cocktails
 
 
 
 
 
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