Overall Moderator: Shigeki Takigawa　Deputy Managing Editor, Editorial Bureau, Nikkei Inc.

Day 1：Monday, May 30 9:30 - 18:00 (tentative)

A M	Opening Remarks Naotoshi Okada President and CEO, Nikkei Inc. Keynote Speech Goh Chok Tong Former Prime Minister, Republic of Singapore Moderator Yasuhiko Ota Editorial Writer and Senior Staff Writer, Nikkei Inc. Special Speech Trinh Dinh Dzung Deputy Prime Minister, Socialist Republic of Vietnam Break Panel Discussion “Asia Rises to Fresh Challenges - Global Economy Outlook” Panelists Sudhir Shetty Chief Economist, East Asia and Pacific Region, The World Bank Pei Changhong Director, Institute of Economics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) Tomo Kinoshita Chief Market Economist, Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. Moderator Mikio Sugeno Senior Staff Writer and Editorial Writer, Nikkei Inc.
Lunch
P M	“The Future Outlook of Free Trade in Asia” Speech Le Luong Minh Secretary-General of ASEAN Speech Khemmani Pholsena Minister of Industry and Commerce, Lao People's Democratic Republic Speech Hiroyuki Ishige Chairman and CEO, Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) Moderator Yasuhiko Ota Editorial Writer and Senior Staff Writer, Nikkei Inc. Speech Paul Goldsmith Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, New Zealand Break Speech Cesar V. Purisima Secretary of Finance, Republic of the Philippines Speech Sun Chanthol Minister of Public Works and Transport, Kingdom of Cambodia Panel Discussion “Coping with Rapid Aging and Low Birth Rate” Panelists Cai Fang Vice President, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) Ahn Sang-hoon Professor, Department of Social Welfare, Seoul National University Worawet Suwanrada Dean, Faculty of Economics, Chulalongkorn University Philip B. O'Keefe Lead Economist, East Asia and Pacific Region, The World Bank Moderator Keiichiro Oizumi Senior Economist, Economics Department, The Japan Research Institute, Limited

Day 2：Tuesday, May 31 9:30 - 17:30 (tentative)

A M	Special Speech Somkid Jatusripitak Deputy Prime Minister, Kingdom of Thailand Speech Arun Jaitley Minister of Finance, India Break Panel Discussion “Asian Infrastructure Plans - Challenges and Business Opportunities” Panelists Sun Chanthol Minister of Public Works and Transport, Kingdom of Cambodia Sarath Amunugama Minister of Special Assignment of Government of Sri Lanka Surin Pitsuwan Former Secretary-General of ASEAN Hiroshi Watanabe Governor, CEO, Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) Yumiko Noda Partner, Head of PPP and Infrastructure, PwC Advisory Moderator Akio Fujii Senior Managing Editor, Head of Global News Operations, Nikkei Inc.
Lunch
P M	Dialogue Mahathir bin Mohamad Former Prime Minister, Malaysia Moderator Sonoko Watanabe Editor-in-Chief, Nikkei Asian Review, Nikkei Inc. Speech Sofyan Djalil Minister of National Development Planning, Republic of Indonesia Break Speech Lundeg Purevsuren Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mongolia Panel Discussion “Security in Asia - Road to Stability” Panelists Yan Xuetong Dean, Institute for International Relations, Tsinghua University Shin Kak-soo Director, The Center for International Law at the Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security (IFANS), the Korea National Diplomatic Academy (KNDA), Ministry of Foreign Affairs Akihiko Tanaka Professor, International Politics at the Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia (IASA), The University of Tokyo Michael Auslin Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research Moderator Hiroyuki Akita Senior Staff Writer and Editorial Writer, Nikkei Inc.

*Honorifics and titles omitted, in no particular order.
*Please be advised that agenda, speakers, presentation themes may be subject to change.

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