25th International Conference on The Future of Asia

May 30-31, 2019

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Conference Program

Conference Moderator : Toru Takahashi Editor-in-Chief of Editorial Headquarters for Asia, Nikkei Inc.

Day 1:Thursday, May 309:30 - 18:00 (tentative)
AM

Keynote Speech

Mahathir bin Mohamad

Prime Minister, Malaysia
Moderator

Sonoko Watanabe

Editor-in-Chief of Nikkei's Osaka Editorial Headquarters and Aide to the Publisher of Nikkei Asian Review, Nikkei Inc.
Break time

Keynote Speech

Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister, People's Republic of Bangladesh
Break time

Keynote Speech

Hun Sen

Prime Minister, Kingdom of Cambodia
Lunch
PM

Speech

Pham Binh Minh

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Socialist Republic of Vietnam

Speech

Heng Swee Keat

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Republic of Singapore
Moderator

Sonoko Watanabe

Editor-in-Chief of Nikkei's Osaka Editorial Headquarters and Aide to the Publisher of Nikkei Asian Review, Nikkei Inc.

Speech

Airlangga Hartarto

Minister of Industry, Republic of Indonesia

Speech

Amin Liew Abdullah

Minister at The Prime Minister's Office and Minister of Finance and Economy II, Brunei Darussalam

Speech

Gombojav Zandanshatar

Chairman of the State Great Hural of Mongolia, Mongolia
Coffee Break

Panel Discussion

Deepening US-China Conflict and Asia

Jia Qingguo

Professor, School of International Studies, Peking University

Park Myung-Lim

Professor, Yonsei University

Daniel Twining

President, International Republican Institute (IRI)

Akihiko Tanaka

President, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)
Moderator

Hiroyuki Akita

Commentator, Nikkei Inc.
Day 2:Friday, May 319:30 - 18:00 (tentative)
AM

Keynote Speech

Thongloun Sisoulith

Prime Minister, Lao People's Democratic Republic
Break time

Speech

Pichet Durongkaveroj

Minister of Digital Economy and Society, Kingdom of Thailand

Video

Ian Bremmer

President, Eurasia Group
Lunch
PM

Speech

Kyaw Tint Swe

Union Minister for the Office of the State Counsellor, Republic of the Union of Myanmar

Panel Discussion

Asia's startups are changing the world

Jasen Wang

Founder & CEO, Makeblock

Toru Nishikawa

President & CEO, Preferred Networks

William Tanuwijaya

Founder & CEO, Tokopedia
Moderator

James Kynge

Editor, Tech Scroll Asia

Speech

Malcolm Bligh Turnbull

Former Prime Minister, Australia
Coffee Break

Speech

Toshimitsu Motegi

Minister in charge of Economic Revitalization, Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy, Japan

Speech

Chen Deming

Former Minister of Commerce, People's Republic of China

Keynote Speech

Rodrigo Roa Duterte

President, Republic of the Philippines

*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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