
Thongloun Sisoulith
President, Laos

Surangel Whipps Jr.
President, Palau

Hun Manet
Prime Minister, Cambodia

Muhammad Yunus
Chief Advisor of the Interim Government, Bangladesh

Shigeru Ishiba
Prime Minister, Japan

Gan Kim Yong
Deputy Prime Minister, Singapore

Nguyen Chi Dung
Deputy Prime Minister, Vietnam

Enrique Manalo
Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Philippines

Maris Sangiampongsa
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Thailand

Mahathir bin Mohamad
Former Prime Minister, Malaysia

Dhanin Chearavanont
Senior Chairman, CP Group

Akihiko Nishio
Vice President of Development Finance, The World Bank

Kevin Daly
Co-head of CEEMEA Economics, Goldman Sachs

Alexis Crow
Partner, PwC US

Yun Duk-min
Former Ambassador to Japan, South Korea

Jin Liqun
President, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)

Juita Mohamad
Consultant, UNCTAD

Takashi Imamura
President, Marubeni Institute

Atsushi Sunami
President, The Sasakawa Peace Foundation

Rory Medcalf
Head of College, National Security College, Australian National University

Harsh V. Pant
Vice President, Observer Research Foundation

Hal Brands
Professor, Johns Hopkins University

Rumi Aoyama
Professor, Waseda University

Kimio Momose
Professor by Special Appointment, Sophia University

Zhu Guangyao
Former Vice Minister of Finance, China

Luo Zhaohui
Former Chairman, China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA)

Anna Skarbek
CEO, Climateworks Centre

Hiroki Sekine
Managing Executive Officer, Japan Bank for International Cooperation

Han Phoumin
Senior Energy Economist, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)

Sharon Seah
Senior Fellow, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute

Aimee T. Gonzales
Executive Director, Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA)

Ng Boon Heong
CEO, Temasek Foundation

Mayuko Mori
Associate Professor, Tokyo Woman’s Christian University

Narayan Lal Gurjar
Founder and CEO, EF Polymer

Shunsuke Inoue
CEO, Japan Process Mining Technology

Kee Cheng Heng
Founder, HelloHolo

Raphaël Ascoli
Co-founder, Housing NOW

Kyaw Zin Latt
Co-founder, Housing NOW

Kazumasa Iwata
President, Japan Center for Economic Research

Robin Harding
Asia Editor, The Financial Times
“The Forum speakers were much knowledgeable, and helped the audience to understand more about the relations between the countries in the Asia region."