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The Future of Southeast Asia: Digital Growth, Supply Chains, Climate, and Geopolitics
The Asia Foundation and the Bay Area Council invite you to a conference at The Historic Klamath in San Francisco on the future of Southeast Asia, a region of close to 700 million people that is home to important innovation clusters and dynamic markets and occupies a strategic position in this increasingly important region. Speakers will feature key leaders from the San Francisco Bay Area and Southeast Asia, and the authors of a new report on the economic outlook for Southeast Asia produced by Singapore’s Angsana Council. Topics on the table will include the realignment of global supply chains, digital transformation, climate adaptation, and the implications for the region of geopolitical competition.
Welcome
Jim Wunderman, President and CEO, Bay Area Council
Laurel Miller, President and CEO, The Asia Foundation
Economic Outlook: Navigating High Winds: Southeast Asia Outlook 2024-34
Moderator: Frank Lavin, Trustee and Chair of the President’s Leadership Council, The Asia Foundation
Charles Ormiston, Chairperson, Angsana Council, and Advisory Partner, Southeast Asia, Bain and Company
Taimur Baig, Chief Economic and Managing Director, DBS Bank
Neutral Ground: Geopolitics and Global Supply Chains in Southeast Asia
Moderator: Prashanth Parameswaran, Wilson Center Global Fellow, CEO and Founder of ASEAN Wonk Global, and Senior Columnist at The Diplomat
Siobhan Das, Executive Director, American Chamber of Commerce Malaysia
Thomas Parks, Vice President, The Asia Foundation, and author of Southeast Asia’s Multipolar Future: Averting a New Cold War
Climate, Energy, and the Challenges of Powering Rapid Growth
Moderator: Siobhan Das
Gita Wirjawan, Former Trade Minister of Indonesia, Chair of the Ancora Group, and Visiting Fellow at Stanford University
Michael DiGregorio, Country Representative, Vietnam, The Asia Foundation
Digital Transformation in Southeast Asia
Moderator: Danny Liew, Regional Vice President – Americas, Singapore Economic Development Board
Peng Ong, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Monk’s Hill Ventures
Payal Pathak, Program Officer, Visa Foundation
Rodrigo Balbontin, Associate Director, Digital Technology, Policy, and Innovation, The Asia Foundation
Future-proofing Southeast Asia: Understanding the Risks
Moderator: Laurel Miller
Prashanth Parameswaran
H.E. Dr. Suriya Chindawongse, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Thailand to the United States
Closing
Sean Randolph, Senior Director, Bay Area Council
Thomas Parks, The Asia Foundation
The conference will be followed by a reception on the roof deck of the Historic Klamath from 5:30-7:00 pm.