Spotlight on Asean Business: Charting New Frontiers

4:00 PM SGT – Opening Remarks

4:05 PM SGT – Sponsor Welcome Remarks

• Ben Hung, President, International, Standard Chartered

4:10 PM SGT – Fireside Chat: Perspectives on Asean 

Insights and analysis on Asean economic and political trends. We’ll shed light on some of the opportunities in the region and pinpoint how those create new avenues for trade and investment globally.

• Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz, Investment, Trade & Industry Minister, Malaysia
• Loh Boon Chye, CEO, SGX Group
• Anna Irmina “Minette” B. Navarrete, President, Kickstart Ventures, Inc
• Bill Winters, Group CEO, Standard Chartered
• Moderator: Haslinda Amin, Chief International Correspondent, Southeast Asia & Anchor, Bloomberg Television

4:45 PM SGT – In Conversation With Josephine Teo 

As AI continues to impact the global economy, the Asean region stands to benefit from new efficiencies. How can LLMs embrace the diversity of Southeast Asia? Singapore plans to develop an AI model trained to understand and generate human language encompassing the cultures and languages of the wider region. But there are risks, and in order to assess and overcome them governments globally will need to cooperate.

• Josephine Teo, Minister for Digital Development and Information & Minister-In-Charge of Smart Nation and Cybersecurity, Republic of Singapore
• Moderator: Olivia Poh, Southeast Asia Technology Reporter, Bloomberg

5:00 PM SGT – New Routes for Asean Trade

As the global trade and investment patterns shift, Asean remains an engine of growth for the global economy. Home to strategically important waters through which much of the world’s trade travels, the region has major implications for international transportation and logistics. How are regional and international pacts and agreements impacting trade and commerce? How will new administrations pursue policy making in today’s political and economic environment? Are new technologies digitizing trade and creating efficiencies?

• Francesca Clough, Chief Operating Officer for Asia Pacific, Department for Business & Trade, United Kingdom
• Niki Frank, CEO APAC, DHL Global Forwarding
• Moderator: Derek Wallbank, Managing Editor Breaking News Asia South, Bloomberg

5:25 PM SGT – Bringing Balance to the Energy Transition 

Economic growth is creating larger energy demands in Asean. To fuel sustainable development, leaders will need new approaches and innovative public-private partnerships.

• Lucita Jasmin, Group Sustainability Director, RGE
• Sushil Purohit, CEO, Gentari
• Ajay Shah, Vice President, Shell Energy Asia
• Moderator: Dan Moss, Columnist, Bloomberg Opinion

5:55 PM SGT – Real Estate Opportunities

Significant economic growth has pushed robust real estate demand across Southeast Asia. Our panel looks at opportunities and challenges in Singapore and the wider region.

• Han Khim Siew, CEO & Executive Director, OUE Real Estate Investment
• Vinamra Srivastava, Chief Sustainability & Sustainable Investments Officer, CapitaLand Investment
• Andrea Tan, Singapore Bureau Chief, Bloomberg

6:20 PM SGT – Closing Remarks

6:25 PM SGT – Programming Concludes