“ASEAN in the New Normal: Advancing Towards a More Sustainable and Resilient Future”
Professor Walter Woon
Consultant, RHTLaw Asia and Dean for RHT Legal Training Institute
Ms. Indranee Thurai Rajah SC
Minister, Prime Minister’s Office, Second Minister for Finance and National Development
Plenary Session
ASEAN Macroeconomic Growth Outlook & Risks
- Perspectives on the way ahead: where are the hotspots in Asia? What are the key focus areas for 2022 and the next five years?
- Opportunities of Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and 14-5 Plan
- What are the implications of geopolitics and US-China geopolitical trade wars on businesses in Southeast Asia?
- Labour market outlook in the region
- GDP growth rate and inflation
- How does the new normal looks like?
- How do we make the future resilient and sustainable?
Moderator
Azman Jaafar
Managing Partner, RHTLaw Asia
Panellists
H.E. Joanne Diedre Tyndall
High Commissioner, New Zealand High Commission in Singapore
H.E. Dato’ Azfar Mohamad Mustafar
High Commissioner (Designate), Malaysia High Commission in Singapore
H.E. Joseph Del Mar Yap
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Embassy of the Republic of Philippines in Singapore
Xu Ningning
Executive Director, China ASEAN Business Council
Panel 1
Looking Beyond the Horizon: Global and Regional Supply Chain Transformation in COVID-19 New Norm
- How are firms adapting to the new normal? What is the role for policy?
- Rise of protectionism, new RCEP, travel restrictions – COVID-19 supply chain obstruction
- Reconstruction of global supply chain to preempt US-China trade war
- Best practices and lessons learned from COVID-19
Moderator
Franchette Acosta
Senior Partner, Villaraza & Angangco
Panelists
Zack Quek
General Counsel, Ninja Van Group
Ivan Low
Chief Strategy Officer (CSO), Huawei International Pte Ltd
Esther Hor
Partner, Paul Cheah Associates
Panel 2
From Surviving to Thriving: Global Business Connections and Mobility in the New Normal
- Moving from COVID-19 pandemic to endemic: Healthcare strategies, government policies need to rebalance closure of borders and reviving business connectivity. How will the future unfold?
- Vaccines Diplomacy: Various countries are providing green or red lane in accordance to vaccines adopted. How will the digital passports and vaccination strategies pan out?
- International Trade and FDIs yearns for the uplifting of restrictions. Diversified sectors across healthcare, airlines, MICE, tourism are impacted. How will the new normal of Industries and business look like?
- Policies, opportunities and risks to reimagine how the brave new frontier for international business interactions, industries and mobility looks like
Moderator
Victor Tay
CEO, China – ASEAN Business Alliance
Panellists
Federico Donato
President, European Chamber of Commerce
Pushpanathan Sundram
CEO, Public Policy Asia Advisor
Steve Okun
Senior Advisor, McLarty Associates
Katherine Juang
Associate Partner, Lee & Li (Taiwan)
Panel 3
Reimagining the New Digital Economy: New Frontiers and Innovations
- Is digitalization the silver bullet – what will be the new world order for financial technologies, new tech-oriented unicorns, innovation, new business models, cyber currencies
Moderator
Ch’ng Li-Ling
Partner, RHTLaw Asia
Panellists
Sopnendu Mohanty
Chief FinTech Officer, Monetary Authority of Singapore
Chia Hock Lai
Co-chairman, Blockchain Association Singapore
Mario Masaya
Director, US ASEAN Business Council
Henry Huang
Managing Partner, Grandall Law Firm
Panel 4
Driving the Region’s Energy Transition Forward: Green is the New Gold
- Forward-looking solutions and investment for ASEAN’s sustainable future
- How has COVID-19 changed the way organisations are adopting sustainable business practices?
- New innovations and business opportunities for alternative energy across waste-to-energy, high-yield thin-film solar capabilities, electric vehicle
- Restriction on cross-border waste movements
Moderator
Wee Boon Siong
CEO, RHT Green
Panellists
Tan Chong Meng
Group CEO, PSA International
Thomas McMahon
CEO & Co-founder, AirCarbon Exchange
Bernard Tan
Country President (Singapore), Sinar Mas Group
Jackson Seng
Sustainability Business Development Director, Schneider Electric
Gin Keat Ong
Director, Uniflow Power Singapore
Goh Chee Kiong
CEO, Charge+
Keynote Address
Professor Kishore Mahbubani
Distinguished Fellow, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore