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Opening Ceremony
Time: 08:30 | GMT+7
Keynote Speech
Session 1
H.E. Ursula von der Leyen
President of the European Commission
H.E. Wang Yi
State Councilor and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China
01.
The State of the World 2021
Time: 09:00 - 10:15 | GMT+7 | Check Your Local Time Zone
Panelist
The Hon. Julie Bishop
Chancellor of the Australian National University (ANU), Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Commonwealth of Australia (2013-2018)
Dr. Victor Gao
Vice President of Center for China and Globalization (CCG)
Anja Manuel
Director of Aspen Strategy Group and Aspen Security Forum
Moderator
Dr. Dino Patti Djalal
Founder and Chairman of Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia (FPCI)
02.
Good News is Good News!: A Discussion on Things that are Going Right in World Affairs
Time: 10:30 - 11:30 | GMT+7 | Check Your Local Time Zone
Session 2
Panelists
Prof. Donald K. Emmerson
Senior Fellow Emeritus at the Freeman Spogli Institute and Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center’s Southeast Asia Program Director, Stanford University
Prof. Amitav Acharya
Distinguished Professor at the School of International Service and UNESCO Chair in Transnational Challenges and Governance, American University
Ameshia Cross
Democratic Strategist and Political Commentator
Dr. Kyungjin Song
Executive Director of Innovative Economy Forum
Moderator
Prof. Gordon Flake
Chief Executive Officer of the Perth USAsia Centre
Session 3
03.
The Future of Afghanistan and Its Impact on Regional Security
Time: 11:45 - 12:55 | GMT+7 | Check Your Local Time Zone
Panelists
H.E. Yue Xiaoyong
Special Envoy on Afghanistan Affairs of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Dr. Hassan Kazemi Ghomi
Special Representative of the Iranian President for Afghanistan
Senior Col. (Ret.) Zhou Bo
Senior Fellow at the Centre for International Security and Strategy (CISS) at Tsinghua University and China Forum Expert, Director of the Centre for Security Cooperation in the Office for International Military Cooperation at the Ministry of National Defense (2016-2020)
H.E. Amar Sinha
Distinguished Fellow at Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), Ambassador of India to Afghanistan (2013-2016)
Mariam Wardak
Co-Founder of “Her Afghanistan”, Strategic Communication and International Relations Adviser to the Afghan National Security Advisors (2015-2018)
Dr. Lana Ravandi-Fadai
Senior Researcher at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow
Moderator
Prof. Harsh V. Pant
Director and Head of the Strategic Studies Programme at the Observer Research Foundation (ORF)
Session 4
Keynote Speech
H.E. Jean-Yves Le Drian
Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of French Republic
04.
The Geopolitics of Competition and Alignments: How Far will the Strategic Rivalries Go and What are the Chances for Rapprochement?
Time: 13:10 - 14:25 | GMT+7 | Check Your Local Time Zone
Panelists
Prof. Stephen Smith
Minister of Defense (2010 - 2013), Minister of Foreign Affairs of Australia (2007-2010)
Major General (Ret.) Dr. Yao Yunzhu
Senior Advisor at China Association of Military Sciences, Academic Committee Member at Center for International Security and Strategy (CISS) at Tsinghua University
Prof. Kishore Mahbubani
Distinguished Fellow of the Asia Research Institute (ARI) at National University of Singapore (NUS)
Fyodor Lukyanov
Research Director of the Valdai Discussion Club, Chairman of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy
Moderator
Dr. Rommel C. Banlaoi
Chairman and Executive Director of the Philippine Institute for Peace, Violence, and Terrorism Research (PIPVTR)
Remarks
H.E. Airlangga Hartanto
Coordinating Minister of Economic Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia
05.
Principles for Post-COVID-19 World: Leading Minds Discuss What the Post-Pandemic World Should Look Like
Time: 14:40 - 15:40 | GMT+7 | Check Your Local Time Zone
Session 5
Panelists
President José Ramos-Horta
Nobel Laureate, President of Democratic Republic of Timor Leste (2007-2012)
Dr. Maria Zakharova
Spokeswoman/Director of the Information and Press Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
Prof. Ichirō Fujisaki
President of Nakasone Peace Institute
Dr. Henry Huiyao Wang
Founder and President of Center for China and Globalization (CCG), Counsellor of the State Council of the People's Republic of China
Moderator
The Rt Hon. Sir Anand Satyanand
Chair of New Zealand Institute of International Affairs (NZIIA), Governor-General of New Zealand (2006-2011)
Session 6
C1.
Stand-Up Comedy
Time: 15:55 - 16:05 | GMT+7 | Check Your Local Time Zone
Rizal van Geyzel
Stand-up Comedian & Co-founder of The Crackhouse Comedy Club KL
Keynote Speech
H.E. Retno Marsudi
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia
06.
COVID-19 Pandemic in Year Two: The Challenge of Vaccinating the Global Population
Time: 16:05 - 17:20 | GMT+7 | Check Your Local Time Zone
Panelists
H.E. Khairy Jamaluddin
Minister of Health of Malaysia
George Fu Gao
Director-General of Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC)
Dr. Bruce Aylward
Senior Advisor to the Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO) and Head of the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator Hub (ACT-A)
Dr. Ayoade Olatunbosun-Alakija
Co-Chair of African Vaccine Delivery Alliance (AVDA)
Moderator
Prof. Tjandra Yoga Aditama
Member of COVAX Independent Allocation of Vaccines Group (IAVG)
C2.
Stand-Up Comedy
Time: 17:35 - 17:45 | GMT+7 | Check Your Local Time Zone
Sakdiyah Ma’ruf
Stand-up Comedian
Armchair Discussion
Regulating Blockchain: Beyond the Politics of Crypto
Time: 17:45 - 18:15 | GMT+7 | Check Your Local Time Zone
Armchair Discussion
Speaker
Changpeng Zhao
Founder and CEO of Binance
Moderator
H.E. Vuk Jeremić
President of Center for International Relations and Sustainable Development (CIRSD), President of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) (2012-2013)
Session 7
07.
The Ticking Time Bomb of Climate Change: Accelerating Climate Actions After COP-26 Glasgow
Time: 18:15 - 19:30 | GMT+7 | Check Your Local Time Zone
Panelists
Hiro Mizuno
Special Envoy of UN Secretary-General on Innovative Finance and Sustainable Investments
H.E. Hyoeun Jenny Kim
Ambassador and Deputy Minister for Climate Change in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea
Helen Mountford
Vice President for Climate and Economics of World Resources Institute (WRI)
Moderator
Jeff Nankivell
President and CEO of Asia-Pacific Foundation of Canada, Consul General of Canada in Hong Kong and Macao (2016-2021)
Remarks
Choi Shing Kwok
Director and CEO of ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources of Singapore (2012-2017)
08.
Growth, Inequality, Disruptions and Dislocations in the World Economy: What Has Happened to the “Great Reset”?
Time: 19:45 - 20:55 | GMT+7 | Check Your Local Time Zone
Session 8
Panelists
H.E. Sri Mulyani Indrawati
Minister of Finance of the Republic of Indonesia
Pascal Lamy
President of Paris Peace Forum (PPF), Director-General of the World Trade Organization (2005-2013)
H.E. Zhu Guangyao
Vice Finance Minister of the People’s Republic of China (2010-2018)
Prof. Andrés Velasco
Dean of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) School of Public Policy, Minister of Finance of Chile (2006-2010)
Moderator
H.E. Fernando De Mateo
Ambassador of Mexico to the World Trade Organization (2004-2016), Mexican Council of Foreign Relations (COMEXI)
C3.
Stand-Up Comedy
Time: 21:00 - 21:10 | GMT+7 | Check Your Local Time Zone
Nitinn R. Miranni
Award Winning Comedian & Celebrity Host
Session 9
09.
Technology as the New Frontier of Competition and Cooperation
Time: 21:10 - 22:10 | GMT+7 | Check Your Local Time Zone
Panelists
Paul Triolo
Managing Director, Global Technology Policy at the Eurasia Group
Nigel Cory
Associate Director at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF)
Dr. Melissa K. Griffith
Senior Program Associate with the Science and Technology Innovation Program (STIP) at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Prof. Yu Yang
Assistant Professor at the Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences, Tsinghua University
Moderator
Gregory B. Poling
Senior Fellow and Director, Southeast Asia Program and Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
Keynote Speech
H.E. Ahmed bin Ali Al Sayegh
Minister of State to the United Arab Emirates
10.
Youth As Superpower: What to Fix in A Broken World
Time: 22:25 - 23:25 | GMT+7 | Check Your Local Time Zone
Session 10
Panelist
Joshua Williams
Founder, President and Chief Changemaker of Joshua’s Heart Foundation
Melati Riyanto Wijsen
Founder of Youthtopia and Bye Bye Plastic Bag
Moderator
Dr. Dino Patti Djalal
Founder and Chairman of Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia (FPCI)
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