Opening Session
H.E. Pham Minh Chinh
Prime Minister of Viet Nam
H.E. Sonexay Siphandone
Prime Minister of Lao PDR,
ASEAN Chair 2024
H.E. Bui Thanh Son
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Viet Nam
H.E. Kao Kim Hourn
Secretary-General of ASEAN
Amb. Dr. Pham Lan Dung
Acting President of
Diplomatic Academy of Viet Nam
Featuring video messages from
The Right Honourable
Dato' Seri Anwar bin Ibrahim
Prime Minister of Malaysia,
incoming ASEAN Chair 2025
H.E. António Guterres
Secretary-General of the United Nations
(video message)
With congratulatory remarks from
H.E. Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.
President of the
Republic of the Philippines
H.E. Srettha Thavisin
Prime Minister of
the Kingdom of Thailand
H.E. Xanana Gusmão
Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
Plenary session 1:
ASEAN’s Rapid Development for a Sustainable Future
Lead speakers
The Hon. Dato Erywan Pehin Yusof,
Second Minister of Foreign Affairs
of Brunei Darussalam
H.E. Nguyen Manh Hung,
Minister of Information and Communication of Viet Nam
H.E. Oh Young-ju,
Minister of SMEs and Start-ups,
Republic of Korea (video message)
Panelists
H.E. Kishore Mahbubani, Distinguished Fellow, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore
Prof. Tetsuya Watanabe, President,
Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)
H.E. Eduardo Pedrosa, Secretary-General, Pacific Economic Cooperation Council
Prof. Ian Goldin, former Vice President of World Bank, University of Oxford
Amb. Brian McFeeters, Senior Vice President, US – ASEAN Business Council
Moderator
Ambassador, Dr. Dino Patti Djalal,
Founder of the Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia
Plenary session 2:
Ensuring Comprehensive Security for
a People-Centered ASEAN Community
Lead speakers
H.E. Retno Marsudi,
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia
H.E. S. Jaishankar,
Minister of External Affairs of India
(video message)
Panelists
H.E. Kung Phoak,
Secretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation,
Kingdom of Cambodia
H.E. George Yeo,
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Singapore
Mr. Kavi Chongkittavorn, Senior Fellow, Institute for Strategic and International Studies, Thailand
Prof. Yang Jiemian, Chairman, Academic Advisory Council, Shanghai Institutes for International Studies
H.E. Tony Blair,
Former UK Prime Minister
(video message)
Dr. Damian Hickey,
Regional Director for Southeast Asia,
Tony Blair Institute for Global Change
Moderator
Hon. Sue Lines,
President of the Australian Senate
(video message)
Ambassador Pham Quang Vinh,
Former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam, former ASEAN SOM Leader of Vietnam