(as of July 10)
*Honorifics and titles omitted, names in no particular order.
**English, Thai and Japanese simultaneous interpretations will be available during this forum.
***Please be advised that agenda, speakers, presentation themes are subject to change.

13:00-13:05 Opening Remarks

Naotoshi Okada

President & CEO, Nikkei

13:05-13:50 Opening Session

Opening Address

Somkid Jatusripitak

Deputy Prime Minister, kingdom of Thailand

Moderator

Nobuhisa Iida

Editor-in-Chief, Editorial Headquarters for Asia, Nikkei

13:50-15:10 Session 1

Optimizing management for today’s global challenges

Thiraphong Chansiri

President & CEO, Thai Union Group

Nicolo Galante

COO, Central Group

Yoshihisa Kainuma

President & CEO, MinebeaMitsumi

Moderator

Sonoko Watanabe

Editor-in-Chief, Nikkei Asian Review

15:10-15:30 Coffee Break

15:30-16:50 Session 2

Opportunities and challenges facing ASEAN’s financial markets

Frederic C. DyBuncio

President, SM Investments

Pipit Aneaknithi

President, KASIKORNBANK

Kesara Manchusree

President, The Stock Exchange of Thailand

Moderator

Yasu Ota

Columnist, Nikkei Asian Review/ Editorial Writer, Nikkei

16:50-18:10 Session 3

Reaching Asia’s new middle-class consumers

Wang Yu

Chairman, Spring Airlines

Kalin Sarasin

Chairman, The Thai Chamber of Commerce and Board of Trade of Thailand

Pipope Chokwatana

Advisor, Saha Pathanapibul

Moderator

Ken Koyanagi

Editor-at-Large, Nikkei Asian Review

18:30-20:00 Networking Party

*We are pleased to announce that Mr Wang Yu of Spring Airlines will be giving a speech at this year's conference since he has taken over his father, Mr Wang Zhenghua’s position as the Chairman of the company.