(as of October 18)
*Honorifics and titles omitted, names in no particular order.
**English and Japanese simultaneous interpretations will be available during this forum.
***Please be advised that agenda, speakers, presentation themes are subject to change.

9:00-9:15 Opening Remark

Mohamad Maliki Osman

Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Singapore

9:15-9:45 Keynote Speech

Gary Roughead

Former US Chief of Naval Operation

9:50-11:40 Panel Discussion1

Security Environment in Asia during Trump era

Richard Armitage

Former US Deputy Secretary of State

Iwao Horii

Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan

Kishore Mahbubani

Dean of Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy

Gen Nakatani

Former Defense Minister of Japan

Nguyen Tam Chien

Senior Advisor, Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam

Amy Searight

Senior Adviser and Director, Southeast Asia Program, CSIS

Moderator

Tsuyoshi Sunohara

Managing Executive Officer, Nikkei Inc.

11:40-13:00 Lunch Break

13:00-14:50 Panel Discussion2

South China Sea and Asian Choice

Julio S. Amador III

Deputy Director-General, Foreign Service Institute, Philippines

Zack Cooper

Senior Fellow for Asian Security, CSIS

Yoji Koda

Vice Admiral (Retired) Japan Maritime Self Defense Force

Masanori Nishi

Special Adviser to the Minister of Defense (Japan)

Tang Siew Mun

Head of ASEAN Studies Centre, ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute

Moderator

Michael Green

Senior Vice President for Asia and Japan Chair, CSIS

14:50-15:10 Coffee Break

15:10-17:00 Panel Discussion 3

Economic Alliance in the Asia-Pacific Region

Matthew P. Goodman

Senior Adviser for Asian Economics, CSIS

Yoshiji Nogami

President and Director General, the Japan Institute of International Affairs

Yasuhisa Shiozaki

Former Minister of Health, Labor & Welfare of Japan

Shujiro Urata

Professor, Waseda University

Representative from Government of Singapore (TBD)

Moderator

Michael Stott

Managing Editor, Nikkei Asian Review