THRIVING IN CHANGE NAVIGATING GLOBAL AMBIGUITY
THIS YEAR WE FOCUS ON HOW ASIAN COMPANIES HAVE SURVIVED THROUGH AND HOW THEY WILL CONTINUE TO THRIVE WITH LOOMING GLOBAL ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTIES.
Keynote speaker
Manny Maceda
CEO and Chairman of the Board at Bain & Company
From The dean
David Schmittlein
Dean of the MIT Sloan School of Management
Development & Growth
What would it take for Developing Asia to escape the middle-income trap? Are there lessons to be learned from Developed Asia, and can their success be replicated?
Kazuto Ataka
Senior Strategist at Z Holdings Corporation (Parent Company to Yahoo!Japan, Line, and PayPay)
David Yin (Moderator)
Partner at GSR Ventures
Wilson Chu
Chairman at Defond
Saurabh Mukherjee
COO at Atria Convergence Technologies
VC in Asia
What are the challenges and dynamics of running a business in Asia? Hear it from those who put their money where their mouths at.
Eddy Chan
Founding Partner at Intudo Ventures
Lisheng Wang
Partner at TSVC
Seo Lee
Director at SV Investment
Janice Lam (Moderator)
President of the Sloan Entrepreneurship Club, MBA Candidate at MIT Sloan
Jessica Liu
Partner at AppWorks Ventures
Entrepreneurship and Startups
Emerging tech and opportunities – Hear what start-ups in Asia are focusing on and how they are tackling it.
Levana Sani
Co-founder at Nalagenetics
Yuka Kojima
Founder at FOVE
Lynette Seow
Co-Founder at Safe Space
Sherwin Xia (Moderator)
Co-founder at Trendsi
Serephina Ha
Founder at Sereine Lab
Sustainability
How should companies in the toughest sectors (ESG-wise) approach sustainability?
Niven Huang
Head of ESG at KPMG Asia Pacific
Ryo Okumura
Head of Carbon Management & Climate Investment at Mitsubishi Corporation
Roongrote Rangsiyopash
President & CEO at Siam Cement Group (SCG)
Quyen Tran
Director of Impact Investing & Head of Sustainable Investing in Fundamental Equities at BlackRock
Sinead O’Flanagan (Moderator)
Senior Lecturer at MIT Sloan School of Management
Unravel the intricacies of Asia and its people through its arts – Understand the people to understand the market.
Arts and Culture
Fahmi Reza
Malaysian Political Artist
Irmandy Wicaksono
Researcher at the MIT Media Lab
Desi Pep Soetanto (Moderator)
MBA Candidate at MIT Sloan