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The High-Level Dialogue on ASEAN Italy Economic Relations is the reference event in the ASEAN Region for strengthening economic and strategic ties between ASEAN countries and Italy.

The first three editions – Jakarta (2017), Singapore (2018) and Hanoi (2019) – gathered more than 1,000 Chairmen and CEOs of companies, Ministers and Institutional leaders from ASEAN Countries and Italy. The latest edition in Hanoi saw the attendance of both Prime Ministers of Italy and Vietnam along with senior Ministers from the other ASEAN countries.

This year, in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the High Level Dialogue turns into a cycle of 4 high-level digital Round Tables programmed from July 2020 to January 2021.

The 1° digital Round Table of the High Level Dialogue on ASEAN Italy Economic Relations 2020 was held on Thursday, July 2, 2020 from 10.00 am to 1.15 pm (CEST time).

During the Round Table, the role of the ASEAN region and the value of cooperation with Italy in the current global scenario will be discussed. A forward-looking perspective for broadening opportunities between Italy and ASEAN countries from an economic and an industrial point of view will be provided also in the light of the Corona virus crisis and the restart phase.

10.00 – WELCOMING REMARKS

Chairman: Valerio De Molli (Managing Partner & CEO, The European House – Ambrosetti)

Cristiano Maggipinto (Ambassador of Italy to Malaysia)
Abdul Malik Melvin Castelino (Ambassador of Malaysia to Italy)

10.10 – THE HIGH LEVEL DIALOGUE ON ASEAN ITALY ECONOMIC RELATIONS 2020

Valerio De Molli (Managing Partner & CEO, The European House – Ambrosetti)
Enrico Letta (President, Associazione Italia-ASEAN, Italy; Dean, Paris School of International Affairs, Sciences Po; former Prime Minister)

10.30 – OPENING SPEECHES

Lim Jock Hoi (Secretary-General, ASEAN)
Manlio Di Stefano (Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Italian Government)
Mohamed Azmin Ali (Senior Minister of International Trade and Industry, Malaysian Government)

11.00 – THE ROLE OF THE ASEAN REGION IN THE POST-PANDEMIC MACROECONOMIC SCENARIO

Ramesh Subramaniam (Director General for South East Asia, Asian Development Bank)
Akiko Yamanaka (Special Advisor to the President of ERIA – Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia; Former Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, Japan)
Mohd Munir Abdul Majid (Chairman, ASEAN Business Advisory Council Malaysia)

Q&A

11.30 – MALAYSIA – ITALY COOPERATION AMIDST CORONA VIRUS CRISIS AND RENAISSANCE

Carlo Ferro (President, Italian Trade Agency)
Azman Mahmud (CEO, Malaysian Investment Development Authority – MIDA)

Q&A

12.00 – Round Table “COOPERATION PERSPECTIVES AND BUSINESS PARTNERSHIPS AMONG ASEAN COUNTRIES AND ITALY”

Kasemsit Pathomsak (Deputy Secretary General, Thai Chamber of Commerce)
Bui Nhat Quang (President, Vietnam Academy of Social Science)
Douglas Foo (President, Singapore Manufacturing Federation)
Shinta Widjaja Kamdani (Vice Chairwoman of Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry – KADIN)
Soh Thian Lai (President, Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers)
Barbara Beltrame (Vice President for Internationalization, Confindustria)

Q&A

13.15 – CLOSING REMARKS

Lorenzo Tavazzi (Partner and Responsible of International Development, The European House – Ambrosetti)