Session 1: World Projection for Year 2022
This panel session will explore critical factors projected to shake, shift or shape the global landscape, and to what extent these may constrain choices and shape opportunities for nation-building. Which scenarios of the ‘world’ and ‘lives’ exist in the post-crisis era? Scenarios of the world in 2022 are projected in the context of the contest between the US and China – the East and the West – which is still in horizon; the recovery of the world economy after COVID-19 is expected to begin; the rise of nationalism and inward-looking policies that might challenge global cooperation. How will these factors change and impact nation-building in 2022?
Moderator: Varin Sachdev, Media Partner for Diplomatic Council, News Anchor on TNN & FM 101
Session Keynote:
H.E. Dr. Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), Former Minister of National Development Planning, Indonesia
Speakers:
1. H.E. Dr. Bhokin Bhalakula,
Former Speaker of the House of Representatives of Thailand, President of the Parliament, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Interior, Vice President of the Supreme Administrative Court of Thailand
2. Dr. Elena Ivanovna Kalinina,
Rector of the St. Petersburg Social and Economic Institute; Ambassador of St. Petersburg, Russia
3. Andrew Khoo Boo Yeow,
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The MUI Group Malaysia