ACHIEVING ASEAN SUSTAINABLE COMPETITIVENESS BEYOND 2025
CYBERJAYA CONVERSATIONS
SUMMIT 2025
DECEMBER 3, 2025
KUALA LUMPUR CONVENTION CENTRE
KUALA LUMPUR CONVENTION CENTRE
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OVERVIEW
CYBERJAYA CONVERSATIONS SUMMIT
Cyberjaya Conversations Summit is a public–private leadership platform that brings together global thought leaders, policymakers, industry captains, researchers, and emerging voices to shape a sustainable, competitive and future-ready ASEAN.
With sustainable competitiveness as its core lens, the Summit is designed to:
Position Southeast Asia as a leader in high technology, frontier markets and innovation ecosystems aligned with long term regional priorities.
Advance a shared understanding of sustainable competitiveness through strategic foresight, high trust dialogue and collaborative action.
Strengthen regional resilience and institutional readiness in the face of accelerating disruption.
OUR MISSION"To provide Southeast Asian leaders with future focused insight and foresight grounded in a regional perspective on sustainable competitiveness. This serves as a crucial contribution to the AEC Post-2025 agenda."
DEEP DIVE INTO THE SUMMITTo learn more about the sessions, speakers, and key topics covered at the event, kindly download the programme book to view the full agenda
BEYOND GROWTH
THE SUMMIT'S COMPETITIVENESS LENS
Cyberjaya Conversations Summit views competitiveness as beyond GDP growth. Lasting advantage demands that we generate prosperity while safeguarding the resources, institutions and trust on which tomorrow’s prosperity will depend. The Summit therefore organises its work around five Conversations on Sustainable Competitiveness.
CONVERSATION 1
COLLECTIVE COMPETITIVENESS
To explore how ASEAN can align its national agendas, foresight visions, and institutional frameworks to drive collective regional competitiveness beyond 2025. The session anchors the Summit’s principle of co-creation and regional synergy.
CONVERSATION 2
VISIONARY COMPETITIVENESS
This high-level roundtable will explore the ambition, shape and strategic relevance of a unifying ASEAN Grand Challenge for the coming decade. The session invites leaders to reflect on how a bold, regionally co-owned mission can unlock long term competitiveness and resilience.
CONVERSATION 3
INSTITUTIONAL COMPETITIVENESS
To explore how ASEAN can strengthen institutions, governance, and trust-based mechanisms for cross-border innovation, science diplomacy, and regulatory alignment. The session highlights their role in regional resilience and competitiveness.
CONVERSATION 4
FRONTIER COMPETITIVENESS
To explore how ASEAN can lead in emerging high-growth sectors such as the new space economy by establishing ecosystems, talent, and regulatory support. The session highlights ASEAN’s opportunity to be a launchpad for the space economy through public–private collaboration.
CONVERSATION 5
INNOVATIVE COMPETITIVENESS
How can ASEAN supercharge its innovation ecosystems by connecting talent, capital, infrastructure, and ideas across borders? This session spotlights opportunities to scale innovation through collaborative platforms, smart policies, and public–private partnerships that transform creativity into regional competitiveness.
KEY FIGURES
Tan Sri Datuk Dr Ir Ahmad Tajuddin Ali, FASc
Joint Chairman (Industry), MIGHT
HE Dr Ir Boediastoeti Ontowirjo M.B.A
Deputy Chairman, Research and Innovation Policy, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN)
HE Chang Lih Kang
Minister, Ministry of Science, Technology & Innovation (MOSTI), Malaysia
Tan Sri Dato’ Sri Syed Zainal Abidin Syed Mohamed Tahir
Chairman, Dagang NeXchange Berhad
Dr. Glenn Suerte Felipe Banaguas
President, Environmental and Climate Change Research Institute (ECCRI)
Datuk Seri Hj. Hasnol Zam Zam Hj. Ahmad
Secretary General, Ministry of Science, Technology & Innovation (MOSTI) Malaysia
HE Dr Hul Seingheng
Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation (MISTI) of Cambodia
Irza Fauzan Suprapto
CFA, Director, ASEAN Innovation Business Platform (AIBP)
Dato’ Kamarul Redzuan Muhamed
Group CEO, UZMA and President of MASIC
HE Dr Kao Kim Hourn
Secretary-General of ASEAN
Ms Pai Ching Koong
Director of Communications, Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF)
Tan Sri Emerita Prof. Dr. Mazlan Othman
Senior Associate, MIGHT
Dr Pranpreya Sriwannawit Lundberg
Director, International Policy Partnership Division, Thailand's National Higher Education Science Research and Innovation Policy Council (NXPO)
Ts Rushdi Abdul Rahim
President & Chief Executive Officer, MIGHT
Sovattha Neou
CEO, Impact Hub Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Dr Supachai Kid Parchariyanon
CEO and Co-Founder of RISE, Thailand
Professor Dr Sukit Limpijumnong
President, National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), Thailand
Tan Sri Dr Syed Hamid Albar
Former Malaysia Minister of Foreign Affairs
Dr Wahyudi Hasbi
Head, Research Center for Satellite Technology, National Research & Innovation Agency (BRIN), Indonesia
Professor Emeritus Tan Sri Dr Zakri Abdul Hamid, FASc
Joint Chairman (Government), MIGHT
Dr Zurina Moktar
Assistant Director/Head of Science and Technology Division, ASEAN Secretariat
Dr Fereshteh Rafieian
Programme Specialist for Science Policy and Basic Sciences, UNESCO Regional Office in Jakarta
Assoc Prof Dr Malai Haniti Sheikh Abdul Hamid
Director, Centre for Advanced Material and Energy Sciences, Universiti Brunei Darussalam
Dato’ Gs Haji Azlikamil Napiah
Director General, Malaysian Space Agency (MYSA)
Dr Naoko Sugita
Advisor to the Director, Earth Observation Research Center, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Xu Junjie
Senior Expert, China Space-Time Information Co. (CSTI), Ltd
Datuk (Dr.) Nora Manaf
Chairman, MGA and Board Member
Kamarul Ariffin
Chief Executive Officer, Cyberview Sdn Bhd
Tyler Lim
Director (Transformation & Strategic Projects), GovInsider
Abdul Hakim Sahidi
Managing Director, Leave a Nest
Dr Lim Jui
CEO, SGInnovate
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