Micol Lucchi, Public Engagement, World Economic Forum: Tel.: +41 (0)79 571 8309; Email: micol.lucchi@weforum.org
· The World Economic Forum invites the public to join a discussion at the National Convention Center (NCC) in Ha Noi, Viet Nam, on 11 September 2018
· In partnership with the Ministry of Science and Technology of Viet Nam, the Forum is addressing how ASEAN start-ups can drive new opportunities in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
· To participate in person, register for the Open Forum here· For more information about the World Economic Forum on ASEAN: http://wef.ch/asean18
Ha Noi, Viet Nam, 7 September 2018 – The World Economic Forum, together with the Ministry of Science and Technology of Viet Nam, invites the public to join an Open Forum session on how start-ups can drive new opportunities in the Fourth Industrial Revolution at the National Convention Center (NCC) in Ha Noi, Viet Nam. The Open Forum will take place on Tuesday 11 September from 10.00 to 11.30.
This special session was developed to give students, entrepreneurs, young professionals and the general public an opportunity to discuss what their future might look like as technological disruption shapes the ASEAN region.The session is related to the World Economic Forum on ASEAN, taking place in Ha Noi on 11-13 September under the theme ASEAN 4.0: Entrepreneurship and the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
Join a panel of inspirational leaders, entrepreneurs and thinkers:
- Introduced by Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum
- Opening remarks by Chu Ngoc Anh, Minister of Science and Technology of Viet Nam
- Julia Andrea R. Abad, Executive Director, Far Eastern University Public Policy Center, Philippines
- Rajan Anandan, Managing Director, South-East Asia and India, Google, India
- Annie Koh, Vice-President, Office of Business Development; Academic Director, International Trading Institute; Professor of Finance (Practice), Singapore Management University, Singapore
- Le Hong Minh, Chief Executive Officer, VNG Corporation, Viet Nam
- Syed Saddiq Abdul Rahman, Minister of Youth and Sports of Malaysia
- Moderated by Amrita Cheema, Senior Anchor, Deutsche Welle, Germany
In ASEAN, the labour force is forecast to expand by 11,000 workers every day for the next 15 years. And yet, industrial robots now out-compete low-skilled manufacturing labour; artificial intelligence threatens ASEAN’s service jobs; and self-driving vehicles are already at work in South-East Asia. ASEAN youth will never know a time before the Fourth Industrial Revolution. How do we ensure that the potential offered by start-ups and entrepreneurship will create a brighter future for everyone?
To join the discussion of the critical issues of an “ASEAN 4.0 for All” in person, register here or have your 2018 World Economic Forum on ASEAN badge with you. The Open Forum will be held on Tuesday 11 September 2018 at 10.00 - 11.30 (doors open at 08.30) in the Plenary Hall of the National Convention Center (NCC), Ha Noi, Viet Nam. This session will also be webcast live at http://wef.ch/asean18.
Following the success of the Open Forum sessions at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, the Forum is now bringing its publicly accessible, open-debate format to its regional meetings and, for the first time, to Viet Nam. Since 2003, the Open Forum has brought together leaders from all walks of life: government officials, artists, civil society leaders, entrepreneurs and chief executive officers of multinational companies. The sessions are designed to engage a diverse global public and facilitate the sharing of a broad range of ideas, experiences and stories on pressing and controversial issues.
The 2018 World Economic Forum on ASEAN Co-Chairs are Anne-Birgitte Albrectsen, Chief Executive Officer, Plan International, United Kingdom; Mulyani Indrawati, Minister of Finance of Indonesia; Kang Kyung-Wha, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea; Nguyen Manh Hung, Acting Minister of Information and Communications of Viet Nam; Nazir Razak, Chairman, CIMB Group Holdings, Malaysia; and Kevin Sneader, Global Managing Partner, McKinsey & Company, Hong Kong SAR.
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