Role Players (Speakers)

Special Address by
The Honourable Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein, Minister of Defence, Malaysia

Ambassador Shivshankar MENON Distinguished Fellow Brookings Institution & Former National Security Advisor, India

Dr XU Jian – Senior Fellow, China Institute of International Studies (CIIS) & Chairman, CIIS Academic Council, China

Dr Seiichiro TAKAGI – Senior Adjunct Fellow, Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA), Japan

HE Mr Saleumxay KOMMASITH Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Ambassador ONG Keng Yong Executive Deputy Chairman,
S Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) Nanyang Technological University (NTU) & Ambassador-at-Large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Singapore

Dr THITINAN Pongsudhirak
Director of the Institute of Security and International Studies, Chulalongkorn University
Thailand

Tan Sri Dr MUNIR Majid
Chairman, Bank Muamalat Malaysia & Board Member Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia

Associate Professor Ryo SAHASHI – Associate Professor of International Politics, Kanagawa University, Yokohama, Japan

Professor ZHU Feng – Director, Collaborative Innovation Center of South China Sea Studies, Nanjing University, China

Mr MA Tong Hui – Director General, Institute for Disarmament and Peace Democratic People’s
Republic of Korea

Mr Ralph COSSA – President, Pacific Forum Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), USA

Dr James BOUTILIER
Special Advisor, Maritime Forces Pacific, Canada

HE Ambassador Carlos Felix CORONA – Ambassador of Mexico to Malaysia

Mr Pramit Pal CHAUDHURI Foreign Editor, The Hindustan Times

Professor William MALEY Asia-Pacific College of Diplomacy Australian National University Australia

Ambassador Dr Iftekhar Ahmed CHOWDHURY – Principal Research Fellow, (South Asian Strategic & Multilateral) Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore; & Former Foreign Minister, Bangladesh

Dr Aries ARUGAY – Executive Director Institute for Strategic and Development Studies (ISDS)
The Philippines

Dr David CAPIE – Director Centre for Strategic Studies (CSS) Victoria University of Wellington
New Zealand

U KHIN Maung Lynn
Joint Secretary, Myanmar Institute of Strategic and International Studies (MISIS) Myanmar

Dr James M DORSEY
Senior Fellow, S Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
Singapore

Dr NASSER Hadian
Professor of Political Sciences, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, University of Tehran
Iran

Dr Victor SUMSKY
Director ASEAN Centre, MGIMO University, Russia

Dr May-Britt STUMBAUM
Director NFG Research Group “Asian Perceptions of the EU” Freie Universität, Berlin
Germany

Mr ASRUL Daniel Ahmed
Chief Operating Officer, Global Movement of Moderates Foundation, Malaysia

Imam FEISAL Abdul Rauf
Chairman,
Cordoba Initiative

Dr Frank UMBACH
Research Director European Centre for Energy and Resource Security (EUCERS), King’s College, London United Kingdom

Ambassador Rae Kwon CHUNG Former Principal Advisor on Climate Chang Executive Office of the Secretary-General
United Nations

Professor Yukari TAKAMURA Professor of International Law, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University
Japan

Ms Simla RAMPHUL
Adviser for Migration in Asia International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

Dr Sriprapha PETCHARAMESREE Institute for Human Rights and Peace Studies Mahidol University Thailand

Professor William MALEY Asia-Pacific College of Diplomacy Australian National University Australia

Dr WU Shicun
President National Institute for South China Sea Studies
China

Professor David WELCH – CIGI Chair of Global Security Balsillie School of International Affairs & Professor, Political Science, University of Waterloo, Canada

Major General Steven R RUDDER (USMC) – Director, Strategic Planning and Policy (J5) US Pacific Command, USA

Dr TRAN Truong Thuy
Director, Foundation for East Sea Studies (FESS) & Acting Director, Bien Dong Institute Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam (DAV)