Regional Outlook Forum 2022

About the Regional Outlook Forum

The Regional Outlook Forum (ROF), ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute’s flagship event held at the beginning of each year, will be held on the 6th and 7th of January 2022.

This year’s theme “REGIONAL DISRUPTIONS AMIDST GLOBAL RECOVERY”, reflects expectations of a continuing global recovery but with uneven performance across countries in the region driven by differences in Covid-19 vaccination rollout and continuing struggles to control the new Delta variant.

ROF 2022 will examine key economic and political dynamics at the regional and national level, informed by global events including major and middle powers contestation and alliances, political and security concerns nearer to home, amidst an on-going pandemic.

More info is available on the Event website.

DAY 1: 9am – 1pm

SESSION 1 – US CHINA RELATIONS

Mr Ryan Hass
Senior Fellow and the Michael H. Armacost Chair, Brookings Institution

Professor Chen Dongxiao
President, Shanghai Institutes of International Studies

Professor Khong Yuen Foong
Li Ka Shing Professor in Political Science, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore

SESSION 2 – VIETNAM

Professor Edmund Malesky
Professor of Political Economy, Duke University

Dr Can Van Luc
Chief Economist, Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam

SESSION 3 – THAILAND

Dr Kanokrat Lertchoosakul
Assistant Professor of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University

Dr Kirida Bhaopichitr
Research Director for International Economics and Development Policy

DAY 2: 9am – 12.20pm

SESSION 4 – MYANMAR

Dr Min Zin
Executive Director, Institute for Strategy and Policy

Dr Matthew Arnold
Independent Analyst

SESSION 5 – INDONESIA

Professor Dewi Fortuna Anwar
Research Professor, Research Centre for Politics-National Research and Innovation Agency (PRP-BRIN)

Dr Raden Pardede
Founder and Managing Partner, CReco Research Institute

SESSION 6 – MALAYSIA

YB Nurul Izzah Anwar
Member of Parliament for Permatang Pauh

Mr Nurhisham Hussein
Chief Strategy Officer, Employees Provident Fund

Registration

Tickets for ROF 2022 are available here.

For general queries and registration matters, email rof@iseas.edu.sg

For queries regarding ROF sponsorship package, email alice_wu@iseas.edu.sg

For media queries, email teo_hwee_leng@iseas.edu.sg