Overview
Building on the success of the ASEAN Investment Forum 2023 in Jakarta, Indonesia, this Forum aims to create awareness of ASEAN as an attractive investment destination and increase investments by forming links with potential investors and other economies. To this end, with the support of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), ASEAN will launch during this Forum its ASEAN Regional Investment Action Plan 2025-2030. This contains ASEAN’s strategy for promoting and attracting investment, and to feature ASEAN as a single investment destination as envisioned under the ASEAN Comprehensive Investment Agreement and the ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint 2025.
The ASEAN Investment Forum is jointly organized annually by the ESCAP, the ASEAN Secretariat and its Coordinating Committee on Investment, the ASEAN Business and Advisory Council and the ASEAN Chair of the current year. The Forum is held as a part of the ASEAN Business and Investment Summit.
Event sponsors include the Government of Australia, the Government of China, the ASEAN Japan Centre, Bayer, and Crowe Growth Consulting Malaysia.
Date and Venue
The Forum will be held on 7th October 2024 at the Landmark Mekong Riverside Hotel in Vientiane, Lao PDR.
Arrangements
Key speakers during the forum will include Ministers of Investment and investment promotion agencies from ASEAN Member States, current and potential investors, and high-level government representatives from outside ASEAN with a mandate to support their businesses in investing in ASEAN. Speakers will be encouraged to discuss investment potential of and investible projects in ASEAN in three key sectors, namely the green economy, digital transformation and investing in ASEAN in select sectors. There will also be an exhibition area for each ASEAN country to feature how to invest in their countries and key investment projects. This will also allow countries to interact with potential investors.
We're thrilled to announce that our panellists will include:
🔸Winnie Huynh, Founder & CEO at The Green Solutions Group
🔸Stephen Phillips OBE, Senior Adviser at BDO Unibank
🔸Nicola Watkinson (she/her), International Managing Director at TheCityUK
🔸Simon Huang Feng, Chairman of the Shanghai Association of Foreign Investment
🔸Hannah Nguyen, Director of Digital Ecosystems, ICC Digital Standards Initiative (DSI) at the International Chamber of Commerce
🔸Somboun Phongsavanh, Chairman of the Shareholder Committee at Phongsavanh Group
