2021 Speakers

2021 Featured Speakers

Marty Walsh

Secretary of Labor

U.S. Department of Labor
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Muhammad Lutfi

Minister of Trade

The Republic of Indonesia
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Steve Chabot

Congressman, Ranking Member

Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and Nonproliferation
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Gregory Meeks

Congressman, Chairman

Committee on Foreign Affairs
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Ami Bera

Congressman, Chairman

Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and Nonproliferation
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John Kerry

Special Presidential Envoy for Climate

U.S. Department of State
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Naoshi Hirose

Vice-Minister for International Affairs

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Japan (METI)
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Jose W. Fernandez

Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy and the Environment

U.S. Department of State
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Steve Dickson

Administrator

Federal Aviation Administration
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Vinai Thummalapally

Acting Director

U.S. Trade and Development Agency
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Ambassador Ted Osius

President

U.S.-ASEAN Business Council (USABC)
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Jake Levine

Chief Climate Officer

U.S. Development Finance Corporation
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The following speakers are listed alphabetically by last name.

Towfiqul Islam Khan

Senior Research Fellow

Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD)
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Hazeen Ashby

Deputy Chief of Staff & White House Liaison

Export-Import Bank of the United States
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Reta Jo Lewis

President and Chair of the Board of Directors

Export-Import Bank of the United States
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David Katz

Managing Director of Public Affairs

Asia Pacific, KKR
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Julinette Bayking

Senior Financial Advisor

Papua New Guinea Electrification Partnership
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Takanari Yamashita

Deputy Director-General for International Economic Affairs

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan
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Shigeru Hayakawa

Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors (Representative Director)

Toyota Motor Corporation and Chairman of the Committee on U.S. Affairs, Keidanren
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Myung-Ho Lee

President

Japanese Commerce and Industry Association in Dhaka, Country Representative for Bangladesh, Mitsubishi Corporation
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Dr. Lakmal Fernando

Co-Founder and Managing Director

Regen Renewables (Pvt) Ltd
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Victor Osumi

Managing Director and President of Japan

Delta Airlines
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Hans Klemm

Japan Representative

Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA)
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Ambassador Kiminori Iwama

Ambassador

Embassy of Japan in Bangladesh
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Rubaba Dowla

Country Managing Director

Oracle Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan
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Mehnaz Ansari

Senior Regional Representative for South Asia

U.S. Trade and Development Agency
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Mayuko Tatewaki

Senior Vice President, 5G Strategy and Business, Network Service Business Unit

NEC Corporation
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Scott Nathan

Chief Executive Officer

U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC)
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Donald Lu 

Assistant Secretary, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs

U.S. Department of State
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Sharifa Khan

Secretary of Economic Relations Division

Ministry of Finance of Bangladesh
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Eric Handa

Co-Founder and CEO

APTelecom
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Ambassador Peter Haas

Ambassador

U.S. Embassy in Dhaka
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Akihiro Okochi

Deputy Director-General Economic Affairs Bureau and Ambassador in Charge of Economic Diplomacy

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
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Tadashi Maeda

Special Advisor to the Cabinet of the Government of Japan

Chairman, Japan Bank for International Cooperation
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Yoshimasa Hayashi

Minister for Foreign Affairs

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
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Alfredo “Fred” Pascual

Secretary (Minister) of Trade and Industry

Department of Trade and Industry of the Philippines
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Dr. Danilo C. Lachica

President

Semiconductor and Electronics Industries
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Ambassador Delia Domingo-Albert

Former Secretary

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines
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Jacqueline Briones Badoo

CEBU Site Manager

Teradyne Inc.
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Jose Ma. Clemente “Joey” Sarte Salceda

Representative

Philippines House of Representatives
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Toshiaki Tanaka

Representative Director, Executive Vice President, and Executive Officer

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.
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Yulia Toyokawa

Managing Executive Officer Head of Global Credit

MUFG Bank, Ltd.
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Steve Lang

Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Information and Communications Policy, Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy

U.S. Department of State
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Sarah Ellerman

Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Southeast Asia and the Pacific (Acting)

Office of the US Trade Representative
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Afreen Akhter

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs

U.S. Department of State
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Dr. Benjamin E. Diokno

Secretary of Finance & Monetary Board Member

Department of Finance of the Philippines
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Gina M. Raimondo

Secretary of Commerce

U.S. Department of Commerce
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Ambassador MaryKay Loss Carlson

Ambassador

U.S. Embassy in Manilla
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Pete Buttigieg

Secretary of Transportation

U.S. Department of Transportation
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Ambassador Rahm Emanuel

Ambassador

U.S. Embassy in Tokyo
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Nishimura Yasutoshi

Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan
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Hiroshi Yoshida

Vice-Minister

Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan
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Marisa Lago

Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade

US Department of Commerce
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Sharon H. Yuan

Counselor and Chief Negotiator, Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, Office of the Under Secretary

U.S. Department of Commerce
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Matt Murray

U.S. Senior Official for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs

U.S. Department of State
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Jose W. Fernandez

Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment

U.S. Department of State
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Enoh T. Ebong

Director

USTDA
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Antony J. Blinken

Secretary of State

U.S. Department of State
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Ambassador Katherine Tai

Ambassador, US Trade Representative

Office of the US Trade Representative
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Rahat Ahmed

Founding Partner and CEO

Anchorless Bangladesh
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Rahul Agrawal

Director

Actis
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Stephen Anderson

U.S. Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Communications and Information Policy

Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, U.S. Department of State
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Larry Angelilli

Chief Financial Officer

MoneyGram
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Azita Arvani

General Manager

Rakuten Mobile in the Americas
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Jeffrey Baker

U.S. Treasury Representative to Southeast Asia, U.S. Embassy Singapore

U.S. Department of Treasury
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John Baker

Senior Vice President of Business Development

Mavenir
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Deepak Bagla

Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer

Invest India
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Sanjib Bezbaroa

Executive Vice President, Corp EHS & Sustainability

ITC
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Stephen Biggins

Managing Director

Core Lithium
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Alex Botting

Senior Director for International Cybersecurity Services

Venable
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Myron Brilliant

Executive Vice President and Head of International Affairs

U.S. Chamber of Commerce
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John Bruns

Vice President, Commercial Sales & Marketing India & Southeast Asia

The Boeing Company
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Wai-Chan Chan

Managing Director

The Consumer Goods Forum
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Vinayak Chatterjee

Chairman

Confederation of Indian Industry’s National Council on Infrastructure
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Kamal Chetty

Acting Chief Executive Officer

Investment Fiji
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Manish Chourasia

Managing Director

Tata Cleantech Capital Ltd
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Shahir Chowdhurry

Chief Executive Officer

Shikho
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Paul Chua

CyberSecurity Officer, Greater Asia

Becton Dickinson Medical Devices
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Lisette Cipriano

Senior Digital Technology Specialist (Digital Financial Technology)

Asian Development Bank
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Tania Constable

Chief Executive Officer

Minerals Council of Australia
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Marie Damour

Chargé d’ Affaires a.i.

U.S. Mission in Vietnam
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Joyeeta Das

Group Program Manager, Corporate Citizenship & Corporate Affairs

IBM
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Abhijit Datta

Managing Director

SCG International Corp Ltd.
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Nathaniel Dean

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Energy Resources

U.S. Department of State
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ElsaMarie D’Silva

Founder

Red Dot Foundation (India)
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Sahra English

Vice President of Global Public Policy

MasterCard
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Jillian C. Evanko

President and Chief Executive Officer

Chart Industries, Inc.
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Nikhil Deshpande

Director of Product Development

Intel Corporation
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Verinda Fike

Regional Director for the Indo-Pacific

U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA)
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Eric Francia

President & Chief Executive Officer

AC Energy
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Tetsuro Fukunaga

Director-General, International Affairs

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan (METI)
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Rajesh Gangadhar

Chief Technology Officer

STL Access Solutions
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Vibhav Garg

Director-Government Affairs Strategy, India HUB & ASEAN

Boston Scientific
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Tony Greubel

Chargé d’Affaires a.i. 

U.S. Embassy in Suva
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Kamesh Gupta

Chief, Graphene Business, Innoventure and Innovation

Tata Steel
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Salil Gupte

President

Boeing India
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Ken Haig

Head of Energy and Environment Policy, Asia-Pacific region and Japan

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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Peter M. Haymond

U.S. Ambassador

The Laos People’s Democratic Republic
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Michael Heath

Chargé d’ Affaires a.i.

U.S. Mission in Thailand
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Mike Hernon

Director of Smart Cities

Winbourne Consulting, LLC
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Hsueh-Hai Hu

Vice President

Chunghwa Telecom Mobile Business Group
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James C. F. Huang

Chairman

Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA)
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Dale Huntington

Senior Director, Health Care Systems for Emerging Markets

Johnson and Johnson, Singapore
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John Hurley

Acting U.S. Executive Director

Asian Development Bank
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Stephen Jacques

Principal Commercial Officer

Consulate General Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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Maimunah Jaffar

Director

Iskandar Regional Development Authority
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Gauri Jauhar

Executive Director, Energy Transition & Cleantech Consulting

IHS Markit
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Dinesh Khara

Chairman

State Bank of India (SBI)
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Takeo Konishi

Director

Asian Development Bank, India
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Keith Lawson

Senior Vice President & General Manager Asia Pacific & Middle East

Jacobs
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Annabel Lee

Head of Digital Policy APAC

Amazon Web Services
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Wee Seng Lim

Group Head of Energy, Renewables & infrastructure

DBS Bank Ltd
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Richard Lomas

Senior Vice President Global Government Affairs - Asia Pacific

Citi
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Durga Malladi

Senior Vice President and General Manager, 5G, Mobile Broadband & Infrastructure

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
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Rafik Mansour

Chargé d’ Affaires a.i.

U.S. Embassy in Singapore
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Larry McDonald

Acting Assistant Secretary for International Markets

U.S. Department of Treasury
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Sam McLean

Senior Manager, Business Development and Policy

Tesla
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Brian D. McFeeters

U.S. Ambassador

Malaysia
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Earl R. Miller

U.S. Ambassador

The People’s Republic of Bangladesh
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Vineet Mittal

Chairman

Avaada
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Anirban Mukerji

Head of Qualcomm for Good, India and S.E. Asia

Qualcomm
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Matt Murray

Senior Bureau Official, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs

U.S. Department of State
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W. Patrick Murphy

U.S. Ambassador

The Kingdom of Cambodia
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Krishna Nacha

Senior Vice President, Head of GBS and Operations Transformation

Wipro Ltd
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Kaku Nakhate

President and India Country Head

Bank of America
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Malachy Nugent

Vice President, Financial Services

US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF)
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Craig O’Connor

Renewable Energy & Environmental Exports Officer

Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM)
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Sandra Oudkirk

Director

American Institute in Taiwan
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Siddarth Pai

Founding Partner and Chief Financial Officer

3one4 Capital
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Michael J. Paulus

Managing Director and Head of the Public Sector Group, Asia-Pacific

Citigroup, Hong Kong
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Jo Peddhinti

Principal Consultant, Digital Solutions

IQVIA
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Carol A. Petsonk

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs

U.S. Department of Transportation
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Ngyuen Quoc Phuong

Deputy General Director

Airports Corporation of Vietnam
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Kawal Preet

President

Asia Pacific, Middle East, and Africa Region FedEx Express
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Jared Ragland

Senior Director, Policy — APAC

BSA | The Software Alliance
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Charles R. Ranado

Commercial Counselor

U.S. Embassy, Vietnam
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Sangita Reddy

Past President

FICCI & JMD- Apollo Hospitals Group
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Sam Riggall

Chief Executive Officer

Sunrise Energy Minerals
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Avnish Sabharwal

Managing Director

Accenture Ventures and Open Innovation, India
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Fuat Savas

Managing Director, Infrastructure Finance and Advisory

JP Morgan
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Akhil Saxena

Vice President, Customer Fulfilment Operations, APAC, MENA & LATAM

Amazon
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Sacha Schwarzkopf

Director

Urban Design Studio Leader, AECOM
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Gene Seroka

Executive Director

Port of Los Angeles
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Joan Shen

Managing Director

Tangeng Advanced Vehicles, Taiwan
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Arati Shroff

Deputy Economic Chief

American Institute in Taiwan
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Daleep Singh

Deputy National Security Advisor

National Security Council
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Ashish Singh

Additional Chief Secretary (Transport & Ports)

Government of Maharashtra
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Sumant Sinha

Founder, Chairman and Managing Director

ReNew Power
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Rich Steffens

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Asia

U.S. Department of Commerce
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Paul Stith

Associate Vice President, Global Transportation Initiatives

Black & Veatch
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Krishnamurthy Subramanian

Chief Economic Advisor

Government of India
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Joesph “Joe” Taets

Senior Vice President & President - Asia Pacific

Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (ADM)
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Nolty Theriot

Senior Vice President, Government Affairs

US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF)
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Makoto Uchida

Managing Executive Officer, Global Head of Infrastructure and Environment Finance Group

JBIC
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Rahul Vatts

Chief Regulatory Officer

Bharti Airtel Limited
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Richard Verma

General Counsel and Head of Global Public Policy

Mastercard
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James Wang

Vice President

General Director of Office of Strategy and R&D Planning
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Eugene Wong

Chief Executive Officer

Sustainable Finance Institute Asia Limited
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Kim Yaeger

Senior Director for Maritime Southeast Asia

U.S. ASEAN Business Council
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Shoya Yoshida

General Secretary

International Trade Union Confederation - Asia Pacific
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Joseph M. Young

Chargé d’ Affaires a.i.

U.S. Mission to ASEAN
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Afeef Zaman

Co-Founder and CEO

ShopUp
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