Topic
“Toward Fast and Sustainable Growth of a People-Centered ASEAN Community”
The Vision
The ASEAN Future Forum aims to become an annual multi-stakeholder, track 1.5 dialogue platform for open and constructive dialogues on the future of ASEAN.
Our mission is to contribute to shaping a resilient, inclusive, and forward-looking ASEAN that effectively adapts to the changing regional and global environment while upholding its core values and meeting the needs of its Member States.
Through the Forum, we will address critical questions about ASEAN's future relevance and centrality, while exploring innovative ideas and practical steps to ensure ASEAN's continued success in promoting peace, security, and development in the region, as well as contribute to the global agenda such as the upcoming UN Summit of the Future.
OPENING SESSION
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H.E. Pham Minh Chinh Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Keynote Speaker |
H.E. Sonexay Siphandone Prime Minister of the Lao People's Democratic Republic Keynote Speaker |
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H.E. Bui Thanh Son Minister of Foreign Affairs, Socialist Republic of Viet Nam Welcoming Remarks |
H.E. Kao Kim Hourn Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) |
PLENARY SESSION 1:
ASEAN’s Rapid Development for a Sustainable Future
This session is dedicated to envisioning a path for ASEAN towards a sustainable, inclusive, and resilient future.
ASEAN's Community building goals have been closely aligned with the United Nations (UN) Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development and the ASEAN Digital Masterplan 2025. Aiming to support and contribute to the 2024 Summit of the Future, the Forum provides a venue for multi-stakeholder deliberations that demonstrate ASEAN's commitment and action to join a new global consensus on multilateral solutions to current and future challenges. Among the top agendas will be how ASEAN could work to reform global governance toward a multilateral system that is more effective, more trusted, more inclusive, and better equipped to capitalize on the opportunities of a future world that will be characterized technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), 5G, and blockchain.
PLENARY SESSION 2:
Ensuring Comprehensive Security for a People-Centered ASEAN Community
This session focuses on visualising a comprehensive approach for ASEAN to safeguard regional security in an increasingly complex world.
It aims to explore holistic approaches that ensure all dimensions of the security concept, including economic, social, environmental, and digital resilience, are duly addressed. Discussions are expected to explore new models for ASEAN Member States to not only safeguard against a broad spectrum of threats, from cyber-security and disinformation to climate change and natural disasters, but also place the well-being, prosperity, and digital empowerment of the people at the core of ASEAN Community building.
Press registration - ASEAN Future Forum 2024
ASEAN Future Forum 2024 with the theme of Building a fast-growing, sustainable, people-centered ASEAN Community was held on April 23, 2024 at Melia Hotel, 44B Ly Thuong Kiet, Hanoi, Vietnam Male.
Reporters attending the Forum please fill in the information in the form here.
