Speakers

CONFIRMED OPENING KEYNOTE ADDRESS

H.E. Dr. Thaksin Shinawatra,
Prime Minister of Thailand

CONFIRMED GOVERNMENT SPEAKERS

Ralph Boyce, U.S. Ambassador to Thailand
Charlene Barshefsky, Former USTR; Senior International Partner, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
Thanong Bidaya, Minister of Commerce, Thailand
Stephen Biegun, Vice President of International Government Affairs, Ford Motor Company
Myron Brilliant, Vice President for Asia, US Chamber of Commerce
Laura Cha, Member, Executive Council of Hong Kong S.A.R.
Ronnie C. Chan, Chairman, Hang Lung Properties Limited; Vice-Chairman, Asia Society
Viset Choopiban, Minister of Energy, Thailand
Pham Gia Khiem, Deputy Prime Minister, Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Somsavat Lengsavad, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affaris, the Lao People's Democratic Republic
Watana Muangsook, Minister of Industry, Thailand
Sathit Sirirangkamanont, Secretary-General, Board of Investment of Thailand
Kantathi Suphamongkhon, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Thailand
Goh Chok Tong, Senior Minister, Singapore
Rajat M. Nag, Director-General, Mekong Department and Special Advisor to President, Asian Development Bank

ADDITIONAL CONFIRMED SPEAKERS

Ernest Z. Bower, Partner, BrooksBowerAsia
John Bussey, Deputy Managing Editor, The Wall Street Journal
Reginal Chua, Editor, The Asian Wall Street Journal
Matthew P. Daley, President, US-ASEAN Business Council
Vishakha N. Desai, President, Asia Society
Mike Gonzalez, Editorial Page Editor, The Asian Wall Street Journal
Stephen W. Green, Chairman, Unocal Thailand, Ltd.
Kim Hak-Su, Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Rajive Kaul, Chairman, NICCO Corporation; Former President, Confederation of Indian Industry
Sicille Kotelawala, Ceylinco Consolidated, Sri Lanka
Kishore Mahbubani, Dean, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore
Makio Miyagawa, Director, Japan Institute of International Affairs
Robert Morse, Chief Executive Officer, Corporate & Investment Bank, Asia Pacific, Citigroup, Inc.
Amal Naj, Country Manager, Thailand and Indochina, Pfizer (Thailand) Limited
Ong Keng Yong, Secretary General, ASEAN
Nitya Pibulsonggram, Chief Negotiator for Thailand-US FTA, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Thailand
Jairam Ramesh, Member of Parliament, India
Hugo Restall, Editor, Far Eastern Economic Review
Paul Riley, President, Philip Morris Thailand
Kevin M. Rudd MP, Federal Member for Griffith; Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Security, Australia
Surakiart Sathirathai, Deputy Prime Minister, Thailand
Adam Schwarz, Senior Fellow, McKinsey Global Institute
Anon Sirisaengtaksin, Senior Executive Vice President for Corporate Strategy and Development, PTT Public Company Limited
Kantathi Suphamongkhon, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Thailand
Pote P. Videt, Managing Director, Lombard Investments, Inc.; Trustee, Asia Society
Mechai Viravaidya, Chairman and Founder, Population & Community Development Association, Thailand
John S. Wadsworth, Jr., Advisory Director, Morgan Stanley Asia; Trustee, Asia Society
James Lee Witt, Former Director, Federal Emergency Management Agency; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, James Lee Witt Associates, LLC
Marcus Wright, Senior Editor, Dow Jones Newswires