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YAB Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim
Prime Minister, Malaysia
YAB Dato' Sri Haji Fadillah bin Haji Yusof
Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia & Minister of Energy Transition and Water Transformation
YB Dato’ Sri Azalina Othman Said
Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Law and Institutional Reform)
YB M. Kula Segaran
Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law & Institutional Reform)
Ms. Anna Joubin-Bret
Secretary, United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)
Mr. Tetsuya Watanabe
President of Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)
Dr. Kao Kim Hourn
Secretary-General, ASEAN
Mr. Masahiro Komura
State Minister of Justice, Japan

Plenary Session 1 (Hall 8B): The ASEAN Arbitration Dynamism: Discovering the Beauty of Divergence in Harmonisation

YBhg. Dato' Mary Lim Thiam Suan
Director, Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC)
Mr. Jeff Leong Pak Lim
Senior Partner, Jeff Leong, Poon & Wong
Ms. Tan Swee Im
Independent Arbitrator Member, 39 Essex Chambers
Mr. Minn Naing Oo
Partner, Allen & Gledhill

Plenary Session 2 (Hall 8B): Mediating Across Borders: Collaborative Solutions to Commercial Conflicts

Mr. Tony Budidjaja
Senior Partner, Budidjaja & Associates
Ms. Shanti Abraham
Principal, Shanti Abraham & Associates
Prof. Dr. Nadja Alexander
Director of Singapore International Dispute Resolution Academy at Singapore Management University
Prof. Elijah Putilin
Independent Arbitrator & Counsel, Putilin Dispute Management

Plenary Session 3 (Hall 8B): Empowering Online Safety across ASEAN: Opportunities and Challenges

Mr. Harris Zainul
Director (Research), Institute of Strategic & International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia
Mr. Thiyagu Ganesan
Deputy Director-General (Law Reforms) Legal Affairs Division, Prime Minister’s Department
Ms. Jessica Zucker
Director, Online Safety Policy Development, Ofcom
Ms. Vanessa Yeo
Cluster Director Strategic Policy and Operations, Infocomm Media Development Authority, Singapore (IMDA)

Plenary Session 4 (Hall 8B): Promotion of International Commercial Arbitration across ASEAN and Japan: Challenges and Opportunities

Mr. S. Saravana Kumar
Partner, Rosli Dahlan Saravana Partnership, AIAC Panel Arbitrator
Mr. Yoshihisa Hayakawa
Professor of Law at Rikkyo University; Partner at Uryu & Itoga
Mr. Yoshihiro Takatori
Special Advisor, Nagashima Ohno & Tsenematsu
Ms. Leong Wan May
Managing Partner, WM Leong & Co. – in association with Nishimura & Asahi

Parallel Session 1 (Hall 7A): Strengthening Commercial Law Frameworks: Unlocking E-commerce Opportunities in ASEAN

Mr. Philip TN Koh
Senior Partner, Mah Kamariyah & Philip Koh; Professor, Universiti Malaya & School of Business & Taxation, Monash Malaysia University & Member of Contract Law Review Committee
Mr. Sivaram Superamanian
Assistant Director, Head of Digital Economy Division, ASEAN Secretariat
Ms. Yanjun Wang
Chief Corporate Officer and General Counsel, Sea
YA Dato’ Seri Vazeer Alam Mydin Meera
Judge Of The Federal Court Of Malaysia & Chair of the Contract Law Review Committee

Parallel Session 2 (Hall 7B): Cross-border Insolvency: Supporting investor confidence and cross-border insolvency frameworks

Mr. Harold Foo
Deputy Director & Counsel for Parliamentary Affairs at the Ministry of Law, Singapore
Mr. Scott Atkins
President, INSOL International
Mr. Victor Saw
President, Insolvency Practitioners Association of Malaysia (iPAM)
YA Tan Sri Datuk Nallini Pathmanathan
Judge Of The Federal Court Of Malaysia & Chair of the Contract Law Review Committee

Parallel Session 3 (Hall 7C): Good Governance in ASEAN: Human Rights in Business

Commissioner Dr. Abdul Haris Semendawai
Commissioner of Education and Counseling, Indonesia National Human Rights Commission/Komnas HAM
Dr. Pichamon Yeophantong
Chairperson of the UN OHCHR Working Group on Business and Human Rights
Dr. Punitha Silivarajoo
Deputy Director-General (Policy & Development), Legal Affairs Division, Prime Minister’s Department
Ms. Belinda Hlatshwayo
Regional Business and Human Rights Project Manager, UNDP Bangkok Regional Hub

Parallel Session 4 (Hall 7A): Forging partnerships for AI-driven legal innovation: Public and Private synergies

Mr. Bintang Hidayanto
Co. Founder and CEO at GANI.AI
Mr. Josh Lee Kok Thong
Managing Director (APAC), Future of Privacy Forum
Mr. Lee Ji En
CEO, ChambersLab
Mr. Shamsul Majid
Head, National AI Office, Malaysia

Parallel Session 5 (Hall 7B): Cyber-related crimes: Transborder Challenges, Regional Solutions

Mr. Himal Ojha
Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Officer, UNODC
Mr. Subash Rengasamy
INTERPOL Cyber Legal Counsel, Singapore
Ms. Edora binti Ahmad
Deputy Chief Executive (Legal Management), National Cyber Security Agency (NACSA)
PCOL David Martinez Vinluan
Executive Director, ASEANAPOL Secretariat

Parallel Session 6 (Hall 7C): Criminal Justice Reforms: Ensuring Ethical AI in Criminal Justice Proceedings

Assoc. Prof. Jaspal Kaur Sadhu Singh
Senior Lecturer in Law, School of Law, Policing and Social Sciences, Canterbury Christ Church University
Mr. Colin Seow
Director, Colin Seow Chambers
YBhg. Prof. Dato' Noor Aziah Mohd Awal
Former SUHAKAM Commissioner and Representative to ACWC
YBhg. Tan Sri Datuk Harmindar Singh Dhaliwal
Chair, Criminal Law Review Committee Former Judge Of The Federal Court Of Malaysia

Parallel Session 7 (Hall 7A): Advancing ASEAN’s Vision: The Intersection of Arbitration and Islamic Finance

Dr. Aida Othman
Managing Director, ZICO Shariah
Dr. Habib Ahmed
Professor and Sharjah Chair in Islamic Law & Finance, Durham University, UK
Dr. Rami S. Abudaqqa
General Secretary, International Islamic Centre for Reconciliation and Arbitration
YBhg. Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Dr. James Foong Cheng Yuen
Chairman of the Financial Markets Ombudsman Service

Parallel Session 8 (Hall 7B): Arbitration on the Field: Fair Game, Integrity and Dispute Resolution

Mr. Nick De Marco KC
Barrister, Blackstone Chambers
Mr. Richard Wee
Managing Partner, Richard Wee Chambers
YBhg. Dato’ Suhardi Alias
Former Sports Commissioner of Malaysia & CEO of Institute for Youth Research Malaysia (IYRES)
YBhg. Datuk Almalena Sharmila Johan
CEO, Asian International Arbitration Centre (Malaysia) (AIAC)

Parallel Session 9 (Hall 7C): Navigating Disputes: The Evolving Landscape of Maritime Arbitration in ASEAN

Mr. Chong Ik Wei
Partner, Clyde & Co
Ms. Sitpah Selvaratnam
Independent Arbitration (Sitpah Selvaratnam Arbitration Chambers)
Prof. Dr. Jason Chuah
Dean, Universiti Malaya Law Faculty , Professor of Commercial and Maritime Law
YBhg. Dato’ Jude P Benny, PBM
Consultant, Joseph Tan Jude Benny LLP

Parallel Session 10 (Hall 8B): ESG Disputes and Arbitration in Global Supply Chains (by Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA))

Dr. Intan Murnira Ramli
Senior Policy Fellow, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)
Dr Sithra Devi Vellasamy
Senior Principal Assistant Director, Industrial Development Division, Ministry of Investment, Trade & Industry
Mr. Tay Yong Seng
Partner, Allen and Gledhill, Singapore
Mr. Yoshitaka Watanabe
Manager on Legal Policy, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)
Ms. Yukiko Tomimatsu
Partner, Nishimura & Asahi

Presentation (Hall 8B): Resolving the Future: The ADR Gamechanger in Malaysia

Mr. Danesh Chandran Velaitham
Assistant Director, Asian International Arbitration Centre (Malaysia) (AIAC)