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Agenda

Southeast Asia Summit on Prosperity and Sustainability
May 19th, 2025 | 9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Stanford University

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9:30AMWelcome & Opening Remarks
 William Chueh, Director, Precourt Institute for Energy, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, of Energy Science and Engineering, of Photon Science and Senior Fellow at the Precourt Institute for Energy
 Chris Field, Perry L. McCarty Director of the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, Melvin and Joan Lane Professor for Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies, Stanford University
 Arun Majumdar, Dean of the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability & Jay Precourt Provostial Chair Professor
9:50AMThe Summit Vision: The Honorable Gita Wirjawan, Visiting Scholar, Precourt Institute for Energy; Former Minister of Trade, Republic of Indonesia
10:05AMFireside Chat: The Honorable Condoleezza Rice, Director of the Hoover Institution and Former United States Secretary of State, hosted by Arun Majumdar, Dean of the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability & Jay Precourt Provostial Chair Professor
11:00AMKeynote: His Excellency Dr. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Former President of the Republic of Indonesia
11:30AMLunch
12:45PMPanel: Meeting Future Energy Demands Sustainably and Securely
 William Chueh, Director, Precourt Institute for Energy, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, of Energy Science and Engineering, of Photon Science and Senior Fellow at the Precourt Institute for Energy  (Moderator)
 James O. Ellis Jr., Annenberg Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution
 LEW Chuen Hong, Chief Executive, Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA)
1:30PMPanel: Realism of Transitioning from Old to New Paradigm in Developing Economies 
 Sally Benson, Precourt Family Professor, Professor of Energy Science Engineering and Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment and the Precourt Institute for Energy (Moderator)
 Julio Friedmann, Chief Scientist, Carbon Direct
 Thomas Heller, Professor Emeritus; Director, Sustainable Finance Initiative, Precourt Institute for Energy
 Manny Maceda, Partner and Chair, Bain & Company
2:15PMBreak
2:30PMPanel: Food Security/Blue Foods
 Jim Leape, Co-director of the Center for Ocean Solutions and William and Eva Price Senior Fellow at the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment (Moderator)
 David Cohen, WSD-Handa Professor of Human Rights and International Justice, Professor of Environmental Social Sciences
 Tan Sri Nazir Razak, Founding Partner of Ikhlas Capital, Chairman of ASEAN Business Advisory Council
 The Honorable Gita Wirjawan, Visiting Scholar, Precourt Institute for Energy; Former Minister of Trade, Republic of Indonesia
3:15PMKeynote: His Excellency Dr. Agus Yudhoyono, Coordinating Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development, Republic of Indonesia
3:35PMPanel: Southeast Asia Center
 David Cohen, WSD-Handa Professor of Human Rights and International Justice, Professor of Environmental Social Sciences (Moderator)
 Wei Yang Cheong, Vice Provost (Strategic Research Partnerships), Singapore Management University
 Roderick Purwana, Managing Partner, East Ventures
 The Honorable Gita Wirjawan, Visiting Scholar, Precourt Institute for Energy; Former Minister of Trade, Republic of Indonesia
4:05PMKeynote: The Honorable Steven Chu, Professor of Physics, of Molecular & Cellular Physiology, and of Energy Science & Engineering; Former U.S. Secretary, Department of Energy
4:25PMReception
5:30 PMProgram concludes