The Asia-Pacific New Leaders’ Dialogue brought 56 new and emerging leaders from across the region together with some of the biggest names in politics, business and academia, on October 30-31, 2009. The Dialogue was filmed in Jakarta by Indonesian network SCTV and will be first broadcast on Wednesday 11 November and the following Wednesday 18 November 2009.
This is the first in what is sure to become an annual event in association with the Jakarta-based organisation, Modernisator. The quality of participants, was remarkable; the following are just a sample:
Mr Jungwook Hong - Representative, National Assembly of the Republic of Korea
Ms Sylvia Lim - Non-constituency Member of Parliament, Workers Party of Singapore
Ms Ali Moore - Presenter & Journalist, Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Ms Dian Sastro - Indonesian Actress & Film Producer
Dr Dionisio Babo Soares - Secretary General, National Congress for the Reconstruction of Timor Leste
Ms Ruth Yeoh - Director of Investments, YTL Company Berhad
Mr Khairy Jamaluddin Zabidi - Representative, Parliament of Malaysia
Joining our participants in the studio were an esteemed collection of speakers:
H.E Dr Boediono - Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia
Professor Kishore Mahbubani– Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
Surin Pitsuwan, Secretary General - Association of Southeast Asian Nations
Mr Tony Fernandes– Founder & CEO, Air Asia
Video messages were also received by the following:
The Hon. Kevin Rudd– Prime Minister of Australia
The Hon. Abhisit Vejjajiva– Prime Minister of Thailand
Mr Muhammad Yunus– Nobel Peace Prize-Winning economist
Dr Sri Mulyani, Finance Minister of the Republic of Indonesia, hosted the opening dinner of the Dialogue on Friday 30 October. The closing dinner the following night was hosted by the Governor of Jakarta, Fauzi Bowo.
Highlights and side interviews from the event can be viewed on the dedicated Generation 21 Youtube channel here.
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Generation 21: Asia-Pacific New Leaders' Dialogue
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