The ASEAN-Japan Centre invites everyone to the webinar “Inducing Innovation: Reinvigorating ASEAN-Japan Growth and Collaboration in the Semiconductor Industry with AI.”
Wednesday, 26 March 2025
15:00-16:30 GMT9 | 14:00-15:30 GMT8 | 13:00-14:30 GMT7
Zoom webinar
English with simultaneous Japanese translation
About the ASEAN-Japan Insights Series
The Series aims to be a relevant and leading information sharing platform in the region on ASEAN-Japan matters. It will be a hybrid, bilingual (English and Japanese) webinar series that will regularly feature emerging issues in ASEAN and Japan and facilitate information sharing and knowledge sharing among industry, academia, governments, and enterprises within the region.
Introduction
This webinar “Inducing Innovation: Reinvigorating ASEAN-Japan Growth and Collaboration in the Semiconductor Industry with AI,” organized as part of the ASEAN-Japan Insights Series 2024, sets out to explore the possible collaboration between Japan and ASEAN in the push for reigniting their semiconductor industries, while also recognizing the pivotal role of AI as a transformative and essential resource. The webinar aims to open discussions on how Japan and ASEAN member states themselves can tap the region’s young workforce and abundant earth resources, alongside AI technologies, to expand their semiconductor capabilities through joint projects and partnerships.
Registration is free and on a first-come first-served basis.
Registration link:
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Wh5_Ivz2RE6g_xeG0MIN6Q
Programme as of 10 March 2025
*tentative
| 15:00-15:02 | Introduction to the ASEAN-Japan Insights Katrina Navallo, PhD Programme Manager, Research and Policy Advocacy Team, ASEAN-Japan Centre |
| 15:03-15:07 | Welcome Remarks Kunihiko Hirabayashi, MD, PhD Secretary General of the ASEAN-Japan Centre |
| 15:08-15:10 | Introduction of AJC, Speakers, and Moderator ASEAN-Japan Centre Research and Policy Advocacy Team |
| 15:10-16:20 | Panel Discussion and Presentations Moderator: Mr. Mark Manantan, Director of Cybersecurity and Critical Technologies, Pacific Forum and Visiting Fellow, The National Institute for Defense Studies (Japan) |
| 15:10-15:40 | First round: ASEAN’s Strategic Role: Strengthening its Position in the Global Semiconductor Value Chain Presentation from Mr. Ferdinand “Perry” Ferrer, CEO and Chairman, EMS Group of Companies (TBC) on the Philippine perspective in the global semiconductor value chain Presentation from Mr. Andrew Chan, Director at the Malaysia Semiconductor Industry Association (MSIA) (TBC) on the Malaysian perspective in the global semiconductor value chain Panel Discussion |
| 15:41-16:00 | Second round: Unlocking Japan’s Semiconductor Edge: Comparative Advantages and Lessons for ASEAN Presentation from Mr. Masaru Tsuchiya, Partner at McKinsey & Company on how ASEAN and Japan can jointly overcome barriers to innovation in the semiconductor development Panel Discussion |
| 16:01-16:15 | Third round: AI at the Helm: Overcoming Barriers to Innovation in ASEAN’s Semiconductor Sector Presentation from Dr. Lili Yan Ing, Lead Advisor (Southeast Asia) at the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) on how ASEAN and Japan can jointly overcome barriers to innovation in the semiconductor development Panel Discussion |
| 16:16-16:30 | Rapid fire questions and Q&A from Audience |
| 16:30 | Wrap up and end |
Detailed profiles of the speakers may be viewed at this link: Speaker Profiles
