China-India-Southeast Asia Economic Dialogue 2026
Strengthening Dialogue in a Changing Geoeconomic Environment
11 – 12 September 2026, Singapore

Friday, 11 September 2026

1:00 PM – 1:30 PM | Opening Remarks

• Teh Kok Peng, Chairman, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore
• Pramod Bhasin, Chairman, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM | Panel Discussion: Geoeconomics

Moderator: Alfred Schipke, Director, EAI, NUS; Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, NUS
Panellists:
• Shyam Saran, Former Foreign Secretary, India
• Da Wei, Director and Professor, Center for International Security and Strategy, Tsinghua University
• Nirupama Rao, Former Foreign Secretary, India
• Mari Elka Pangestu, Special Envoy to the President on International Trade and Multilateral Cooperation, Indonesia
• George Yeo, Former Minister for Foreign Affairs, Singapore; Visiting Scholar, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore

3:00 PM – 3:30 PM | Coffee Break

3:30 PM – 5:00 PM | Panel Discussion: Business Perspectives

Moderator: Kuek Yu Chuang, Deputy CEO, SPH Media
Panellists:
• Pramod Bhasin, Chairman, ICRIER
• R. Gopalakrishnan, Former Executive Director, Tata Sons Ltd.
• Nazir Razak, Chairman and Founding Partner, Ikhlas Capital
• Kok Ping Soon, Chief Executive Officer, Singapore Business Federation
• Prakash Kannan, Chief Economist & Director of Total Portfolio Strategy Group, GIC, Singapore

6:30 PM – 8:30 PM | Welcome Dinner

Dinner Speech by V. Anantha Nageswaran, Chief Economic Adviser, Government of India. Introduction by P S Srinivas, Visiting Research Professor, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore [Download Speech]

Saturday, 12 September 2026

Session 1: Framing the Dialogue 9:00 AM – 9:45 AM

Moderator: Chen Gang, Deputy Director, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore
Speakers:
• Dammu Ravi, Former Secretary (Economic Relations), Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India
• Retno L.P. Marsudi, Former Foreign Minister, Indonesia
• Ng Chee Khern, CEO and Director, ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapore; Former Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Manpower, Singapore
• Fang Jin, Director-General, Research Department of Foreign Economic Relations, Development Research Centre of the State Council, China

Session 2: Trade, Investment, and Supply Chains 9:45 AM – 11:15 AM

Moderator: Shekhar Aiyar, Director & Chief Executive, ICRIER

Lead Presenter: Amita Batra, Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Panellists:
• Tu Xinquan, Dean and Professor, China Institute for WTO Studies, University of International Business and Economics, China
• Nisha Taneja, Senior Visiting Professor, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations
• Nobuhiro Aizawa, Dean and Managing Director, ERIA School of Government, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia
• Guo Kai, President and Senior Fellow, CF40 Research and Non-Resident Senior Fellow, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore
• Nguyen Thanh Trung, Faculty Member of International Relations at Fulbright University Vietnam; Former Director, Center for International Studies; Former Dean,
Faculty of International Relations, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam
• Adrian Ng, Director-General (Asia, Middle East and Africa), Ministry of Trade and Industry, Singapore

Roundtable Discussion

11:15 AM – 11:30 AM | Coffee Break

Session 3: Financial Cooperation and Green Transition 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM

Moderator: Rajiv B. Lall, Professorial Research Fellow, Singapore Management University

Lead Presenter: Johan Sulaeman, Director, Sustainable and Green Finance Institute, National University of Singapore
Panellists:
• Yunwen Bai, Vice-President, Institute of Finance and Sustainability, Beijing
• Miao Yanliang, Senior Managing Director, Chief Strategist, China International Capital Corporation
• Cyn-Young Park, Executive Director, South-East Asian Central Banks Research and Training Centre
• Tang Man Keung, Managing Director, Macro Strategy, Temasek International

Roundtable Discussion

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM | Lunch

Session 4: AI and the Digital Economy 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Moderator: Kenneth Kang, Visiting Research Professor-Designate, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore

Lead Presenter: Shen Yan, Professor and Executive Director, Institute of Digital Finance, National School of Development, Peking University
Panellists:
• Leong Sing Chiong, Deputy Managing Director (Markets and Development), Monetary Authority of Singapore
• Debjani Ghosh, Former President, National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM) and Distinguished Fellow NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India), India
• Daranee Saeju, Assistant Governor, Strategy and Special Projects Management Group, Bank of Thailand
• Yao Yang, Dean and Professor, Dishui Lake Advanced Finance Institute, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
• Jeremy Tan, CEO, Liquid Group

Roundtable Discussion

3:30 PM – 4:00 PM | Coffee Break

Synthesis & Actionable Next Steps 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM

• Alfred Schipke, Director, EAI
• Shekhar Aiyar, Director & Chief Executive, ICRIER