aseanx is live as a regional platform for intelligence on all eleven ASEAN markets.
aseanx is an independent regional community initiative based in Kuala Lumpur. It brings intelligence and insights on business, investment and policy across all eleven ASEAN markets, including Timor-Leste, into one place. The launch event will be a small, invited gathering in Kuala Lumpur.
LaunchYM Tengku Datuk Seri Utama Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz
Chairman, Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA); Chairman, Southeast Asian Futures Initiative Centre (SEAFIC)
LaunchYBhg. Tan Sri Nazir Razak
Chairman, ASEAN-BAC Malaysia (2023–2025); Founding Partner and Chairman, Ikhlas Capital
The inaugural aseanx Forum will ask how ASEAN can reimagine integration for its next chapter.
Episode 1 will be an unscripted discussion among insiders. 2026 marks the first year of the next phase of the region's journey, as ASEAN begins building towards the ASEAN Community Vision 2045. The panel will also weigh what a more fractured world means for the choices in front of the region. Catch the full discussion on aseanx TV when it is released.
The panel will ask what integration has delivered.
Speakers will weigh what regional integration has changed for businesses and communities across the eleven markets.
The panel will ask what happens when national interest wins.
Speakers will examine how national priorities shape, and limit, the regional agenda.
The panel will ask how ASEAN keeps its place.
Speakers will consider the region's standing as global trade fragments into competing blocs.
Forum · Ep 1YM Tengku Datuk Seri Utama Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz
Chairman, Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA); Chairman, Southeast Asian Futures Initiative Centre (SEAFIC)
Forum · Ep 1YBhg. Tan Sri Nazir Razak
Chairman, ASEAN-BAC Malaysia (2023–2025); Founding Partner and Chairman, Ikhlas Capital
Forum · Ep 1YBhg. Tan Sri Datuk Dr. Rebecca Fatima Sta Maria
Former Executive Director, APEC Secretariat; former Secretary-General, Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI)
Forum · Ep 1George T. Barcelon
Chairman Emeritus, Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI)
Forum · Ep 1Jukhee Hong
Founder, aseanx
Further regional speakers will be announced.
The beta version of aseanx is open to the public.
aseanx Intelligence and MERIDIAN read all eleven ASEAN markets as one operating picture, sourced and dated. Businesses, investors and institutions working across the region are invited to say what serves them and what is missing.
Write to us →Episode 1 of the aseanx Forum is in preparation.
Questions about the Forum or speaking on a panel can go to hello@aseanx.co.