Fernando Zobel keynotes BusinessWorld forum on ASEAN

Ayala Corporation president and COO Fernando Zobel de Ayala will be the keynote speaker of the Business WorldPAL ASEAN Regional Forum to be held tomorrow at the Forbes ballroom of Conrad Manila at the MOA Complex in Pasay City.

Following the

success of the BusinessWorld Economic Forum last July, the country’s leading business newspaper will launch another pioneering event meant to give clarity to the evolving landscape that is ASEAN and the Philippines’ role in the region.

The establishment of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) in 2015 has made the region’s economic integration a reality, opening a huge opportunity for entrepreneurs not only from across the 10 nations that comprise the group, but also for those from outside wanting to do business in the area.

The forum is timely as it comes ahead of the Philippines’ hosting of the ASEAN Summit next year.

Zobel will jumpstart the discussion of how companies can chart their course in the AEC anchored on the forum’s theme ,“Building Globally-Competitive Enterprises .”

He is joined by international professionals such as Bonji Ohara, director for policy research of the Tokyo Foundation, and Thanh Hai Do, senior fellow of the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam, who will discuss the economics of competing territorial claims in the South China Sea.

Aside from businessmen and professionals, the forum also features government leaders such as Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno, who will talk about government’s role in making ASEAN more inclusive.

Visit http://bweconomicforum. com/asean for more details.