Keynote Speakers

Benedict R. O’G. Anderson

Dr. Benedict R. O’G. Anderson is Professor Emeritus of International Affairs, Cornell University, author of Imagined Communities, The Spectre of Comparisons and Under Three Flags, among other acclaimed books, and renowned for his majestic studies of Southeast Asia and profound commentaries on historical and social developments.

 

 

Krisana Kraisintu

Dr. Krisana Kraisintu is a 2009 Ramon Magsaysay Award recipient and International Honorary Dean, Faculty of Oriental Medicines, Rangsit University, Thailand.

 

 

 

 

Jomo Kwame Sundaram

Dr. Jomo Kwame Sundaram is the Assistant Secretary-General on Economic Development, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations.  He is an internationally respected economist and API Fellow whose work as academic, researcher and public intellectual has enriched our understanding of the different dimensions of Asia’s changing position under conditions of rapid globalization