The Blue Opportunity: Indo-Pacific Partnerships for Infrastructure, Growth, and Development

The nations of the Indo-Pacific must deliver sustainable and inclusive development to their young and aspirational populations – but are faced with multiple challenges, from economic security to slowing growth and environmental degradation. Creating new growth paths means that physical and virtual infrastructure must be financed and built. A vibrant blue economy needs resilient infrastructure on the coasts alongside digital public infrastructure for coastal communities. The international financial system will need to be reformed, updated and made greener to meet this ambition; and the norms governing these efforts must recognise the need for inclusivity and justice, including gender equity. This panel will consider how new models of co-operation – from undersea cables to digital architecture – can create a 21st-century growth paradigm.

Scenesetter:
Masahiro Komura, Parliamentary Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, Japan

Speakers
Indra Mani Pandey, Secretary General, Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation
Fatafehi Fakafānua, Speaker of Parliament, Kingdom of Tonga
Lesikimacuata Korovavala, Permanent Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Fiji
Magnus Ewerbring, Chief Technology Officer, Asia-Pacific, Ericsson
Hayley Channer, Director of the Economic Security Program with the United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney, Australia

Moderator
Suzanne Vares-Lum, President, East-West Center, United States of America

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