The fourth industrial revolution offers opportunities to equalise societies: ASEAN must adopt a holistic 4IR agenda that factors in social equality Counterclockwise starting from top left: Naveen Menon, President (ASEAN) for Cisco; Dato’ Fadzli
Industry 4.0 offers lifeline to businesses in ASEAN during COVID-19 but employees buy-in is the foundation of the shift to new technologies > Counterclockwise starting from top left: Kacper Pierzynowski, co-author of “Southeast Asia’s
Effective responses toward COVID-19 pandemic require country assessment of needs and priorities while ASEAN needs to strengthen the mechanism for immediate and accurate exchange of information From top: Datuk Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah, Director-General
ASEAN Secretary-General: ASEAN remains committed to multilateral cooperation and recognises the critical role of the private sector in the bloc’s COVID-19 economic recovery plan From top: H.E. Dato Lim Jock Hoi, Secretary-General of ASEAN;
Intra-ASEAN and open trade is vital to ASEAN’s post-COVID-19 recovery – the EU experience may offer a path forward for boosting the growth of intra-regional trade From top: Paolo R. Vergano, Senior Fellow of
China is expected to recover in 2021 but the recovery speed depends on the opening of other markets while ASEAN stands to gain from supply chain diversification if it can finally act as a
ASEAN’s economic policy responses to COVID-19 must address short-term relief and long-term survival for businesses while ASEAN is well placed to thrive on post-pandemic trade regionalisation with true economic integration Clockwise starting from top
Malaysia and Thailand to lead the way in pursuit of an integrated ASEAN through facilitating greater connectivity between both economies, catalysing greater regionalism within the bloc (L-R): H.E. Narong Sasitorn, Ambassador of Thailand to
Vietnam should galvanise ASEAN to support the call for world economic peace during ASEAN 2020 Chairmanship (From left): Tan Sri Dr. Munir Majid, Chairman of CARI and ASEAN-BAC Malaysia; and H.E. Dr. Le Quy
ASEAN needs to leverage the power of digital healthcare to ensure affordable and inclusive healthcare services for all (L-R): Franck Perraudin, Asia Head, External Affairs & Public Affairs, Sanofi; Prof. David Bloom, Professor of