Special Addresses
Topic
Opening Remarks by Co – Chairs
Amb (Retd.) Shivshankar Menon
Former National Security Advisor of India & Distinguished Fellow of the Centre for Social and Economic Progress
Topic
Address by U.S Government Representative
Mr. Dean Thompson
Senior Bureau Officer of the US Department of State Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs
Topic
Address by Representative of the Government of Japan
Mr. Kazuya ENDO
Deputy Assistant Minister and Director, Management and Coordination Division, Minister’s Secretariat of the Government of Japan
Sessions
Topic
Maritime Security and Freedom of Navigation [Session I]
Admiral Sunil Lanba. PVSM, AVSM, (Retd.)
Chairman - National Maritime Foundation, and Former Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS), Indian Navy
Topic
Identifying and addressing major issues including ‘mistrust’ and ‘trust deficiency’ [Session III]
Dr. Liu Zongyi
Senior Fellow & Secretary General, South Asia and China Center, Shanghai Institutes for International Studies
Topic
Identifying and addressing major issues including ‘mistrust’ and ‘trust deficiency’ [Session III]
Dr. Michishita Narushige
Vice President, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Tokyo, Japan
Topic
Maritime Security and Freedom of Navigation [Session I]
Ambassador Gleb Ivashentsov
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Russia, Vice President of the Russian International Affairs Council
Topic
Enhancing Connectivity [Session II]
Dr. Yogesh Joshi
Research Fellow, Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore
Topic
Enhancing Connectivity [Session II]
Mr. Jaimal Anand
Research Associate, Department of International Relations and Co-Operation (DIRCO), Pretoria, South Africa
Topic
Enhancing Connectivity [Session II]
Mr. Rohan Masakorala
Chief Executive Officer, Shippers Academy, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Topic
Maritime Security and Freedom of Navigation [Session I]
Ms. Nilanthi Samaranayake
Research Program Director, CNA, Arlington, Virginia, USA
Topic
Identifying and addressing major issues including ‘mistrust’ and ‘trust deficiency’ [Session III]
Dr. David Brewster
Senior Fellow with the National Security College, Australian National University
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