More than 500 people attended the two-day forum. They included business people, government officials, academics and university students. The distinguished guest of honour and keynote speaker for the first-day forum was Yang Berhormat Dato'Dr. Shafie Mohamed Salleh, Minister of Higher Education, Malaysia. The second-day forum's keynote speaker was Dra. Leila Retna Komala, MA, Appointed Representative of Dr. Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Minister of State for National Development Planning / Chairperson of National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas), and Deputy Minister of National Development Planning for Human Resources and Cultural Affairs, Indonesia. They both kindly accepted to make keynote speeches on the theme for the 7th HYLI " Balancing People, Planet & Profit in Asia's Future " to show their support for the purpose of this program.
The forum sessions also covered panel discussions on the following three sub themes:
Asian Economic Integration: Challenges and Opportunities
Translating Environmental Awareness into Action
The Changing Role of Education in a Dynamic Asia
The young leaders actively exchanged views with Asia's distinguished leaders. At the Question & Answer sessions, lively discussions were held between the speakers, young leaders and even the audience. The invited speakers and their speeches are as follows:
Yang Berhormat Dato'Dr. Shafie Mohamed Salleh
[Malaysia]
Minister of Higher Education
Dra. Leila Retna Komala, MA [Indonesia]
Appointed Representative of Dr. Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Minister of State for National Development Planning / Chairperson of National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas), and Deputy Minister of National Development Planning for Human Resources and Cultural Affairs
Yang Berhormat Dato'Mustapa Mohamed
[Malaysia]
Minister in the Prime Minister's Department
Dr. Masahiro Kawai [Japan]
Institute of Social Science
University of Tokyo
Dato' Dr. Michael Yeoh [Malaysia]
Chief Executive Officer
Asian Strategy and Leadership Institute, [Malaysia]
Mr. Victor O. Ramos [the Philippines]
Former Secretary
Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Mr. Ismid Hadad [Indonesia]
Executive Director
KEHATI - Indonesian Biodiversity Foundation
Dr. Koh Thiam Seng [Singapore]
Director
Educational Technology Division
Ministry of Education
Dr. Chantavit Sujatanond [Thailand]
Deputy Director
Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization
Secretariat
Prof. Tan Sri Dato'Dr. Anuwar Ali [Malaysia]
Vice Chancellor
Open University Malaysia (OUM)