MILLENNIAL 20-20


I sat down with Victor Cui, CEO of One Championship the biggest Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) organization in Asia at the Millennials 20-20 conference in Singapore (September 2016).

We spoke about the growth of MMA, what makes the sport so popular and how to win in a billion dollar industry without landing a punch.

HOFFMAN’S 20th ANNIVERSARY


I moderated a session on the changing role of the media landscape at Singapore Management University as part of Hoffman's 20 year anniversary (November 2016).

KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT MEDIA LANDSCAPE DISCUSSION (FTI-DENTSU)

I was invited to deliver the keynote on the media landscape and the journalism approach, jointly hosted by FTI & Dentsu Aegis (March 2017)

happiness in the workplace

Moderated a panel with happiness coach Sunny Grosso and four other panelists on happiness in the workforce and what millennials aspire for. The event was hosted by ACCA Singapore (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants)

Innovfest panel on smart cities

We explored how the cities of the tomorrow will be built to be smart, to take advantages of connected infrastructure, IoT and an ever more engaged populace. Building these cities will take the combined efforts of visionary governments, innovative corporations and resourceful entrepreneurs. I spoke with Paul Scanlan, CTO, Huawei, Gordon Falconer, Director, Smart Cities, Schneider Electric -Joachim Jake Layes, Global Director, Entrepreneur Impact, Autodesk -Steve Melhuish, Co-founder & Vice Chairman, PropertyGuru.

Innovfest panel on BUILDING SOLUTIONS FOR TOMORROW’S PROBLEMS

We touched on the businesses of tomorrow will be incredibly varied, taking advantage of massive new data points to tackle customer problems head on. This will allow businesses to better serve their base as well as better direct resources. Hear from our panel of experts as they dive deep into how increased digitization has led to happier stakeholders. I spoke with Hiroshi Saijou, CEO & MD, Yamaha Motor Ventures and Laboratory, Leon O'Reilly, General Manager, APAC Solution Centre, Fuji Xerox , Steven Aldrich, Chief Product Officer, GoDaddy and Eric Yves Mahe, CEO, KodakIT. Link below.

Innovfest panel on LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAINs



PANELIST AT INTERNATIONAL CFO FORUM

I shared the stage with fellow panelist, Jack Dannibale, former communications representative for Barack Obama and a Hollywood Screenwriter at the International CFO Forum. I was invited to speak on the importance of storytelling.

INDIA-US TRADE RELATIONS

Moderated a panel on India-US Trade Relations at the US Capitol on behalf of the Atlantic Council and USINPAC with Pravin Krishna, Professor at SAIS, Johns Hopkins, Tom West from the Cohen Group and Akhil Berry from Mclarty

GEORGIA SENATE RUNOFF

Invited as a panelist on the USINPAC special panel to discuss the Georgia Senate Runoff Election in 2020.

A LOOK AHEAD TO INDIA’S FOREIGN POLICY

I had the pleasure of moderating this panel in partnership with the Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI).

I was delighted to have this riveting conversation with Lisa Curtis at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), my colleague Vikram J. Singh at the , and partnering with Farwa Aamer at the Asia Society Policy Institute to put this webinar together.

The one-hour conversation is out on video as we dissect the "new" yet familiar Indian government's foreign policy priorities, discussing both neighborhood first and relations with strategic partners across the oceans, what is the future of India's regional dynamics, the trajectory of US-India relations, and India's growing global role as Prime Minister Modi begins his third term in office.