KPMG and Asia Society Australia are proud to present a policy briefing on ASEAN and its central role in the Indo-Pacific  by one of the region's leading thinkers, diplomats and policy practitioners  - Professor Kishore Mahbubani, Dean & Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore.

Professor Kishore Mahbubani, will brief Asia Society Australia members, supporters and friends on ASEAN’s unique place as a centre of emerging Asia, connector of global trade routes and the arena of intense competition between China and the United States.

The breakfast will be held under the Chatham House Rule and will provide guests with an excellent opportunity to engage with the guest speaker.

Date: 15 October 2015
Time: 7:45-9:00am
Venue: Level 15, KPMG, 10 Shelley Street, Sydney

This event is open to members of Asia Society Australia and invited guests only. RSVP is essential by Friday, 2 October. For more information please contact [email protected].

About our speaker:

A student of philosophy and history, Prof Kishore Mahbubani has had the good fortune of enjoying a career in government and, at the same time, in writing on public issues. Currently, he is the Dean and Professor in the Practice of Public Policy at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy of the National University of Singapore. Concurrently, Prof Mahbubani continues to serve in Boards and Councils of several institutions in Singapore, Europe and North America, including the Yale President's Council on International Activities (PCIA), Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs, Indian Prime Minister’s Global Advisory Council, University of Bocconi International Advisory Committee, World Economic Forum - Global Agenda Council on Geo-economics and Chairman of the Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize Nominating Committee.

Asia Society Australia’s Executive Briefings are a curated series of meetings presented by diplomats, business leaders and subject matter experts from Asia and Australia. Designed to offer a deep dive into the critical issues of the day, to an audience of senior executives from the business, political, educational and cultural institutions that make up the Asia Society network.

The breakfast briefing is generously sponsored by KPMG