EU-ABC Events

ASEAN – EU Business Summit 2025

Date: 25 September 2025

Time: 1.00 PM – 6.30 PM

Cost: SGD 300 / person (EU-ABC Members) ; SGD 400 / person (non EU-ABC Members)

Venue: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

First held in Jakarta, Indonesia in 2011, the ASEAN-EU Business Summit is the EU-ASEAN Business Council’s flagship event. With ASEAN Ministers and top business executives in attendance, the Summit provides a unique platform for engagement between key personalities from both the public and private sector.

Over the years, it has served as a venue to discuss pressing economic and trade matters, showcasing the mutual commitment of the EU and ASEAN to enhance their longstanding partnership.

Each year, the Summit focusses on addressing key issues of the day, advancing initiatives, and exploring opportunities that benefit both regions. Now in its 11th iteration, this year’s Summit will be held alongside the ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM) Meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, with the goal to further EU–ASEAN dialogue and cooperation on free trade agreements, sustainable growth, and digital transformation.

Agenda

12:00 PM – 12:45 PM Registration & Networking Lunch
1:00 PM – 1:05 PM Opening & Welcome Remarks
Noel Clehane, Vice-Chairperson, EU-ASEAN Business Council
1:05 PM – 1:20 PM Opening Address
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim*
1:20 PM – 1:30 PM ASEAN Secretary-General Address
Dr Kao Kim Hourn, Secretary-General of ASEAN*
1:30 PM – 1:45 PM Platinum Sponsor Speech
1:45 PM – 2:15 PM Keynote Address & Fireside Chat
Malaysia-EU FTA, and the future of EU-ASEAN trade
and investment relationship – Maroš Šefčovič, European Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security*
2:15 PM – 2:25 PM Gold Sponsor Speech 1
2:25 PM – 3:05 PM Panel 1: Powering ASEAN’s green economic growth
Suggested panellists:
• Platinum Sponsor rep
• Gold Sponsor rep
• ASEAN Centre for Energy
• EIB
3:05 PM – 3:10 PM Gold Sponsor Speech 2
3:10 PM – 4:00 PM Panel 2: Sustainability at the heart of economic development
Suggested panellists:
• ASEAN Environment Minister
• Gold Sponsor rep
• DSG socio-cultural pillar
• NGO
• ADB
4:00 PM – 4:30 PM Coffee Break
4:30 PM – 4:40 PM Gold Sponsor Speech 3
4:40 PM – 5:30 PM Panel 3: Digital technologies as game changers — Reshaping jobs, sustainability and growth in ASEAN
Suggested panellists:
• Satvinder Singh, Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN*
• European business leader
• ASEAN homegrown company representative
• NUS Artificial Intelligence Institute representative
5:30 PM – 6:15 PM Ministerial Panel: Advancing ASEAN economic integration post-2025
Ministers of Trade of the incoming ASEAN Chairs*
(the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand)
6:15 PM – 6:20 PM Closing Speech
Malaysian Minister of Investment, Trade & Industry Tengku Zafrul Aziz*
6:20 PM – 6:30 PM Closing Remarks
EU-ASEAN Business Council Board Member
6:30 PM – 7:30 PM VIP Cocktail Reception** / General Reception
**By invite only

*Please note that this is a tentative agenda and is subject to change. EU-ABC will send an updated program closer to the date of the event.