Fireside Chat // Connected Agri-Food Value Chains: How Can We Strengthen Regional and Global Collaboration in a Changing World?

04 Nov 2025
Main Auditorium
Agri-Tech , Food-Tech , Blue Food
  • As the global economic and trade landscape changes, how are alliances between countries in Asia-Pacific and across the world being reshaped? Where do the opportunities for new multi-stakeholder and public-private partnerships lie?
  • What mechanisms and frameworks are needed to support cross-border partnerships, and how can these models align government policy, industry expertise, and innovation capital to de-risk, scale up, and disseminate regionally relevant solutions at every stage of the value chain?
  • How can regional and global agri-food networks build trust and ensure transparency? What are the roles of emerging technologies and data sharing?
Chairperson
Lesly Goh
Lesly Goh, Scientist, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS & Former CTO - WORLD BANK GROUP, Indonesia
Speakers
Diedrah Kelly
Diedrah Kelly, Executive Director - INDO-PACIFIC AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD OFFICE (IPAAO), Philippines