UNSW ASEAN Conference 2025:
The Quarter Century
8th November 2025
UNSW Kensington Campus
THE QUARTER CENTURY
The UNSW ASEAN Conference brings together hundreds of students and professionals to spark conversation around emerging issues in the ASEAN region. In 2025, UAC will reflect how much ASEAN has developed over the past 26 years since the start of the century, and celebrate its progress, achievements, shared culture and diversity. It will also spotlight emerging issues and catalyse discussions about the challenges and solutions of the future.
With a keen focus on discussion, audiences will hear from world-class speakers, future leaders, and themselves engage in discussions alongside several hundred attendees. Join the UNSW ASEAN Conference to envision what a multidimensional understanding of progress in Southeast Asia can look like!
Speakers
Deputy Secretary-General (DSG) of ASEAN for Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) from 2021 to 2024.
H.E Ekkaphab Phanthavong
Assistant Minister for Defence, Assistant Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, Assistant Minister for the Republic, Member for Kingsford Smith
The Hon. MP. Matt Thistlethwaite MP
Ms. Louise Mabulo
Founder of Cacao Project
National Geographic Young Explorer, Young Champion of the Earth under the United Nations, a Forbes Asia’s ‘30 Under 30’ honoree, Young Activist Summit Laureate
First Assistant Secretary, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT)
Ms. Robyn Mudie
Event Overview
SESSION ONE
TUG OF WAR
Tug of War: ASEAN, US, and China
Rising Voices, Rising Nations: Youth Leadership
SESSION TWO
INVESTING / DESIGNING
Investing in Sustainability
Designing for Tomorrow: Urban Resilience
SESSION THREE
GROWTH, GAPS, GEOPOLITCS
ASEAN’s Economic Crossroads
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Location
University of New South Wales
Kensington, Sydney, NSW, 2052
Email
engagement.uac@unswaseanconference.com



