(As Part of Opening Dinner) Opening Panel: Decades of Conferences on the South China Sea - Lessons Learned, Persistent Themes, and the Path Toward Greater Relevance
Agenda Setting & Keynote Address
Fireside Chat — featuring leading experts and practitioners from all claimant states: the Philippines, China, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Brunei. (Note: Panelists are speaking in their private capacity.)
November 5, 2025
6:15 pm - 8:30 pm
ELINA NOOR
Senior Fellow, Asia Program, Carnegie Endowment for International PeacePanelists
CAPT. XIAOBO LIU (RET., PLA NAVY)
Director, Marine Study Center Grandview Institution, BeijingPanelists
COMMO. JAY TARRIELA
Commander, West Philippine Sea Transparency Group, Philippine Coast GuardPanelists
TRANG PHAM, LL.M.
Research Fellow, The Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and the Rule of LawPanelists
DR. HAFIIZH HASHIM
Assistant Lecturer, Universiti Brunei DarussalamPanelists