Asia Impact Forum 2026

08:30 - 09:00 | Registrations

09:00–10:30 | Opening: Why Asia Needs a Mission-Driven Science
9:00 - 9: 15  | Opening Cultural Performance (Thai dancers)

9:15–09:30 | Introductory Scenario Activity

9:30–9:45 | Welcome & Framing
Chair /Anik Bhaduri, Asia Science Mission Director (10 min talk+5 min buffer/prep time)

9:45–10:00 | Keynote 1 – The Delivery Problem (10 min talk+5 min buffer/prep time)
Athena Ballesteros, Climate Finance Specialist

10:00–10:15 | Keynote 2 – Regional Enabling Conditions (10 min talk+5 min buffer/prep time)

10:15–10:30 | Keynote 3 – (15 min talk)
Christopher Moore, Novelist, Philantrophist

10:30–10:45 | Coffee Break

10:45–11:15 | Stories from the Ground: What Are We Learning?

10:45–11:00 | Flash Talk: Amitaksha Nag, Sanjeevan initiative, Purulia (India) (8min + buffer time)

11:00 - 11:15 | Flash Talk: Segundo Romero, Mt. Pinatubo Region Resilience Escalator Strategy (Philippines) (8min + buffer time)

11:15–12:30 | Panel session 1 - From local learning to regional missions

12:30–13:30 | Screening of Pad Thai

13:30–14:00 | Stories from the Ground: What Are We Learning?

13:30–13:45| Flash Talk: Deltas Initiative (8min + buffer time)

Xiaoyu Fang, Executive Director Future Earth Coasts

13:45–14:00| Flash Talks: Haze Protection Program in Thailand (8min + buffer time)

Siwatt Pongpiachan, Future Earth Thailand/ National Institute and Development Agency

Nion Sirimongkonlertkun, Rajamangala University of Technology

14:00–15:00 | Panel session 2- Aligning Science, Policy, and Investment

15:00–15:30 | Coffee Break/Networking

15:30–16:15 | Session 4 – Moderated whole-room dialogue/ What Needs to Align Next?

16:15–16:30 | Synthesis & Closing

16:15 - 16: 25 Chair /Anik Bhaduri, Asia Science Mission Director (10 min talk+5 min buffer/prep time)

16:25 - 16:30 Closing and Acknowledgments Dr. Jitti Mulangkasiri, PMU-B