EICN KL: The World Ahead 2025

Event Details

The World Ahead 2025 will build on more than three decades of publishing success and will be the 39th edition of The Economist's future-gazing annual. After an unprecedented year of elections, new leaders around the world who have promised change will be expected to deliver in 2025. The world will also be coming to terms with the outcome of America's elections in November and the implications for global security, trade and climate policy. New alliances are forming and old ones are fraying in an increasingly tense and dangerous world. But the adoption of green tech continues to outpace the most optimistic forecasts, even as concerns grow over artificial intelligence, and its voracious appetite for chips, energy, water and data.

The World Ahead 2025 will consider these and other trends, and their implications for geopolitics, business and culture in the year to come.

Please note that this event is limited to senior-level executives and per invitation only. If you are not an existing member of Economist Intelligence Corporate Network, but would like to learn how you can attend our events, please send an email to eicn_sea@economist.com.

Agenda

08:00 - 08:30

Doors open and registration

08:30 - 09:30

Presentation and panel discussion

09:30 - 10:00

Q&A

Speakers

Conall McDevitt
Managing Partner, Europe and Asia at Penta Group
Conall McDevitt is President of Penta and managing partner for Europe and Asia.

He was Hume Brophy’s CEO and a strategic communications and government relations consultant specialising in Anglo-Irish affairs and EU affairs. He has extensive international corporate strategy, crisis communications and international integrated campaigning experience in the disruptive technology and energy sectors as well sustainability adaptation.

He is a former member of the Northern Ireland Assembly, special adviser in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, and European Parliament Assistant. Conall was also a member of the Northern Ireland Policing Board and the SDLP’s Good Friday Agreement negotiations team as the Party’s director of communications.

He is a fellow of the Institute of Directors, a Warwick Business School Scholar, and a fluent English and Spanish speaker.
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Sumana Rajarethnam
Director, South-East Asia of Economist Intelligence Corporate Network
Sumana is a senior policy professional with 17 years of experience. Having worked at several dynamic and vibrant tech firms, Sumana designs and implements policies through advocacy, strategic communication and evidence-based analysis. With a flair for writing and communication, Sumana is able to negotiate complex engagements & cultivate senior-level internal/external relationships.

Sumana holds a Masters in Public Policy from the University of Michigan, as well as a B.A. in Political Science and Geography from UCLA.
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