Itinerary

16 October 2025. Day 1

0900 – 1430

Airport Pick Up according to schedule

1500

Check in at Royale Chulan Damansara

1800

Depart to One World Hotel

1930

Welcome Dinner & Networking Session

2200

Back to Hotel, Free & Easy

17 October 2025. Day 2

0630 onwards

Breakfast at Hotel

0810

Depart to MITEC, Kuala Lumpur

0900 – 1700

ASEAN SME Forum + SME Venture@ASEAN + Business Matching

1700 – 1800

Depart for Dinner Restaurant

1800 – 1930

Farewell and Thank You Dinner

Anak Baba @ Brickfields
159, Jln Sultan Abdul Samad, Brickfields, 50470 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur

1930 onwards

Back to Hotel, Free & Easy

18 October 2025. Day 3

0800 onwards

Breakfast at Hotel

1200

Check-out and Goodbye!

ASEAN SME Forum Program

17 October 2025
MITEC, Kuala Lumpur

0800 – 0910

Registration

0910 – 0920

Negaraku and ASEAN Anthem

0920 – 0930

Welcome Remarks by Datuk William Ng, National President, Small and Medium Enterprises Association of Malaysia (SAMENTA), Malaysia

0930 – 0940

Officiating Address by Hon. Dato’ Sri R Ramanan, Deputy Minister of Entrepreneurship and Cooperatives Development, Malaysia

0940 – 1000

Opening Ceremony and Launch of ASEAN SME Caucus

1000 – 1030

Keynote: MSMEs Development in the Context of ASEAN Integration
Tan Sri Nazir Razak, Chairman, ASEAN Business Advisory Council

1030 – 1050

Networking Break

1050 – 1140

Panel I: Accelerating MSME Growth Across ASEAN

Asif Mustaqim, Asia Pacific and Country Anchor, Financial Institutions Group, International Finance Corporation
Dr Subhransu Sekhar Acharya, Chairman, National Small Industries Corporation, India
Rizal Dato’ Nainy, CEO, SME Corporation, Malaysia
Norlela Suhailee, Director, Enterprise Development (DARe). Brunei Economic Development Board, Brunei
Pham Thi Ngoc Thuy, CEO, Private Sector Development Committee’s Office, Vietnam

Moderator:
Dr Ong Kian Ming, former Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry, Malaysia

1140 - 1230

SME Leaders Roundtable

Ang Yuit, President, Association of SMEs, Singapore
Litthikay Phoummasak, President, Micro, Small & Medium Enterprise Promotion Association of Lao PDR, Laos
Dr Nimnual Piewthongngam, Chair of SME Committee, Joint Foreign Chambers of Commerce, Thailand
Sambath Bun, Secretary General, Young Entrepreneurs Association, Cambodia
Datuk William Ng, National President, Small and Medium Enterprises Association (SAMENTA), Malaysia

Moderator:
Melanie Ng, Philippines Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Philippines

1230 - 1240

Presentation from AWS : SMEs Digital Transformation Through Cloud and AI by Raja Karandikar

1240 – 1430

Lunch Break and Exhibition Tour

Lucky Draw I

1430 – 1515

Panel II: Opportunities in AI and Digitalisation for SMEs

Alain Lye, CEO, VeecoTech, Malaysia
Dewi Meisari Haryanti, Vice Head for Regulation and Governance Committee, Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KADIN), Indonesia
Eeling Lew, CEO, Eilumina Resources, Singapore
Tina Jamaluddin, Chief Representative (Malaysia) US-ASEAN Business Council, Malaysia

Moderator:
Mr. Leeroy Ting Kah Sing, Regional Director, Corporate Affairs of Carsome, Malaysia

1515 – 1600

Panel III: Alternative Financing for Growth

Kien Poon Chai, Country Head, Funding Societies, Malaysia
Leong See Meng, Director, Bursa Malaysia, Malaysia
Sean Tan, Chief Business Officer, CGC, Malaysia
Yusuke Ojima, Regional Head of Southeast Asia, Nihon M&A Center

Moderator:
Yeoh Seng Hooi, Secretary General, Small and Medium Enterprises Association of Malaysia (SAMENTA), Malaysia

1600 – 1615