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ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Leader in High-Level Meetings
Asia Inc Forum (AIF) is a leading advisor and
convenor of high-level business conferences and
dialogues on public policy, business responsibility
and future trends.
Founded in 2003 in Brunei Darussalam, AIF’s
mission is to help shape the region’s future by
raising understanding of major developments,
issues and challenges, and stimulating possible
solutions through dialogue. Since its founding,
AIF has brought together government, business
and thought leaders, experts and officials from
across ASEAN and beyond. Its conferences and
programmes cover wide ranging topics including
entrepreneurship, sustainability, public policy,
trade, regionalism and the impact of globalisation.
AIF has a long partnership with the APEC CEO
Summit, the most influential meeting of business
and government leaders in the Asia Pacific. It has
been an advisor and strategic partner to 12 APEC
CEO Summits since 2003, including Summits
hosted by Singapore (2009), USA (2011), Indonesia
(2013), China (2014), the Philippines (2015) and
Peru (2016). A consortium comprising AIF and
the US National Council for APEC was recently
appointed Strategic Partner to the APEC CEO
Summit 2019 in Chile.
In the annual APEC CEO Summit, CEOs in the
Asia Pacific region engage with APEC and World
Leaders, build networks and realise business
and investment opportunities while seeking
inclusive and sustainable growth. The APEC
region comprises 21 economies: Australia, Brunei,
Canada, Chile, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia,
Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand,
Papua New Guinea, Peru, the Philippines, Russia,
Singapore, Chinese Taipei, Thailand, the United
States and Vietnam.
In Brunei, AIF is the convenor of the annual
Local Business Development (LBD) Program,
the country’s longest-running private sector
led programme for MSMEs. Last September
2018, AIF held the 12
th
LBD Program under the
theme ‘How to Think Big in a Small Market’
with a workshop on ‘Blue Ocean Shift: Beyond
Competing, Toward Creating’. It explored
stories of successful businesses that emerged
from small markets and illustrated how local
businesses can break away from competition
and create new demand. In 2019, AIF envisions
an expanded LBD Program to feature a larger
business forum, two strategy workshops and a
curated showcase of some of Brunei’s notable
products.
AIF convened the ASEAN 100 Leadership Forum
from 2003 to 2012 and organised the inaugural
Asian Forum on Enterprise for Society in the
Philippines in 2018.
Asia Inc Forum is open to collaboration with
leading companies and institutions to convene
meetings and dialogues of interest and
relevance to Brunei, ASEAN and beyond.