Khazanah Megatrends Forum 2025

KMF2015

Harnessing Creative Disruption:
Unlocking the Power of Inclusive Innovation

5 & 6 October 2015

Concept Paper

In 1488, Portuguese nobleman Bartolomeu Dias discovered the Cape of Storms or, as it was later renamed, the Cape of Good Hope. Dias was on a royal mission, appointed by King John II of Portugal to head an expedition around the southern tip of Africa in hopes of finding a sea-based trade route to India. The discovery of the Cape of Good Hope meant that Europeans could trade directly with India and bypass the overland route through the Middle East, which was controlled by the Ottomans, with its expensive middlemen. Even though the voyages were far beyond their borders, the traders in the Middle East were adversely affected; indeed, they were disrupted. This eventually led to the rise of Western European Age of Discovery powers such as the Portuguese and the Spanish and the eventual downfall of the Ottoman empire which, in the years following the death of Suleiman the Magnificent, had been labelled ‘the sick man of Europe.”

Programme

8:00am

Registration

9:00am

Welcome Remarks & Introduction to KMF2015

Tan Sri Dato’ Azman Hj Mokhtar
Managing Director, Khazanah Nasional Berhad

9:10am - 9:30am

Opening Address

Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Utama Nor Mohamed Yakcop
Chairman, Khazanah Nasional Berhad and Chairman, Khazanah Research Institute

Speech

9:30am - 10:15am

Special Address: 'Harnessing Creative Disruption'

Charles Leadbeater
Author and independent strategic advisor

Introducer: Jiv Sammanthan
Executive Director, Managing Director's Office, Khazanah Nasional Berhad

KMF2015

Harnessing Creative Disruption: Unlocking the Power of Inclusive Innovation

Concept Paper

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Programme

Day 1

Day 2

8:00am

Registration

9:00am

Welcome Remarks & Introduction to KMF2015

Tan Sri Dato’ Azman Hj Mokhtar

Managing Director, Khazanah Nasional Berhad

9:10am - 9:30am

Opening Address

Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Utama Nor Mohamed Yakcop

Chairman, Khazanah Nasional Berhad and Chairman, Khazanah Research Institute

9:30am - 10:15am

Special Address: 'Harnessing Creative Disruption'

Charles Leadbeater

Author and independent strategic advisor

Jiv Sammanthan

Executive Director, Managing Director's Office, Khazanah Nasional Berhad

10:15am - 10:30am

Break

10:30am - 12:00pm

Session 1: Macro and Markets 'From Mountain High to River Deep: Will Emerging Markets Become 'Submerging' Markets?'

Dr Arup Raha

Chief Economist, CIMB Group

Dr Don Hanna

Managing Director and Head of Research, Roubini Global Economics

Tan Sri Dato' Dr Lin See Yan

Economist and former banker

PK Basu

Head of Malaysia Research and Head of ASEAN Economics, Macquarie Capital Securities (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd

Sharifatu Laila Syed Ali

Group CEO, ValueCAP Sdn Bhd

Stephen Hagger

Managing Director and Head of Equities, Credit Suisse Malaysia

Mohamed Ridzuan Mohamed

Director, Khazanah Research & Investment Strategy, Khazanah Nasional Berhad

12:00pm - 12:45pm

Special Address: 'Democratizing Higher Education'

Sebastian Thrun

Founder and CEO, Udacity; and Founder, Google [x]

Javier Santiso

Executive Director, Khazanah Europe Investment Limited

12:45pm - 2:00pm

Luncheon Address

Dato’ Sri Nazir Tun Abdul Razak

Chairman, CIMB Group; and Board Member, Khazanah Nasional Berhad

Mohamed Nasri Sallehuddin

Executive Director, Corporate & Support Services, Company Secretary and Head of Legal, Khazanah Nasional Berhad

2:00pm - 2:15pm

Break

2:15pm - 3:45pm

Session 2: Firms and Transformation 'Learning to Fish: How do Firms Harness Creative Disruption?'

Christoph Mueller

Group CEO, Malaysia Airlines Berhad

David Frigstad

Chairman, Frost & Sullivan

Mohd Khairil Abdullah

CEO, Axiata Digital Services Sdn Bhd

Richa Kar

Founder and CEO, Zivame

Sumant Mandal

Co-Founder and Managing Director, March Capital Partners

Hisham Hamdan

Chief Investment Officer, Khazanah Nasional Berhad

3:45pm - 4:30pm

Special Address: 'Star Trek: Where No Man Has Gone Before'

Datuk Marjorie Yang

Chairman, Esquel Group

Omar Siddiq Amin Noer Rashid

Executive Director, Investments, Khazanah Nasional Berhad

4:30pm - 4:45pm

Break

4:45pm - 6:00pm

Special Session: Ethics In Finance - 'Getting Back on Track: How do we Return to Higher Ethical Values in Finance?'

Prof Abbas Mirakhor

Harnessing Creative Disruption:
Unlocking the Power of Inclusive Innovation

Session 1: Macro and Markets
'From Mountain High to River Deep: Will Emerging Markets Become 'Submerging' Markets?'

Session 2: Firms and Transformation
'Learning to Fish: How do Firms Harness Creative Disruption?'

Special Address: 'Star Trek: Where No Man
Has Gone Before'

Special Session:
Ethics In Finance - 'Getting Back on Track: How do we Return to Higher Ethical Values in Finance?'

Special Address:
'No Ordinary Disruption: The four global forces that are breaking all the trends'

Session 3: Growth and Development
'The Innovation Economy Won’t be Built in a Day:
What Should Policymakers and Players Do?'

Luncheon Address:
'Responsible Business - what is it and how do we ensure it?'

Session 4: People and Leadership
'The Yin and Yang of Inclusive Innovation:
Balancing Adventure with Ethics'