The Asian Bankers Association (ABA) is inviting you and your colleagues to join the webinar on “Competing and Cooperating in the Asia-Pacific Region Amid a Changing Technology Landscape: Leveraging Diversity for Technological Sovereignty and Complementary Strengths” to be held on 2 December 2025 at 2PM Taipei Time.
Jointly organized by the Confederation of Asia-Pacific Chambers of Commerce and Industry (CACCI), ABA's parent organization, and The Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkiye (TEPAV), the economic think tank of the Union of Chambers of Commerce and Commodities of Turkiye (TOBB), the 60-minute webinar features Dr. Güven Sak.
INTRODUCTION
The global landscape has undergone a profound transformation, with technology now central to both economic competitiveness and geopolitical power. As the global technology race intensifies, technological capability has become a dual force: a source of strategic advantage and systemic vulnerability.
These trends call for new models of regional cooperation that can balance strategic competition with deeper collaboration. Within this evolving context, CACCI stands out as a diverse and heterogeneous network of economies, differing in scientific and technological capacity, industrial strength, and market scale. While CACCI’s high-tech exports have expanded significantly, this growth has yet to translate into technological sovereignty and readiness for frontier technologies. This policy paper analyzes CACCI’s positioning in the global technology landscape and outlines actionable policy recommendations for cooperation.
It argues that CACCI’s diversity and heterogeneity are strategic assets when leveraged through complementary specialization, fostering innovation, technology transfer, and market scaling across the region. Key policy proposals include establishing a CACCI Strategic Foresight Alliance, promoting joint R&D partnerships and a CACCI Technology Investment Fund, and aligning regional standards and certification for critical technologies. Together, these measures aim to bridge the gap between scientific capability and industrial strength and to position CACCI as a proactive actor in shaping a resilient, balanced, and interconnected Asia-Pacific technology ecosystem.
AGENDA
2:00PM Opening Remarks by Moderator.
2:03PM Feature Presentation of Competing and Cooperating in the Asia-Pacific Region Amid a Changing Technology Landscape: by Dr. Güven Sak.
2:40PM Q&A
3:00PM Closing Remarks by Moderator.
We encourage business people, government officials, policy makers, bankers and investors to join the webinar to gain insights into the industrial and R&D strategies within Asia Pacific that will impact its global positioning.
To join the webinar, please register HERE
