Including the opening performance, remarks by the Minister, and group photo with distinguished guests.

Speaker: Hitoshi Kawata - Member of the House of Representatives, Japan

Speaker: Jay Tarriela - Philippine maritime security expert, Philippine Coast Guard, Philippine

Addressing challenges such as maritime militias, gray zone operations on undersea cables, and quasi-blockade actions, especially concerning threats around Taiwan. Emphasis on strengthening regional cooperation and security resilience. Sharing experiences from South China Sea incidents, integrating climate change and disaster prevention topics, proposing concrete cooperation strategies to enhance maritime surveillance and disaster response capabilities, and jointly maintaining regional stability and global communication security.

Moderator:

• I-Chung, Lai – Executive Director, Prospect Foundation, Taiwan

Panelists:

• Yun-Hu Yeh – Associate Professor, Central Police University, Taiwan
• Jyun-Yi Lee – Associate Research Fellow, Institute for National Defense and Security Research, Taiwan
• Kanehara, Atsuko – Senior Fellow for the Sasakawa Peace Foundation,
  Research Director for the Canon Institute for Global Studies, Japan
• Hyunwook Cheng – Research Fellow, The Institute for National Security Strategy (INSS), South Korea
• Ilona Drozdov – Forum Dvorah, Israel
• Kamlesh Kumar Agnihotri (Retd) – Executive Researcher, National Maritime Foundation (NMF), India
• Lance Gatling – Former US Military Advisor, Chairman, Republicans Overseas Japan, USA

Moderator:

• Fang-Yu Chen – Editor-in-Chief, US Taiwan Watch, Taiwan

Panelists:

• Roger Liu – Secretary-General, Association of Contemporary Japanese Studies, Taiwan
• Renato Cruz de Castro – Distinguished Professor, Department of International Studies, De La Salle University and Taiwan Fellow based at the Institute of International Relations, NCCU
• Chiew-Ping Hoo – Senior Fellow, East Asian International Relations (EAIR) Caucus, Research Fellow, Yokosuka Council on Asia-Pacific Studies (YCAPS), Malaysia
• Nguyen Ba Cuong – Director, The Scientific Research Institute of Sea and Islands, Vietnam
• Sana Hashmi – Postdoctoral Fellow, Taiwan-Asia Exchange Foundation (TAEF), India
• Benjamin Bladin (Virtual) – PhD in Geopolitics, Catholic University of Paris; Research Fellow at YCAPS and KIMS, France

Speaker: Michel Andre P. del Rosario — International Relations Expert
, Philippines

Speaker: Kentaro Genma, Member of the House of Representatives, Constitutional Democratic Party, Japan

Moderator:

• Thomas P. McDevitt – Chairman, The Washington Times, USA

Panelists:

• Bi-ling Kuan – Minister, Ocean Affairs Council, Taiwan
• Fei-fan Lin – Deputy Secretary General of National Security Council, Taiwan
• Sir Gavin Williamson – Member of Parliament, United Kingdom
• Aoyama Yamato – Member of the House of Representatives, Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, Japan

Gathering representatives from across the globe, the forum will examine both the challenges and opportunities of ocean governance. Through in-depth dialogue, participants will exchange their countries’ experiences and best practices in maritime law, regional security, and related fields—deepening and expanding international cooperation. With a truly global perspective, the discussions aim to spark innovative thinking, advance cross-border collaboration, and safeguard the future of our oceans together.

Moderator:

• Alan H. Yang – Executive Director, Taiwan-Asia Exchange Foundation (TAEF), Taiwan

Panelists:

• Ting-hui Lin – Member of the Ocean Affairs Council, Taiwan
• Zsuzsa Anna Ferenzy — Research Associate at the Free University of Brussels (Vrije Universiteit Brussel), Belgium
• John F. Bradford – Executive Director, Yokosuka Council on Asia-Pacific Studies (YCAPS), USA
• Piero Tozzi– Staff Director, Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), USA
• Dawoon Jung – Lecturer, Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS), University of Wollongong, Australia
• Liyaqat Khan – Head, Department of Civics & Politics, and Associate Director, Centre for International Relations and Strategic Studies, University of Mumbai, India

Speaker: Cynthia Barzuna - Director, Ocean Action 2030 Coalition, WRI, USA

Focusing on topics such as green shipping, energy resilience, blue carbon markets, and critical minerals. Integrating international dialogue and experience exchange to strengthen Taiwan’s global integration. Enhancing coastal community resilience and sustainable livelihoods through marine conservation, smart disaster prevention, and blue finance, building a competitive and responsibly governed blue economy system that achieves environmental, industrial, and social co-prosperity.

Moderator:

• Yao-Zhi Lu - President, Taipei University of Marine Technology, Taiwan

Panelists:

• Orina Chang – Vice Dean, the School of Banking and Finance, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan
• Michael Huang - Senior Research Fellow, Ocean Policy Research Institute (OPRI), Sasakawa Peace Foundation (SPF), Japan
• Masatoshi Murakami
  Associate Professor, Department of Contemporary Society, Kogakkan University, Japan
• Jung-Chul Bae, President, Korea Marine Equipment Research Institute, South Korea
• Anusha Kesarkar Gavankar – Senior Fellow, Observer Research Foundation (ORF), India
• Hila Ehrenreich – CEO, National Centre for Blue Economy (NCBE), Israel
• Andrew Kam Jia Yi – Associate Professor and Senior Fellow, Institute of Malaysian and International Studies (IKMAS), Malaysia

Speaker: Diane Faith Figueroa, Director of Innovative Finance, RARE, Asia-Pacific Region

Speakers: Ming-An Lee — Vice President, National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan

Speakers: Chia-lin Huang, Author of “Ocean Taiwan: A Documentary of the Great Blue Nation”

Moderator:

• Jasmine Lee – US Taiwan Watch, Taiwan

Panelists:

• Chia-You Kuo (Virtual) – Chairperson, Digital Diplomacy Association, Taiwan
• Chia-lin Huang – Sustainable marine tourism writer, Taiwan
• Szu-Ying Chen – Exec. Director, Azure Alliance, Taiwan
• Hsin-Tzu Yang – Advisory Committee Member, Youth Democracy Network, Taiwan
• Dee Wu – PhD Candidate, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), Japan (from Taiwan)
• Aya Matsuda – Alumna, The Matsushita Institute of Government and Management, Japan
• Peter Tozzi– Research Fellow, U.S. Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Program, USA
• Bhavesh Jain – National Youth Challenge Winner, India

Remark by Huang Hsiang-Wen – Political Deputy Minister, Ocean Affairs Council