Inaugural Manila Strategy Forum

Moderator: Henrietta Levin, Senior Fellow, Freeman Chair in China Studies, CSIS

• Amb. Derek Mitchell, Senior Adviser, Office of the President, CSIS
• Charmaine Misalucha-Willoughby, Professor and Chair, International Studies Department, De La Salle University
• Herman Kraft, Professor, Department of Political Science, UP Diliman
• Jon Alterman, Zbigniew Brzezinski Chair in Global Security and Geostrategy, CSIS

Moderator: Amb. Derek Mitchell, Senior Adviser, Office of the President, CSIS

• Amb. John Negroponte, Co-Chairman, US-Philippines Society
• Amb. Jose Manuel “Babe” Romualdez, Philippine Ambassador to the United States
• Amb. MaryKay L. Carlson. U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of the Philippines

Moderator: Harrison Prétat, Fellow and Deputy Director, Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative, CSIS

• Conor Savoy, Non-Resident Fellow, Center for Global Development
• Hank Hendrickson, Executive Director, US-Philippines Society
• Adoracion Navarro, Senior Research Fellow, Philippine Institute for Development Studies
• Victor Andres “Dindo” Manhit, President and CEO, Stratbase Institute

Moderator: Charmaine Misalucha-Willoughby, Professor and Chair, International Studies Department, De La Salle University

• Philip Luck, Director, Economics Program and Scholl Chair in International Business, CSIS
• Barbara Weisel, Nonresident Scholar, Asia Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• Elaine Tolentino, Charles Lui Chi-Keung Distinguished Professorial Chair in China Studies, De La Salle University

• H.E. Ferdinand "Bongbong" R. Marcos Jr., President, Republic of the Philippines

Moderator: Julio Amador III, Executive Director, Philippine-American Educational Foundation

• Henrietta Levin, Senior Fellow, Freeman Chair in China Studies, CSIS
• Adm. (Ret) Rommel Ong, Senior Research Fellow, Ateneo Policy Center
• Gen. (Ret) Emmanuel Bautista, Former Chief of Staff, Armed Forces of the Philippines
• Emma Chanlett-Avery, Director of Political-Security Affairs and Deputy Director, Washington, D.C. Office, Asia Society Policy Institute
• Lindsey Ford, Senior Fellow, Observer Research Foundation America

Moderator: Jon Alterman, Zbigniew Brzezinski Chair in Global Security and Geostrategy, CSIS

• Max Bergmann, Director, Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program and Stuart Center, CSIS
• Henelito Sevilla Jr., Professor of International Relations, Asian Center, UP Diliman
• Kritzman Caballero, Lecturer, Ateneo de Manila University
• Lucy Kurtzer-Ellenbogen, Senior Fellow, Middle East Institute

Moderator: Philip Luck, Director, Economics Program and Scholl Chair in International Business, CSIS

• Jane Nakano, Senior Fellow, Energy Security and Climate Change Program, CSIS
• Celeste Ilagan, Chief Operating Officer, IT & Business Process Association of the Philippines, Inc.
• Danilo C. Lachica, President, Semiconductor and Electronics Industries in the Philippines Foundation, Inc.
• David Abraham, Lecturer, Boise State University
• Jaclyn Kellon, Director, Global Policy, Semiconductor Industry Association

• Hon. Maria Rachel Arenas, Representative, 3rd District of Pangasinan; Chairperson, Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives