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Summit Agenda
The 2022 YSEALI Summit is taking place in Phnom Penh, Cambodia from 5 to 9 December 2022. The theme of this year’s summit is economic empowerment.
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December 5
DECEMBER 5
Arrival Day
All day
Airport, Hyatt Regency
Arrivals & Check-In
Participants arrive at Phnom Penh International Airport and are greeted by staff and volunteers. Look out for our signs! Vans transfer participants to hotel. The YSEALI Summit Registration Table set up in the lobby will welcome participants and provide arrival packets.
12:00 - 15:00
Meet in Lobby
Optional Outing for Early Arrivals
For those participants arriving in the morning, please meet in the lobby at 12pm for a lunch and sightseeing outing in Phnom Penh! Anticipated return to the hotel around 3pm.
18:30 - 21:30
Hyatt Ballroom
Dinner and Meet-and-Greet Activities
For those who have arrived, dinner will be served in the ballroom, followed by informal meet-and-greet activities. Join us when you arrive!
December 6
DECEMBER 6
From 6:00
Hyatt Market Cafe
Breakfast Available
8:00 - 8:50
Hyatt Ballroom
2022 YSEALI Summit Opening
Let's officially kick off the 2022 YSEALI Summit under one roof, with special remarks from Ambassador Yohannes Abraham, U.S. Ambassador to ASEAN, and Camille P. Dawson, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, U.S. Department of State.
9:15 - 9:30
Hyatt Ballroom
Wrap Up and Preview
9:30 - 10:00
Hyatt 2nd Floor Foyer
Coffee Break
10:00 - 11:15
Hyatt Meeting Rooms
Parallel Breakout Panel Sessions
Hear from some of Cambodia and the region's experts on the topics of Catalyzing Entrepreneurship (Meeting Suite 3), Empowering ASEAN's Next Generation (Meeting Suite 4), and Resilient and Sustainable Economic Growth (Meeting Suite 7). Click through the bios to learn more about our panelists!
11:15 - 12:00
Hyatt Meeting Rooms
Facilitated Breakout Discussions
Within your thematic group, continue the conversation kicked off by our expert panelists with your fellow participants.
12:00 - 13:00
Hyatt 2nd Floor Foyer
Lunch
15:30 - 16:00
Hyatt 2nd Floor Foyer
Coffee Break
Arrive back at hotel; refreshments available upon return in 2nd floor foyer area
17:45 - 18:45
Hyatt
Break
21:00
Phnom Penh Riverside
Optional Riverside Walk
You may choose to walk back to the Hyatt, to see the Phnom Penh Riverside and Royal Palace at night. Buses will be available for those who prefer.
Decembe 7
DECEMBER 7
From 6:00
Hyatt Market Cafe
Breakfast available
8:00 - 8:45
Meet in the lobby!
Travel to Factory Phnom Penh
8:45 - 9:10
Factory Phnom Penh Theater
Introduction to the Day and Check-In
9:30 - 10:15
Factory Phnom Penh Theater
Seminar: Foresight and the Future
What is foresight analysis? What are the benefits of far-sighted approaches and blue-sky ambitions to envision – and achieve – systemic impact? Join a crash-course seminar led by Dr. Bradley Murg, Senior Research Advisor, Future Forum and Associate Professor at Paragon International University.
10:15 - 10:30
Factory Phnom Penh
Coffee Break
10:30 - 12:45
Factory Phnom Penh
“The ASEAN We Want” Thematic Group Work
We'll split up into five thematic groups: Culture, Food & agriculture, Infrastructure, Environment, and Health & wellbeing. With support from thematic facilitators, smaller sub-groups will prepare a 10-minute dynamic pitch on a sub-topic of your choice, containing a narrative “in the life of” description and key policies or interventions required to achieve this outcome. Winning pitches receive a prize!
Buffet lunch will be available in the flex space beginning at 12:00pm.
12:45 - 14:00
Factory Phnom Penh
“The ASEAN We Want” Group Pitches
Within your themes, participants will present to your peers and to a panel of experts. The panel will select the most innovative and engaging presentations to receive a prize!
14:00 - 14:15
Factory Phnom Penh Theater
Capstone Talk: Future Forward
The session will wrap up with a talk by Virak OU, President and Founder of Future Forum, on the importance of future-forward perspectives and megatrends in achieving aspirational change.
14:15 - 14:30
Factory Phnom Penh
Coffee Break
14:30 - 15:00
Factory Phnom Penh Theater
Introduction to “Community Catalysts” Small Grants Competition
15:15 - 17:30
Hyatt Regency
Return to Hotel, Break
19:00 - 20:30
Hyatt Regency Ballroom
Dinner
20:30
Hyatt Regency Ballroom
Free Evening / Optional Game Night
December 8
DECEMBER 8
From 6:00
Hyatt Market Cafe
Breakfast Available
8:00 - 8:15
Hyatt 2nd Floor Foyer
Welcome and Preview of the Day
8:15 - 8:45
Hyatt 2nd Floor Foyer
Accessing Additional Resources, Networks, and Support: ExchangeAlumni
Featuring Jason Thornton, Alumni Regional Coordinator, US State Department Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs, and Francesca “Chesa” Lichauco, YSEALI Coordinator, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, U.S. Department of State
8:45 - 9:50
Hyatt Meeting Rooms
YOUnified: What Does Service to Your Community Mean to You?
These breakout sessions will feature a panel YSEALI alumni (participants) discussing what community service has looked like and meant to them to kick off a larger facilitated discussion about community impact in each room.
9:50 - 10:15
Hyatt 2nd Floor Foyer
Coffee Break
12:00 - 13:00
Hyatt 2nd Floor Foyer
Lunch
13:00 - 14:45
Hyatt Meeting Rooms
“Community Catalysts” Collaboration Workshop
14:45 - 15:00
Hyatt 2nd Floor Foyer
Coffee Break
15:00 - 16:00
Hyatt 2nd Floor Foyer
Closing Session
16:00 - 17:45
Hyatt
Break
18:00 - 21:00
National Museum of Cambodia
Closing Gala
Our program will conclude with a farewell formal dinner reception with invited external guests representing a cross-section of public and private sector leaders in Cambodia and ASEAN. This event will celebrate the critical role of youth leaders in building a stronger future for the region and recognize YSEALI’s contributions in this effort, and be a platform to share brief highlights of the Summit. Attire is semi-formal or traditional clothing!
December 9
DECEMBER 9
Departure Day
All Day
Participants check out of hotel; van transfers to airport.
Departures
Check out at the information desk. Departure times for airport will be shared closer to the date.
From 6:00am
Hyatt Market Cafe
Breakfast Available
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