Agenda
ADFIAP-AADFI Joint International CEO Forum 2025
- October 22 thru 24, 2025 * Wynn Hotel, Macao
- Theme: Resilient Future: Harnessing Sustainable Finance for Development in Asia Pacific and Africa
- Hosted by: Macau Expo Group Limited
PRE-EVENT SEMINAR-WORKSHOP
for CEOs and BODs of Development Banks and other Financial Institutions
“DEVELOPMENT FINANCE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM (DFFP)”
October 20 & 21, 2025 * Wynn Macau Hotel
Program of Activities
DAY 0 – Oct 21st Tuesday
- 10:00am-5:00pm
- Arrival & Registration of Participants
- Venue: Hotel Foyer
Day 1 - Oct 22nd Wednesday
Venue: Ballroom
- 09:00am-11:00am
- 99th ADFIAP BOD MEETING
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(Restricted)
Venue: Meeting Room 1
- AADFI BOD MEETING
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(Restricted)
Venue: Meeting Room 2
- 11:00am-12:00pm
- DELEGATE-MEETS-DELEGATE (continuation)
- Venue: Ballroom
- 12:00pm-1:30pm
- NETWORKING LUNCH
- (all attendees)
- 1:30pm-2:00pm
- CEO FORUM / OPENING CEREMONY
- (all attendees)
- Opening & Welcome Remarks:
ADFIAP Chair, Dr. Kao Thach-CEO, Agricultural and Rural Development Bank of Cambodia
AADFI Chair, Dr. Patricia Ojangole-Managing Director, Uganda Development Bank (UDB) Ltd.
- Keynote Address:
Asia Development Bank (ADB) – (TBC)
Mr. Franck EW Adjagba– Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Benin, West Africa, to the People’s Republic of China – (TBC)
- 2:00pm-2:15pm
- GROUP PHOTO
- (all attendees)
- 2:15pm-3:30pm
- SPECIAL INTEREST SESSION 1
ADFIAP Special Interest Groups (SIGs): Presenting Findings, Challenges, and Solutions
- 3:30pm-3:45pm
- COFFEE BREAK
- 3:45pm-5:00pm
- Session 1: “Harnessing Sustainable Finance for Development: Exploring Innovative Financing Models to Accelerate Sustainable Development in Asia-Pacific and Africa”
- 5:00pm
- END OF DAY 1 CONFERENCE
- 7:00pm onwards
- WELCOME DINNER
Day 2 - Oct 23rd Thursday
Venue: Ballroom
- 8:50am
- CALL TO ORDER
- Venue: Ballroom
- 9:00am-10:15am
- SPECIAL INTEREST SESSION 2
“Charting Resilience: DFIs and the Future of Development amid Global Economic Shifts”
- 10:15am-11:30am
- Session 2: Climate Finance and Resilience: Mobilizing Climate Finance and Building Resilience in Vulnerable Communities
- 11:30am-11:45am
- COFFEE BREAK
- 11:45am-1:00pm
- Session 3: Policy & Regulatory Environment: Creating Enabling Policies and Regulatory Frameworks to Foster Sustainable Finance
- 1:00pm-2:30pm
- NETWORKING LUNCH
- 2:30pm-3:45pm
- Session 4: Private Sector Engagement in Sustainable Finance: Strategies to Mobilize Private Capital and Forge Public-Private Partnerships
- 3:45pm4:00pm
- COFFEE BREAK
- 4:00pm-5:15pm
- Session 5: Digital Finance and Fintech for Development: Technological Innovations that Provide Access to Finance
- 5:15pm
- END OF DAY 2 CONFERENCE
- 7:00pm onwards
- CLOSING DINNER
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Venue: Macau Tower
Dress Code: Business/Smart Casual
Day 3 - Oct 24th Friday
- 8:00am-12:00NN
- TOUR OF MACAU
- (half day with lunch) Assembly Time: 07:45am; hotel lobby
- 5:00pm-8:00pm
- AADFI Economist Forum Exco Meeting (Restricted)
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Hybrid
Venue: MEG Board Room