Webinar – Policymaking for a more resilient world: New insights for Southeast Asia

Join us for the online launch of four new policy briefs exploring how insights from the Lloyd’s Register Foundation World Risk Poll can inform AI, digital, labour, and industrial policies that contribute to enhanced safety and resilience in Southeast Asia.

Thursday 16th October 2025 | 14:30 – 15:30 (Indonesia) 08.30 – 09.30 (UK)

Online (link provided upon registration)

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This online event will launch four new policy briefs, which highlight how public perceptions of risk can inform policymaking in Southeast Asia, with recommendations across four critical areas:

• AI frameworks and regulations for safe and inclusive AI use
• Digital economy agreements including regulations for cross-border data flows
• The role of industrial policy in enhancing socio-economic resilience
• Labour policies to mitigate workplace risks

Agenda

14.30   Presentation of new policy briefs by Dr. Mateus Labrunie, Policy Analyst, IfM Engage, University of Cambridge

14.50   Panel discussion: Digital and industrial policy for a resilient and sustainable future in Southeast Asia

• Zoi Roupakia, Policy Affiliate, Cambridge Industrial Innovation Policy, University of Cambridge
• Dr. Karishma Banga, Lecturer in Digital Economy, Department of Digital Humanities, King’s College London
• Representative, Digital Economy Division, ASEAN Secretariat
• Representative, Science and Technology Division, ASEAN Secretariat

15.30   Event close

The webinar is part of the project Policymaking for a more resilient world: leveraging the World Risk Poll for more effective digital, labour, and industrial policies led by Cambridge Industrial Innovation Policy, in partnership with UNIDO, and funded by Lloyd’s Register Foundation.

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