Laura Deal Lacey, Michael Milken, Zhang Yue
Cover Laura Deal Lacey, Michael Milken, Zhang Yue

Every year, top leaders from business, government, media, academia and philanthropy come together for the Milken Institute Asia Summit in Singapore, an invite-only gathering of the region’s most influential names. The central theme of this year's summit is "Asia at a Crossroads" and the multi-day event kicked off with the Food Leaders Retreat in Asia where speakers such as chef Heston Blumenthal discussed global trends in food and sustainable agriculture and was followed by an exclusive cocktail reception. 

The founder of the non-partisan, non-profit think tank, Michael Milken, personally welcomed guests at the opening cocktail held at the Fullerton Bay Hotel. The hundred-strong audience comprised of Tatler 300 listers and other high-level executives from myriad industries continued networking throughout the night, discussing the dynamic engagements in the days ahead. The Milken Institute Asia Summit features over 60 sessions with 250 speakers covering topics from the future of fintech in Asia to how gentrification may impact the philanthropy value of art—it is precisely the diversity of the topics, cross-pollination of ideas, as well as the high-calibre attendees that draw loyal guests to this impactful summit year after year. 

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Photo 3 of 21 Bonnie Pfeifer Evans, Siau Leong
Photo 4 of 21 Silvana Hleap
Photo 5 of 21 Kris Wiluan
Photo 6 of 21 Ted Lee
Photo 7 of 21 Nilesh Pattanayak, Ronald Issen
Photo 8 of 21 Katrina Cokeng, Juan Delgado
Photo 9 of 21 Lito Camacho, Kim Camacho, Andy Lim
Photo 10 of 21 Kuok Meng Wei, ShuJun Zhang, Chervin Chow, Petra Freddi, Martin Gedalin
Photo 11 of 21 Thoo Wee Meng, William Chen
Photo 12 of 21 Kevin Patric, Alexis Halaby
Photo 13 of 21 Kissa Castañeda, Petra Freddi
Photo 14 of 21 Nicky Aimcharoen, Farah Pandith, Parag Khanna
Photo 15 of 21 Petra Freddi, James Lindon, Princess Alia Al-Senussi, Geoffrey Chuang
Photo 16 of 21 Phillip Kunz
Photo 17 of 21 Laura Deal Lacey, Michael Milken, Zhang Yue
Photo 18 of 21 Ginny Wiluan, KIssa Castañeda, Gaurav Kripalani
Photo 19 of 21 Michael Milken, Laura Deal Lacey
Photo 20 of 21 William Lee, Helen Clark
Photo 21 of 21 Lito Camacho, Ray Ferguson, Peter Allen, Ronald Issen