Thailand, being an attractive destination to both tourism and businesses, is rapidly emerging as a global hub. With initiatives such as the Thailand Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) to facilitate e-commerce between Thailand and China and the Thai government’s aim to create a global hub for start-ups, Thailand is working towards being the center of international attention. In this session, we will have members in the panel discussing about some of the barriers Thailand will have to overcome to be more recognised internationally, and to talk about the uniqueness of the Thai global hub in comparison to other countries around the world.

Thailand is unique as she was never colonised, thus, it is an important to not lose this culture as technology continues to advance in the country. Thailand offers a wide variety of traditional herbs with medicinal and health properties, which can be an interesting for foreign investors. In this session, we will be discussing the possibility of integrating technological innovation with Thai culture.

Having a good transport system is important to build towards a Global Hub. However, Thailand is often faced with traffic congestion issues which can discourage foreign investors in setting up their operations here. In this session, we will be looking at other avenues that Thailand can develop, such as leveraging on their natural resources, to overcome this issue.

In this session, we will be discussing more about the future development in Thailand. Interest in the space economy have led to programs such as ‘Space Economy: Lifting off 2022’ and the national space master plan 2023-2037. This will be an interesting session to discuss about the challenges Thailand have to overcome to be a global hub in space.