Resilience, Risk, and Reinvention: Asia Pacific in a Splintering World
In May 2026 the Fourth Annual Forum of the Center for Asia Pacific Resilience and Innovation (CAPRi) in Taipei. Professor Elizabeth Thurbon, from the Green Energy Statecraft Project will be participating. Professor Thurbon will be joining a panel discussion with Professor Sangook Park and Kristy Hsu to discuss ways to rethink the innovation playbook amid global fragmentation.
Rethinking the Innovation Playbook amid Fragmentation
As global fragmentation reshapes markets and supply chains, competitiveness has reemerged as a strategic priority across the Asia Pacific. Meanwhile, technological advancement and AI are unlocking new frontiers for innovation, industry, and investment. This panel will feature Kristy Hsu, a specialist in regional trade, economic integration, and technology policy; Sangook Park, professor at Seoul National University, who has advised on innovation systems and science and technology policy in the office of the President of the Republic of Korea; and Elizabeth Thurbon, a prominent scholar of state-led development and strategic industrial policy in the Asia Pacific. With moderator Thompson Chau of Nikkei Asia, they will discuss whether national strategies can accelerate innovation, workforce transformation, and greener growth amid market and supply chain uncertainty.
To learn more about this panel, and the forum more broadly, click here to visit the CAPRi website.
