Fourth edition of ‘Bay of Bengal Conversation’ begins tomorrow
The Centre for Governance Studies (CGS), a local think tank, is organising the three-day conference in cooperation with government agencies, international organisations, diplomatic missions and corporate houses.
The fourth edition of the annual international geopolitical conference, 'Bay of Bengal Conversation', will begin at the Pan Pacific Sonargaon hotel in Dhaka tomorrow (22 November).
The Centre for Governance Studies (CGS), a local think tank, is organising the three-day conference in cooperation with government agencies, international organisations, diplomatic missions and corporate houses.
At a press briefing today (21 November), CGS officials announced that the theme of this year's conference would be "Rivals, Ruptures, and Realignments" -- highlighting rapidly shifting global landscape, rising regional assertiveness and growing uncertainties around security, economy and climate in the Bay of Bengal region and beyond.
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The five key agendas of the conference are shifting alliances and the new geometry of power and crisis multiplied: war, fragility and the end of global stability, artificial intelligence, disinformation and the weaponisation of knowledge, economic realignments in an era of sanctions, debt, de-risking, climate, borders and security in a warming bay.
Following the success of the previous editions, the 2025 conference will bring together 200 speakers and 800 participants from over 80 countries, including heads of state, ministers, diplomats, lawmakers, military officials, business leaders, academics, journalists, and civil society representatives.
As the world experiences geopolitical fragmentation and the erosion of traditional alliances, the 'Bay of Bengal Conversation' aims to provide a South-driven platform for dialogue, insight and collaboration, according to organisers.
In a fractured and polarised global environment, the conference will serve as a critical venue to understand the recalibration of global power dynamics, explore the impacts of technological disruption and address the intersections of climate and conflict, and connectivity in the Indo-Pacific and beyond, they said.
