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Publications
Explore our range of publications centred on the dynamic conversations and ideas generated in Singapore. For more of APF Canada's research and publications about issues and opportunities in Asia that matter to Canadians, including our weekly Asia Watch newsletter, head over to our website.
CIAC 2025
CIAC 2025 Summary Reports
Plenary Sessions
The Canada-in-Asia Conference 2025 (CIAC2025), held in Singapore from February 19-21, 2025, convened business leaders, experts, investors, policy-makers, researchers, and innovators from across Asia and Canada to exchange perspectives, knowledge, and ideas, with the goal of facilitating collaborative partnerships.
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We’ve distilled key takeaways from CIAC2025 discussions in a series of short Summary Reports, with the final of these reports focusing on the conference’s five plenary sessions. These five sessions deal with a broad range of Canada-Asia engagement issues such as the global competition for talent, Canadian investment in R&D, space co-operation, geopolitical risk's and sustainable infrastructure opportunities.
CIAC 2025 Summary Reports
Energy Transitions & Energy Security
The Canada-in-Asia Conference 2025 (CIAC2025), held in Singapore from February 19-21, 2025, convened business leaders, experts, investors, policy-makers, researchers, and innovators from across Asia and Canada to exchange perspectives, knowledge, and ideas, with the goal of facilitating collaborative partnerships.
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We’ve distilled key takeaways from CIAC2025 discussions in a series of short Summary Reports, the first of which focuses on the sessions in the conference’s Energy Transitions & Energy Security stream. We invite you to download and share the CIAC2025 Energy Transitions & Energy Security Summary Report below.
CIAC 2025 Summary Reports
Agri-food & Food Security
The Canada-in-Asia Conference 2025 (CIAC2025), held in Singapore from February 19-21, 2025, convened business leaders, experts, investors, policy-makers, researchers, and innovators from across Asia and Canada to exchange perspectives, knowledge, and ideas, with the goal of facilitating collaborative partnerships.
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We’ve distilled key takeaways from CIAC2025 discussions in a series of short Summary Reports, the first of which focuses on the sessions in the conference’s Agri-food & Food Security stream. We invite you to download and share the CIAC2025 Agri-food & Food Security Summary Report below.
CIAC 2025 Summary Reports
Ocean Tech & Blue Economy
The Canada-in-Asia Conference 2025 (CIAC2025), held in Singapore from February 19-21, 2025, convened business leaders, experts, investors, policy-makers, researchers, and innovators from across Asia and Canada to exchange perspectives, knowledge, and ideas, with the goal of facilitating collaborative partnerships.
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We’ve distilled key takeaways from CIAC2025 discussions in a series of short Summary Reports, the second of which focuses on the sessions in the conference’s Ocean Tech & Blue Economy stream. We invite you to download and share the CIAC2025 Ocean Tech & Blue Economy Summary Report below.
CIAC 2025 Summary Reports
Clean Tech
The Canada-in-Asia Conference 2025 (CIAC2025), held in Singapore from February 19-21, 2025, convened business leaders, experts, investors, policy-makers, researchers, and innovators from across Asia and Canada to exchange perspectives, knowledge, and ideas, with the goal of facilitating collaborative partnerships.
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We’ve distilled key takeaways from CIAC2025 discussions in a series of short Summary Reports, the second of which focuses on the sessions in the conference’s Clean Tech stream. We invite you to download and share the CIAC2025 Clean Tech Summary Report below.
Our post-event summary breaks the major touchstones of the CIAC2025 conference including audience diversity, the extensive programs and insights generated in Singapore, and attendee feedback.
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It also emphasizes the legacy of the Canada-in-Asia conference series and the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada's continued work in the Indo-Pacific region.
CIAC 2025
Post-Event Report
CIAC 2023
Summary Report
CIAC2023 CEO Sessions
On February 22, 2023, APF Canada and Universities Canada held four CEO roundtables on the themes of environment, investment, technology, and trade. These roundtables explored regional collaboration opportunities through informal, in-depth discussions among senior leaders from the corporate, government, and academic sectors.
This summary report identifies points raised during the discussion by individual participants or groups of participants. The discussion points included in this report, along with the pre-discussion questions raised by the participants in advance of the CEO sessions, present a variety of views of Canada-Asia engagement and are meant to stimulate further discussion.
Related Reads
International Trade & Investment Report
The Impact of the CPTPP on Trade Between Canada and the Asia Pacific
The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), is a formative agreement facilitating closer economic connections between Canada and other CPTPP members, including Mexico, Peru, Chile, and the seven Asia Pacific-based members of the CPTPP, or the AP7. The agreement has significantly impacted Canada’s two-way investment flows with the AP7. This report examines the merchandise and services trade between Canada and the AP7 and between Canada’s provinces and the AP7.
Investment Monitor
The Impact of the CPTPP on Canada-Asia Pacific Foreign Direct Investment Flows
Since ratifying the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) in 2018, Canada has strengthened its economic connections with the seven Asia Pacific-based members of the CPTPP, or the AP7, and has seen significant growth in two-way investment flows with these Asian economies.
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The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada’s Investment Monitor report explores this growth and highlights how the CPTPP continues to support Canada’s goal of diversifying its investment relationships in the dynamic, fast-growing economies of the Asia Pacific.
Investment Monitor Report
2023 Year in Review: Navigating Canada-Asia Investment
The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada is pleased to launch its annual Investment Monitor report reviewing two-way investment flows between Canada and the Asia Pacific that occurred in 2023. The report examines foreign investment at both national and sub-national levels and highlights relevant government policies that could impact future investments.
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This year’s report also includes illustrative case studies showcasing major investment projects on both sides of the Pacific in 2023.
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APF Canada is grateful for the sponsorship and support it has received from Export Development Canada for the Investment Monitor project.
Investment Monitor Report
Climate Solutions and Cleantech: Building a Greener Indo-Pacific Region Through Foreign Direct Investment
Canada’s 2022 Indo-Pacific Strategy identified clean technology and renewable energy as priority sectors for future economic collaboration between Canada and Asia. Understanding major trends in the Canada-Asia renewable energy and electric vehicles (EV) investment relationship over the past 20 years will better position today’s Canadian cleantech companies for successful integration into regional supply chains across the fast-growing and dynamic economies of the Indo-Pacific region.
APF Canada’s Investment Monitor Report Climate Solutions and Cleantech: Building a Greener Indo-Pacific Region Through Foreign Direct Investment provides new insights into two-way foreign direct investment flows between Canada and Asia in the clean technology sectors of renewable energy and EVs.
Investment Monitor Report
Indonesia as an Emerging Hub for Critical Minerals and Electric Vehicles: Opportunites and Risks for Canada
Indonesia is emerging as a leader in nickel production and an electric vehicle (EV) hub for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) economies. Canadian investors have been actively engaged in Indonesia’s nickel industry and will benefit from the development of the country’s EV production.
Despite the opportunities, mining investors interested in setting up shop in Indonesia should be prepared to face a shifting policy environment and social protests over mining activities, alongside general market volatility, as demonstrated by the recent slump in global lithium prices.
Our new report analyzes Canada's presence in Indonesia and highlights the #investment opportunities and risks to look out for.
Investment Monitor Report
Agriculture and Agrifood: The Expanding Role of Canadian Companies in the Indo-Pacific
In 2022, the Canadian federal government identified agriculture and agrifood as a priority sector and committed, through its Indo Pacific Strategy (IPS), C$31.8M over the next five years to help expand Canada’s agricultural trade with the region.
While expanding Canada’s agricultural trade with the Indo-Pacific could help meet the region’s food security challenges, another important dimension of Canada-Asia Pacific agricultural links is two-way investment.
Our new report analyzes both long-term and more recent investment trends at the national and sub-national levels, highlighting the biggest recipients of this investment, the top-peformers, and the key developments to look out for in Canada and the Asia Pacific.
Environmental Intelligence
The Ambitious New Global Biodiversity Framework: The View from Southeast Asia
The importance of the Global Biodiversity Framework to Southeast Asia cannot be emphasized enough. Especially as the region hosts some of the planet’s richest biodiversity, addressing nature loss is increasingly urgent and requires a multi-stakeholder approach – including sustainable infrastructure, efficient financial capacity, and urgent policy changes. Does the region have the capacity to step up to the challenge?
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