2026 ASEAN Inclusive Growth Summit
Resilient and rising
ASEAN is at the center of a profound global economic shift. The challenges are real. So is the region's enduring momentum. This November, leaders from business, government, civil society, and the creator economy will gather in Manila. Together, they will explore how to turn volatility into opportunity and unlock the next wave of inclusive economic growth.
Featured Topics
Join the region’s most consequential conversations
Home to more than 700 million people and 70 million MSMEs, Southeast Asia is where inclusive growth is being tested and proven. From digital transformation and financial health to tourism and the creator economy, this year's program explores how key growth sectors can lead to shared prosperity across the region.
Financial health
Small business
Featured Speakers
Regional voices, global perspectives
The Summit's speaker lineup reflects the full breadth of Southeast Asia's growth story, from boardrooms and government ministries to startups, small businesses, philanthropies, and digital platforms. These are the leaders driving ASEAN's economic transformation.
play_circle
ASEAN Inclusive Growth Summit
AIGS 2025 highlights
In case you missed it, watch the highlights of the 2025 ASEAN Inclusive Growth Summit showcasing some of the best discussions from visionary leaders on inclusive growth. See thought leaders share groundbreaking ideas and initiatives aimed at fostering economic development that leaves no one behind.
2025 Summit Rewind
The 2025 global summit's most memorable moments
In a turbulent economic, environmental, and human context, the Global Inclusive Growth Summit enables private sector, social impact, and government leaders to partner in new ways on meaningful solutions and approaches.
Snapshots
Revisit the global summit
Experience the summit through our official photographs of the most memorable and important moments, and celebrate the minds that champion growth all over the world.
Featured Session
A conversation with Trevor Noah and Melinda French Gates
Top Quotes
Insightful leaders, in their own words
“The future of our region, the future of Southeast Asia, is not going to be built by a few large mega businesses. It’s going to be built by millions of small ones, because when small/medium enterprises do well and they thrive, the region grows together.”
“To my colleagues in the ASEAN Business Advisory Council, help those at the bottom of the pyramid. Because the moment you help them and scale them up, the economy of each respective country will continue to grow. I call that the circle of prosperity.”
“There’s a saying if you want to look at the biggest amount of wealth, it is in America. If you want to look at wealth with the longest history, it is is in Europe. But if you look at the fastest growing amount of wealth, it is here in Asia.”
“SMEs and MSMEs are the lifeblood any country from an employment point of view, from a GDP point of view, and I think that’s where innovation is needed the most. And so, we are supporting social enterprises, but we also partnering with governments, public sector partners and other foundations, to really address some real problems facing society today.”
“ASEAN has the promise of being a real economic growth powerhouse in the world. For the Philippines to play a role in that, we need a competitive workforce.”
“It’s a very, very critical question for us and our communities, like, what are we going to do to make sure AI is a force for good and not something that creates further disruption and tension? We will have to help small businesses, and help the gig economy, to transition into an AI-enabled world, where they benefit from it.”
“Cyber security issues impact every one of us, and it’s going to take every one of us to get after them. No one sector, no one government, no one nation is going to be able to deal with this on their own. The cost of cyber crime, the intrusions, the insecurities, the vulnerabilities that it causes us, we are all in this together, and no one should or can deal with it alone.”
“Education is key, whether it’s cyber security or thinking about the proliferation of AI, and AI skills, and how important that is. There are so many organizations, foundations, companies working on this and trying to get the right education out in as many ways as possible, But you really can’t do it without the policymakers in government to actually scale and bring it to communities in a way that is relevant to them.”
“Profit with purpose. We don’t only preach it, we are kind of engineering it, with the heart in the right place, and with the discipline for depth.”
“As we align our purpose to how we want to make the customers feel, then we can grow business at scale.”
Related Content
Learn more about our Global Inclusive Growth partnerships
In partnership with
The Center for Inclusive Growth and the ASEAN Business Advisory Council Philippines present
The ASEAN Inclusive Growth Summit aims to inspire and innovate. Hosted by the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth in partnership with the ASEAN Business Advisory Council Philippines, the Summit advances real solutions to today’s most pressing challenges through collaboration and candid conversation among entrepreneurs, innovators, policymakers and emerging changemakers.
The Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth advances equitable and sustainable economic growth and financial inclusion around the world. The Center leverages the company’s core assets and competencies, including data insights, expertise and technology, while administering the philanthropic Mastercard Impact Fund, to produce independent research, scale global programs and empower a community of thinkers, leaders and doers on the front lines of inclusive growth.
The ASEAN-BAC Philippines (ABAC) serves as the private sector’s lead interface with ASEAN governments during the Philippines’ ASEAN Chairship in 2026, advancing business priorities and regional collaboration across Southeast Asia. Under the leadership of Chairman Joey Concepcion, ABAC Philippines shapes policy dialogue, drives private sector initiatives, and fosters partnerships that support inclusive and sustainable economic growth.
