Prof. Arjun Kumar Baral, Executive Director of CEDA, participated in the Boao Forum for Asia Academic Conference 2025, held on November 5–6, 2025, at the Shangri-La, Chengdu, Sichuan Province (China). The conference featured several roundtable discussions with global leaders and distinguished personalities. Prof. Baral delivered a speech as a distinguished speaker on the theme “Asia-Pacific Cooperation: New Challenges, New Opportunities, and New Trends.”