Advanced chips, AI computing capacity and digital payment systems are now matters of national strategy. Most of the world's semiconductor fabrication, assembly and testing takes place in East and Southeast Asia, while export controls and investment screening are redrawing who can buy and build what.

Taking Malaysia's semiconductor industry as a case study, this webinar explores how economies embedded in global technology supply chains manage competing pressures from major powers. Speakers will also look at data centres, digital sovereignty and the rapid growth of Asian payment systems such as India's UPI.