By Koichi Kanaboshi, SasinSEC Having been invited by the Executive Vice President of the Thai Startup Association, Casper Sermsuksan (EMBA 2023), I attended their joint “Thai Startup & Innovation Future Forum 2023” with the Thai Chamber of Commerce. The purpose of the gathering was to bring together vital stakeholders of the ecosystem. The were to tackle the issue of finding “Thailand’s new S-curve” while developing a strategy and innovation ecosystem under the “Five หา” or “Five Find’s” strategy. This followed their Makers United program, also jointly run with the Thai Chamber of Commerce. Kicking off the event with opening remarks were Associate Professor Yutthana Srisavat, president of Thai Startup Association, and Knun Sanan Angubolkul, Chairman of the Thai Chamber of Commerce & Board of Trade of Thailand. The event itself centered around a series of workshop discussions within defined frameworks. Initially, the groups were split into B2C, B2B, B2G, and B2Inter (international), to separate discussions on finding and combining markets into different perspectives. I joined the B2G session, where representatives from different governmental agencies tried to identify bureaucratic impediments to the support that startups need from government. A second workshop was “Finding the missing smart money,” with attendants split into different types of funding sources. I joined the VC funding discussion alongside others from the innovation/entrepreneurship centers of Chiang Mai University and Suranaree University of Technology. There were also representatives of non-academic institutions such as Sinwattana Crowdfunding and InnoSpace Thailand, as well as an EdTech founder from the Thai/Singapore Chamber. Discussions concluded, a close friend of the center, Khun Kobkarn Wattanavrangkul (Vice Chairman at the Thai Chamber of Commerce & Board of Trade of Thailand), offered an inspiring close.