David Stewart, Vice President of ICF and Shashank Nigam, Founder and CEO of SimpliFlying discuss the progress of the top players, Boeing and Airbus, at the recent Farnborough Airshow and whether smaller players will get a chance to taste a slice of the $100 billion dollar aviation market.

Philip Parker, Founder, Managing Director and CIO at Parker Asset Management and Justin O'Brien, Director, Centre of Law, Markets and Regulation at The University of New South Wales debate on the impact of the Libor scandal on the banking industry and whether there will be another form of rate that will be used instead.

Kong Wah Lau, Vice-chairman, Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong says that the top priority of the newly elected Chief Executive C.Y. Leung is to address the affordability of public housing.

Jennifer Cheung, founder and executive chef, Sift talks about the challenges she faces in running a small business in Hong Kong.

Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra remains a divisive figure in the Kingdom, 6 years after being deposed. Parvin Chachawanpongpan, Associate Professor at the Centre for Southeast Asian Studies at Kyoto University says Thaksin is still manipulating the ruling government but Prime Minister Yingluck has stepped up and showed her leadership.

Amid the flak Facebook has gotten recently regarding its execution of online ads, Stuart Bailey, General Manager, Diversified Events says online retailing is here to stay, and postulates that the social networking site may not be the best medium for it right now.

James Yau, Founder and MD at Grocorp talks to CNBC's Christine Tan about his plans to build a sustainable agriculture business.

Sudhitham Chirathivat, Executive Chairman of the Central Group, discusses the group's expansion out of Thailand through overseas acquisitions.

Amid the pomp and pageantry of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations in the U.K., Christopher Hammerbeck, Executive Director, British Chamber of Commerce and David Morris, National Director of the Australian Republican Movement go head to head over the role of the monarchy and Australia's alliegance to the Queen.

Kevin Hewison, Visiting Professor at the Singapore Management University and Andrew Rickards, CEO, Yoma Strategic Holdings discuss Myanmar's prospects and challenges as the country opens its doors economically and politically.

Martin Jacques, Author, "When China Rules the World" says China's potential power is underestimated. He further explains why China will replace the US as the world's dominant power.

Jitendra Sriram, Head of Research, India, HSBC Global Research, Chetan Ahya, Asia Pacific and India Economist at Morgan Stanley panel up to discuss if India's weakening growth is a cause for concern.

Zhang Xin, CEO at SOHO China says the country's commercial property market is picking up.

Jin Liqun, Chairman of Board of Supervisors of CIC tells Managing Asia's Christine Tan why he has turned more positive about investing in Europe

Lionel Lee, Managing Director of oil and gas solutions company Ezra Holdings, discusses the growth of subsea construction and explains how high oil prices will spur new projects globally.

Sung-joo Kim, Chairperson of luxury brand MCM Holdings, talks about focusing on tier-2 Chinese cities for retail growth.

Pawan Goenka, President, Automotive & Farm Equipment Sectors at the Mahindra Group talks about the challenges and opportunities in India's electric vehicle space.

Ed Moya, Chief Currency Strategist at Trading Advantage says that Japan's intervention in the currency market has not helped much and that the yen rally is set to stay for a little bit longer.

Ties between the U.S. and China will take a new turn with the arrival of China's new slate of leaders, and Obama's re-election. But as CNBC's Eunice Yoon reports, bilateral ties will very much depend on their trade relationship.

Cheng Li, Director of Research & Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution says the methhods by which China's new leaders were chosen is a lost opportunity to enhance their mandate to govern.