The UP Asian Center, in partnership with the Foreign Service Institute, Department of Foreign Affairs, will hold the first installment of the Ambassador Lecture Series, "Timor Leste's Path to ASEAN Membership: Opportunities and Challenges" on 21 November 2025, 2 PM (GMT+8), at the GT-Toyota Asian Center Auditorium, UP Diliman. The event is free and open to the public. Attendees are encouraged to register online.

The UP Asian Center recently co-hosted the visit of former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Trans-Pacific Sustainability Dialogue 2025 at the University of the Philippines Diliman on 11 November 2025, the second day of the two-day Dialogue. Co-hosted and organized with the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (APARC) of Stanford University and the Ban Ki-moon Foundation for a Better Future, the first day of the Dialogue was held at the Makati Shangri-La Hotel in Makati. 

The UP Asian Center will hold an Academic Programs Information Session on 19 November 2025, 3:00 PM, PST (GMT+8), via Zoom. The event is free and open to the public but signing in to a (free) Zoom account is required.