The oldest of these is held by the Indian think tank Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) in New Delhi, India.
There is a more recently developed 'Asia Security Conference,' which is an annual event organised by International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS).
Australia, Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Russia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor Leste, the United Kingdom, the United States, Vietnam are the countries that participated in the 2009 conference.
The main focus of the meet was shipping security, fighting terrorism and the North Korea's nuclear ambition.
[2] The 2005[3] talks was held in Singapore and focused issues including the U.S.-led War on Terrorism, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and the emergent roles for India and China in Asian regional security.