DAY 2 | Asia Liberty Forum 2018 (February 10th-11th) | Main Ballroom, Mandarin Oriental | Jakarta, Indonesia The title of the session asks it all: so, what exactly does it take to start a think tank? Executive Vice President for International Programs at Atlas Network, Dr. Tom G. Palmer, takes the stage to share the how-tos and to-dos of starting and developing a think tank. The idea, as Tom underlines, should focus on a problem: "What is the problem to which your new organization is the solution? What is the lack that your new organization supplies?"