By individual appointments only. Contact us at [email protected]
Venue: 10th floor, Wind Room, Avani+ Riverside Bangkok Hotel
By individual appointments only. Contact us at [email protected]
Venue: 10th floor, Wind Room, Avani+ Riverside Bangkok Hotel
Navigating Green Transition in Asia (ESG, Sustainability Asia, Food security, Energy Challenges Asia)
Moderator: Ms Gita Sabharwal, United Nations Resident Coordinator
Panellists:
Organised by FutureBoards and supported by DNV
Venue: Galaxy 2
The traditional capitalistic growth model, that has been a zero-sum game for people and the planet, is increasingly being questioned. Fortunately, the general consensus that the business of business is not just business anymore, is actually embraced by a growing number of corporate leaders. This critical mindshift is accelerated by a number of stakeholders, including large institutional investors, NGOs, politicians and regulators. This session will address the E, the S and the G – a brief overview of trends and current regulations affecting the role, composition and work of the Board of directors.
Introductory presentations:
Master of ceremonies and panel moderator: Mr Mattias Goldmann, Senior Sustainability Advisor, Goldmann Green
Sponsored by Rystad Energy
Venue: Ballroom
Moderator: Mr Reidar Grevskott, Executive Director, Norwegian Business Association, Singapore
This session will address the status, outlook, opportunities and challenges of the low carbon energy (hydrogen, ammonia, e-chemicals) in the Australia-SEA axis.
The session will deep-dive into the various elements of the value chain, with the objective to present and exemplify where Norwegian companies can contribute to realisation of the low-carbon energy transition for Thailand and the region.
Presentations:
Venue: Wind
Moderator: Moderator: Mr Bhisidh Nardee, Head of Strategic Alliances and Communications, True Digital Group
This session will go deeper into the technology shift and focus on some of the drivers for telecom industry’s rapid transformation from traditional telecom to telecom-tech champions. Then we will deep-dive into the implementation fo digital transformation in agricultural sector. Agriculture is an ever-important activity that feeds the growing population amidst challenges like climate change, labour shortages, and increasing production costs. The agricultural sector in Thailand has seen significant advantages through the adoption of digital solutions. In alignment with the evolving digital economy, we will feature how leading companies are enabling farmers to transition into smart farmers, enhancing the capabilities for competition in the global market through implementing digital transformation.
Introductory presentations:
Panellists:
Insights from Norway, the leading country in EV uptake
Dress code: Business Attire or Elegant
New Frontiers of Corporate Responsibility: Unpacking Challenges, Opportunities and Trends at the Nexus of Human Rights and ESG
Organised by FutureBoards
Venue: Galaxy 2
The objective of this session is to take a closer look at the realities of business’s human rights responsibility. The Norwegian Transparency Act has put a stronger spotlight on business’s human rights responsibility and entails new statutory duties for the company and the board. Both the statutory statements from the companies and concrete experiences from companies that have worked for a long time with their human rights responsibility, provide insight into the realities of this responsibility.
Speakers/Panellists:
Moderator: Ms Sara D’Anzeo, Partnerships Specialist, United Nations ESCAP
Thai market and opportunities for Tech companies
Venue: Ballroom
Moderator: Mr Amarit Charoenphan, Local Startup Ecosystem Builder
Thailand’ is more than a land of smiles, but a country ripe for business expansion to the rest of Southeast Asia. What makes Thailand stand out amongst its peers?
Introductory Presentations:
Panellists: Trends and Opportunities in Thailand
Venue: Wind
Moderator: Mr Robert C. Fox, Chair Digital Economy/ICT group, Head Climate group, Joint Foreign Chambers of Commerce of Thailand (JFCCT)
The ESG Climate Action breakout session cover types of programmes introduced by Norwegian-related companies in order to reduce the corporate carbon footprints with presentations from leading companies in polymer, technologies and marine sectors. In addition, we will touch on ESG in practice where multinational companies stand in ESG questions and how ESG is caried out by the companies’ subsidiaries in the field.
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Venue: Sky
Moderator: Mr Andreas Thorud, China Director, Norwegian Seafood Council
This session deals with big questions: How to secure enough food for the world’s future population? With urbanisation on land and overfishing the in the world’s oceans are we driving the world towards a catastrophe? How can we mitigate the crisis? Is increasing crop yields and aquaculture the answer? Are GM foods the answer and are such foods safe? How much room do we still have for improvement? By concentrating production through such methods, are we over utilising the environment to a point of no return? How can we increase crops, yields, fish stocks without great damage to the environment.
Speakers/Panellists:
Moderator: Ms Vibeke Lyssand Leirvåg, Chairwoman, Joint-Foreign Chamber of Commerce
Speakers/Panellists:
Moderator: Ms Natalie Bridgette Becker-Aakervik (MC)
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