Regional Social Enterprise Knowledge & Partnership Symposium: Social Enterprise for a Sustainable Future in Asia

September 14, 2010 9:08 am | POSTED BY admin

“Regional Social Enterprise Knowledge & Partnership Symposium:
Social Enterprise for a Sustainable Future in Asia”
November 15-16, 2010
at Landmark Bangkok Hotel

Day 1 – Morning session

8:30am Registration
9 – 9.05am Welcome speech by Apirak Kosayodhin, Advisor to the Prime Minister of Thailand
9:05 – 9.10am Opening Speech by Chargé d’Affaires, British Embassy
9:15 – 9:20am Regional Social Enterprise Workshop: VDO introduction
9:20 – 9:40am Keynote speech by Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on “Social Enterprise as Asian Sustainable Growth Engine”
9:40 – 10:00am Official launch of Social Enterprise Asia Network

Hideyuki Inoue (JPN) – Representative of SE Network Asia
10:00 – 10:05am Group photo
10.05 – 10.15am Tea Break
10.15 – 12:00pm 1st Panel: Social Enterprise and the sustainable future in Asia by

  • Zulfiqar Ahmed, Director of Programme & Development, UnLtd, UK
  • Komal Sahu, Impact Investment Exchange (IIX), Singapore
  • M.L. Dispanadda Diskul, Director of Operations, Centre for Social Entrepreneurship, The Mae Fah Luang Foundation under Royal Patronage
  • Riaz Khan, Director, Yunus Center at AIT
  • Vishnu Swaminathan, Ashoka’s Hybrid Value Chain Program
12:00 – 1.30pm Working group process announcement and lunch

Day 1 – Afternoon session

1:30 – 3:00pm 1st Asian Pitch Session Open floor for delegates to make 7-minutes pitch on their social enterprise to potential investors and fellow social entrepreneurs
3:00 – 3:15pm Afternoon Tea Break
3:15 – 4.30.pm 2nd Panel: Regional investment landscape and opportunity
Q&A session and experience sharing by investor panelists
Speakers:

  • Abigail Jung, Chief Investment Officer, Sow Asia Foundation
  • Watanan Petersik, Board member, CIMB Thai Bank and CIMB Group
  • Joan Yao, Southeast Asia Investment Manager,
    LGT Venture Philanthropy.
  • Patricia Sosrodjojo, Grassroots Business Fund
4:30 – 6:00pm Ice-breaking activity, Speed dating activity for investors and social entrepreneurs

Asian Social Enterprise Knowledge & Partnership Symposium:
Social Enterprise and the Sustainable Asian Future
November 15-16, 2010
at Landmark Bangkok Hotel

Day 2 – Morning session

8:30 – 9.15am Registration
9.20 – 9.25am Welcome speech by TSEO
9.25 – 9.30am Welcome speech by People Development Association (PDA)
9:30 – 10.45am 2nd Asian Pitch Session (Bar Camp- organize by OD) Delegates chosen by popular vote to make 5-minutes pitch on their social enterprise to potential investors and fellow social entrepreneurs
10:45 – 11am Morning Break
11am – 12:30pm 3rd Panel – CEO Forum: Corporate Partnership in Asia
Explore strategic win-win relationship between social enterprise and CSR by:

  • Toyota
  • Siam Cement Group (SCG)
  • DTAC
  • Mr Koumei Ishikawa from Entrepreneurial Training for Innovative Communities

Day 2 – Afternoon session

1:30 – 3:00pm Thematic Working Group Sessions (as identified by partners and participants in critical collaborative issues such as capacity development, financing, impact measurement and trade network).
conducted and facilitated by:

  • Chris Cusano, Ashoka: Innovators for the Public
  • Hideyuki Inoue, Social Venture Partners Tokyo
  • Pham Kieu Oanh, Center for Social Initiatives Promotion (Vietnam)
  • Ken Ito, Social Venture Partners Tokyo
  • Komal Sahu, Impact Investment Exchange (IIX), Singapore
3:00 – 3:15pm Afternoon Tea Break
3:15 – 3.30pm Presentation of working groups’ plan summary
3:30 – 4.00 pm Closing keynote speech by Mr. Apirak Kosayodhin, Advisor to the Prime Minister on “Partnership for Asian Social Economy”
4pm Program ends and closing ceremony
Photo shoot session
6pm Farewell Dinner : Re earth concert

Download program agenda : Asia SE KP symposium agenda_10Nov

Leading Partners

Supporting Partners

Registration

Please contact: info@senetwork.asia

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5 Responses to “Regional Social Enterprise Knowledge & Partnership Symposium: Social Enterprise for a Sustainable Future in Asia”

  1. Patsakorn Thaveeuchukorn says:
    November 9, 2010 at 2:00 pm

    To whom it may concern

    I’m interested to join this year event however I cannot find the registration pages

    Please advise

    Best regards,

    Patsakorn Thaveeuchukorn

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  2. งานสัมมนากิจการเพื่อสังคมระดับภูมิภาคอาเซียน Regional Social Enterprise Knowledge & Partnership Symposium: SE for a Sustainable Future in Asia says:
    November 10, 2010 at 3:27 am

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  3. Pook Budhaporn says:
    November 10, 2010 at 6:57 pm

    What are the prerequisites to be selected as a delegate to this event? My contact number is 084 427 7282.

    Thank you.

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  4. Yuka Maeda says:
    November 11, 2010 at 2:24 am

    I am a resident in Bangkok, and would like to go the symposium to hear, if it possible.
    I’ ve send a letter to ask it to info@senetwork.asia before, but not get a reply yet, so now I’m writing this again. Do you mean that it’s impossible? Please let me know about it.

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  5. David Tay says:
    November 13, 2010 at 6:58 am

    I would be attending the second day of the forum. Kindly assist to register me. Appeciate.

    David Tay
    (Singapore)

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