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AFCSR 2007 Program and Topics for the first day: Thursday, September 27 (as of 22 September) |
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Activity |
Topic |
Speakers |
| 0830– 1045 | Opening Remarks | Opening remarks, acknowledgement of sponsors and partners | - Mr. Francis G. Estrada, President, Asian Institute of Management - Dr. Doan Duy Khuong, Vice Executive President, Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry - Mr. John Hendra, UN Vietnam Resident Coordinator Emcee: Prof. Felipe Alfonso, Vice Chairman - Board of Trustees, Asian Institute of Management |
| Welcome Remarks | Keynote Speech | - Guest of Honor |
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| Plenary I |
How Businesses address Social Issues through their distinctive core competencies |
- Mr. William A. Swope, Vice President and General Manager, Corporate Affairs Group, Intel Corporation Mod: Prof. Felipe B. Alfonso, Vice Chairman - Board of Trustees, Asian Institute of Management |
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| Plenary II | What are the challenges and opportunities for partnerships between companies and the UN |
- Mr. Soren Petersen, Head, Networks & Partnerships, UN Global Compact
- Mr. Afzaal Malik, Director, Global Stakeholder Relations, The Coca-Cola Company | |
| Plenary III |
Education & Literacy as a Foundation for National Growth |
- Mr. Faycal Bouchlaghem, General Manager –Unlimited Potential Group, Microsoft Asia Pacific Region Mod: Mr. Nguyen Quang Vinh, Deputy Director of Vietnam Business Office for Sustainable Development- SDforB - VCCI | |
| 1115– 1230 | Special Interest Sessions A | A1. Improved standards of living through ICT capacity building and community productivity |
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| A2. What can business do to ensure environmental sustainability |
- Dr. Joong Woo Ahn, Senior Director, Sustainable Management, North Asia, Kimberly-Clark / Yuhan-Kimberly - Dr. George McHenry, Head, DNV Academy Mod: Ms. Nilgun Tas, Representative, UNIDO |
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| A3. Models for Business Intervention in Basic Education |
- Ms. Yashashree Gurjar, Chief General Manager & Head, CSR, Ballarpur Industries Ltd. - Ms. Cheng Cheng Loo, Regional Program Manager – Asia, Intel Electronics (M) Sdn Bhd Mod: Mr. David Taylor, Director, International School Brunei | ||
| A4. Addressing Social Issues through Partnerships between SMEs & Large Corporations |
- Ms. Rhodora Palomar-Fresnedi, Vice President Corporate Communications - Asia, Africa, Middle East and Turkey, Unilever Asia Pte Ltd | ||
| A5. CSR and the Global Supply Chain | - Mr. Rudi Fajar, President Director, PT Riau Andalan Pulp & Paper Mod: Ms. Ngo Huong, Founder and Senior Advisor, Center for Development and Integration |
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| A6. The trade union's role in promoting industrial relations thus helping generate investment / Investing in local content using core competencies: a business approach to CSR |
- Mr. Mai Duc Chinh, Vice President, Vietnam General Confederation of Labour - Mr. Michael Hoffmann, Communication and External Affairs Director, BP Vietnam Mod: Mr. James South, Corporate Affairs Coordinator, Mitsui & Co. (Australia) Ltd. | ||
| A7. Social License to Operate |
- Prof. Sirkka Korpela, Adjunct Professor, Columbia University / Senior Adviser, World Monitors Inc. | ||
| 1400 – 1530 | Special Interest Sessions B | B1. Business Response to the Avian Flu and HIV/AIDS |
- Ms. Felicia Pullam, Associate Director, CSR Asia, APCO Worldwide - Dr. Sean Tobin, Medical Epidemiologist, World Health Organization Mod: Dr. Reevany Bustami, Deputy Dean of the School of Social Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia / Co-Convener – CSR Program, MINSOC |
| B2. How MDGs and development partnerships can generate business opportunities |
- Mr. Lucas Black, Business Outreach Coordinator, Growing Sustainable Business initiative, Private Sector Division, Partnerships Bureau, UNDP - Ms. Nguyen Hong Ha, Director, Bureau of Employers’ Activities of VCCI Mod: Mr. John Hendra, UN Resident Coordinator in Vietnam |
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| B3. IT Enabled Education in the community |
- Mr. Peter Zhang, Director-Mobiledu Program | ||
| B4. Social Entrepreneurship (Converting Social Needs into Small Business Opportunities) |
- Mr. Farrukh Moriani, Honorary UN Advisor, Global Compact - Ms. Pacita Juan, CEO, Figaro Coffee Company Mod: Mr. Benedict Cheong, CEO, Temasek Foundation CLG Ltd. |
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| B5. How can technologies save the environment? / ISO 26000 |
- Mr. Junichi Takahashi, President, Fuji Xerox Eco-Manufacturing Co., Ltd - Mr. Martin Neureiter, CEO, The CSR-Company Mod: Dr. Naoki Adachi, CEO, Response Ability, Inc. | ||
| B6. Kill the competition: Your next product innovation looks good, does good and sells good |
- Ms. Jude Mannion, Director, Robin Hood Asia - Mr. Oren Schlein, Director, Robin Hood Asia Mod: Dr. Hennedige Srinath Dilanjan, General Manager/CEO, Commercial Leasing Company |
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| B7. Monitoring and Evaluating CSR Projects |
- Dr. Y.K. Saxena, Vice President - ENV, Ambuja Cements Ltd. - Mr. Michael Levine, Chair, Corporate Social Responsibility Practice, Epstein, Becker & Green, P.C. Mod: Mr. Julius Dumangas, Research Fellow, Asian Institute of Management |
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| 1600 – 1730 | Special Interest Sessions C | C1. Health, Wellness and Environmental sanitation through Core Products and Services |
- Ms. Shainoor Khoja, Director of Corporate Affairs, Roshan - Ms. Kate Vernon, Managing Director, Community Business Mod: Mr. Gregory Elphinston, Director of Community Involvement, Nokia |
| C2. What benefits can be achieved through promoting gender equality and empowerment of women? |
- Mr. Jeff Fang, CEO, Purvis Center for International Development - Ms. Ayumi Fujino, Representative and Head of Regional Office, UNIDO Mod: Mr. Andrew Billo, Programme Officer, International Organization for Migration |
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| C3. Making Education responsive to a knowledge-based economy |
- Prof. Jeffrey Phang, Assistant Professor, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman - Ms. Sandy Walsh, Regional Manager, Education Programs & Corporate Responsibility Asia Pacific, Cisco Systems Inc. Mod: Mr. Paul Wedel, Executive Director, Kenan Institute Asia | ||
| C4. Role of CSR in SME growth and development |
- Mr. Mohiuddin Babar, Convenor, Nature Alliance / Executive Director, BizCare Business Solutions - Mr. Junichi Mori, Programme Officer, UNIDO Vietnam Mod: Ms. Angelika Hutter, Senior Advisor, MPI-GTZ SME Development Program |
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| C5. Sustainable workplace practices for increased productivity |
- Dr. Faiz Shah, Advisor, Responsible Business Initiative - Pakistan - Mr. Manoj Chakravarti, Advisor-Corporate, Titan Industries Ltd. Mod: Mr. Aidan Lynam, CEO, Holcim (Vietnam) Ltd. |
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| C6. Village-based joint investment |
- Dr. Sopon Pornchokchai, President, Agency for Real Estate Affairs - Ms. Mai Oldgard, Vice President and Head of Group Corporate Responsibility, Telenor Group Mod: Dr. Nguyen Thi Thuan, Vice Director, University of Labours, Invalids and Social Affairs | ||
| C7. The CSR Toolkit |
- Mr. Ashley Hegland, Account Manager, CSR and Sustainability, Edelman - Mr. Glenn Schloss, Regional Director, Corporate Communications, Asia Pacific, Hill & Knowlton Asia Ltd. Mod: Mr. Bui Huy Dung, External Relations Manager, Talisman Vietnam Limited | ||
| 1800– 1930 | Fellowship Night | Grand Welcome Reception | |
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| 0900 - 1045 | Plenary IV | Why and How a Commitment to Sustainable Communities leads to investments and growth / Moral Purpose, Economic Competitiveness, and the Benefits They Generate |
- Mr. Marijin van Tiggelen, Chairman, Unilever Vietnam Mod: Mr. Tachi Kiuchi, Chairman, The Future 500 |
| Plenary V | Why and how to partner with international organizations like the UNDP / Business for Sustainable Development |
- Ms. Setzuko Yamazaki, Country Director, UNDP Mod: Dr. Vo-Tong Xuan, Rector, An Giang University | |
| 1115– 1230 | Special Interest Sessions D | D1. The role of the government in supporting businesses to improve labour practices |
- Ms. Nguyen Thi Lan Huong, Deputy Director, Institute of Labour and Social Affairs- MOLISA - Mr. Jan Jung-Min Sunoo, Chief Technical Advisor, ILO/ Vietnam Industrial Relations Project Mod: Mr. Pham Hoang Hai, Project Coordinator, ActionAid International Vietnam |
| D2. Why and how should a company reduce corruption |
- Mr. Neil Thamotheram, Director, PriceWaterhouseCoopers - Mr. Andrew Boname, Regional Anti-Corruption Advisor, American Bar Association - Rule of Law Initiative, Asia Division Mod: Mr. Marinus W. Sikkel, Chief of the Investment and Enterprise Development Section, Trade and Investment Division, UNESCAP |
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| D3. The Business of Education is Education: If educators educate well, the business side will take care of itself. |
- Dr. Edilberto de Jesus, Director, Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization Secretariat - Mr. Brett Rierson, Donor Officer - Private Sector, UN World Food Programme Mod: Ms. Laurie Javier, Executive Director, Philippine Investment-Management (PHINMA), Inc. Foundation |
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| D4. Increasing labor productivity, effectiveness and profits of SMEs / Creating markets for socio-economic development by SMEs |
- Dr. Arif Siregar, President & CEO, PT International Nickel Indonesia Tbk - Susan Njoroge, Corporate Sustainability Manager, DHL Asia Pacific Mod: Ms. Winnie Ng, Development Officer, Community Business | ||
| D5. Identifying Social Issues for Maximum Impact |
- Ms. Rachelle Jackson, Director of Research & Development, Cal Safety Compliance Corporation (CSCC) - Mr. Ricky (Shizuo) Fukada, Steering Committee Chairman, Council for Better Corporate Citizenship Mod: Mr. Tjahjono Soerjodibroto, Executive Director, PPM Institute of Management |
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| D6. Poverty Reduction through Micro-Enterprises |
- Dr. Richard Welford, Professor, University of Hong Kong - Mr. Richard Bernhard, Associate Executive Director, Kenan Institute Asia Mod: Mr. Ali Darwin, Executive Director, National Center for Sustainability Reporting |
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| D7. Skills for the CSR Professional / Knowledge for the CSR Professional |
- Ms. Eva Wong, Chairperson and President, TopHuman - Mr. Julius Dumangas, Research Fellow, Asian Institute of Management Mod: Dr. Ambreen Waheed, Executive Director, Responsible Business Initiative - Pakistan | ||
| 1400 – 1530 | Meeting of Minds (MOM) | To be done | To be done |
| 1600– 1730 | Plenary VI | The Role of Business in Making Poverty History / Generating Investments through Supply Chain Improvement |
- Ms. Jude Mannion, Director, Robin Hood Asia - Mr. Toshio Arima, Board Director and Executive Advisor (former President), Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. Mod: Mr. Henry Groen, Finance & Accounting Manager, Talisman Vietnam Limited |
| Plenary VII | CSR as a way to ensure sustainability and growth of SMEs |
- Dr. Ralph Sorenson, President Emeritus, Babson College - Dr. Bradley K. Googins, Executive Director, The Center for Corporate Citizenship – Boston College Mod: TBA |
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| 1900– 2200 | Gala Dinner | Asian CSR Awards | GOH: TBA |
Last Update: 22 September 2007 |
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