Asean Affairs Business Council (AABC) is the forum of Southeast Asia’s global publication Asean Affairs. AABC is the platform to discuss the leading issues facing the world and how they impact Asean’s 560 m people across the 10 member countries. In June 2009, AseanAffairs hosted The Sixth Asean Leadership Forum
with Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva of Thailand as the keynote speaker with participation from 200 business and government leaders across Southeast Asia.

In the wake of the global economic crisis, we organized a series of conferences on His Majesty the King of Thailand’s Sufficiency Economy Philosophy (SEP) which presented an alternative economic model for the world to consider. AseanAffairs has been involved with the Asean Summit (Bangkok Feb ‘09), Asia Pacific Weeks (Berlin Oct’09), The 5th Asia Economic Summit (Singapore Dec’09) and Asean Integration
conference organized by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (Bangkok Nov’09).

AABC brings together the leading stakeholders in Asean’s future: Governments, Think Tanks, Businesses and Civil Society. 2010 maybe the turning point for the world in the way we do business and live our lives. With the intense interest on the “Green Technologies” of the near future and our world’s obsession with carbon based fuels and following on the 2009 Copenhagen Climate Conference, AABC is launching a series of
conferences to debate Climate Change and what Asean can do to prevent and mitigatethis vital challenge of our times.

“Save Our Planet 1” on March 12, 2010 in Bangkok is the first in a series of conferences being organized by ABBC. The conference will be held in different Asean capitals (Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Ho Chi Minh) in 2010 culminating in a mega conference at the end of the year. The conference seeks to enlighten leaders in business and government in Southeast Asia to the outcome of the Copenhagen Climate Conference, create awareness of our growing carbon footprint, and find sustainable solutions for individuals, businesses, civic society and governments to contribute towards saving our planet from catastrophic consequences before it is too late.

MC: Dr Valerie McKenzie: Presenter of Thailand’s Longest running TV Program in English, Morning Talk
Welcome by Mom Luang Rajadarasri Jayankura, Chairwoman of Asean Affairs
Welcome address by Swarup Roy, Founder & CEO of Asean Affairs

COPENHAGEN Climate Change Summit and its Implications
1.15 pm :
A climate time bomb already at 2° !
Challenges and Opportunities of the Copenhagen Climate Conference (Keynote)
Dr. Michael Nobel
Founder, the Nobel Charitable Trust and guest professor at the Frontier Research Centre, Tokyo Institute of Technology, National University of Japan (Sweden)

1.35 pm :
Avoiding Runaway Climate Change: the ‘Venus Syndrome’ (2nd Keynote)
Stuart Scott
Director, The Climate Summit , USA.

1.50 pm :

Beyond Copenhagen – the shift to green energy offers great economic advantages
Dr. Hanns Schumacher
Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Thailand
2.05 pm :

The Bayer Climate Program – Concept and Practice
Mr. Dominikus von Pescatore
Senior Bayer Representative for Country Group North ASEAN and Managing Director of Bayer Thai Co., Ltd.
2.30 pm :
Thai-German Cooperation on Climate Change
Mr. Torsten Fritsche
Director of Resource-Efficiency and Energy German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) (THAILAND)

2.45-3.15 pm:
Panel Discussion: Moderated by Dr. Raphael L’Hoest, Counsellor for Economic Affairs German Embassy, Bangkok. Panelists: Dr Nobel, Mr Scott, Dr Schumacher, Mr Pescatore and Mr Fritsche
3.15-3.30 pm: Coffee Break

ENERGY and Climate Change

3.30-3.50 pm:

Energy and Emerson’s Impact on the Carbon Footprint
Mr. Tony Novak
Country General Manager Emerson (Thailand) Ltd.
3.50-4.00 pm:
Smart and Responsible Energy Management
Mr.Niraj Sharan
Chairman Aura Inc & Aura Energy – US, Italy & India
4.00-4.20 pm:
Hybrid Fuel Cell Energy-Delivering green energy and technology to Asia.
Dr. Chris D’Couto
President & Chief Executive Officer Neah Power Systems, Seattle, USA
4.20-4.30 pm:
Zero Emission in a School Setting
Dr. Art-ong Jumsai na Ayudhya
Director The Society for the Preservation of Water, Thailand
4.30-4.55 pm:

Panel Discussion: Moderated by Prof Said Irandoust, President of The Asian Institute of
Technology, Bangkok. Panelists: Mr Novak, Mr Sharan, Dr. D’Couto, Dr Art-ong

Financing the Fight against Climate Change
4.55-5.10 pm:
Government Financing – The Fight against Climate Change
Mr. Sumit Pokhrel
GMS-EOC climate change specialist ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK , (THAILAND)

5.10-5.25 pm:
Private Sector Financing- The Fight against Climate Change
Mr. Shayne Heffernan
Co – Founder , Ebeling-Heffernan , (BAHAMAS)

Climate Change’s Implications for Peace
5.25-5.35 pm:
Climate Change’s implications for Peace.
The Hon. BARRY GUSI
Chairman The Gusi Peace Prize Foundation, Republic of Philippines

Eco Friendly Energy: From Garbage to Gold
5.35-6.00 pm:
Eco Friendly Energy (EFE): A Unique technology developed over two decades in Japan which converts Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) to energy through perfect combustion with zero pollution. Solving the problem of landfills and energy generation at the same time.
Mr. Masaru Takano
General Manager of S.H.C, R&D Centre (Kaga Plant, Japan) on behalf of TIME INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT ENTERPRISES CO; LTD, The worldwide representative of this technology.

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