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29th JuLY 2010
Day 1
FUTURE LANDSCAPE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMIES WITHIN THE ASIA PACIFIC REGION
08.30 Registration
09.00 Welcome Address
Host: Ms Lina Goh, Acting Head of Office of Environmental Sustainability, National University of Singapore
09.15 Sustainability Policies in Singapore
Guest of Honour: Dr Amy Khor, Mayor, South West District, and Senior Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources
10.00 Morning Tea
10.30 Leading Singapore to a Sustainable Future
Sustainable Development in Singapore and into the Future
Dr Song Bin, Director, Sustainable Manufacturing Centre, Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology (SIMTech)

Green Mark Certification for Non-Residential Buildings
Dr Gao Chun Ping, Senior Executive Development Officer, Green Mark Department, Building and Construction Authority

Why Green Buildings Make Good Business Sense
Er Lee Chuan Seng, President, Singapore Green Building Council
12.30 Networking Lunch
13.30 Leading Sustainability in the Workplace
Managing a Sustainability Business Strategy in Asia
Mr Mann Young , Head of Sustainability, Lend Lease, Asia

Embedding Sustainability into the Workplace
Ms Teo Lay Lim, Country Managing Director, Asia Pacific Accenture
Accenture in collaboration with the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) has just completed the largest global CEO survey on sustainability of its kind to date. The study examines CEOs’ shifting perceptions of the importance of sustainability, as well as gauges the progress that has been made in integrating environmental, social and governance issues into core strategies.
14.45 Afternoon Tea
15.15 Achieving Sustainable Change Across the Business
Doing Business in a New Environmental Reality
Ms Ivy Liang Siu Ching, Vice-President, Marketing, Imaging & Printing Group, Asia Pacific & Japan

Driving Sustainability Across Workplaces
Mr Rob Moult, Director of Asia Pacific Operations, Johnson Controls
16.30 Summation of the Day
Sustainable Development: Singapore’s Role in the Global Arena
Associate Professor Simon Tay, Chairman, Singapore Institute of International Affairs
17.00 Close
 
30th JuLY 2010
Day 2
Implications for Skills and the Labour Market
08.30 Registration
09.00 Welcome Address
  Host: Dr John Buchanan, Director of Workplace Research Centre, University of Sydney
09.15 The Economics of Climate Change in Southeast Asia: A Regional Review
  Mr John Pearson , Head of the UK Regional Climate Change Network in Southeast Asia
10.00 Morning Tea
10.30 Environmentally sustainable jobs and the Green Collar Economy
  Skills for Greener Jobs
Dr John Buchanan, Director of Workplace Research Centre, University of Sydney

Green Apprenticeships and Green Workforce Development
Mr Nicholas Wyman - Chief Executive, WPC Group Limited
12.00 Networking Lunch
13.30 Achieving Sustainable Change Across the Business
  Towards a Green Business Solution
Ms Rani Virdee, Asia Pacic Managing Director, The Carbon Neutral Company

Investing in a Low Carbon Economy to Create Green Jobs
Mr Ken Hickson, Director, ABC Carbon
14.30 Afternoon Tea
15.00 The future of the Environmental Economy in the Asia Pacific Region
 
National Environment Agency (awaiting conrmation from NEA)

Developing the Green Industry in the Asia Pacific Region
Mr Howard Shaw, Executive Director, Singapore Environment Council
16.15 Concluding Comments
  Dr John Buchanan, Director of Workplace Research Centre, University of Sydney*
16.30 Close
*To be confirmed.