BUSINESS CALENDAR
EVENTS
MONDAY: The Electronic Transactions Development Agency is holding “Future Economy and Internet Governance: Big Change to Big Chance” until Wednesday at Royal Paragon Hall, 5th floor Siam Paragon as part of its celebration to mark its eighth anniversary. Deputy Prime Minister ACM Prajin Juntong and Digital Economy and Society Minister Pichet Durongkaveroj are keynote speakers, together with experts in the public and private sphere, who are discussing cybersecurity and digital risks in the new era.
TUESDAY: PTT Group is launching its “Our Khung Bang Kachao” conservation project, located in Phra Pradaeng district, Samut Prakan province. Bang Kachao, one of the major ozone-rich districts of Thailand, is among the areas which PTT Group is helping rehabilitate and conserve through its work with Chaipattana Foundation and the Royal Forest Department. The event takes place at Klong Lat Pho Park in Phra Pradaeng district.
THURSDAY: The Business Development Department of the Commerce Ministry is organising “MOC Biz Club”, an event featuring products from more than 11,000 members of the club, and promoting matchings to strengthen business networks among small entrepreneurs nationwide. The event includes seminars and a trade fair, being held at the Impact Muang Thong Thani until Sunday.
Thailand Center of Excellence for Life Sciences is organising “Thailand Life Sciences Startup Contest 2018” at Novotel Ploenchit Hotel to select startup teams that can win seed funding and further comprehensive training for expanding abroad, in partnership with TCELS and MassChallenge Inc. The Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit and the Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning are holding a Kickoff Meeting on Climate Change Policy Implementation on the Subnational Level at the Berkeley Pratunam Hotel, Bangkok.
PRESS BRIEFINGS
MONDAY: The National Innovation Agency and the Thai Rice Foundation under Royal Patronage will discuss innovation development in the Thai rice industry and types of innovative rice products with high market potential. The press conference takes place at Wecosystem, Gaysorn Village, Ratchaprasong.
The Tourism Authority of Thailand is holding a presser on its new environmental conservation campaign, which encourages tourists to reduce the use of single-use plastic products at tourism destinations. The press conference is being held by Tourism and Sports Minister Weerasak Kowsurat at the TAT head office.
TUESDAY: EXIM Bank is talking about the export outlook for this half, risk factors and the bank’s policy and services to support shippers, at EXIM Bank’s headquarters.
KBank and Siam Piwat Co, the operator of Siam Paragon and Siam Center, are revealing new collaborative efforts, aimed at providing greater convenience to retail businesses. The event takes place at Siam Kempinski Hotel Bangkok.
Seacon Home Co’s is holding a presser on its business direction for the first half and is unveiling four housing models at Mandarin Samyan Hotel.
WEDNESDAY: SCG chief executive Roongrote Rangsiyopash is reporting on operation results for the second quarter at SCG’s head office in Bangkok.
Toyota Motor Thailand Co is holding a presentation on Thailand’s car sales in the first half and its outlook for the second. Sales of Toyota vehicles over the first six months are being revealed at the press briefing, which is being held at the Okura Prestige Bangkok.
THURSDAY: Ride-hailing operator Grab is revealing its three new services to be offered in one application at the Ballroom Room, the Okura Prestige Bangkok.
SEMINARS
WEDNESDAY: MIT Sloan School of Management is joining Sasin School of Management to hold Bangkok’s first Action Learning Conference, to be held on the Sasin campus at the Sasa Patasala Building Soi Chula 12, Phyathai Road, Bangkok. Speakers from Thailand’s corporate, finance, banking, academic and political sectors are joining top MIT Sloan and Sasin academics to discuss how “action learning” methods are being applied.