SOCIAL SCENE

AUTHOR WELCOME: Vittakarn Chandavimol, chief corporate strategy and creation at AP Thailand Group, and Arinya Talerngsri, managing director of SEAC, an AP Group company, welcomed Bill Burnett, author of New York

Times best-seller Designing Your Life: How To Build A Well-Lived, Joyful Life, and Paul Marca, associate vice-provost of Stanford University, at SEAC, FYI Center. From left, Paruey Anadirekkul, Kanchanit Bubphachuen, Mr Vittakarn, Mr Marca, Mr Burnett, Mrs Arinya and Spun Paleewong. OPENING CEREMONY: Suchart Sinrat, deputy permanent secretary of the Ministry of Commerce, and Vannaporn Ketudat, deputy director general of the Department of International Trade Promotion, presided over the opening ceremony of Bangkok Refrigeration, Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning 2019 and Bangkok Electric and Electronics 2019, staged at Bitec Bangna. From left, Suraporn Simakulthorn, Kanit Muangkrachang, Mrs Vannaporn, Mr Suchart, Aroon Eamsureya, Komsan Sripavatakul and Darryl K. Boyce. PRESS CONFERENCE: Suraporn Danaitangtrakul, third right, deputy energy minister, and Jiraporn Sirikum, second right, assistant governor for research, innovation and business development at the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand, joined a press conference hosted by Assoc Prof Tatchai Sumitra, third left, chairman of Smart Energy Transformation Asia 2019 (Seta 2019), to announce the staging of Seta 2019 conference and exhibition at Bitec Bangna.