BUSINESS CALENDAR
SEMINARS
TUESDAY: Informa Markets, the organiser of Cosmoprof CBE Asean 2020 trade show for the beauty industry, will organise a seminar at 3pm. The seminar is part of the Cosmotalks series, bringing together industry leaders to share their knowledge and insights. At this third edition, the topic is halal beauty market opportunities and related regulations and the halal cosmetics economy. Participants will hear from Hamidah Minhaj, regional regulatory affairs director at Colgate-Palmolive, and Peter Kwong, chief executive of Intercosmetic.
FRIDAY: The Council of Scientific and Technological Associations of Thailand and Informa Markets, the organiser of Propak Asia, are organising a free webinar with food packaging experts, discussing packaging trends and a new odour-trap packaging for fresh-cut durian. Siriwan Tungsangprateep, senior researcher of the Thai Packaging Centre at the Thailand Institute of Scientific and Technological Research, is a guest speaker at the webinar, which is to be moderated by Rungpetch Chitanuwat, group director for Asean at Informa Markets. The webinar is to be held online via Zoom at 10am and is in Thai. Those interested may register at https://bit. ly/3dtC3uV.
PRESS BRIEFINGS
TUESDAY: Asset management firm Principal, in alliance with CIMB, invites press to a Facebook Live press conference from 10am to 11.30am. The main topic of the seminar is the investment outlook and edtech, which is a trend in education, as well as the launch of the Principal Global Education Tech Fund (Principal Ged Tech).
WEDNESDAY: NR Instant Produce is organising a meetthe-press event where executives will share their vision and strategy for operations during the second half of 2020. The event is to be held from 10am to 1pm at the Bytes Room, fifth floor, Renaissance Hotel. On this occasion,
Dan Pathomvanich, chief executive of NR Instant Produce, will discuss the NRF vision of “Food for the Future”, particularly with regard to specialty food to support food megatrends in the world.
Earth Tech Environment Plc, an integrated electricity producer and distributor of clean industrial waste, has an IPO presentation as the company plans to become listed on the Market for Alternative Investment. The live video conference is from 11am
to noon and can be joined via Zoom (Meeting ID: 484 580 3241; Password: 4mAXCg).
Asia Plus Securities analysts are to meet the press and discuss the investment outlook for Q3 2020. The event will take place from 10.30am to noon at Asia Plus Securities in the Grace Room, third floor, Sathorn City Tower. The key topics are the Thai stock market, an update and overview of the global economy, and the outlook for the Thai economy in the third quarter.
THURSDAY: The Office of Small and Medium Enterprise Promotion is launching the “Foundation for Economic Development in the 4.0 Era” project, based on the concept to advance Thai cooperatives in the era of 4.0 and be an important driving force for the Thai economy. On this occasion, a press conference is to be held at the Trophy meeting room, first floor, Ibis Styles Bangkok Ratchada Hotel.
FRIDAY: The meeting of the cabinet’s economic division is chaired by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha at Government House at 10.30am.
EVENTS
THURSDAY: The 17th Amarin Baby & Kids Fair, one of the largest fairs for mothers, babies and kids, is at Bitec. The event takes place from today to Sunday at Event Hall 06 and presents more than 1,000 booths and discounts of up to 80% on products.
SATURDAY: Mid-Year Sale 2020 is set to take place at Impact Muang Thong Thani, Halls 9-10. The fairs include a furniture fair, a home appliance fair, a wedding fair and a floating market fair until Sunday, July 19.