DAY 1 - Monday, 27 October

PART I. Annual Conference

9:00 – 12:30

Session 1: Opening – SWITCH-Asia Contribution to the Global Gateway

• Welcome remarks

Mr Tom CORRIE, Head of Cooperation, EU Delegation to Thailand

Zinaida FADEEVA, Team Leader, SWITCH-Asia Policy Support Component

Olivier Louis, Head of Sector, Asia-Pacific Investment & Budget Support, DG INTPA

• Introduction to the SWITCH-Asia programme and its key achievements
• Scaling Up SWITCH-Asia Initiatives through Global Gateway Circular Investments in Asia – panel discussion

Panelists:

• Olivier Louis, Head of Sector, Asia-Pacific Investment & Budget Support, DG INTPA
• Michael Rattinger, Senior Climate Change Specialist, ADB Thailand Resident Mission;
• Jean-Pierre Marcelli, Director, South-East Asia Office, AFD;
• Quentin Moreau, Regional Director, GERES

Leveraging SWITCH-Asia Regional Policy Flagships to advance the EU Green Deal and Global Gateway – panel discussion

Panelists

• Thomas Thomas, Co-convenor ACEBA, Chairman ARAIBA Sdn Bhd and Senior Expert, EU SWITCH-Asia PSC
• Chris COCKER, Sustainable Tourism, South Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO)
• Valeriya Orlova, Education for Sustainable Development Manager, The Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC) ;
• Chandima Suwandani Nisansala Mohottige, Environment Policy & Planning, Ministry of Environment, Government of Sri Lanka

Coffee Break

Session 2: Circular Economy – uniting perspectives for impactful actions

• Circular Economy – Framework and Strategic Approach
• Regional reflections

Panelists

• Latifahaida LATIF, Assistant Director for Analysis and Monitoring on Finance and Socio-Economic Issues, ASEAN Secretariat;
• Kanat Sultanaliev, Executive Director, Tian Shan Policy Center, American University of Central Asia
• Michael Bucki, Minister Counsellor for Environment and Agriculture at the EU Delegation to Thailand

12:30 – 13:30

Lunch

13:30 – 17:30

Session 3: Circular Economy – uniting perspectives for impactful actions (cont.)

• Circular Economy practices in different sectors – critical assessment of practices in agri-food, construction, textile, and tourism
• Reporting back
• Celebrating Leadership - Circular Economy and SCP Inspirational Practices  – fireside chat

Panellists

• Jirarot Pojanavaraphan, Managing Director, SC GRAND
• Alisara Sivayathorn, CEO, Sivatel Bangkok Hotel
• Enkhtsatsral Namkhaijantsan, Project Manager SOGE, People in Need Mongolia
• Usha Maskey Manandhar ,Advisor - Policy, Governance and GESI Integration, MinErgy - BEEN Nepal

Session 4: Policies Advancing Circular Economy

• Circular economy strategies and frameworks

Zinaida FADEEVA, Team Leader, SWITCH-Asia PSC

Deep dive on policies for circular economy – lessons from technical advisories (focus on EPR, GPP)

Panellists

• Sanjay Kumar, Senior GPP expert, SWITCH-Asia PSC
• Thomas Lindhqvist, Senior Lecturer at The International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics at Lund University;
• Martin Schneekloth, Sector Counsellor, Embassy of Denmark to Thailand

Coffee Break

Session 5: Climate and Materials Nexus

• Materials Matter in Tackling Climate Change Challenges

Ranga Pallawala, Climate Expert, SWITCH-Asia PSC

• Leveraging climate ambitions through SCP and Circular Economy

Panellists

• Sanjay Vashist, Director of Climate Action Network South Asia
• Dilovarsho Dustzoda, Advisor to Executive Director, CAREC
• Vinay Singh, Climate Change Expert, SWITCH-Asia PSC
• Juhi Bansal, NDC and LT-LEDS Specialist and Regional Coordinator for Asia and the Pacific, UN Climate Change

General Discussion

Closure of Day 1

18:00

Welcome Reception and Networking

Day 2 - Tuesday, 28 October

9:00 – 12:30

Annual Conference Recap of Day 1

Session 6: Celebrating Leadership - Circular Economy and SCP Inspirational Practices 

• Circular Economy practices by start-ups - fireside chat

Panellists

• Naps Techaphangam, Founder and CEO, norn norn
• Aaron Bouchane, Country Director, People in Need Cambodia and Laos
• Ingrid van Ginkel, Managing Director, Husk Ventures
• ADI R. Nugroho, CEO & Co-founder of MYCL
• Session 7: Circular Economy Policy and Practices Linkages

Panel: From Circular Economy Policies to Practices and Practices to Policies

• Wensi NAKI, Aid Coordinator Multilateral, Graduation National Coordinating Committee Secretariat, Government of Vanuatu (TBC)
• Assylkhan Aitzhanov, Managing director of Strategy and Analytics , International Green Technologies & Investments Center (IGTIC)
• Siddarth Lulla, Partner, Circular Economy, Climate Solutions, Green Finance, Intellecap
• Mei Feng, Programme Manager, EU Delegation to China
• Maria Cristina A. FRANCISCO, Chief, Environmental Education and Information Division, Environmental Management Bureau-Department of Environment and Natural Resources Philippines

Coffee Break

Session 8: Sector deep dives

Facilitating uptake of Circular Economy Practices Across Key Sectors with focus on construction, agri-food, plastics, textile and leather – Parallel Breakouts Sessions

- Agri-food: Ballroom

- Textiles and Leather: Regency I

- Construction: Regency II

- Plastics: Regency IV 

12:30 – 13:30

Lunch

13:30 – 16:30

Session 8: Sector Deep Dives (cont.)

Reporting back from parallel sessions

Session 9: Partnerships and Engagements

Panellists:

• Hannes McNulty, Manager, Green Industry Platform, GGKP
• Neha Das, Head, Global Operations, Asia & Oceania at UN Global Compact
• Deo Gabinete, Regional Manager for the NDC Partnership Support Unit
• Emmanuel Moyart, Team Leader, Trade Private Sector Development Facility

Session 10: Reflections and Closing

PART II. EU Internal Meeting

17:00 – 18:00

Internal Meeting of DG INTPA and EU Delegations

BACK-TO-BACK EVENTS

17:00 – 18:30

Circular Economy Business practices

Learning by Sharing: Towards Circular Economy Business Actions

Wednesday, 29 October

PARTS III & IV. SWITCH-Asia Programme Steering Committee & Grant Projects Meeting

08:30-11:00

SWITCH-Asia Programme Steering Committee

Starts at 8:45

SWITCH-Asia Grant Projects Annual Meeting

Starts at 8:30

11:00-12:00

Joint Session with Feedback from the Grant Projects Meeting to the Programme Steering Committee

12:00-14:00

Lunch

(Tentative) Internal Meeting of DG INTPA and EU Delegations

BACK-TO-BACK EVENTS

13:00-17:00

Sustainable/Green Public Procurement Expert Meeting

13:15-17:00

ACEBA Thailand Launch and Workshop:  Circular Economy -   a responsible business and innovation opportunity for Thai businesses