Sub-Theme :  

Innovation : The Big Shifts

Collaboration : Partnerships & Returns

Sustainability : Social Investments & Leadership

DAY 2  

08:00 – 08:45 Reception Area

08:50 – 10:20

Genexis Theatre

Plenary 4 : The Emerald City : The Green Brick Road to Gold  

1. What really is an eco-city, and what does sustainability mean?
2. What are the experience, challenges, and innovations so far?
3. What best practices, legislative frameworks/incentives, and technologies can create emerald cities, and how can towns and cities adopt some of those practices to build a sustainable future—for their wallets and the world?

Chair: Tim Ferguson, Executive Editor, Forbes, and Editor, Forbes Asia, USA

Panelists:

Urooj Malik, Director, Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Chairman, Hineleban Foundation, Philippines 

Freddy Numberi, Minister for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Indonesia

Amb Ong Ken Yong, Immediate Past Sect-Gen, ASEAN, Ambassador-at-large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

HE Mr Jörg Alois Reding, Ambassador, Embassy of Switzerland, Switzerlandm

John Shilling, Chairman, Millennium Institute, USA 

*This plenary is a Social Innovation Park (SIP) -Nanyang Technological University collaboration.                           

10:25 – 10:55  

Reception Area

Collaborative Platform : Special Event by Conservation International

Graced by

11:00 – 12:25

Seminar Room 6

11:00 – 12:25

11:00 – 12:25

Board Room

11:00 – 12:25

Genexis Theatre

11:00 – 12:25

Seminar Room 7

Social Innovation Lab 5 : Poverty Alleviation: Technology the Leveler?  

Much of what drives the global economy in the 21st century will be around the brain power and health of citizens. Regardless of where we live, we all have a personal stake in quality education and healthcare.  A highly skilled workforce and holistic healthcare services are essential for any community to thrive, country to progress, and industry to grow. One solution to bridging our skills and healthcare gaps is taking full advantage of available technology. This session seeks answers to the following questions:

1. Are countries facing a “wicked problem” where complex interdependencies, the effort to solve one aspect of a wicked problem may reveal or create other problems?
2. What are the experiences, challenges, and technology innovations so far in the education, healthcare and financial industries?
3. How can we utilize technology to close income and social gaps?

Facilitator: Janice Hulse, Managing Director, Global Accounts Asia Pacific, Cisco, Singapore

Discussion Leaders:

Calvin Chin, Co-Founder and CEO, Qifang, China

Stuart Dean, President, GE ASEAN, Malaysia

Social Innovation Lab 6 : Strategic Philanthropy : Can the Rich Save the world ?
From Bill Gates to Bill Clinton to Angelina Jolie, a small group of some of the most powerful and wealthiest people on earth is reshaping giving—from chequebook philanthropy to becoming active social investors in social causes. 

1. What are some of the investment experiences in the room?
2. Who are the leading examples of philanthrocapitalism in Asia?
3. Can a small group of the richest alleviate poverty?   

Melissa Aratani Kwee, Serial Social Entrepreneur, Singapore

Claire Ngo, Philanthropist and Founder, CMN Consultancy, Singapore

Bureaucracy and change appear to be at opposite ends. Yet, evidence around the world suggests that an enlightened public sector is a fundamental driver for social innovation and quantum leap growth. In the big power shift from centralised institutions to peripheral networks, social contracts need revisions that incorporate bottom-up or grassroot solutions that can become a nation's competitive edge. 

1. Why don’t we trust each other and collaborate enough?
2. How can the public sector drive change from within, and leverage on bottom-up social entrepreneurship and innovation?
3. How can the private and people sectors drive social innovation with strategic conversations and get a ‘yes’? Any examples?

Facilitator: Jeanette Takamura, Dean, Columbia University School of Social Work, USA  

Discussion Leaders:

Ashoke Joshi, Chairman, Srinivasan Services Trust, India

Alex Matter, CEO, Experimental Therapeutics Center, Singapore

Conservation agreement is a novel approach that reconciles conservation and development. Acknowledging that the conservation of areas that provide key ecosystem services such as water flows, climate regulation and biodiversity protection, impose costs on local communities, CI and its partners have instead find ways to make conservation become an innovative source of income to local people around the world. The session will present results of some of our experiences in Asia and engage participants in an open discussion on the pertinence of using conservation agreements to promote environmental and social goals.  

Facilitator: Patricia Zurita, Senior Director, Conservation Stewards Program, Conservation International (CI), USA and Ecuador

Discussion Leaders:

HE Mr Ty Sokhun, Director General, Cambodian Forestry Administration, Cambodia

Jatna Supriatna, Regional Vice President, Indonesia Program, Conservation International (CI), Indonesia

An introduction to the Millennium Institute’s innovative Threshold 21 (T21) model will describe how it systemically integrates economic, social, and environmental pillars into a single, real-world framework to generate country scenarios over 40-50 years. Using the current T21 model for China, participants then will examine the results of scenarios using different policies and assumptions in order to understand their impacts, both positive and negative, across all sectors. This will demonstrate which policy and/or investment options yield better and greener outcomes. Participants also will examine how incentives could modify citizen behavior in ways that support more sustainable growth. T21 models exist for other countries, and participants will be able to learn how the model could be applied to address priority issues in countries or sectors of interest to them.    

Facilitator: John Shilling, Chairman, Millennium Institute, USA

12:30 – 13:25

Reception Area

13:30 – 15:00

Genexis Theatre

In the movie ‘Slumdog Miillionaire’, a slum kid rises to win a million dollars in the quiz show ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire?’, to the disbelief of others. Indeed, while commercial margins thin and social needs thicken, opportunities abound in untraditional markets where trash turns into treasure as the bottom of the pyramid becomes the emerging market. From banking the unbanked, turning landfills into bird sanctuaries, recycling waste into water, “voluntourism”, and applying ICT into in rural villages, one man’s trash is indeed becoming another man’s treasure.  

1. What are some of these billion-dollar gems and how did leaders/pioneers spot them?
2. How can policy makers shape the economic infrastructure and legislative frameworks to incentivize the growth of innovative green and social economies?
3. How can we mobilize the masses to become solution providers?

Chair: John Hope Bryant, Founder, Chairman and CEO, Operation HOPE, USA 

Abraham Atururi, Governor of Papua Barat Indonesia, Indonesia

Veronica Colondam, Founder and CEO, Yayasan Cinta Anak Bangsa (YCAB), Indonesia

Takashi Hongo, Special Advisor and Head, Environment Finance Engineering Department, Japan Bank for International Collaboration (JBIC), Japan

Sam Ong, Group Deputy CEO and CFO, Hyflux Ltd, Singapore

Andrew Tan, CEO, National Environmental Agency, Singapore

15:00 – 15:25

Reception Area

15:30 – 17:00

Genexis Theatre

In 1984, Benetton introduced the "All the colours of the world” campaign to raise social consciousness and brand awareness. They successfully sparked global debates while sales roared. In the 1990s, red became the adopted language for all HIV-related needs, which are supported across all brands and products. In the 2000’s, even luxury brands can be seen supporting various causes not just as part of their corporate responsibility (CSR) agenda, but as an integral branding strategy, which gives the brand a soul.   As information becomes pervasive and social networks are formed in real time, ‘Goliath’ brands become easy targets of individual 'David' consumers and socially/environmentally conscious advocates. Consumers are holding companies, governments, and even not-for-profit organisations accountable for the impact of their business activities, including their management practices, demand and supply chains.  According to Weber Shandwick research, "brands that embed innovative social issue or environmental programs and principles in their business, marketing, and philanthropic strategies—and amplify these efforts through dynamic communications programs—will build reputation, strengthen consumer loyalty and goodwill, drive sales, engage advocates and make a positive impact on the world."

1. What makes a lasting brand?
2. How do you build a dynamic communications program to amplify impact?
3. How can entrepreneurs and organisations leverage on branding to ignite social change?
4. What do brands stand for?  What do leaders stand for?

Chair: John Rehm, Organizational Designer and Strategist, Transformation Team, IDEO, USA 

Panelists:

Elim Chew, Director, Social Innovation Park (SIP), Singapore and President and Founder, 77^th Street (S) Pte Ltd, Singapore

John Feenie, Executive Chairman, Endeavour College of Natural Health, Australia

V. P. Sharma, Group CEO, PT Mitra AdiPerkasa Tbk, Indonesia

17:05 – 17:25

Genexis Theatre