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Date: Tuesday, 23rd August<\/h4>\nLocation: Polaris Ballroom, Novotel Singapore on Stevens<\/h4>\n
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Over and above the illustrious glitter of the awards, the annual Conference Day has also been an exciting platform for industry experts, business leaders and respected academia to come together to share insights on environmental issues.\u00a0The conference will be where SEC releases the findings of our research, with themes relating to the study being addressed over panel discussions and presentations by various thought leaders.<\/p>\n
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Centered around the circular economy, the theme for this year\u2019s conference is \u201cPackaging Waste: Unlocking Opportunities for Sustainable Packaging in Singapore<\/strong>\u201d and will feature the findings of our seminal study carried out in collaboration with our strategic partner KPMG.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In recent years, the term \u2018plastics\u2019 has become somewhat of a rallying call in driving advocacy efforts against the environmental impact of plastic waste on a global scale. Designed as a cyclical closed-loop system that minimises excess, the shift toward a more circular economy model presents the most opportunities for extracting value from packaging waste and most importantly, keeping it out of the environment.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u2022 Research findings on the issue of packaging waste in Singapore<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u2022 Consumer survey results and key findings<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u2022 Understanding the impact of the Mandatory Packaging Reporting<\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u2022 Hear from industry leaders and experts on green opportunities<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u2022 Explore ideas and join the conversations on how businesses can overcome challenges<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u2022 Networking opportunities<\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text] <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Hear from our panel of experts as they share their perspectives and insights on what it would take for Singapore to fully transition towards a circular economy model for plastic waste.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n *Details subject to changes<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text] Andy Sim oversees the company\u2019s growth and operations in Singapore, with primary responsibilities for leading the sales strategy, go-to-market, business development and enhancing relationships with customers across public and private sectors, partners and alliances.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Andy has over 30 years of industry experience with global companies including Dell Technologies, Samsung, Cisco Systems, Silicon Graphics, 3M and HewlettPackard. His unmistakable passion, coupled with experience across a wide range of regional leadership roles, puts him in a unique position to drive the business in an ever evolving and dynamic technology landscape. He has held multiple roles at Dell Technologies in the last eight years, most recently heading up the corporate, enterprise and public sector business in Singapore.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Andy has also led the enterprise solutions business in South Asia1 and Korea and the networking business across Asia-Pacific and Japan, making him well versed in priority technology areas including hybrid cloud, edge, telecom, AI and as-a-service offerings.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n An industry veteran, Andy has been an active member of SGTech since 2013, a premier trade association for the tech industry in Singapore. He is passionate about sustainability issues and serves as a council advisor to the SGTech Sustainability Committee, while also serving as SGTech\u2019s first vice-chairman. Andy is also the Singapore IT Standards Committee (ITSC) Green IT Chairman and a board member of ITE Electronics and Infocomm Technology Academic Advisory Committee. He was also appointed to the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Advisory Committee for e-waste management led by Singapore\u2019s National Environment Agency (NEA) for a two-year term (2021-23).<\/strong><\/p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text] Carolyn is passionate about sustainability and the transformative value of tech to help businesses and people become better versions of themselves.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Carolyn held various senior management roles as regional strategy and product management for a Fortune100 MNC and as a principal consultant. Her key expertise is in bringing together the right balance of problem-solving rigour, people skills and pragmatism to influence key decisions and strategy with key stakeholders and across different levels of the client organisations, to deliver outcome-based programmes.<\/strong><\/p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_separator][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text] C Rohith Thatchan is a Digital Wealth Vice President at OCBC Bank who envisions solving the inefficiencies in\u00a0the world of wealth through sustainability & artificial intelligence. He is also a member\u00a0of the OCBC GCFS Sustainability Committee and an expert member at the United Nations Sustainable\u00a0Development Solutions Network where he formulates solutions to a myriad of global sustainability\u00a0challenges. He relishes his passion with students from various universities, which he frequents\u00a0as a guest speaker.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n He completed his Master of Finance from the University of Hong Kong and holds a Bachelor of\u00a0Financial Markets from the University of Mumbai.<\/strong><\/p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text] As the Vice President of Marketing at Avery Dennison Asia Pacific, Pankaj is responsible for driving strategic marketing, product portfolio, innovation, sustainability and superior customer experience.<\/strong><\/p>\n Pankaj joined Avery Dennison in 2012, and until mid-2021, served as the VP\/GM, South Asia. Previously, Pankaj has served in different commercial and general management roles. He is known for his exceptional business performance and was recognized as \u2018The Most Promising Business Leader Of Asia\u2019 in 2020 by Economic Times. He has also received the highest internal global recognition of \u2018Business Leader Of The Year\u2019 in 2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n Prior to joining Avery Dennison, Pankaj has worked at Asian Paints, 3M, and AkzoNobel, and has over 22 years of professional experience.<\/strong><\/p>\n Pankaj is an INSEAD alumnus with an education in industrial chemistry.<\/strong><\/p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_column_text] <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text] Dr Li Xu is a Senior Scientist at the Institute of Sustainability for Chemical, Energy and Environment (ISCE2), A*STAR, where he leads a research team dedicated to studying hybrid polymer materials for food packaging.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The main research focus of his team is 1) design and synthesis of high-performance polymer material and functional filler and 2) incorporation of functional filler into polymer material with controlled filler distribution and tuned interfacial bonding between filler and polymer matrix.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n As an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Department of Food Science and Technology, NUS, his study is on hybrid polymers for food preservation. His oxygen barrier and oxygen scavenging technology have been successfully integrated with polyolefin to produce recyclable mono-polyolefin food packaging.<\/strong><\/p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text] Vish S. Viswanathan is a Professor of Operations Management & Corporate Sustainability at Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University. He also serves as the Director of the Centre for Business Sustainability and as Cluster Director of the Energy Research Institute @ NTU (ERI@N). He has previously served as Associate Dean (Research), Head of the academic division of Information Technology & Operations Management, Director of the PhD Program, Program Director of MBA specialization in Technology & Operations and Program Director of MDP@Nanyang.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Vish\u2019s expertise is in Corporate Sustainability, Sustainable Operations & Supply Chain, Operations Management, Inventory Theory, and Optimization. He currently teaches in the Masters, PhD, MBA, EMBA and Executive Programs. His research interests are in Inventory Management, Corporate Sustainability, Sustainable Operations, Business Model Innovation, Closed Loop Supply Chain, Manufacturing Systems, Urban Mobility, Optimization, and Scheduling.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n His research has been published in Financial Times and BusinessWeek ranked top tiered Business journals such as Management Science<\/em>, Operations Research, Production<\/em> & Operations Management, <\/em>and Journal of Operations Management<\/em>; and other top journals in the field. He is serving or has served as Senior Editor, Editorial Board Member, or Associate Editor in top journals. He has made several appearances in Who\u2019s who in the World, Who\u2019s Who in Asia, Who\u2019s Who in Finance and Industry and Who\u2019s Who in Science and Engineering lists. He was awarded the prestigious Nanyang Award for Research Excellence in 2010.<\/strong><\/p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_separator][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text] Lloyd received his Bachelor of Chemical Engineering degree (with High Honor) from Auburn University in the United States. Han Zhang, Ph.D., global sustainability director for Dow Packaging & Specialty Plastics, is responsible for collaborating with the entire value chain to promote and improve the sustainability value of plastics. He works closely with the global sustainability team to drive progress against Dow\u2019s Stop the Waste and Close the Loop targets and leads external engagement with key partnerships and thought leaders.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Zhang joined Dow in 2013 as a sustainability manager in the Sustainability Program Office. In this role, Zhang was responsible for Dow\u2019s global sustainability reporting, which included Dow\u2019s Annual Sustainability Report. In 2015, Zhang was named sustainability and advocacy manager for Dow Packaging & Specialty Plastics, North America. In 2017, Zhang was named sustainability director for Dow Packaging & Specialty Plastics, Asia Pacific and relocated to Singapore, before assuming his current position leading Dow\u2019s global plastics sustainability efforts<\/strong><\/p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text] <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Tentative programme schedule for this year’s Conference and Awards Presentation Ceremony.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n *Details subject to changes<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Time<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n 8:45am<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Registration of Guests<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n 9:30am<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Event Opening<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n 9:35am<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Packaging Waste Study Keynote with Q&A – <\/strong>KPMG Singapore \/ SEC<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n 9:55am<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Panel Discussion 1:<\/p>\n How companies can align circular economy initiatives with packaging waste to achieve sustainability goals<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n 10:45am<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Morning Coffee and Tea Break<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n 11:00am<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Panel Discussion 2:<\/p>\n What are the upstream innovative design processes to reduce the environmental footprint of packaging material<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n 11:50am<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Closing Remarks for the Morning<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n 12:00pm<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Lunch Break & Networking<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n 2.00pm<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Guest-Of-Honour <\/strong>Arrival<\/strong> – <\/strong>Minister for Sustainability and the Environment, Ms Grace Fu<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n 2.15pm<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Welcome Speech<\/strong> \u2013 Chairman, Singapore Environment Council, Ms Isabella Huang-Loh<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n 2.25pm<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Guest-Of-Honour <\/strong>Speech<\/strong> – <\/strong>Minister for Sustainability and the Environment, Ms Grace Fu<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n 2.35pm<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Awards Presentation Ceremony<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n 2.55pm<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Group Photo-taking, Presentation of Token of Appreciations<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n 3.10pm<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Speech by Outstanding Environmental Achievement Awards Winner<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n 3.20pm<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Closing Segment<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n End of Conference Day<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Conference Day 2022 Date: Tuesday, 23rd August Location: Polaris Ballroom, Novotel Singapore on Stevens Over and above the illustrious glitter of the awards, the annual Conference Day has also been an exciting platform for industry experts, business leaders and respected academia to come together to share insights on environmental issues.\u00a0The conference will be… View Article<\/a>","protected":false},"author":215,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3079","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.sec.org.sg\/seaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.sec.org.sg\/seaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.sec.org.sg\/seaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.sec.org.sg\/seaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/215"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.sec.org.sg\/seaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3079"}],"version-history":[{"count":47,"href":"https:\/\/web.sec.org.sg\/seaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3079\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3331,"href":"https:\/\/web.sec.org.sg\/seaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3079\/revisions\/3331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.sec.org.sg\/seaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nStudy on Packaging Waste<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nPanel Discussion & Sharing <\/strong><\/h2>\n
Panel Speaker Line Up for 2022 <\/strong><\/h2>\n
Panel\u00a0 Discussion 1\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\nMr Andy Sim<\/strong><\/h4>\n
Vice President & Managing Director Singapore,<\/h5>\n
Dell Technologies<\/strong><\/h5>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text]
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<\/strong><\/h3>\nMs Carolyn Poon<\/strong><\/h4>\n
Director Sustainability,<\/h5>\n
Textile and Fashion Federation (Taff) Singapore<\/strong><\/h5>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text]
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<\/strong><\/h4>\nMr C Rohith Thatchan<\/strong><\/h4>\n
Vice President, Digital Wealth Product Management\u00a0<\/h5>\n
OCBC<\/strong><\/h5>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text]
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<\/strong><\/h4>\nMr Pankaj Bhardwaj<\/strong><\/h4>\n
Vice President, Marketing,\u00a0Asia Pacific,<\/h5>\n
Labels and Packaging Materials<\/h5>\n
Avery Dennison Asia Pacific<\/strong><\/h5>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text]
Panel\u00a0 Discussion 2\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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<\/strong><\/h4>\nDr Li Xu<\/strong><\/h4>\n
Senior Scientist, Institute of Sustainability for Chemicals, Energy and Environment<\/h5>\n
A*STAR<\/strong><\/h5>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text]
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<\/strong><\/h4>\nDr S. Viswanathan<\/strong><\/h4>\n
Director, Centre for Business Sustainability,<\/h5>\n
Nanyang Technological University<\/strong><\/h5>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text]
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<\/strong><\/h4>\nMr Lloyd Lowe<\/strong><\/h4>\n
Senior Regional Manager, Biopolymer Sales Management Asia Pacific,<\/h5>\n
BASF<\/strong><\/h5>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text]
He has been active in many different industries including aerospace, automotive, commercial sports, custom machinery, engineering and specialty plastics, packaging and textiles. He is a former PADI Divemaster and was a member of the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident Investigation Team.
Lloyd has been based in Asia since 1998 and is currently responsible for Biopolymer Sales Management Asia Pacific for BASF. He is also Chair of the EuroCham (Singapore) Packaging Committee.<\/strong><\/p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text]![\"\"](\"https:\/\/sec.org.sg\/seaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/4-250x313.png\")
<\/strong><\/h4>\nDr Han Zhang<\/strong><\/h4>\n
APAC Sustainability Director, Packaging & Specialty Plastics,<\/h5>\n
DOW Chemical<\/strong><\/h5>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text]
Conference Programme<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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