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EuroCham and its Green Growth Sector Committee organise a special day
with three events dedicated to Green business and
particularly Innovative Water Treatment at VietWater 2017.
with three events dedicated to Green business and
particularly Innovative Water Treatment at VietWater 2017.
- The EuroCham Green Day opens with the official Launch of the first edition of EuroCham's Greenbook and website.
- This is followed by the third edition of the EuroCham Smart City Series, this time dedicated to Water Solutions,featuring an exclusive update and discussion with the experts, business leaders and Government officials dealing with the field of Water Management, Water Treatment and Water Efficiency in Vietnam.
- The activities will close off with a Green-Together Networking event promoted by the EU-Vietnam Business Network at VietWater's European Pavillion, gathering business professionals for a lively exchange.
Join EuroCham for this Green business landmark event!
ABOUT THE EUROCHAM GREENBOOK
The First Edition of the EuroCham Greenbook will be launched at the event.
The Greenbook is dedicated to showcasing Europe’s longstanding expertise in providing solutions and creative alternatives towards sustainable and inclusive development. It highlights the opportunities and benefits European companies and partners can bring to boost green growth in Vietnam.The First Edition of the EuroCham Greenbook focuses on the following categories:
1. Renewable Energy
2. Waste and Water Management
3. Green Building
4. Smart Cities
5. Other Green Business
2. Waste and Water Management
3. Green Building
4. Smart Cities
5. Other Green Business
On this occasion, we also organise a trip to Dong Thap province for investment opportunities.
More details can be found at https://eurochamvn.eventbank.com/event/6321/
More details can be found at https://eurochamvn.eventbank.com/event/6321/
Agenda
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14
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PART I: GREENBOOK LAUNCH
Miriam Garcia Ferrer•Tomaso Andreatta•Thomas Jakobsen•Guru Mallikarjuna•Delphine Rousselet•Joaquim Torrinha14
30
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14
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Opening Speech
Prof. Max Preussner
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45
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14
55
Pollution and Management of Water and Environment in Vietnam: Challenges and Opportunity
Dr. Bui Xuan Thanh, Department of Water Science & Technology
Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources
Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology
14
55
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15
05
Water Quality Monitoring in the Saigon-Dong rivers
Dr Emilie StradyDr. Emilie Strady, Researcher at IRD
15
05
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15
20
Waste Water Treatment – Pricing Roadmap
Mr. Frank Pogade, Director Business Development Asia, Decon International GmbH
15
20
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15
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15
30
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15
40
Legal Framework for Water Treatment Projects in Vietnam
Manfred OttoManfred Otto, Vice Chair, EuroCham GGSC; Senior Associate, Duane Morris Vietnam LLC
15
40
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15
50
IP strategies for the Water & Wastewater industry in Vietnam
Valentina SalmoiraghiIP Business Advisor
15
50
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16
30
Panel Discussion and Q&A
Vietnam’s Water Projects – Opportunities and Challenges
16
30
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18
15
PART I: GREENBOOK LAUNCH
Speakers
Miriam Garcia Ferrer
Minister Counselor, Head of Trade & Economic Affairs at The Delegation of the European Union to VietnamMs. Garcia is the current Head of Trade Section at the EU Delegation to Vietnam, having been involved directly with the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement negotiations. Previously, she worked at the EU Delegation in Colombia and has been with the European Commission since 2001.
Tomaso Andreatta
Vice ChairmanMr. Andreatta has been in the EuroCham Executive Committee since 2011 and is the Chairman of EuroCham’s Green Growth Sector Committee. He is the Chief Representative in Indochina for Intesa Sanpaolo since 2008, after a 20-year career in banking and finance in Europe, the Americas and Asia. As representative of the EuroCham Green Growth Sector Committee, he is firmly convinced that Vietnam can choose a more sustainable path to growth, in which European firms can be of substantial support. He points out that one crucial condition for the adoption of a green strategy in Vietnam is the availability of sources of financing from the private sector.
Thomas Jakobsen
Director of Gate to AsiaThomas Jakobsen has over 12 years of experience in Indochina, focused on renewable energy. He is the Director of Gate To Asia, which functions as an agent for several leading Scandinavian companies in Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, amongst others AT-Solar and NRG-reduction Lighting.
Guru Mallikarjuna
Managing Director of Bosch VietnamMr. Guru is the Managing Director of Bosch Vietnam and Robert Bosch Engineering & Business Solutions Vietnam (software and engineering R&D center). The company has its main office in Ho Chi Minh City, with branch offices in Hanoi and Da Nang, and a Gasoline Systems plant in the Dong Nai province to manufacture pushbelts for continuously variable transmissions (CVT) in automobiles. In addition, Bosch also operates an automotive R&D center for mobility solutions in Ho Chi Minh City. As of December 31, 2016, Bosch employed more than 3,000 associates in Vietnam. Bosch has diversified businesses in Automotive Aftermarket, Automotive Electronics, Drive and Control Technology, Packaging Technology, Power Tools, and Security Systems in Vietnam.
Delphine Rousselet
Project Director of EU-Vietnam Business NetworkMs. Rousselet is the Project Director of the EU-Vietnam Business Network since 2014. In Vietnam since 2012, she co-headed French Vietnamese Center for Management Education (CFVG ), after a long career in the private sector and as an international trade representative for the French Republic.
Joaquim Torrinha
Deputy Director of EuroCham VietnamJoaquim Torrinha has been with Eurocham since June 2016, supporting the organisation's cross-departmental management. With more than 10 years of experience in project and stakeholder management, policy analysis, and communications, he was most recently Project Manager of the EU-Indonesia Business Network (Jakarta, 2014-16), having previously worked in Lisbon, Brussels, and Singapore.
PART II: EUROCHAM SMART CITY SERIES: WATER SOLUTIONS | Introduction
Speakers
Tomaso Andreatta
Vice ChairmanMr. Andreatta has been in the EuroCham Executive Committee since 2011 and is the Chairman of EuroCham’s Green Growth Sector Committee. He is the Chief Representative in Indochina for Intesa Sanpaolo since 2008, after a 20-year career in banking and finance in Europe, the Americas and Asia. As representative of the EuroCham Green Growth Sector Committee, he is firmly convinced that Vietnam can choose a more sustainable path to growth, in which European firms can be of substantial support. He points out that one crucial condition for the adoption of a green strategy in Vietnam is the availability of sources of financing from the private sector.
Water Quality Monitoring in the Saigon-Dong rivers
Dr. Emilie Strady, Researcher at IRD
Speakers
Dr Emilie Strady
Researcher at IRDDr Emilie Strady is researcher at IRD, French Research Institute for Sustainable Development, and is affected at the Asian Center of Water Research in Ho Chi Minh University of Technology since 2015. Her research focuses on the water quality, especially on trace metal and microplastic contamination of river, estuary and coastal zone. Her main project in Vietnam focuses on the link between the megacity HCMC and its river, the Saigon River.
Legal Framework for Water Treatment Projects in Vietnam
Manfred Otto, Vice Chair, EuroCham GGSC; Senior Associate, Duane Morris Vietnam LLC
Speakers
Manfred Otto
Vice Chair, EuroCham GGSC; Senior Associate at Duane Morris Vietnam LLCManfred Otto is one of the few international lawyers in Vietnam with a practice focus on Energy, Environment and Resources. Manfred supports bidding procedures, technology transfer, and licensing of water treatment, waste management, air pollution control, and renewable energy projects. Manfred advocates for sustainable development as Vice Chair of the Green Growth Sector Committee (GGSC) of the European Chamber of Commerce and the VBF Committee of the Japanese Business Association in Ho Chi Minh City.
Manfred is an attorney and counselor-at-law qualified to practice in New York and in Vietnam as a registered foreign lawyer. Based in Vietnam, Manfred has lived in Asia for more than 15 years and has also worked in New York, London and Tokyo. He is fluent in English, German and Japanese.
IP strategies for the Water & Wastewater industry in Vietnam
IP Business Advisor
Speakers
Valentina Salmoiraghi
IP Business Advisor at IPR HelpdeshValentina is the IP Business Advisor of the South-East Asia IPR SME Helpdesk. With 10 years working experience in China and South-East Asia, she has provided legal assistance with reference to Commercial and Corporate matters, Contract drafting and reviewing, Negotiations, Company Law and Inbound Investments, Distribution and Supply Chain, Logistics, IPR, Procurement and Standards & Conformity in various industries, Due Diligence, Commercial and IP Arbitration and Litigation, Mergers and Acquisitions deals and restructuring.
Speakers
Miriam Garcia Ferrer
Minister Counselor, Head of Trade & Economic Affairs at The Delegation of the European Union to Vietnam
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Dr. Nicolas Gratiot
President of Scientific Committee, Asian Center for the Research of Water
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Miriam Garcia Ferrer
Minister Counselor, Head of Trade & Economic Affairs at The Delegation of the European Union to Vietnam
Ms. Garcia is the current Head of Trade Section at the EU Delegation to Vietnam, having been involved directly with the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement negotiations. Previously, she worked at the EU Delegation in Colombia and has been with the European Commission since 2001.
Manfred Otto
Vice Chair, EuroCham GGSC; Senior Associate at Duane Morris Vietnam LLC
Manfred Otto is one of the few international lawyers in Vietnam with a practice focus on Energy, Environment and Resources. Manfred supports bidding procedures, technology transfer, and licensing of water treatment, waste management, air pollution control, and renewable energy projects. Manfred advocates for sustainable development as Vice Chair of the Green Growth Sector Committee (GGSC) of the European Chamber of Commerce and the VBF Committee of the Japanese Business Association in Ho Chi Minh City.
Manfred is an attorney and counselor-at-law qualified to practice in New York and in Vietnam as a registered foreign lawyer. Based in Vietnam, Manfred has lived in Asia for more than 15 years and has also worked in New York, London and Tokyo. He is fluent in English, German and Japanese.
Tomaso
Andreatta
Vice Chairman
Mr. Andreatta has been in the EuroCham Executive Committee since 2011 and is the Chairman of EuroCham’s Green Growth Sector Committee. He is the Chief Representative in Indochina for Intesa Sanpaolo since 2008, after a 20-year career in banking and finance in Europe, the Americas and Asia. As representative of the EuroCham Green Growth Sector Committee, he is firmly convinced that Vietnam can choose a more sustainable path to growth, in which European firms can be of substantial support. He points out that one crucial condition for the adoption of a green strategy in Vietnam is the availability of sources of financing from the private sector.
Thomas
Jakobsen
Director of Gate to Asia
Thomas Jakobsen has over 12 years of experience in Indochina, focused on renewable energy. He is the Director of Gate To Asia, which functions as an agent for several leading Scandinavian companies in Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, amongst others AT-Solar and NRG-reduction Lighting.
Guru
Mallikarjuna
Managing Director of Bosch Vietnam
http://www.bosch.com.vn/vn/vn/startpage_11/country-landingpage.phpMr. Guru is the Managing Director of Bosch Vietnam and Robert Bosch Engineering & Business Solutions Vietnam (software and engineering R&D center). The company has its main office in Ho Chi Minh City, with branch offices in Hanoi and Da Nang, and a Gasoline Systems plant in the Dong Nai province to manufacture pushbelts for continuously variable transmissions (CVT) in automobiles. In addition, Bosch also operates an automotive R&D center for mobility solutions in Ho Chi Minh City. As of December 31, 2016, Bosch employed more than 3,000 associates in Vietnam. Bosch has diversified businesses in Automotive Aftermarket, Automotive Electronics, Drive and Control Technology, Packaging Technology, Power Tools, and Security Systems in Vietnam.
Dr. Nicolas
Gratiot
President of Scientific Committee, Asian Center for the Research of Water
Ms. Rousselet is the Project Director of the EU-Vietnam Business Network since 2014. In Vietnam since 2012, she co-headed French Vietnamese Center for Management Education (CFVG ), after a long career in the private sector and as an international trade representative for the French Republic.
Valentina
Salmoiraghi
IP Business Advisor at IPR Helpdesh
Valentina is the IP Business Advisor of the South-East Asia IPR SME Helpdesk. With 10 years working experience in China and South-East Asia, she has provided legal assistance with reference to Commercial and Corporate matters, Contract drafting and reviewing, Negotiations, Company Law and Inbound Investments, Distribution and Supply Chain, Logistics, IPR, Procurement and Standards & Conformity in various industries, Due Diligence, Commercial and IP Arbitration and Litigation, Mergers and Acquisitions deals and restructuring.
Dr Emilie
Strady
Researcher at IRD
Dr Emilie Strady is researcher at IRD, French Research Institute for Sustainable Development, and is affected at the Asian Center of Water Research in Ho Chi Minh University of Technology since 2015. Her research focuses on the water quality, especially on trace metal and microplastic contamination of river, estuary and coastal zone. Her main project in Vietnam focuses on the link between the megacity HCMC and its river, the Saigon River.
Joaquim Torrinha has been with Eurocham since June 2016, supporting the organisation's cross-departmental management. With more than 10 years of experience in project and stakeholder management, policy analysis, and communications, he was most recently Project Manager of the EU-Indonesia Business Network (Jakarta, 2014-16), having previously worked in Lisbon, Brussels, and Singapore.
