BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190813 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190817 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:TRUE SUMMARY:2019 Thailand Business Mission DESCRIPTION:The US-ASEAN Business Council is now registering executives for its 2019 Thailand Business Mission. The Mission will begin the afternoon of Tuesday\, August 13 with a 5:00 PM Pre-Mission Briefing and 6:00 PM reception at the U.S. Ambassador's Residence\, and finish the afternoon of Friday\, August 16 with an optional site visit to the EEC. Participants should plan to arrive in Bangkok by early Tuesday afternoon\, August 13 at the latest to arrive in time for the briefing and reception. \n\n \n\nThe deadline for registration and submission of materials is Wednesday\, July 31. \n\n \n\nClick here to register\n\n \n\nMission Themes:\n\n \n\nThe Council's 2019 mission to Thailand comes at a critical time. Following the country's first general election in eight years\, the Mission will be companies' first chance to engage with the brand-new Government only one month after the new Cabinet will have officially assumed duties. While under the leadership of recently re-elected Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha\, the new Government is made up of Ministers from his Palang Pracharath Party and key coalition parties\, such as the Democrats and Bhumjaithai Parties. The coalition Government will be eager to follow up on their various campaign promises and implement their ambitious policy agenda\, including sweeping economic reforms across all sectors. The new Cabinet will be seeking input from U.S. industry on how this planned policy agenda will impact the business environment\, as increasing investment\, growth and innovation in Thailand's economy were key platforms across all parties in the general elections.\n\n \n\nIn addition\, Thailand is now in the second half of its 2019 ASEAN Chairmanship Year. The Government\, under the leadership of the new Minister for Foreign Affairs\, will also be eager to work towards its many goals for the Chairmanship (see more information here)\, after the first half of 2019 was taken up by domestic political developments. The Government recently wrapped up the first ASEAN Summit (from June 22-23) and will be looking to build upon the agenda of this first key engagement to ensure the second summit (planned for November) will positively tie up the Chairmanship.\n\n \n\nThe Council suggests that the following overarching themes can be used to frame industry and company-specific messages and/or policy advocacy reform priorities leading up to the mission and in formulating post-mission follow-up efforts. \n\n Engage with the new Government\, gain insight into their policy priorities\, and establish the private sector as a dedicated partner in achieving these priorities. \n \n Position the private sector as a key partner to the new Government in implementing their economic policy agenda\, and advocate for policies that support continued economic growth\, investment and innovation and advance Thailand out of the middle-income trap.\n \n \n Identify opportunities for collaboration and support of the Government's Digital Economy agenda\n \n Supporting the implementation of the recently passed "digital bills\," continue to engage on "Thailand 4.0" and related comprehensive Digital Economy strategies\, to advocate for innovation-minded laws and regulations.\n \n \n Continue to support Thailand in the final half of their 2019 ASEAN Chairmanship Year and identify opportunities for collaboration and support \n \n Such as the Indo-Pacific Business Forum\, to ensure they are able to fulfill their agenda for the Chairmanship. \n \n \n Support capacity building efforts\, including human resource development\, CSR\, and SME training.\n\nProposed Meetings:\n\n\n Prime Minister and Minister of Defense\n Deputy Prime Minister in Charge of Economy\n Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives\n Minister of Commerce\n Minister of Digital Economy and Society\n Minister of Energy\n Minister of Foreign Affairs\n Minister of Finance\n Minister of Industry\n Minister of Public Health\n Minister of Tourism and Sports\n Governor of the Bank of Thailand\n Charge d'affaires\, U.S. Embassy Bangkok\n\nMeetings with other Ministries can be added according to member interest and the officials' availability.\n\n \n\nRegistration:\n\n\n\nAll application materials (including registration form\, delegate bios\, company profile\, logo and company issues) should be submitted using the link below.\n\n \n\nClick here to register\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nCSR Materials:\n\n \n\nIf your company has a CSR program in Thailand you wish to highlight for our annual CSR Thailand report\, please contact Ella Duangkaew (eduangkaew@usasean.org) for the template. All materials must be submitted using the template and uploaded to the Business Mission Manager or sent to eduangkaew@usasean.org. We also welcome submissions from members not joining the Business Mission. \n\n\n\nHotel:\n\n\n\nThis year's Mission hotel is The Athenee Hotel\, a Luxury Collection Hotel\, Bangkok (61 Wireless Rd\, Pathumwan\, Bangkok 10330). To access the Council's negotiated rate\, please contact Reservations.TheAthenee@luxurycollection.com \, +66 26508800 ext. 4049/4050\, and mention the US-ASEAN Business Council. \n\n\n\nMission delegates are responsible for making their own travel and hotel arrangements and reservations. \n\n\n\nFor more information please contact:\n\n\n\nElla Duangkaew | Washington\, D.C.\n\np. +1 202-416-6708\n\ne. eduangkaew@usasean.org\n\n \n\nNapat Rakkitsiri | Bangkok \n\np. +66 85 405 6151\n\ne. napat@usasean.org X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
\nThe US-ASEAN Business Council is now registering executives for its 2019 \;Thailand Business Mission. The Mission will begin the afternoon of Tuesday\, August 13 with a 5:00 PM Pre-Mission Briefing and 6:00 PM reception at the U.S. Ambassador'\;s Residence\, and finish the afternoon of Friday\, August 16 with an optional site visit to the EEC. Participants should \;plan to arrive in Bangkok by early Tuesday afternoon\, August 13 at the latest \;to arrive in time for the briefing and reception. \;
\n \;
\nThe deadline for registration and submission of materials is Wednesday\, July 31.  \;
\n \;
\nClick here to register
\n \;
\nMission Themes:
\n \;
\nThe Council&rsquo\;s 2019 mission to Thailand comes at a critical time. Following the country&rsquo\;s first general election in eight years\, the Mission will be companies&rsquo\; first chance to engage with the brand-new Government only one month after the new Cabinet will have officially assumed duties. While under the leadership of recently re-elected Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha\, the new Government is made up of Ministers from his Palang Pracharath Party and key coalition parties\, such as the Democrats and Bhumjaithai Parties. The coalition Government will be eager to follow up on their various campaign promises and implement their ambitious policy agenda\, including sweeping economic reforms across all sectors. The new Cabinet will be seeking input from U.S. industry on how this planned policy agenda will impact the business environment\, as increasing investment\, growth and innovation in Thailand&rsquo\;s economy were key platforms across all parties in the general elections.
\n \;
\nIn addition\, Thailand is now in the second half of its 2019 ASEAN Chairmanship Year. The \; Government\, under the leadership of the new Minister for Foreign Affairs\, will also be eager to work towards its many goals for the Chairmanship (see more information here)\, after the first half of 2019 was taken up by domestic political developments. The Government recently wrapped up the first ASEAN Summit (from June 22-23) and will be looking to build upon the agenda of this first key engagement to ensure the second summit (planned for November) will positively tie up the Chairmanship.
\n \;
\nThe Council suggests that the following overarching themes can be used to frame industry and company-specific messages and/or policy advocacy reform priorities leading up to the mission and in formulating post-mission follow-up efforts. \; \;\n\nProposed Meetings:\n\n
    \n
  1. Prime Minister and Minister of Defense
    2. \n
  2. Deputy Prime Minister in Charge of Economy
    3. \n
  3. Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives
    4. \n
  4. Minister of Commerce
    5. \n
  5. Minister \;of Digital Economy and \;Society
    6. \n
  6. Minister of Energy
    7. \n
  7. Minister of Foreign Affairs
    8. \n
  8. Minister \;of Finance
    9. \n
  9. Minister \;of Industry
    10. \n
  10. Minister \;of Public Health
    11. \n
  11. Minister of Tourism and Sports
    12. \n
  12. Governor of the Bank of Thailand
    13. \n
  13. Charge d'\;affaires\, U.S. Embassy Bangkok
    14. \n
\nMeetings with other Ministries can be added according to member \;interest and the officials'\; availability.
\n \;
\nRegistration:
\n
\nAll application materials (including registration form\, delegate bios\, company profile\, logo and company issues) should be submitted using the link below.
\n \;
\nClick here to register
\n \;
\n
\n
\nCSR Materials:
\n \;
\nIf your company has a CSR program in Thailand you wish to highlight for our annual CSR Thailand report\, please contact Ella Duangkaew (eduangkaew@usasean.org) for the template. All materials must be submitted using the template and uploaded to the Business Mission Manager or sent to eduangkaew@usasean.org. We also welcome submissions from members \;not \;joining the Business Mission. \;
\n
\nHotel:
\n
\nThis year'\;s Mission hotel is The Athenee Hotel\, a Luxury Collection Hotel\, Bangkok (61 Wireless Rd\, Pathumwan\, Bangkok 10330). To access the Council'\;s negotiated rate\, please contact Reservations.TheAthenee@luxurycollection.com \, +66 26508800 ext. 4049/4050\, and mention the US-ASEAN Business Council. \;
\n
\nMission delegates are responsible for making their own travel and hotel arrangements and reservations. \;
\n
\nFor more information please contact:
\n
\nElla Duangkaew | Washington\, D.C.
\np. +1 202-416-6708
\ne. eduangkaew@usasean.org
\n \;
\nNapat \;Rakkitsiri | Bangkok \;
\np. +66 85 405 6151
\ne. napat@usasean.org LOCATION:Bangkok\, Thailand UID:e.9078.7946 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260424T224113Z URL:http://usasean.memberzone.com/events/details/2019-thailand-business-mission-7946 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR