Program Schedule
Monday, December 16, 2024
13 00 hrs.
Registration Desk Opens
21 00 hrs.
CHILL & CONNECT
An Evening to chill and connect with new people over light snacks.
22 00 hrs.
End of Session
11 00 hrs.
Keynote Address : Leading Change
by
12 30 hrs.
Welcome Luncheon
13 15 hrs.
Delegates to be Seated
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
07 00 hrs.
Power Breakfast
08 00 hrs.
Leave for the United Nations Conference Centre
08 15 hrs.
Registration Desk Opens
(Those who have yet to collect your Badge are to register at the UN Delegate Registration Desk)
08 45 hrs.
Instrumental Performance
09 15 hrs.
OPENING CEREMONY
10 15 hrs.
Networking Tea Session
11 00 hrs.
YOUTH SHAPING THE WORLD
by Felipe Queipo
Communications Officer, Civil Society
& Advocacy Section
Department of Global
Communications
United Nations, New York
12 30 hrs.
Buffet Luncheon
13 30 hrs.
BUILDING STARTUPS FOR POSITIVE FUTURES
by Jeff Rotmeyer
Founder, Impact Hong Kong
15 00 hrs.
Networking Tea Session
15 45 hrs.
LEAPFROGGING FROM IDEA TO ACTION
by Jack Growden
Founder & CEO, LiteHaus
International, Australia
17 00 hrs.
End of Session
17 15 hrs.
Return to the Hotel
Wednesday, December 18, 2024
07 00 hrs.
Power Breakfast
08 00 hrs.
Leave for the United Nations Conference Centre
08 45 hrs.
To Be Seated
09 00 hrs.
HOW CAN YOU INFLUENCE OTHERS TO SUPPORT YOUR CAUSE
by Derrick Feldmann
Managing Director, INFLUENCE|SG, United States
10 15 hrs.
Networking Tea Session
11 00 hrs.
THE LEAN MARKETING GUIDE FOR STARTUPS
by Orly Zeewy
Author, Keynote Speaker, Educator and Brand Architect – United States
12 30 hrs.
Buffet Luncheon
13 30 hrs.
INTERACTIVE BREAKOUT WORKSHOP
Three different breakout sessions will explore various ideas to jump-start your social impact projects. Choose one that resonates with your heart.
BREAKOUT 1
HOW TO CREATE SOCIAL CHANGE
Moderator – Felipe Queipo, Communications Officer,
Department of Global Communications – United Nations
Synopsis
You are inspired to find ways to better society. You want to take action to address issues facing your communities. How do you bring about social change?
This workshop will equip you with practical and actionable ways to create positive social impact. To bring about social change, you must identify the core values that motivate you to act. Those values are often focused on issues such as climate change, poverty, and other pressing social and environmental challenges impacting society. With values informing your decision-making and strategy, you become purpose-driven and feel empowered to make a difference.
Change doesn’t happen overnight. Solving social and environmental problems take time and effort. But through a purpose-driven approach, you can help create a more just and sustainable future.
BREAKOUT 2
ESSENTIAL SKILLS NEEDED FOR A SOCIAL IMPACT LEADER
Moderator – Derrick Feldmann, Managing Director
INFLUENCE|SG, United States
Synopsis
Are you eager to improve your leadership skills but are unsure of the qualities you need? The challenges and complexity of the world we live in requires a lifelong learner mindset to build the skillsets of a good social impact leader. Where do you start?
This workshop will empower you with hands-on ways to become a good Social Impact Leader. One that comes with a long-term vision, knows how to motivate and inspire others, and does his or her best to transform those ideas into reality. Characteristics such as passion, integrity, empathy, humility, and honesty come into play. Creative thinking, a strong vision, dedication, and good communication abilities are also essential traits that make you stand out.
From developing your inner resources, to connecting with others, to leading your team, develop all these traits to leave your mark. Equip yourself to become the Social Impact Leader you aspire to be.
BREAKOUT 3
FINANCING FOR SOCIAL IMPACT
Moderator – Orly Zeewy
Author, Keynote Speaker, Educator and Brand Architect, United States
Synopsis
Do you see raising money effectively as a battle in fundraising for your social impact project? How can you raise significant money that is translated into social impact?
Research shows that fundraising in the non-profits sector just does not work anymore. The new approach is a financing strategy, not a fundraising one. This workshop will educate you on applying the concepts of Financing Not Fundraising to your social impact project – from taking your fundraising message of social impact further, to translating funds raised into social change.
Secure more investment, engagement and commitment to your work in the community. Learn the essential skills to create a broader approach to securing the financing for social impact.
Wednesday, December 18, 2024
15 00 hrs.
Networking Tea Session
15 45 hrs.
HOW TO BUILD YOUR BRAND FROM SCRATCH
by
7 00 hrs.
HOW TO OVERCOME CHALLENGES
by Sam Cawthorn
Founder & CEO, Speakers Institute Australia
17 15 hrs.
Return to the Hotel
Thursday, December 19, 2024
07 00 hrs.
Power Breakfast
07 45 hrs.
To be Seated in the Ballroom
08 00 hrs.
Leave for Experiential Learning
09 00 hrs – Community-Based Experietnial Learning
A BETTER FUTURE
Are you a real supporter of inclusive and equitable quality education for all? The social and economic backgrounds of elementary school students have a significant impact on their education. It is more challenging when they come from disadvantaged communities. How can you help connect education to a better future?
Experience and participate in the Learning Is Fun Camp to understand the socio-economic backgrounds of students at Darakam School, where Humanitarian Affairs Asia has been providing a volunteering English language teaching program since July 2020. The parents of most of the students in the school work as domestic helpers, cleaners, tuk-tuk drivers, delivery riders, taxi drivers, street vendors in Bangkok’s city. Yet, when asked what you want to be when you grow up, their responses are mind-blowing: scientist, mayor, nurse, doctor, policeman, teacher, computer programmer, writer. Are you up for the challenge to believe that these students can become the adults they hope for with quality education and hard work?
Take part in activities, including providing an interactive and joyful English learning experience through story-telling, music, dance, art, and play.
A BETTER LIFE
Are you an advocate for all rights, humans and animals alike, and above all, a natural pet lover? You believe that all lives deserve dignity, love, and attention. How can you be part of the change to help mistreated or neglected dogs get a better life?
The experiential site visit and practical activities at The Man That Rescues Dogs Foundation in Chonburi will equip you with hands-on ways on how it takes small ideas to begin a project close to your heart. Donate, Foster, Adopt – these are three ways the Foundation is creating solutions to Thailand’s country-wide problem of finding many stray dogs on the streets, most of them in deplorable conditions. So, how can you help?
Participate in activities including in The Clinic and the Quarantine Section assistance with cleaning and health checks, joining the feeding route, playing with puppies, and creating initiatives to help the Foundation help more dogs.
15 30 hrs.
Return to the Hotel
Friday, December 20, 2024
07 30 hrs.
Power Breakfast
08 45 hrs
To Be Seated
09 00 hrs.
EFFECTIVE WAYS TO MOTIVATE YOUR TEAM
by Makeda Andrews
Leadership & Team Building Coach, United States
10 15 hrs.
Networking Tea Session
11 00 hrs.
PUT REAL PROJECT TO THE TEST Keen to put all these new skills you’ve learned to the test? Here is your chance to integrates rigorous action learning alongside business /strategy planning sessions to stretch participants and give meaning to “thinking outside-the-box” for innovative ideas on three real projects that will benefit the local communities.
Delegates will be working on a real-life project that promotes purpose and drives delegates to work towards actionable, impactful outputs, while also developing strategic thinking skills when creating new ideas and policy proposals.
BREAKOUT 1
A BETTER FUTURE
Moderator – Janice Leong, Regional Director,
Humanitarian Affairs Asia
Synopsis
Transform what you’ve learned from the Learning Is Fun Camp at Darakam School into social impact. The 2030 United Nations Agenda for Sustainable Development promotes inclusive and equitable quality education and the advancement of lifelong learning opportunities for all.
How can supporting inclusive and equitable quality education for all be done in practice? What are actionable ways in which igniting English learning and creating a fun way of learning for students from disadvantaged and poor socio-economic backgrounds can become possible?
Here is your opportunity to put creating fun ways to learn to the test. This workshop will inspire you to make a positive impact through education. In addition, it will develop your passion for empowering children.
Your ideas and proposals will contribute to our commitment to supporting the Ministry of Education’s vision in providing inclusive and equitable educational opportunities for the people of Thailand. Access to quality education can be achieved through the cooperation and commitment of community-driven and socially committed citizens. Unite to work together for a better future for the children of Thailand to become global youth leaders.
BREAKOUT 2
A BETTER LIFE
Moderator – Michael Baines, President and Co-Founder,
The Man That Rescues Dogs
Synopsis
Transform what you’ve witnessed at The Man That Rescues Dogs Foundation into social impact. The 2030 United Nations Agenda for Sustainable Development promotes the health of ecosystems on which we and all other species depend to improve livelihoods and reduce vulnerabilities.
How can integrating animal rights into local planning, development processes, and poverty reduction strategies be practiced? What are actionable ways in which rescue and rehabilitation can effectively reduce the unwanted dog population through spaying and neutering? How can working together have a faster and more significant impact?
Here is your opportunity to put creative fundraising for a good cause to the test. This workshop will empower you to make a positive impact to treat and heal more dogs. In addition, it will develop your passion for advancing animal rights.
Your ideas and proposals will contribute to building collective engagement that brings change. By exploring impactful outputs for raising awareness and gaining donors, you can support the Foundation’s mission to create a controlled stray dog population and an educated local community that, in the long run, sees a happy and harmonious relationship between people and dogs.
12 30 hrs.
Buffet Luncheon
13 30 hrs.
SOCIAL IMPACT PITCHATHON
Want to pitch a social impact idea you have or a project you are currently working on? The winning pitch will receive USD 1,000 of impact funding and a Certificate from Humanitarian Affairs Asia. In this session, we will provide tools and support to help you develop your idea further.
15 00 hrs.
Farewell Tea Session
15 45 hrs.
CLOSING CEREMONY
Saturday, December 21, 2024
07 00 hrs.
Farewell Breakfast
12 00 hrs
Check-Out / Bon Voyage
It’s amazing what doors can open if you reach out to people with a smile, and a desire to make a positive impact.
