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Presenting Sponsor |
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 Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau or TCEB is an official public organization dedicated in promoting Thailand as a destination of choice for international meetings, conventions and exhibitions.
We are to be the flagship organization in charged of promoting, developing as well as regulating, coordinating and facilitating tourism-related meetings or incentive events as well as exhibitions and conventions as an impetus to present Thai arts and cultures into the events to promote the country’s national treasures. Also, the Bureau is to provide knowledge exchanges and services for those in MICE businesses.
TCEB is in the process of formulating as a vibrant, 21st-century, cutting-edge professional organization. Day-to-day operations will be driven by modern management techniques and organizational science. Integrated marketing plans, complete with vision, strategies, action plans and key performance indicators (KPIs) for all sectors within the MICE umbrella, have been developed and implemented. The effectiveness of TCEB's operations is measured by actual increase in the total number of MICE visitors, and MICE-related revenue as well as economic impact of an event to community at large.
For more information, please visit Business& website at http://www.tceb.or.th
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Associate Sponsor |
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 PTT Public Company Limited
As a result of the corporatization of Petroleum Authority of Thailand, under the State Enterprise Corporatization Act B.E. 2542 (A.D.1999), PTT Public Company Limited (PTT) was established on 1 October 2001, and registered in the Stock Exchange of Thailand on 6 December 2001 with an initial registered capital of Bt 20,000 million. Ministry of Finance is the major shareholder.
PTT operates a fully integrated gas business with a key role in distribution and international trading of petroleum and petrochemical products, together with investments in domestic petrochemical and refining businesses. Its business structure consists of core business (Exploration & Production and Gas Business Group and Oil Business Group) and investment business (petrochemicals and refining Business Group). PTT Group has the highest market capitalization in the Thai bourse.
For more information, please visit www.pttplc.com
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 The Bangchak Petroleum Public Company Limited is a leading Thai company in the refinery business, with a production capacity of 120,000 barrels per day and other marketing businesses, retailing to airlines, industries, and to the general public via service stations under the  trademark.
Additionally, there are non-oil businesses such as the Inthanin Coffee, Green Auto Service, and full-service car care. This is with the determination to create justifiable business profits, responsibility towards society and the environment, via modern management and good corporate governance, through high competent employees.
For more information about The Bangchak Petroleum Public Company Limited, visit www.bangchak.co.th/en/
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 The Siam Cement Group (SCG) is one of ASEAN’s leading business conglomerates. The Group was established in 1913 and has diversified into five core businesses focusing on chemicals, paper, cement, building materials, and distribution. Currently SCG has approximately 25,000 employees and handles more than 64,000 products distributed both domestically and globally. SCG conducts its business in tune with good corporate governance and sustainable growth. In particular, the Group puts a strong emphasis on creating innovations to add value, not only to its products, services, and process but also to social and environmental sustainability.
More information, please visit www.scg.co.th
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 British Telecommunications plc (BT)
BT is one of the world’s leading providers of communications solutions and services operating in 170 countries. Its principal activities include the provision of networked IT services globally; local, national and international telecommunications services to our customers for use at home, at work and on the move; broadband and internet products and services and converged fixed/mobile products and services. BT consists principally of four lines of business: BT Global Services, Openreach, BT Retail and BT Wholesale.
In the year ended 31 March 2008, BT Group’s revenue was £20,704 million with profit before taxation and specific items of £2,506 million.
British Telecommunications plc (BT) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BT Group plc and encompasses virtually all businesses and assets of the BT Group. BT Group plc is listed on stock exchanges in London and New York.
For more information about BT visit www.bt.com/aboutbt
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Strategic Partner |
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 The Thai Institute of Directors Association (Thai-IOD)
is a leading organization dedicated to Improving corporate governance in Thailand.
The IOD was founded in 1999 with support from the Office of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Stock Exchange of Thailand, The Bank of Thailand, the foundation for Capital Market Development and the World Bank. The Thai IOD is one among many institutes of Director established around the world to date.
Thai-IOD is a membership organization with members Comprising of directors from companies ranging From large SET listed companies to small private Firms. Our key activities include providing Directors certification and professional Development courses, conducting research on Board governance issues and practices, as well as organizing a variety of seminars, forums, and Networking events for our members.
For more information about SET, please visit www.thai-iod.com
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Official Stock Exchange |
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 The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET)
is Thailand’s only stock market, serving as a center for the trading of listed securities and providing the systems necessary to support securities trading. SET is a juristic entity established under the Securities Exchange of Thailand Act, B.E. 2517 (1974) and has been operating since April 30, 1975.
Currently, the Thai Exchange provides one of most attractive emerging markets in Asia, with 528 listed companies and total market capitalization of USD 160 billion. In line with its strategy of increasing the choices available to investors, SET is now an integrated market covering a full range of trading products in equities, bonds, derivatives and property funds. Recently introduced products include ThaiDEX SET50 ETF, MTrack Energy ETF, SET50 Index Futures, SET50 Index Options and the new FTSE SET Index Series which can be used as a benchmark for products to be launched in the future.
For more information about SET, please visit www.set.or.th/en
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Knowledge Partner |
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 Founded in 1898, the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business (GSB) is a Nobel Prize-winning powerhouse. It is recognized globally for producing world-changing ideas and extremely well prepared graduates.
Chicago GSB is known for its world-renowned faculty, which includes more Nobel Prize winners than all other business schools in the world combined. It is also the first business school to have a Nobel Laureate on its faculty and is also the first and only business school to have had 6 Nobel Prize winning faculty members.
The GSB is also the first business school to offer a Ph.D. program in Business back in 1920. And it is also the first to offer an Executive MBA program back in 1943.
The Chicago GSB Asia campus in Singapore, which opened five years ago, attracts executives throughout Asia and other countries to its Executive MBA program. The part-time Executive MBA program prepares high-potential managers and experienced professionals for positions of greater responsibility. The program includes joint residential sessions in London, Chicago and Singapore with students from all three campuses that are fully owned by the GSB. The Executive MBA program offered in the Asia campus (in Singapore) is exactly the same program offered in the London and Chicago campuses and is taught by the same faculty who teaches in all GSB programs.
The GSB supports an active network of more than 39,000 alumni around the globe. These graduates lead and succeed in every possible industry including some 5,500 CEOs and top officers of firms worldwide.
Visit GSB at www.chicagogsb.edu/execmba/.
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Research Partner |
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 Development Dimensions International (DDI) is a global human resource consulting company specialising in leadership development. DDI was established in 1970 by two organisational psychologists William C. Byham, PhD. And Douglas W. Bray PhD.
DDI has helped to assess and develop more than 10 million leaders in organisations worldwide. More than 15 million people have benefited from participation in one or more of DDI's leadership training or assessment systems. Their newly acquired skills have influenced the work lives of more than 200 million employees.
Organisations have hired more than 15 million people using DDI's selection systems. More than 200 plant start-ups and expansions have used DDI to totally staff their new facilities with high performance workforces.
For more than three decades in Asia, DDI has worked closely with numerous multinational corporations, who count on its local consultants' understanding of local cultural and business practices to provide consistent worldwide applications of its solutions.
Today, close to one third of DDI's business is done outside of North America through its network of 75 offices in 26 countries. In Asia, DDI has operations in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Taipei, Beijing, Shanghai, Japan, Korea, Jakarta, Mumbai and Manila. Visit DDI at www.ddiworld.com.
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Official Airline |
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 Thai Airways International Public Company Limited is the national carrier of the Kingdom of Thailand. Thai Airways International was founded in 1960 and Thai Airways International Public Company Limited was listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand on July 19, 1991.
From its hub at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi airport, the THAI network extends to 12 key destinations in Thailand and 62 major business and leisure destinations across 5 continents; in Europe, North America, Africa, Asia and Australia.
THAI is one of the 5 founding members of Star Alliance, now the world’s largest airline network with 21 member carriers.
THAI also generates ancillary revenue with its worldwide tour packages through Royal Orchid Holidays, and THAI Catering that provides inflight meals on all THAI flights, as well as leading international carriers serving Bangkok.
Keep the World Beautiful, a recent corporate community service campaign reflects THAI’s concern for our environment and the impact of global warming. By showing the world’s beauty with a unique collection of images, it is the hope of THAI that all people will make an effort to help keep the world truly beautiful for one and all. www.keeptheworldbeautiful.com.
For more information about THAI, visit www.thaiairways.com.
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Media Partners |
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 The Financial Times one of the world’s leading business newspapers, is recognised internationally for its authority, integrity and accuracy.
Providing extensive news, comment and analysis, the newspaper is printed at 24 print sites across the globe, has a daily circulation of 441,219 (ABC
figures, September 2007) and a readership of more than 1.3 million people worldwide. FT.com is one of the world's leading business information
websites, and the internet partner of the FT newspaper.
FT.com is the definitive home for business intelligence on the web, providing an
essential source of news, comment, data and analysis for the global business community. FT.com attracts 5.35 million unique monthly generating
43 million page views users (ABC electronic figures, March 2007). FT.com has 101,000 subscribers. Visit FT.com at www.ft.com.
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 Nation Multimedia Group Public Company Limited is one of Thailand’s largest integrated multimedia organizations who create a true “multimedia” experience for Thai audiences. Founded in 1971, the company took the bold step in launching The Nation, the first Thai-owned English-language newspaper. Today, Nation Group has come a long way and evolves into 9 major business lines that virtually cover every type of media for every target group. The company is on par with an international media standard and is well positioned for a sustainable growth amid the changes into digital world. For more information about NMG, please visit www.nationgroup.com.
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 TNN24 (Thai News Network) is Thailand’s first and only dedicated 24-hour Thai-language news channel. It operates as the news unit of True Visions PCL, Thailand’s only international-standard pay-TV service provider, which currently has over 700,000 subscribers.
TNN24 broadcasts on True Vision Channels 7 and aims to provide its viewers with objective, balanced news and analysis of events in Thailand and around the world.
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 A wholly-owned subsidiary of True Group, TrueVisions is Thailand's leading pay TV provider which uniquely combines superior programming with the Group's communications technology to offer newer and better entertainment choices for the Thai consumers. With a great line up of international and local programming of up to 100 channels combined with convergent platforms of satellite and cable broadcasting, mobile, internet, and payment, the world of is truly in your hands. For more information about True Vision, please visit www.truevisionstv.com.
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Coverage and Publicity
CNBC will broadcast an Asia Business Leader Awards special program incorporating interviews with the winners. Presented on CNBC's Asia Pacific networks, the program will be available to millions of homes across the region. This will be complemented with a print and online marketing campaign and extensive regional press and media coverage to raise further awareness and visibility for the Awards.
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