ENVIRONMENTAL SUMMIT

環境聯盟

An Event By Let’s Do It World

July 10, 2023

Taipei, Taiwan

President Republic of China

Minister Republic of China

Global Board Member

Director General Indonesia

Sustainability Expert

JOIN US for the Asia Pacific Environmental Summit. Top on the agenda for the Asian Leaders is tackling plastic pollution. Topics to be discussed include increasing coordination with Governments, Non-Governmental Organizations, and volunteers using existing technology to locate litter/trash, motivate volunteers to cleanup, and report the results globally. Key will be to use common technologies with our partners for consistency and reporting.

About the APAC Environmental Summit

APAC Environmental Summit draws sustainability professionals from APAC countries and worldwide leaders. APAC will broaden your professional development and sustainability engagement:

Outstanding education sessions that address current environmental issues as well as ongoing challenges.
Influential sustainability professionals including Environmental Ministers, business leaders, and leading academics.
The exbibit hall will showcase the latest products, services, and technologies specific to sustainability.
Opportunities to network with your peers, interact with leaders in sustainability, and learn new skills.

Who Should Attend?

Ministers involved with the environment from all countries
Environmental professionals
Environmental policy advocates
Business leaders
Leaders and members of environmental NGO’s
Environmental entrepreneurs
Directors and Managers in sustainability operations
City and County Engineers
Sustainability Consultants
Solid Waste Managers and Coordinators
Water Services Directors and Managers
Streets/Roads/Bridges Directors and Managers
Stormwater and Flood Control Directors and Managers
Emergency Management Directors and Coordinators
City Planners
City Council Members
County Supervisors
Sustainability Specialists

Areas Covered

Environmental policies
Biodiversity
Post-COVID environmental issues
Circular economy
Environment / Sustainability
Solid Waste
Stormwater / Flood Control
Water & Wastewater

Invited attendees include:

Ing-wen Tsai - President of the Republic of China

Tzi-chin Chang - Minister of the Environmental Protection Administration (Taiwan)

Rosa Vivien Ratnawati - Director General of Solid Waste, Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Substances Management (Indonesia)

Heidi Solba - Global President Let’s Do It World

Anneli Ohvril - Global CEO

Bill Willoughby - Global Board Member

Leo Lin - Global Board Member

Holger Holland - Global Board Member

Michael Karapetian - Sustainability Expert

Agustina Iskandar - Asia Coordinator

Abe (Andy) Bahari - Indonesia Leader

Takao Asai - Japan Leader

Nguyen Thi Cam Tu - Vietnam Leader Sovann - Cambodia Leader

Chun Hui Suen - Signapore Leader

Juanita Ho - Taiwan Leader

Henry Kok Kheng - Malaysia Leader

Hotel and Travel

Conference accommodation will be at the Guide Hotel Taipei NTU. Subsidies for participants may be available (see details in “Registration & Fees”

https://guidehotel.com.tw/location/tpe-ntu/

3F, No. 98, Sec. 3, Roosevelt Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City 100033, Taiwan (R.O.C.)

Additional conference hotel choices include:

Shangri-La Far Eastern, Taipei
No. 201, Section 2, Dunhua South Road, Daan District, 106 Taipei, Taiwan

Rate: $206 single/double
Located next door to Taipei 101

Swiio Hotel Daan
No. 185, Section 1, Daan Road, Daan District, 106 Taipei, Taiwan

Rate: $155 single/double
Swiio Hotel Daan is housed in a recognizable pure white building with geometric designs and boast coherent

K Hotel Taipei Dunnan
No. 238, Section 2, Dunnan South Road, Daan District, 106 Taipei, Taiwan

Rate: $121 single/double
K Hotel Taipei Dunnan offers a relaxing stay in beautiful, design interiors in Taipei.

General Sessions

Keynote: Rosa Vivien Ratnawati, Ministry of the Environment and Forestry - Indonesia

Rosa Vivien Ratnawati, was born in Jakarta on 1 May 1970. She graduated from the Law Faculty at University of Indonesia in 1994 and pursued her Master’s on Sustainable Development at The University of Sydney in Australia where she graduated in 2000. She began her career at the Ministry of Environment in 1996 where she finally appointed as acting Assistant Deputy for Civil Law Enforcement and Non-Court Dispute Settlement in 2006. In 2011, she was assigned as the Head of Center for Bali and Nusa Tenggara Ecoregion Management and continued to serve as Head of Legal Bureau and Public Relation in 2013.

When the Ministry of Environment and Ministry of Forestry were merged as Ministry of Environment and Forestry in 2015, the Minister appointed her as the Director of Tenurial Conflict Settlement and Customary Forests. In 2016 she was assigned as Director of Complaint Monitoring and Administrative Sanction. Since November 2017 she has been serving as the Director General for Solid Waste, Hazardous Waste, and Hazardous Substances Management.

During her career, she is also experienced as instructor for various technical trainings and education such as: training for environmental law enforcement, environmental dispute settlement, as well as certification for environmental judge. She has also been involved in many formulations and development processes of legislations on environmental affairs.

Since 2018, she has actively participated in all the meetings and negotiations at BRS (Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm) Conventions and Minamata Convention on Mercury. In November 2019, she was appointed as the President of the COP4 Minamata Convention on Mercury.

Keynote: Tzi-chin Chang, Minister of Environmental Protection Administration - Republic of China

Tzi-chin Chang currently serves as the Minister of the Environmental Protection Administration of the Executive Yuan.

Chang served as an associate technical specialist of the Department of Environmental Protection of Taipei City Government in 1982–1987. In 1987–1996, he became the Section Chief of the Environmental Protection Administration. He served as the section chief of the Environmental Protection Department of Taiwan Provincial Government in 1996–1997, as the director of the Northern Region Environmental Protection Center in 1997-1999 and as the executive officer of the Secretariat in 1999–2000. In 2000–2005, he became the director-general of the Environmental Protection Bureau of the Taipei County Government and in 2005-2006 as Deputy Commissioner.

Chang earned his bachelor's degree in environmental engineering from National Cheng Kung University in 1980 and his master's degree in the same field from National Chiao Tung University in 1995.

Keynote: Dr. Hungdah Su - Profesor, Political Science and Dean of Social Sciences at National Taiwan University

Dr. Hungdah Su is Jean Monnet Chair Professor of Political Science and Dean of Social Sciences at National Taiwan University, and Director General of the EU Centre in Taiwan. He also served as the President of the European Community Study Association (ECSA) Taiwan during 2015-2023, the President of the Republic of China Association of International Relations during 2019-2021, and the President of European Union Study Association (EUSA) Asia-Pacific during 2017-2018. He is member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts since 2015. He is a leading scholar of the EU Study, EU-Asian relationship, and Asian integration study. In January 2021, the EU Delegate even held a grand book launch for his 440-page book entitled European Dream and Reluctant Integration in the 21st Century: Lessons for Ongoing Asian Regionalism.

Position

- Dean of College of Social Sciences at National Taiwan University (effective August 2021, http://coss.ntu.edu.tw)

- Jean Monnet Chair Professor of Department of Political Science at National Taiwan University (http://politics.soc.ntu.edu.tw)

- Adjunct Research Fellow of Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica (http://www.ea.sinica.edu.tw/index-en.php)

- Director General of European Union Centre in Taiwan (http://www.eutw.org.tw)

Service

- Editor of Book Series on EU Studies in Taiwan since 2010

- Co-editor of Chinese Book Series on EU Studies since 2016

- Co-editor of Journal of Global Policy and Governance since 2015

- President of Republic of China Association of International Relations 2019-2021

- President of European Community Studies Association Taiwan (ECSA-Taiwan) 2015-2023

- President of European Union Study Association Asia-Pacific (EUSA AP) 2017-2018

- Editor of Taiwanese Journal of Political Science 2015-2019

- Coordinator of EU Study Team of Institute of European and American Studies at Academia Sinica (2006-2008)

Honor

- Member of European Academy of Sciences and Arts (since 2015)

- Jean Monnet Chair awarded by the European Union (since 2010)

- Council Member of Fondation Jean Monnet pour l’Europe (since 2005)

- Medaille de bronze (Bronze Medal) of Fondation Jean Monnet pour l’Europe (1998)

- Bourse (Scholarship) of Robert Schuman Foundation (1997)

- Scholarship for European Integration Studies of Ministry of Education of Republic of China (1992-1996)

How to Register[建良1]

Conference fee

Conference fee is sponsored by our partners and government.
You will be responsible for your own travel ticket, accommodation fee and other incident expenses.

Subsidy

For each country, we would provide free accommodation for one delegate;

If any government official is attending, we would provide free plane tickets and accommodation for the guest and the LDI delegate.

Accommodation would be arranged at Guide Hotel Taipei NTU.