Emerging Industries and Opportunities for Entrepreneurs in the Circular Economy in Asia

Date
Tue May 25th 2021, 4:30 - 5:50pm
Event Sponsor
US-Asia Technology Management center
Location
Zoom
Emerging Industries and Opportunities for Entrepreneurs in the Circular Economy in Asia

Join us for a discussion on emerging industry and business opportunities in the circular economy in Asia Pacific. In this talk, Dr. Lerwin Liu will introduce her Circular Economy Accelerator and share the exciting new developments and current trends related to her work on circular economy and sustainability in Asia.


Dr. Lerwen Liu is a strong advocate of sustainability through innovation & entrepreneurship education and training focusing in the Asian region.  She is a senior advisor in King Mongut’s University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT) in Bangkok playing a leadership role in 1) streamlining strategy of education, research & innovation and social impact toward sustainable development goals, industry 4.0 and circular economy, 2) building strategic partnerships with the United Nations, Asian Development Bank, leading universities, government funding agencies and industries worldwide in developing solutions for reaching SDGs and circular economy, and 3) conducting strategic training to KMUTT students and staff preparing the change agents/leaders for the SDGs 2030 and circular economy through her STEAM program.

She pioneered education programs of innovation & entrepreneurship toward sustainability, SDGs & circular economy in National University of Singapore (NUS), Yale-NUS College and KMUTT.  She has organized various platform events in partnership with the UN, ADB , World Bank and other entrepreneurship related organizations in driving youth leadership and entrepreneurship towards SDGs and Circular Economy through the adoption of STEM knowledge, and Industry 4.0.

Seminars will take place on Tuesdays from March 30th – June 1st.  These sessions are open to the public and registration is required to receive the Zoom login details.

All seminars will be held online via Zoom, 4:30 PM – 5:50 PM, with informal networking following until about 6:30 PM (PST).  REGISTER below for the entire series*.

Register in advance for this seminar series:
https://stanford.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAqf-iorD0pH9bI5FVk0i9e6aM_hR7JLQ3J

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

*You may cancel your registration at any time and attend only the sessions you wish.

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