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2nd Edition - 2024
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Opening Plenary
Mostafiz Uddin
Founder & CEO, Bangladesh Apparel Exchange
Pallak Seth
Founder & Executive Vice Chairman, PDS Limited
Thijs Woudstra
Deputy Ambassador of the Netherlands to Bangladesh
Chief Guest
MD. Shahriar Alam, MP
State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh
Michal Krejza
Head of Development Cooperation, Delegation of the European Union to Bangladesh
Keynote Speakers
Dr. Vidhura Ralapanawe
Executive Vice President,
Epic Group
Pauline Op de Beeck
Environmental Portfolio Lead, Apparel Impact Institute
Case Studies
Abdullah Hil Nakib
Deputy Managing Director, Team Group
Mohammad Sams E Tabriz
Managing Director, DB Schenker Bangladesh
Mr. Kaushik Mukherjee
Head of Geocycle Bangladesh, LafargeHolcim
Panel Speakers
All Panel Speakers
Panel 01
Panel 02
Panel 03
Panel 04
Panel 05
Enamul Huque
Managing Director, Corporate, Commercial and Institutional Banking, Standard Chartered Bank, Bangladesh
Moderator
Siva Pariti
Senior Technical Marketing Officer, BlueWin
A. J. M. Zobaidur Rahman
Head - Media, Communications & Stakeholder Engagement, RMG Sustainability Council
Ambreen Tabassum
Operational Process Manager, Decathlon Bangladesh
Md. Tanvir Hossain
Executive Director (Investment Promotion), BEPZA
Mohammad Abdul Momen
Director, IBA, Dhaka University
Delwar Hossain
Joint Director, Sustainable Finance Department, Bangladesh Bank
Mohsina Yasmin
Executive Member, BIDA
Dr. Mohammad Assaduzzaman
Senior Policy Advisor-Climate, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Bangladesh
Sadia Raisa Khan
Advisor and Country Representative, Project Development Programme (PDP), GIZ Bangladesh
Moderator
Siva Pariti
Senior Technical Marketing Officer, BlueWin
Amer Salim
Director, Aurum Sweater Ltd. & Knit Asia Ltd.
Mahmuda Sultana
Acting Country Director, Oxfam in Bangladesh
Azizur Rahim Chowdhury
Managing Director, J.M. Fabrics Ltd. & Director, New Asia Ltd.
Seema Joshi
Fashion & IT Campaigns Director, Stand.Earth
M. Shahidullah Azim
Vice President, BGMEA & Managing Director, Classic Group
Naureen Chowdhury
Head of Labour Rights Programme, Laudes Foundation
Mohammad Emran Hasan
Head of Climate Justice & Natural Resources Rights, Oxfam in Bangladesh
Moderator
Dr. Saleemul Huq
Director, ICCCAD & Professor, IUB
Edwin Koekkoek
First Counsellor, Team Leader – Green Inclusive Development and Social Protection, Delegation of the European Union to Bangladesh
Alamgir Morshed
Executive Director & CEO, IDCOL
Bob Assenberg
Fund Director, Good Fashion Fund
Dishan Karunaratne
Chief Representative, Bangladesh & Pakistan, Bestseller
Peter Ford
Program Lead, Climate, H&M Group
Sohel Sadat
Chairman & Managing Director, Shin Shin Group
Ziaur Rahman
Regional Country Manager, Production (Bangladesh, Pakistan & Ethiopia), H&M
Dr. Vidhura Ralapanawe
Executive Vice President, Epic Group
Moyeen Hyder Chowdhury
Branch Manager Apparel & Accessories, Puma
Moderator
Asif Ibrahim
Director, BGMEA & Vice Chairman, Newage Group of Industries
Buddhi Paranamana
Group Sustainability and Innovation Director, PDS Limited
Gihan Palihena
Director, Asia Product Supply South Asia, Kontoor Brands Inc.
Nafis Ud Doula
Director, Impress-Newtex Composite Textiles Ltd.
Akila Fernando
Assistant Vice President - Engineering, Epic Group
Inamul Haq Khan
Director, BGMEA & Managing Director, Ananta Companies
Moderator
Pauline Op de Beeck
Environmental Portfolio Lead, Apparel Impact Institute
Shafiur Rahman
South Asian Operations Head,
G-Star RAW
Riaz Hamidullah
Additional Foreign Secretary (Multilateral) Former Ambassador, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bangladesh Embassy of Bangladesh in the Netherlands
Presentations
Dr. Saleemul Huq
Director, ICCCAD & Professor, IUB
E Nand Gopal
Director, Climate & Energy Practice, Grant Thornton Bharat LLP
Laxmikant Jawale
Regional Lead, South Asia & Southeast Asia, Apparel Impact Institute
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Opening Plenary
Dr. M. Fouzul Kabir Khan
Adviser to the Ministry of Power, Energy, and Mineral Resources, Govt. of the People's Republic of Bangladesh
Syeda Rizwana Hasan
Adviser to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Govt. of the People's Republic of Bangladesh
Lutfey Siddiqi
Chief Adviser's Special Envoy for International Affairs (with the status of Adviser), Govt. of the People's Republic of Bangladesh
Michael Miller
Ambassador and Head of Delegation, The European Union Delegation to Bangladesh
H.E. Achim Tröster
Ambassador, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany
Thijs Woudstra
Charge d'Affaires, The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Bangladesh
Mostafiz Uddin
Founder & CEO, Bangladesh Apparel Exchange
Keynote Speakers
Vidhura Ralapanawe
Member Board of Directors, Cascale & Executive Vice President - Sustainability and Innovation, Epic Group
E Nand Gopal
Director of Climate and Energy, Grant Thornton Bharat LLP
Chowdhury Liakat Ali
Director, Sustainable Finance Department, Bangladesh Bank
Ziaur Rahman
Regional Country Manager, Production (Bangladesh, Pakistan & Ethiopia), H&M Group
Panel Speakers
All Panel Speakers
Panel 01
Panel 02
Panel 03
Panel 04
Panel 05
Abdullah Hil Rakib
Managing Director, TEAM Group & Senior Vice President, BGMEA
ABM Ziaul Haque
Chief Engineer, Private Generation (IPP/PPP), Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB)
Ahsan Khan Chowdhury
Chairman & CEO, PRAN-RFL Group
Fredrika Norén
Programme Officer, The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
Moderator
Shayan Shafi
Energy Team Leader, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
Syeeda Yeasmeen Meer
Director of Energy Procurement and Project Finance, USAID-BADGE
Engr. Abdus Sobhan
Managing Director, Auko-Tex Group
Ali Mushtaq Butt
Head of Trade Mission, Embassy of Denmark in Bangladesh
Elvan Gedik Duval
Sustainability Manager, Bangladesh & Pakistan, H&M
Julien Deur
Head of Economic Department, Embassy of France in Bangladesh
Moderator
Dr. Mohammad Emran Hasan
Head of Climate Justice and Natural Resource Rights, Oxfam in Bangladesh
Edwin Koekkoek
First Counsellor & Team Leader, Green Inclusive Development, Delegation of the European Union to Bangladesh
Nishat Chowdhury
Program Manager, Partnership for Cleaner Textile (PaCT) Program, International Finance Corporation (IFC)
Rozalin Islam
Director, Jamuna Group
Sebastian Groh
Co-founder & CEO, SOLshare
Andrew Martin
Executive Vice President, Cascale
Mr. Mohammad Alauddin
Rector, Bangladesh Power Management Institute (BPMI)
Prof. Sarosh Kuruvilla
Academic Director, Global Labor Institute, Cornell University
Faisal Rabbi
Energy Specialist, World Bank
Lisa Frost
Climate Programs Director, Apparel Impact Institute
Moderator
Vidhura Ralapanawe
Member Board of Directors, Cascale & Executive Vice President - Sustainability and Innovation, Epic Group
Moderator
Siva Pariti
Senior Technical Marketing Officer, BlueWin
Shujaat Ali
Senior Managing Director, Sourcing & PSQA Target Sourcing Services Bangladesh & Pakistan
Kalpona Akter
Founder & Executive Director, Bangladesh Centre for Worker Solidarity
Mohammad Sohel Sadat
Chairman, Shin Shin Group & Director, BGMEA
Tanzila Tajreen
Senior Policy Advisor, Embassy of Kingdom of Netherlands in Bangladesh
Tuomo Poutiainen
Country Director, ILO Bangladesh
Ziaur Rahman
Regional Country Manager, Production (Bangladesh, Pakistan & Ethiopia), H&M Group
Riaz Hamidullah
Additional Foreign Secretary (Multilateral & Regional), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bangladesh
Salim Rahman
Managing Director, KDS Group
Presentations
Ashim Rahman
Policy Advisor, Business Development, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Bangladesh
Shehan Talagala
Sales Director, Jinko Solar
Ramasamy Mylsamy
Head – Energy Services Division, Forbes Marshall
Serge Giacomotto
Policy Officer on Sustainable Finance, European Commission
Laxmikant Jawale
Regional Lead, South Asia & Southeast Asia, Apparel Impact Institute
Buddhi Paranamana
Director - Sustainability & Innovation, PDS Limited
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