NICHE Mega Event on
Engagement of Stakeholders for Responsible and Sustainable Value Chain in Bangladesh Garment Sector
Event Schedule: 26 February, 2017
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Time
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Event |
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| 9:30 – 10:20 | Registration |
| 10:30 | Introduction & Welcome Moderators & Time keepers |
| 10:30 – 10:40 | Welcome Address Mr. Muzaffar U Siddique, Founder Chairman, BUFT |
| 10:40 – 10:50 | AV of BUFT |
| 10:50 | Opening Address |
| 10:50 – 11:00 | Towards a sustainable sector Mr. Siddiqur Rahman, President – BGMEA |
| 11:00 – 11:10 | Towards sustainable demand Ms. Leonie Culanaere, Dutch Ambassador |
| 11:10 – 11:20 | Foreign Affair support Mr. Shahriar Alam MP, State Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| 11:20 – 11:30 | Towards Business innovation Mr. Tofail Ahmed MP, Minister of Commerce |
| 11:30 – 11:40 | NICHE Project Overview Ms. Ineke Pitts, MDF program manager |
| 11:40 – 11:50 | BCIE Logo Inauguration & AV of NICHE + BCIE |
| 11:50 – 12:00 | Coffee Break |
| 12:00 | First Session – Key notes |
| 12:05 – 12:20 | Demand for CSR in Bangladesh Garment Sector Ton Wiedenhof, IAF, Senior advisor IAF |
| 12:20 – 12:35 | CSR in Textile & RMG Production Mr. Faruque Hassan, Sr. Vice President, BGMEA |
| 12:35 – 12:40 | Q & A |
| 12:40 | Second Session – NICHE outputs |
| 12:45 – 13:15 | NICHE Research Overview & research presentations Andre Nijhof & Faisal / NICHE Research Team leaders |
| 13:15 – 14:00 | Lunch & Prayer break |
| 14:00 | Third Session- Stakeholder Engagement |
| 14:10 – 14:15 | ILO short presentation |
| 14:15 – 15:00 | Panel discussion-1: Demand for Innovation & Research Moderator- Dr. Andre & Michiel Van Yperen Viyellatex (Md. David Hasanat), AF Textiles (Mr. Hasan Zahidul Islam), MAS Intimate (Mr. Vidhura Ralapanawe), IAF (Mr. Peter koppert), ILO (Mr. TuomoPoutiainen), BSR (Mr. Marat Yu) |
| 15:00 – 15:10 | Keynote Speech Dr. Sharif As Saber, Associate Professor, RMIT University |
| 15:10 – 16:00 | Panel Discussion-2: Effective Stakeholder Engagement Moderator – Mr. Shafiul Islam, ex-president, BGMEA Government (Mr. Tipu Munshi MP), DBL (Mr. Abdul Jabbar), H&M, IFC representative, Pacific Jeans (Mr. Nasir), Utah Group (Mr. Razzak Sattar), Media (Dr. Mahfuzur Rahman) |
| 16:00 | Fourth Session – Concluding Remarks |
| 16:05 – 16:20 | Speech by Dr. Mustafizur Rahman, Executive Director, CPD |
| 16:20 – 16:30 | Conclusion by Prof. Dr. Nizamuddin Ahmed VC, BUFT |
| 16:30 – 16:45 | NICHE Fashion Show |
| 16:45 | Networking Event with Coffee |
| 18:00 | Closing of the event |