Global Leader Experience Hanoi

20 & 21 June 2023

Essential Information Pack

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Contents

Section 1 P2
Welcome

Section 2 P3
Program Venue

Section 3 P4
Aims and objectives

Section 4 P5
The Challenge

Section 5 P7
Making the most of the program

Section 6 P9
Building networks

Section 7 P 10
Key information summary

Section 8 P 11
Agenda

Section 9 P 13
Contributor bios

Section 10 P 32
Conventions

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Welcome

Welcome to the Global Leader Experience (GLE) Hanoi delivered by Common Purpose, in partnership
with RMIT University.

We live in a world that faces challenges, which transcend national boundaries, demanding smarter,
more inspired and globally connected leaders. Together, you will investigate a complex challenge in
the context of the city of Hanoi, and develop practical, actionable solutions to it.

Our Global Leader Experiences take students out of their comfort zone, giving you an immersion into
the city and the opportunity to develop Cultural Intelligence (CQ) - the ability to cross boundaries and
thrive in multiple cultures.

This pack is designed to support your learning through the Global Leader Experience. You will find
information about the program and what you will be working on and some useful links for background
reading. We have included information about how you can make the most of your experience and
tips to build up your network. You will also find information about the structure of the program, details
about the venue and agenda, information about staff members and an overview of the Common
Purpose Conventions.

All Common Purpose programs rely on self-directed learning - you will be at the centre of the
experiences ahead and you will ultimately be responsible for the learning you take from them.

Peer learning and support is a key component of the program, so it’s important to communicate with
the group by sharing your strengths, weaknesses, challenges, and frustrations. This will enable others
to help you and will also provide learning experiences for others.

We look forward to seeing you on the program!

Janet, Kalpana, Saira, & Leena

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Program Venue

Venue Hotel Melia Hanoi - Ballroom

44B Ly Thuong Kiet Street
Hanoi - Vietnam

Host RMIT University

Common Purpose Saira Philipose

Key contact Projects Manager
T: +91 9845896929

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Aims and Objectives

Global Leader Experiences aim to help you:

• grow your Cultural Intelligence - the ability to cross boundaries and thrive in multiple
cultures
• develop the leadership skills required to lead in complex situations.
• build new networks - locally and globally - with fellow students, contributors, and leading
employers.
• learn and practice the skills required to quickly understand and navigate complexity.

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The Challenge

‘How can our cities overcome crises by advancing the UN Sustainable

Development Goals?’

Most of the world lives in cities, and these are growing at an unprecedented rate; by 2050 68%1 of the
population will live in a city. This offers fantastic opportunities for cities to not only be economic
powerhouses but also hubs of innovation and creativity and drivers of social change. However, the
movement towards cities at such a fast pace puts pressure on infrastructure, institutions, and cultures.
While cities only occupy 3% of the world’s land, they account for 60 – 80% of energy consumption
and 75% of carbon emissions2.

Even before COVID-19, cities were grappling with ever more complex issues such as climate change,
political uncertainty, social justice, cyber-attacks, pollution, waste and economic instability3. City
network initiatives have been trying to address these issues. For example, the 100 Resilient Cities 4
initiative advocated for action to prevent chronic stresses (slow moving disasters such as inequality,
high unemployment, inefficient public transport, endemic violence, chronic food and water shortages)
and acute shocks (earthquakes, floods, fires, terrorist attacks and pandemics). For our cities to be
resilient, they will need to be able to adapt to such changes, while also being inclusive and sustainable.

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals5 (SDGs) are a unique global response to the
challenges the world, its cities and communities, face to their future peace and prosperity. UN
Sustainable Development Goal 116 focuses on the need for our cities to be inclusive, safe, resilient and
sustainable. It covers seven key targets for our cities to address to overcome crises:

• Access to adequate, safe and affordable housing and basic services

• Access to safe, affordable, accessible, and sustainable transport systems
• Enhance inclusive and sustainable urbanization and human settlement planning
• Safeguard the world’s cultural and natural heritage
• Reduce deaths and economic impact caused by disasters
• Reduce environmental impact of cities
• Provide universal access to safe, inclusive and accessible, green and public spaces

The challenge set to you as participants on this Global Leader Experience is to work in a diverse group
to choose one of these seven targets and develop innovative ideas, that advance Goal 11, as well as
the specific target, and in so doing ensure that our cities are able to overcome crises in the urban
context of the Asia-Pacific region.

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United Nations https://www.un.org/development/desa/en/news/population/2018-revision-of-worldurbanization-prospects.html

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United Nations https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/cities/

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The Challenge

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Open Data Institute, Impact of Urbanization on cities

https://www.odi.org/sites/odi.org.uk/files/resource-documents/12480.pdf

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100 Resilient Cities https://www.oecd.org/cfe/regional-policy/resilientcities.htm

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United Nations https://sdgs.un.org/

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United Nations https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal11

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Making the most of the program

Asking effective questions

To make the most of the opportunities on this program, you need to become excellent questioners –
so that you can challenge contributors and scratch under the surface of issues.

• Be challenging and probing, but always courteous

• Avoid personal attacks even if you do not like or agree with the answer
• Avoid isolating people – either a participant in their line of questioning or a contributor in their
answers
• Ask the big questions – don’t be too concerned with the detail
• Be brief and concise
• Ask one question at a time – avoid multiple questions
• Listen carefully
• Avoid jargon

Being a group leader

During the program, you may be expected to take responsibility for leading group work sessions.
Sometimes this role will be allocated by the Common Purpose Chair, although at other times you will
be left to decide amongst yourselves. The responsibilities of the group leader are to:

• Focus the group’s attention on the brief and the time available
• Ensure the conventions (see below) are upheld
• Make sure that everyone is involved in the discussion and able to express their views – don’t let
it be monopolised by the people with the loudest voices
• Be willing to play devil’s advocate if you spot an unchallenging consensus forming
• Be aware of the key points arising plus any other particular aspects that you are supposed to be
feeding back to the plenary

If you are working with an external contributor, make sure that they are clear about their roles and
the purpose of the session. You may need to give a quick explanation of what the program is about,
if you are introduced to people who haven’t previously been briefed by the program team.

Some practical points

We start promptly at the advertised times on the agenda. Please help us to maximise the time we
have together on the program and be on time. If for any reason you need to arrive late for a particular
session, please let us know beforehand.

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Making the most of the program

Make sure that you can commit to the program properly.

• Kindly switch off mobile phones while a session is taking place.

• Make sure you have everything you need to arrive on time.
• Make sure you manage your energy and attitude to enable you to get the full learning
experience from each and every session.

Please do not consume alcohol during program hours, doing so will result in immediately being asked
to leave the program.

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Building networks

As well as meeting the many speakers giving their time to the program, you will also experience the
energy and value of the diverse participant group. You will challenge, inspire and support one another
through and beyond the program to build the relationships needed for your network. In addition, you
will have the opportunity to engage with the wider network of Common Purpose alumni through our
dedicated alumni website. In order to fully benefit from your experience, make an effort to build new
contacts and maintain these connections through the community on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.
In the future, these networks could prove to be highly valuable.

You could use these online networks as a means of communicating and engaging with a range of
useful contacts both during and after your course. Use these spaces to your advantage as sources of
advice and learning, and in return share your experiences, thoughts and achievements with others.
Make an effort to be open-minded, respect the opinions of others and be aware that all discussions
are open and public.

Join our Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn accounts to stay connected with fellow
participants, contributors and other alumni.

Tweet us @cpstudent and use the hash tags #RMITGLEJUNE23

#RMITGlobal #CommonPurpose to share your photos and insights

Instagram a photo and tag us @CommonPurpose #GLELeaders

#RMITGlobal

Connect with us on LinkedIn @Common Purpose

Share with us on Facebook @Common Purpose Student Experiences

We’re keen to share the stories and experiences of individuals who have taken part in the Global
Leader Experience. That means we may re-tweet what you say or get in touch for a quote or perhaps
a guest blog. If you would prefer that your comments were not further promoted, please tell us by
sending a direct message to @cpctudent, or email us at students@commonpurpose.org.

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Key information summary

Day 1 Tuesday 20 June 2023

Theme: Contracting and Disruption
Venue: Hotel Melia Hanoi – Ballroom, 44B Ly Thuong Kiet Street, Hanoi – Vietnam
Arrival: 8.00am
Departure: 5.00pm

Day 2 Wednesday 21 June 2023

Theme: Ideation and Experimentation
Venue: Hotel Melia Hanoi – Ballroom, 44B Ly Thuong Kiet Street, Hanoi – Vietnam
Arrival: 8:00am
Departure: 5.00pm

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Agenda

Day 1 Tuesday 20 June 2023

ICT
CONTRACTING – Clarifying the scope of the Challenge and agreeing our role as leaders in addressing it

8.00am Student registration

Arrival, registration, and networking with peers
9.00am Welcome and introduction to our time together
Spend time understanding the program and our role as leaders
9.30am Meet the Group
Spending time getting to know each other
10.00am Sharing different opinions
Exploring diversity and the differences of opinion and experience in the group
10.45am Break
11.00am Human Centred Design
How will our process of investigation work?

11.10am Setting the Challenge

What are we investigating over the next few days?

12.00pm Lunch

DISRUPTION – Disrupt our thinking by experiencing the Challenge from different perspectives

1.00pm Organisational Insight Brief

Understanding the Organisational Insights will work, then selecting which ones to join

1.30pm Movement
Move to Organisational Immersions – Round One

1.40pm Organisational Insights – Round 1

Speaking to people connected to the Challenge to deepen our understanding

2.20pm Movement
Movement to Organisational Immersions – Round Two

2.30pm Organisational Insights – Round 2

Deepening our understanding of the Challenge in new contexts

3.15pm Movement & Break

Movement back to main room with working afternoon tea

3.45pm Map the Challenge

Where is the investigation now and what are the themes coming through?

4.30pm Leadership Reflections

How have we tested ourselves as leaders today?

5.00pm Close

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Agenda

Day 2 Wednesday 21 June 2023

ICT
IDEATION – Developing ideas to respond to the challenge

8.00am Student Registration

Arrival, registration and networking with peers
9.00am Welcome back!
Spend time understanding where we got to yesterday and what today is about
9.15am Elevator Introductions
Who are we? And how do we convey information quickly and effectively?
9.45am How does ideation work?
How do innovators think and how will we address the Challenge?
10.00am Ideation
Generate ideas to address the Challenge
10.40am Break

10.55am Collecting our thoughts

Developing our ideas
11.30am Learning to Pitch
Learning how to effectively pitch an idea
12.00pm Lunch

EXPERIMENTATION – Testing, refining, and sharing ideas and reflecting on our learning

1.00pm Developing our ideas

Continuing to develop our ideas based on what we have heard so far and starting our
presentations
1.45pm Presentation Rehearsal
Testing our presentations with fellow our students
2.15pm Fine tuning our presentations
Using the feedback from our peers to add the finishing touches to our presentation
2.35pm Final Presentation briefing
Understand the process for delivering the final presentations
2.45pm Movement
Move to allocated rooms for Final Presentations
3.00pm Final presentations (x 3 groups)
Pitching our ideas to the panel and to each other
3.45pm Movement & Break
Movement back to Main Room and afternoon tea break
4.15pm Peer feedback
Group members provide feedback to one another on how they have worked together
4.35pm Reflection and Impact
Reviewing the program and committing to action ahead, including how to claim our cred

5.00pm Close

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Setting the Challenge

Setting the Challenge

Denis Brunetti
President and CEO, Ericsson

Denis’s priority as an executive leader is to consistently focus on

the big picture, driving strategic transformation and shaping a
vision that instils diversity, inclusion, trust and sustained relevance
for our company and customers, whilst empowering and inspiring
our people towards a clear and commonly aligned sense of
purpose. My three pillars of leadership encompass authenticity,
integrity and big picture vision, embracing partnerships and
opportunities that foster innovation and sustainable growth.

He is passionate about 5G and its ability to digitally transform our lives through the consumer and
industry digitalization opportunities it enables, particularly in Education, Healthcare and
Manufacturing, driving and creating sustained and inclusive socio-economic development through
innovation.

He served as the Co-Chairman of the European Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam in 2018/2019,

contributing to the EU & Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA), whilst also serving as Co-
Chairman of the Industry 4.0 Advisory Group in the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry
(VCCI). He is currently Vice President of the Vietnam Business Council for Sustainable Development
(VBCSD) and Board member of the Vietnam Business Council for Women’s Empowerment
(VBCWE). He also currently serve as a Vice President of the Australian Chamber of Commerce
(AusCham) and member of the Industry Advisory Council (IAC) in the School of Science,
Engineering and Technology at RMIT Vietnam.

He received a medal recognition from the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) on
28th November 2018 for my contribution to Sustainable Business Development in Vietnam, having
previously received a Campaign Medal for my contribution to ICT development.

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Setting the Challenge

Setting the Challenge

Tim Middleton
Director of Environmentally Sustainable Design, Worklounge 03-
Vietnam

Tim is an Australian Green Buidling Specialist. He has been living and

working in Hanoi for 12 years and is the co-founder of the Architecture
and Green Consulting practice Worklounge 03- Vietnam. Tim
graduated with a Masters in Architecture from The University of
Sydney after which he worked in Sydney and Tokyo. Tim came to
Vietnam originally as a technical expert to develop the LOTUS Green
Building Rating Tools with the Vietnam Green Building Council (VGBC).
Since coming to Vietnam he has continued to work on Green Building
training, awareness and is a member of the VGBC board.

He has worked on various green building project types in Vietnam such

as offices, residential, school, laboratory and public projects. He is
passionate about passive design and green building and has applied this knowledge at different
scales, working on the design and environmental analysis for the multiple award winning “Step
House” in Vinh Yen, all the way up to consulting on high rise buildings in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh
City.

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Setting the Challenge

Setting the Challenge

Luong Me
Incubator Program Manager, Seed Planter

Luong is a young innovation practitioner. As a homosexual, born and

grew up in a rural area where is strongly affected by global warming,
he deeply understands the inequality for marginalised groups during
the rapid development of Vietnam and have a great passion to foster
inclusive prosperity for all. His work in the last three years includes
fostering impact entrepreneurship ecosystem and advocating for
inclusive innovation in digital governance. He is currently working as
a National Inclusive Governance and Innovation at UNDP Vietnam,
and Impact Startup Incubation Programme Lead at Seed Planter.

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Organizational Insight Round 1

Organization Insight Information

Blue Dragon Children’s Foundation

Speakers: Thuy Nguyen, SAS Dien Bien Program Manager, Blue Dragon Children's Foundation

Thuy is passionate about empowering and working alongside diverse

ethnic minority communities in northern Vietnam to combat human
trafficking.

Thuy has been leading Blue Dragon’s counter-trafficking activities in

northern Vietnam since 2015 and has worked with ethnic minority
communities in Ha Giang and Dien Bien for 15 years.

Through her working experience in the non-profit sector since 2006, she
has developed a strong understanding of the unique challenges and vulnerabilities facing these
communities. She is committed to utilizing her skills and knowledge to contribute to the fight
against trafficking and inequality. Her goal is to work collaboratively with local organizations and
stakeholders to create sustainable solutions that empower these communities and improve their
overall welfare.

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Organizational Insight Round 1

Fargreen
Speaker: Lorraine Baluran, Lead of Impact & Sustainability, Fargreen

Educator and Sustainability Warrior. Empowered to bring about

change in the field of special education, environment, and the
community.

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Organizational Insight Round 1

Plan International
Speaker: Migena Shulla, Country Director, Plan International

Migena Shulla is highly experienced international development practitioner

and a strategic leader with proven ability to hire talent and empower
teams to achieve and exceed program results. Migena understands and
greatly values the accomplishment of goals in collaboration with others. As
such, she establishes solid collaborative rapport and credibility with diverse
stakeholders including donors and political decision-makers, civil society
organisations, private sectors, and academia.

Migena was born and raised in Albania and has a particular passion for investing in people and
especially in nurturing and enabling women's leadership, born partly out of her own experience in
gaining opportunities to learn and lead. She has extensive experience in mentoring and leading
international teams, tenacious and resilient in working alongside international agencies, and
donors in some challenging contexts in the Eastern Europe, Pacific and Southeast Asia.

Migena is the Country Director for Plan International in Vietnam since 2022. She is responsible for
overseeing the full spectrum of the office, including managing programmes operating in northern
and central Vietnam provinces and a team of 135 staff.

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances

children’s rights and equality for girls. The organization works with children, young people and
communities for 85+ years in 75+ countries and is committed to making a lasting impact on the
lives of the most vulnerable and excluded children while supporting children’s rights and gender
equality. Plan International has been working in Vietnam since 1993.

Migena holds a Master of Science in Development Management and is also a certified

organizational coach. Her career to date, has been about increasing people’s confidence and
effectiveness. She is fascinated by seeing what a difference it can make if people become aware
of and achieve all of their potential.

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Organizational Insight Round 1

WHO
Speaker: Angela Pratt, WHO Representative, Viet Nam

Dr Angela Pratt took up the role of WHO Representative to Viet Nam

on 3 October2022.

Angela has over 15 years experience in international public health

and national health policy-making, with particular expertise in health
policy, strategy and communications, and non-communicable
disease prevention and control.

Before moving to the WHO Viet Nam Country Office, Angela was the
Director of the Office of the Regional Director, and Director of Communications and External
Relations in WHO’s Western Pacific Regional Office, based in Manila. In this role she led the
development of the WHO Western Pacific Region’s Communication for Health (C4H) program.
Angela first joined WHO in 2012, in WHO’s China Country Office in Beijing, where she led the WHO's
work on tobacco control in China for over 4 years.

Previously, Angela was Chief of Staff to the former Minister for Health (2008-2011) in her home
country of Australia, during which time she was closely involved in delivering Australia's world-first
tobacco plain packaging laws, along with a range of other reforms to the Australian health system.

Angela holds a BA (Hons) and PhD in Sociology and Politics from the University of Wollongong,
Australia, and a Master’s in Public Health from the University of Liverpool, UK. She is married with
twin daughters.

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Organizational Insight Round 1

HopeBox
Speaker: Huong Dang, Founder & CEO, HopeBox

Huong Dang is a social entrepreneur and founder of HopeBox, a Social

Enterprise based in Vietnam that provides employment, training, and
opportunities to victims of gender-based violence. Her mission is to empower
victims of domestic violence and help lift them out of volatile situations. She
used to work as the Director of Partnerships and Strategy of KOTO, an
organization that aids and empowers at-risk and disadvantaged youth in
Vietnam. From a humble beginning as a street kid, Huong made her way to
Melbourne via a scholarship and was honored as Victoria’s International
Student of the Year with a $20,000 scholarship. Huong completed a Master
of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Swinburne University of Technology. After graduating from
University, Huong worked for InfraRisk IT in Melbourne. In 2017, she was recognised as one of the ten
young leaders representing Vietnam during the Australia-Vietnam Leadership Dialogue.

Huong set up HopeBox Australia as a registered charity based in Canberra and is now serving as
Board of Director of HopeBox Australia. Huong was recognized as the winner of Women of the Future
under the category of Social Entrepreneur in 2021. She became a Maurice R Greenberg World Fellows
by Yale University in 2022 and participated in a 4-month residential program based out of Yale’s
Jackson Institute for Global Affairs - Yale University. She is passionate in social enterprise and
education and believes in innovative approaches that can solve social problems.

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Organizational Insight Round 1

Unilever Vietnam
Speaker: Nhi Le, Head of Business Sustainability, External Affairs & Communication, Unilever
Vietnam

Nhi has rich experience in Corporate and Government Affairs, Sustainability’s

program management, CSR and public communication with more than 18 years
working in well-known organizations such as BP, UNICEF, GIZ, Microsoft, and
Unilever. She has successfully leaded many great programs such as Provincial
Child Injury Prevention (UNICEF); Traffic Safety Education (AIPF), Technical
Vocational Education and Training (GIZ), YouthSpark, ASEAN Digital Innovation
Program (Microsoft) to help Vietnamese people have improved education,
livelihood, and wellbeing.

As the Head of Communication & Corporate Affairs in Unilever, Nhi has played critical role in driving
sustainability programs and external affairs work to realize Unilever’s compass of purpose-led, future-
fit business. She led the team, engaged with brands’ teams, and partnered with governmental
institutions, NGOs, civil societies to successfully implemented impactful initiatives such as Stay Strong
Vietnam (covid-19 relief), Women Empowerment, Environmental protection which benefited millions
of people in the country.

Nhi graduated from RMIT university (Melbourne, Australia) in 1999, Bachelor of Applied Science. She
received the Master of Economics and International Project Management of Paris 12 Val de Marne
University (France).

Nhi is a proud mom of two teen-agers.

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Organizational Insight Round 2

Organization Insight Information

Academy of Managers for Construction and Cities (AMC)

Speaker: Thomas Krause, Integrated Expert for Circular Economy and Marine Litter Prevention,
Academy of Managers for Construction and Cities (AMC)

Academy of Managers for Construction and Cities (AMC), is a training

institution under the Ministry of Construction (MOC). For over two
decades Thomas has been involved in efforts to support the social
economic development of Vietnam.

During his many assignments as part of the German Development

Cooperation, he was working for and advising several Vietnamese
entities, amongst others Cooperative Alliance Quang Nam, Hanoi
Center for Employment Services (HCES), the business associations VINASME and VAFIE, the
Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations (VUSTA), and now AMC.

Mr. Thomas has extensive experience working fields of private sector development, Climate
Change Mitigation, and Circular Economy approaches in Cities and Waste Management. In
addition to his bank and industrial business management education, he got a diploma in business
management and was a scholarship participant of the Heinz Nixdorf junior executive manager
program Asia/Pacific in Vietnam.

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Organizational Insight Round 2

Deloitte
Speaker: Linh Vu, Climate and Sustainability Manager, Deloitte

Linh is a Sustainability & Climate consultant in Risk Advisory function at

Deloitte Vietnam with almost 3 years of experience in Sustainability,
Banking & Finance and Consulting services. She has been involved in
projects spanning various areas of sustainability, including packaging
consumption and waste management in Vietnam, sustainability
reporting with a focus on GRI standards implementation, net-zero and
ESG strategy alignment

Accelerator Lab, UNDP Vietnam

Speakers: Luong Nguyen, Head of Solutions Mapping, Accelerator Lab, UNDP Vietnam

Luong is a social innovator and sustainability practitioner. He has a

Master’s in Strategic leadership toward Sustainability from Sweden and
a Bachelor in International Business from Finland. Over his carrier, he
worked with and advised national government agencies in developing
policies, and organizational strategies that are systemic and inclusive
(MOST, MPI, DISED...), international development actors (Embassies,
UNDP, UN agencies...), startups, and many grassroots communities.
Luong is passionate about bringing people together to solve pressing
social challenges in a creative manner, hosting dialogue and processes
that support group collective intelligence.

He is now the Head of Solutions Mapping at UNDP Accelerator Lab Vietnam, where he brings his
whole heart, hands, and head to be in service to the great ambition of reimagining how
development work is done. He stewards the AccLab work in Public Sector Innovation and
Circular Economy, applying social innovation principles to facilitate Viet Nam’s ecosystem
transformation toward sustainability.

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Organizational Insight Round 2

Center for Development of Community initiative and Environment

(C&E)
Speakers: Do Thi Huyen, Environment and Climate Change advisor, Center for Development of
Community initiative and Environment (C&E)

Senior Researcher at Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (1989-

1998), Programme Officer for Environment, Natural Resources and Climate
Change at the Embassy of Sweden (1999-2009), Programme Analyst on
Biodiversity and Climate Change at UNDP Vietnam Country Office (2010-
2014), Senior Environment and Climate Change Advisor at the Center for
Development of Community initiative and Environment (C&E) since 2015
and a National Environmental and Climate Change Consultant for the
Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Involved in the development of Agenda 21 – National Strategy on SD and Report to Rio+20 (2012);
Active Participant of the UN Vietnam working group on the development of MDGs and SDGs.
Managed projects and programme on environment and climate change. Provide technical
assistance, capacity building for various stakeholders and policy advocacy for environment
management, biodiversity conservation, pollution reduction, sustainable development and
response to climate change.

M.Sc in Environmental Risk Assessment from the Joint International Postgraduate Programme
between Chiang Mai University, Thailand and the University of Saarland, Germany.

25 year experience with Development Cooperation in environment, natural resources

management, sustainable development and climate change.

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Organizational Insight Round 2

Pizza 4Ps
Speaker: Vuong Thu , Sustainability Specialist, Pizza 4Ps

Minh Thu is the Sustainability Project Specialist at Pizza 4Ps. Prior to joining 4Ps,
she had worked in various parts of the food production industry in Australia and
Vietnam, where she found a deeper interest in sustainable value chains. She
works hands-on on projects including sustainable sourcing, circular economy
approach, waste management, and communication projects to build more
sustainable best-practices at Pizza 4P's. "

AIESEC Vietnam
Speaker: Phùng Lê Vân, National Incoming Exchange Programs Director, AIESEC Vietnam

National Incoming Exchange Programs Director 2022 - 2023 of AIESEC in

Vietnam and former Operation Manager of Virtual
Progresssional Program 2022 of AIESEC International.

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Final Panel

Final Panel

Trang Do
Advocate for Disability rights and Women’s empowerment,
Break The Barriers

Đỗ Thị Huyền Trang is a dedicated advocate for disability rights and

women’s empowerment. She, currently, works as a Child Rights Officer at
the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Vietnam Country Office.
She is also the founder of the Break The Barriers project, a non-profit
initiative that aims to provide educational and employment opportunities
for young people with disabilities, enabling them to lead fulfilling lives and
make positive contributions to their communities.

Passionate about promoting gender equality and women's leadership,

Huyền Trang is a co- founder of the FemaLEAD - Vietnam Young Women Leadership project.
Through this initiative, she works tirelessly to challenge societal stereotypes and empower
young female students in Vietnam to pursue leadership roles and become agents of change.

Trang has more than six years of experience in working and collaborating with various social
clubs, NGOs, and international organizations in different roles and positions. She has actively
engaged with diverse beneficiary groups, including individuals with disabilities, women, and
children.

Driven by a vision of a more inclusive and equitable society, Trang continues to make significant
contributions in her field, inspiring and empowering young people, particularly those facing
unique challenges. Her dedication and passion for social change make her a valuable asset
in promoting rights, equal opportunities, and positive impact in Vietnam and beyond.

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Final Panel

Final Panel

Ha Trinh
Independent consultant

Dr. Trinh Thai Ha is passionate about Science, Technology, and

Innovation. She holds a strong ambition to promote evidence-based
policy making process and to foster multi-stakeholder collaboration in
regional and global efforts toward sustainable development goals. She is
recognized with the sound technical background and professional
expertise in air quality management, solid waste management,
renewable energy development, policy and public advocacy. Ha has a
deep set of working relationships and network with stakeholders in
government, private sectors, development partners and think tanks
across the country and SEA region.

Dr. Ha has strong experiences the development and management of multi-million-dollar worth
projects with multi/bi-lateral, public, and private funding in the environment and climate change
domain. Dr Ha was the Project Coordinator and Assistant to PMU General Director in multiple ODA
technical assistance projects, most noticeably the 5-year ODA project of multi-measures for
mitigation of climate change by the development of renewable energies in Vietnam and Indochina
countries from 2011 to 2016. From 2017 to 2019, she served as the project coordinator (Deputy Chief
of Party) for the USAID’s Clean Air Green Cities project to tackle air pollution and environmental
health issues in Viet Nam. She led the deployment of an affordable real-time air quality monitoring
system and its public accessible information network, which is adopted and utilized extensively by
VTV-the national television broadcaster in its daily news and communication to millions of
Vietnamese.

From early 2020 to late 2022, Dr. Trinh Thai Ha joined the World Economic Forum as the National
Manager to lead the strategy and deployment of the National Plastic Action Partnership (NPAP)
in Viet Nam, a core element of WEF’s Global Plastic Action Partnership umbrella. Ha works with
the central government of Viet Nam, the World Economic Forum and over 100 enterprises, financial
institutions and CSOs to the facilitate the NPAP as the first-of-its-kind government-backed
multistakeholder platform in addressing plastic pollution through policy and business shifts, supply
chainbased commitments and actions. Ha work closely with the Ministry of Natural Resources and
Environment in its policy development for improvement of domestic solid waste management, and
development of circular economy for Viet Nam.

From late 2022, Ha has taken a detour to pursue her freelance consulting career.

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She supports international organizations and governments in its strategic planning and thought
partnership engagement for expanding impacts in the science-policy intersection of the
environment and climate change space.

Ha earned the Doctor of Engineering Degree in Materials Science and Engineering from the Osaka
Prefecture University, Japan. She had a Bachelor and Master’s degree in Chemistry at Vietnam
National University – Hanoi. Ha is the executive board member of the Viet Nam – US Society (VUS).
In her spare time, she contributes as the advisor, mentor and leader in various youth empowerment,
STEM incubator and community service programs.

Ha is married with one kid. She is a road runner, a nature lover, a dragonboat rower, an outdoor
goer, a heavy coffee drinker, a problem solver and a women in STEM advocate.

Migena Shulla
Country Director, Plan International

Migena Shulla | LinkedIn

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Thomas Krause
Integrated Expert for Circular Economy and Marine Litter
Prevention , Academy of Managers for Construction and Cities
(AMC)

Thomas Krause | LinkedIn

Chi Tran
Government Engagement Director, GE Vietnam

Chi Tran has joined GE since Feb 2020, currently is Government

Engagement Director of GE Vietnam. Chi is responsible for
establishing policy strategy, drive Company's government
relation projects, and advise the GE businesses on a broad range
of policy and regulatory issues. Chi represents GE's interests
before central and provincial institutions and interact with
relevant third parties.

Prior to GE, Chi worked for DuPont Vietnam for more than ten
years as Business Development Manager, ASEAN Sales Manager
and DuPont Vietnam CEO. Chi holds a Bachelor Degree in
Chemistry from Hanoi National University and a MBA from Hanze University Groningen, The
Netherlands.

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Tim Middleton
Director of Environmentally Sustainable Design, Worklounge 03-
Vietnam

Tim Middleton | LinkedIn

Lorraine Baluran
Lead of Impact & Sustainability, Fargreen

Ane Lorraine Baluran | LinkedIn

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Nghia Le
Climate Change Expert, Project Manager of the Adaptation Fund
project, UN-Habitat (United Nations Human Settlements
Programme)

He has been working for the United Nations Human Settlement

Programme in Viet Nam to promote sustainability particularly through
eco-human settlement, climate change adaptation and disaster risk
management. His experience varies, from integration of climate
change in sustainable urban development and planning, to inclusion
of society/community in delivery of Sustainable Development Goals.

Phuong Mai Pham

Inclusive Business Development Manager, Covestro

Fifteen years of experience in social development and agriculture

and value chain, public affairs and private sector engagement. Fast
learner, excellent interpersonal skills and leadership. Unyielding
integrity and work ethics. Extensive experience in development
project management. Looking for interesting and challenging
opportunities for sustainable and balance Planet - People - Profit.

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Common Purpose Conventions

To help our participants to get the most from their experience with Common Purpose, we ask them to
respect the following conventions.

These ground rules have evolved over many years. They ensure participants engage in conversations
which add to the quality or our courses. When individuals sign up for a Common Purpose event or
course, we ask them to:

Be open – and open-minded

Be prepared to hear views that you may not normally wish to hear - and be willing to learn something
from them. You will certainly hear views expressed from other participants with whom you deeply
disagree; we take the view that leaders need to know what other people are thinking, if they are to
work effectively across boundaries.

Avoid both giving and taking offence

It is important that everyone feels able to say what they really think. When other people’s views are
articulated bluntly or clumsily, we ask you to suspend instant judgment and enter into constructive
discussion on them. We also ask you to communicate in a respectful way and to listen to any feedback
as to why your ideas or language might cause offence.

Be a leader

Make sure that your contributions are to the point - and be prepared to ask the difficult questions.
Speak as yourself. Support fellow participants when they have the courage to go out on a limb. Don’t
delegate issues to the Course Director if the group is better placed to deal with them.

Be engaged – and positive

Show commitment. Make arrangements so that you can attend each event in full, keep to the timings
given, prepare yourself well and ensure that you are not interrupted. Be fair and respectful in your
dealings with other participants, contributors and alumni. If you can’t help someone, say so. If someone
can’t help you, accept this. Use shared knowledge and experience for positive ends.

Adhere to the Chatham House Rule

For the learning process to be effective contributors, participants and alumni must feel that they can
talk openly and gain insights from each other, so we observe the Chatham House Rule.

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The Chatham House Rule was devised at Chatham House (the home of the Royal Institute for
International Affairs in London*) in 1927 and was refined in 1992 and 2002. It is an internationally
recognised and respected way of conducting meetings and it reads as follows

“When a meeting is held under the Chatham House Rule, participants are free to use the information
received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s), nor that of any other participant,
may be revealed”

This does not mean that the discussions are secret, although this is how it might appear at first sight.
In fact (and in practice), the Chatham House Rule is there to encourage everyone to speak freely.

Speakers can – and do – talk openly and truthfully about issues in their community, challenges in
society or their own leadership dilemmas. They are also able to speak as individuals and express views
that may not be those of their organisations. In these conditions, real issues or concerns can be aired,
genuine debate can flourish and deeper learning can be achieved.

The Chatham House Rule simply means that people can talk about anything that they have learnt or
discussed on the course but cannot say who it was that expressed a particular view.

As well as enhancing the learning experience for everyone this makes it easier for people to talk freely
outside the course about what they have heard.

If we did not observe the rule, everyone would be more guarded – which would significantly reduce
the effectiveness of the educational experience.

(* The mission of the Royal Institute for International Affairs is to be a world-leading source of
independent analysis, informed debate and influential ideas on how to build a prosperous and secure
world for all).

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