In celebration of its second decade, the Asian Forum on Corporate Social Responsibility (AFCSR) will be held in Bangkok on October 25 and 26, 2012. The programme opens with Anand Panyarachun, the former prime minister of Thailand and founding chairman of the Kenan Institute Asia, a non-profit organisation that works towards sustainable development in Thailand, says a spokesman of the Forum on Monday.
Like previous years, CSR experts from various industries and backgrounds have been invited to share their insights on the creation and execution of coherent CSR strategies. Dr Bradley Googins, Director Emeritus, Center for Corporate Citizenship, Caroll School of Management, Boston College (USA), and Dr David Grayson CBE (UK), Director for the Doughty Center for Corporate Responsibility at the Cranfield School of Management, spearhead the list of experts as they bring their more than 20 years of experience in corporate governance and social entrepreneurship to the forum.
The aforementioned speakers are just a few of the experts representing 19 countries in Asia's foremost CSR conference. This year's theme, Innovative Approaches to Create Value for Business and Society, is supported by a social innovation framework that will cover not only the assessment of the CSR program but also development, implementation and embedding CSR into the organization's DNA.