Conference Agenda
Thursday, December 5, 2024
| Time | Activity | Location |
| 18:00 – 20:30 | Welcome Reception Dinner | Hallway 2nd Floor, I Building |
Friday, December 6, 2024
| Time | Activity | Details | Location |
| 08:30 – 09:00 | Welcome & Check-in | C401 | |
| 09:00 – 09:30 | Opening ceremony | Welcome remarks
Prof. Laurent El Ghaoui Assoc. Prof. Hoang Minh |
C401 |
| 09:30 – 10:00 | Keynote Speech 1 Enhancing the Effectiveness of Innovation Management in the Context of Green Transformation: Perspectives from Initial Findings of Vietnam Industry Innovation Research |
Prof. Soumitra Dutta Dean and Professor of Management, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford |
C401 |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Keynote Speech 2 Policy Design as a Catalyst for a Green Growth: Managing and Measuring the Impact of Green Policies |
Prof. Edmund J Malesky Professor of Political Science Director of the Duke Center for International Development, Duke University |
C401 |
| 10:30 – 11:15 | Panel Discussion 1 Driving Innovation through National Policy: Balancing Economic Growth and Sustainable Development |
Moderator – Prof. Laurent El Ghaoui Vice Provost of Research & Innovation, VinUniversity Prof. Soumitra Dutta Dean and Professor of Management, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford Representative from Ministry of Science and Technology of Vietnam Assoc. Prof. Imke Reimers Chair in Entrepreneurship at SC Johnson College of Business, Cornell University Dr. Lê Bá Tân Director of Technical Division, Viettel Group |
C401 |
| 11:15 – 11:30 | Teabreak | C401 | |
| 11:30 – 12:15 | Panel Discussion 2 From Policy to Practice: Green Transformation Strategies for National, Provincial, and Corporate Levels |
Moderator – Prof. K David Harrison Vice Provost of Academic Affairs, VinUniversity Prof. Shanjun Li Academic Director of the Cornell Institute for China Economic Research, Cornell University Editor-in-Chief, Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists Prof. Edmund J Malesky Professor of Political Science Director of the Duke Center for International Development, Duke University Mr. Châu Ngô Anh Nhân Director of the Department of Planning and Investment of Khanh Hoa Province Dr. Lê Mai Lan Vice Chairwoman, Vingroup JSC |
C401 |
| 12:15 – 13:30 | Lunch | Hospitality Lab/Canteen | |
| 13:30 – 15:00 | Parallel Session 1 – Technology | Session chair – Prof. Laurent El Ghaoui |
C401 |
| 13:30 – 15:00 | Parallel Session 2 – Technology | Session chair – Prof. Nidal Kamel |
C402 |
| 13:30 – 15:00 | Parallel Session 3 – Business & Green Transformation | Session chair – Prof. Ermias Kebreab | C302 |
| 13:30 – 15:00 | Parallel Session 4 – People & Education | Session chair – Prof. Tran Tho Dat | C304 |
| 15:00 – 15:15 | Teabreak | Hallway C3 Hallway C4 |
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| 15:15 – 16:45 | Parallel Session 5 – Technology | Session chair – Prof. Nitesh V. Chawla |
C401 |
| 15:15 – 16:45 | Parallel Session 6 – Institutional Environment & Government Policies | Session chair – Prof. Edmund Malesky | C402 |
| 15:15 – 16:45 | Parallel Session 7 – Business & Green Transformation | Session chair – Prof. David Reibstein | C302 |
| 15:15 – 16:45 | Parallel Session 8 – People & Education | Session chair – Prof. K David Harrison | C304 |
| 16:45 – 17:30 | Poster Competition & Gallery Walk | Poster presenter Judge panel |
C401 |
Saturday, December 7, 2024
| Time | Activity | Details | Location |
| 09:00 – 12:00 | A Dialogue with VinFuture Prize 2024 Laureates | VinFuture Prize 2024 Laurates | VinUniversity Auditorium |
| 12:00 – 13:30 | Lunch | C105/Canteen | |
| 13:30 – 15:00 | Parallel Session 9 – Institutional Environment & Government Policies | Session chair – Prof. Shanjun Li | C303 |
| 13:30 – 15:00 | Parallel Session 10 – Business | Session chair – Prof. Imke Reimers | C402 |
| 13:30 – 15:00 | Parallel Session 11 – Healthcare & Wellbeing | Session chair – Prof. Minh Do | C302 |
| 15:00 – 15:15 | Teabreak | Hallway C3 Hallway C4 |
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| 15:15 – 16:45 | Parallel Session 12 – Business & Green Transformation | Session chair – Prof. Tor Andreassen | C402 |
| 15:15 – 16:45 | Parallel Session 13 – Healthcare & Wellbeing | Session chair – Prof. Phuoc Le | C302 |
| 16:45 – 17:45 | Closing Forum & Group Photos | Prof. David Bangsberg Provost cum Dean of College of Health Sciences, VinUniversity Dr. Lê Mai Lan Vice Chairwoman, Vingroup JSC President of the University Council, VinUniversity |
C401 |
| 17:45 – 18:15 | Proceed to the Gala Dinner venue | Ocean Park Lagoon | |
| 18:15 – 20:30 | Gala Dinner | Ocean Park Lagoon |