This year, the CIO Workshop overseas study trip is back! Explore innovation in action at our doorstep, with a two-and-a-half-day programme in vibrant Bangkok. Our study trip will bring delegates to the forefront of some of Thailand’s largest industries, namely consumer goods, agriculture, financial services and more. Experience firsthand how other Southeast Asian organisations are pushing boundaries to build a more resilient, sustainable, and connected future, through their real-life applications of the latest in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Web3 and metaverse technologies.
Future of Cities
FutureTales Lab
The FutureTales Lab was set up by leading Thai property developer Magnolia Quality Development Corporation (MQDC), as a research center focused on future-solutions planning, cooperation, and proactive advocacy. Journey into the future through simulations of living conditions in future cities, predictive trends from current signals of change, and different scenario forecasts based on current and imagined trajectories of urbanisation. Delegates will also get the chance to dialogue with lab directors and leaders to discuss the infrastructure needed to enable smart cities, including mixed reality worlds, and what it means to design buildings and cities for well-being and sustainability.
Innovation Ecosystem
True Digital Park
True Digital Park (TDP) is Thailand’s very own innovation accelerator space and is set to be the largest startup hub in Southeast Asia. Home to many of Thailand’s latest innovators, it provides the resources and space needed to bring ideas to reality. Delegates will get to choose from TDP’s multiple experiences such as the LG Experience Centre, CP Innovation for Sustainability showcase and CP Lotus Store of the Future, and to hear from the Park’s resident entrepreneurs on tapping on the power of the innovation ecosystem.
Innovation in Action
Shaping the way forward for Thailand is a combination of established corporations and unicorn startups. As a key highlight of our programme, delegates will get to see, feel, and perhaps even taste the latest technologies being applied across Thailand’s key industries, such as:
FoodTech
Poised to become the ‘Silicon Valley of Food’ for Southeast Asia, Thailand has doubled down on addressing the issue of food security in the face of challenges like climate change, labour shortage, and food waste. Be inspired by unexpected adoption of advanced technology in this growing industry – such as the use of blockchain technology for food traceability, the manufacturing of alternative proteins (e.g. dairy and other food products), and the operations of fully-automated factories in the future.
AgriTech
Going back to the source of food production, Thailand’s foray into agriculture technology spans the use of robotics for delivery of supplies and monitoring of crops, to the yielding of high growth crops. Delegates will find themselves at the heart of these smart farming innovations, such as modern greenhouses with controlled environments and IoT technologies in shrimp farming, to reimagine food production in a more efficient and sustainable manner.
Join us in Bangkok to witness these advancements in motion!