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1 September, 2014

DanCham Upcoming Events

DTCC Breakfast Seminar on topic
"Global Economic Outlook & Legal Aspects in Wealth Managemant"

Join the event and you will be given a comprehensive outlook of the prevailing market with Jyske Bank, will elaborate on Jyske Banks growth outlook and their outlook on the different asset classe and discuss about cross border issues to be aware about when having personal or professional interests across borders with Baker & McKenzie

Date: Tuesday, 2 September
Time: 7:00-9:00 am
Venue: Grand Millennium Sukhumvit Hotel, Grand Ballroom 4th Floor
Speakers: Søren Kofoed, Head of Client Relations Team and Thomas Ladefoged, Senior Relationship Manager from Jyske Bank and Jonathan Blain, Senior Associate from Baker & McKenzie.
Price: 750 Baht for members and 1,100 Baht for non-members

Joint Chambers Speaker Luncheon "Crisis Communications in the Social Media Fishbowl"

The Danish-Thai Chamber of Commerce together with the Canadian-Thai Chamber of Commerce and the Australian-Thai Chamber of Commerce are pleased to invite you to the Joint Chambers Speaker Luncheon "Crisis Communications in the Social Media Fishbowl" with the special speaker, Mr.Tom Poldre, the director of ABM Active learning.

Date: Wednesday, 10 September
Time: 11:30am-01:30pm
Venue: Conrad Bangkok, London Room
Speaker: Mr.Tom Poldre, the director of ABM Active learning.
Price: 800 Baht for members and 900 Baht for non-members

Working Together Forum 2014

The Working Together Forum is a business matching event between Large Corporations and SMEs based in Thailand. During this half-day event, companies will be able to present their products and/or services to selected targets and discover the wide range of offers proposed by the other participants through a series of 20 minutes meetings. For full information, download the PDF brochure.

Date: Thursday, 25 September
Time: 1 pm onwards
Venue: Pullman Bangkok Hotel G

Price:
SME Chamber Members: 3,500 THB
SME Non-Members: 4,500 THB
Large Corporation Chamber Members: 6,000 THB
Large Corporation Non-Members: 7,500 THB
Observers: 1,500 THB

DanCham Christmas Lunch 2014

The Danish-Thai Chamber of Commerce proudly invites you to our biggest, most-anticipated event of the year: the traditional Danish Christmas Lunch. Enjoy Christmas in Bangkok, the Danish way!

Date: Friday, 28 November
Time: 12:30-17:30 pm
Venue: The Royal Danish Embassy
Price: 1,950 net for DanCham members
2,450 net for non-members (Invite your business associates such as your customers, suppliers, sub-suppliers, joint-venture and strategic alliance partners, with whom you wish to share this traditional Danish Christmas Lunch)

Ladies and Gentlemen
get ready to start your Golf Buggies!!!!!

It’s time for the annual Nordic Golf Tournament, and what better way to warm up for the upcoming Singapore F1 Grand Prix!

We will be playing at Laguna National Golf & Country Club, starting with a scrumptious lunch, follow by 18 holes of golf at the PGA Rated Masters Course, and finishing off with an excellent BBQ Dinner along with the announcements of the tournament winners.

Date 18^th September 2014
at Laguna National Golf & Country Club,
11 Laguna Golf Green, S-488047

Registration starts 11:00 am
Lunch starts 11:30 am
Shotgun start 1:30 pm
Dinner starts 7:00 pm
Please note this is a rain or / shine event.

All of this for only SGD 285 per golfer.
(SGD 135 if you are already a LNGCC member)
Price includes Lunch / Dinner / Soft drinks / Beer / Wine / Golf.

Should you wish to bring additional guests for the dinner, the cost will be SGD 85 per pax.

To register kindly fill in the registration form and forward it to dabs@dabs-singapore.com by Friday 5 September.

We look forward to a grand day at the greens.
With kind regards the organizing committee.

Thai Seminar in Copenhagen

Thailand - land of investment

Did you know that Thailand is the world's largest hard disc manufacturer, that Thailand is the largest manufacturer of pick-up truck, that Thailand has more than 9,000 food processing companies, and that Thailand is among the top five agriculture exportes in the world?

Royal Thai Embassy, Trade Council, Thailand Board of Investment (BOI) invite you to a seminar where you will get the opportunity to learn more about Thailand and the possibilities you have for doing business there.

Why Thailand?

- Liberal investment policies with 100% foreign equity ownership
- Attractive tax and other incentives
- Strong and vibrant economy (55 growth during the last five years)
- Large domestic market (65 million inhabitants) and a ideal springboard to the Asia Pacific market
- Immediate access to the ASEAN Free Trade area (AFTA) of more than 500 million consumers
- Gateway to Myanmar/ Burma

The seminar offers:

- An update of the latest development in the government policies and incentives
- New business opportunities in Thailand for Danish companies
- Testimonials from Danish companies doing business in Thailand

Wednesday 24 September 2014 at 9:30-13:00, Asia House, Indiakaj 16, Copenhagen

Contact and registration:
register.thai.seminar@gmail.com

If you have already registered, please disregard this invitation.

Participation is free of charge.

Program

Wednesday 24 September 2014, Asia House, Indiakaj 16, Copenhagen
09.30 Registration and coffee
10.00 Welcoming remarks
H.E. Vimon Kidchob, Ambassasor, Royal Thai Embassy in Denmark
10.05 Asia House movie "Home of the Business-Culture-People"
Mr. Carsten Dencker Nielsen, Consul-General of Thailand in Denmark
10.10 Investments opportunities in Thailand
Ms. Duangjai Asawachintachit, Deputy Secretary General, Thailand Board of Investment
10.40 Business opportunities for Danish companies in Thailand
Mr. Mikkel Hagen Hess, Deputy Head o Customer Relations and Export Promotion, Danish Trade Council (TBC)
10.55 Faciliting investments in Thailand
Mr. Ib Alberten, Investment Director, Investment Fund for Developing Countries
11.10 Experience from doing business in Thailand - Case Stydy I
Mr. Claus Feldborg, Managing Director, Feldborg A/S
11.30 Experience from doing business in Thailand - Case study II
Mr. Nikolaj T. Vendelbo, Global Sourcing Manager, ETK EMS Skanderborg A/S
11.50 Q & A
12.00 Thai buffet and networking

Achieved Events

DTCC Joint Chambers
Young Professionals Networking Event

on Thursday, 14th of August

On Thursday, 14th of August, the Danish-Thai Chamber of Commerce collaborated with Singapore, Canadian, Italian, Netherland and Belu-Thai Chamber of Commerce hosted the networking event under the theme "Young Professionals" for the "Young" and "Young at Heart" people to enjoy the night and explore the business opportunities. The event took place at Harlem Shakers(Thonglor8) with over 60 guests attending including the board members of the Danish-Thai Chamber of Commerce.

The night began at 6 pm with the free cold beers sponsored by Carlsberg and with the cooperation of the partnering chambers, the event was fulled with over 60 guests from different countries and different types of business exchanging and talking business among the cool and relax atmosphere of Harlem Shakers.

The event provided the opportunities for the entrepreneurial startups to network with experienced business people, including the board members of the Danish-Thai Chamber of Commerce, to learn and retrieve valuable lessons about doing business in Thailand.

With the sponsorship of Harlem Shakers, the guests enjoyed with the best homemade burger in town, special drink promotion of cocktails and special DJ who rocked up the night with the cool remix music.

The Danish-Thai Chamber of Commerce would like to thank you to the guests, our sponsorships and partnering chambers for the great cooperation for the Young Professionals Networking Event and we would very much like to organize and work together this succesful event again in the future.

Joint Chambers Luncheon with Mr.Vikrom Kromadit
on the topic "Back to the Future of ASEAN 2015"

on Friday, 22nd of August

On Friday, 22th of August, the Danish-Thai Chamber of Commerce with its partnering chambers organized the Joint Chambers Luncheon with Mr. Vikrom Kromadit, CEO of Amata Corporation PCL and Chairman of Amata Foundation on the topic "Back to the Future of ASEAN 2015" hosted by the German-Thai Chamber of Commerce. The joint chambers luncheon took place at Siam Kempinski Bangkok Hotel, Chadra Ballroom with over 250 guests attending.

The exclusive luncheon with one of Thailand’s leading business savvy figures was held to explore his views on the upcoming ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) in 2015 establishing a single market of over 600 million people in the 10 Asean countries and for the audience to find out what will be the key areas for foreign investors to benefit from this economic integration. What should SMEs incorporate in their business strategies for sustainability? How can Thailand position itself as the driving engine of the region?

With the courtesy of Mr. Kromadit, guests of the luncheon received complimentary copies of his best seller book “Be A Better Man” with autograph. “Be A Better Man”, one of his most popular books has been published since 2004 and it was translated to Chinese, Japanese, English, Vietnamese, Myanmese, Russian, Malay and German versions. The 18 books written by Mr.Kromadit have been sold more than 5 million copies until now.

For Mr.Vikrom's presentation at the luncheon please click the link : download

Company's Article of The Month

The latest political turmoil in Thailand captured the eyes of the world as well as businesses currently present in the Southeast Asian kingdom, as they carefully awaited its possible effects. However, even in the midst of such difficulties, firms such as LawPlus Ltd. continue to thrive. We got a greater look into this success story as DanCham met up with its founder, Mr. Kowit Somwaiya, in the beginning of June this year.

LawPlus has been doing business in Thailand for more than a decade and has many times been praised for its expertise that comes from its extensive knowledge and understanding of the Thai economy, industries, and local practices. This expertise can be especially valuable for foreign firms in Thailand trying to navigate through a legal system, which due to its volatile and complex nature as a newly industrialized country can be both shifty and vastly different from what we see in some place in the West. LawPlus provides top quality legal services covering areas such as banking and finance, intellectual property rights, FDI projects, employment and regulations concerning different models for setting up your business in Thailand such as joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions amongst others.

Mr. Kowit Somwaiya first and foremost highlighted that a well-planned goal plus a well-structured time frame to achieve the goal is of the essence. He also emphasized that creating a pleasant work environment for Thai employees will help facilitate work efficiency. He understands that knowing the Thai culture is a key asset when managing one’s business here and that showing consideration for your employees’ values will create mutual appreciation and loyalty. He, also, likes to keep a friendly tone with his employees by e.g. showing interest in their families. Family relation is one of the very core values in the Thai society. Naturally, this has to be done with certain “Fingerspitzengefühl”.

Nevertheless, as we enter an era of an evermore globalized economy, LawPlus seems to face an issue also faced by many other companies, i.e. the concern of attracting, training, and retaining skilled personnel. As the economy in the region grows increasingly fast, both local and international law firms operating in Thailand are now competing for newly graduated and experienced lawyers resulting in the competition in the legal market increasing significantly. Mr. Kowit Somwaiya revealed that the growth strategy of LawPlus in a five-year period is to expand into other ASEAN countries, such as Indonesia and Singapore, and beyond after opening LawPlus Myanmar Ltd. in 2013.

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Danish-Thai Chamber of Commerce
34 C.P. Tower 3, 9th Floor Tower A, Phayathai Road,
Ratchathewi, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
Tel. +66 2354 5220, Fax. +66 2354 5221, E-mail: contact@dancham.or.th

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