Locations (Venue): Impact Forum
From Within to World: Healing the Planet Starts by Healing Ourselves
16 Sep 2025, 14:45:00 - 16:00:00 (GMT+8:00)
Impact Forum (Level 4 Suntec Convention Centre)
From Within to World: Healing the Planet Starts by Healing Ourselves
16 Sep 2025, 14:45:00 - 16:00:00 (GMT+8:00)
Impact Forum (Level 4 Suntec Convention Centre)
What must we unlearn to become truly regenerative? And what new form of leadership will it take to restore both the Earth and ourselves?
As our planet reels from rising temperatures, degraded ecosystems, and resource exploitation, it becomes clear that these crises are not just environmental—they are deeply human. We cannot renew Earth’s systems without first addressing the internal systems that drive our decisions: the values, mindsets, and blind pursuits that normalise separation, excess, and control. This plenary challenges us to see the climate crisis not only as a technical failure but as a failure of orientation. What if pollution begins not in the factories or forests, but in the stories we tell, the ambitions we chase, and the leadership we elevate? We will explore the profound link between how we lead and how we live—how the same disconnection that damages ecosystems also fragments our societies and diminishes our humanity.
Impact Architects:
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Rajeev Peshawaria
Chief Executive Officer, Stewardship Asia Centre
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Carlos Álvarez Pereira
Secretary General, The Club of Rome
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Poman Lo
Vice Chairman, Regal Hotels Group & Co-founder, One Earth Alliance
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Anthea Ong
Chairperson, WorkWell Leaders; Former Nominated Member of Parliament, Singapore
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Chavalit Frederick Tsao
Chairman, TPC (Tsao Pao Chee)
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Yung Pueblo
NYT Bestselling Author & Partner, Wisdom Ventures
Education as a Living System: Cultivating Consciousness for Systemic Change
16 Sep 2025, 13:30:00 - 14:45:00 (GMT+8:00)
Impact Forum (Level 4 Suntec Convention Centre)
Education as a Living System: Cultivating Consciousness for Systemic Change
16 Sep 2025, 13:30:00 - 14:45:00 (GMT+8:00)
Impact Forum (Level 4 Suntec Convention Centre)
If the world is in crisis because of how we’ve been taught to live, can education become our most powerful act of healing?
In a world marked by ecological collapse, social fragmentation, and spiritual depletion, the question is no longer just what we must change—but how we change ourselves to change the world. Education, therefore, cannot remain a siloed institution focused on academic achievement or employability alone. It must be redefined as the invisible infrastructure of societal transformation. This plenary repositions education as the most vital system to regenerate how we see, think, lead, and relate. It invites a bold reimagining of learning—not as curriculum delivery, but as the development of conscious stewards who hold the inner capacities to transform outer systems.
From ethical leadership and systems literacy to emotional resilience and spiritual grounding, what are the capabilities that must be cultivated for the next era? And how must learning environments—universities, communities, and cross-sector platforms—be redesigned to support this shift?
Impact Architects:
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Chavalit Frederick Tsao
Chairman, TPC (Tsao Pao Chee)
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Omid Aschari
Founder & CEO of ASG Strategy Group, ASG Strategy Group
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Peter Waring
Pro Vice Chancellor of Transnational Education, Murdoch University
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Lawrence Loh
Director, Centre for Governance and Sustainability at NUS Business School
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Sibrandes Poppema
President & Vice-Chancellor, Sunway University
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Alexis du Roy de Blicquy
Chief Executive Officer, The Family Business Network (FBN)
Converging Paths: Unlocking Systemic Change Across Sectors
16 Sep 2025, 10:45:00 - 12:00:00 (GMT+8:00)
Impact Forum (Level 4 Suntec Convention Centre)
Converging Paths: Unlocking Systemic Change Across Sectors
16 Sep 2025, 10:45:00 - 12:00:00 (GMT+8:00)
Impact Forum (Level 4 Suntec Convention Centre)
If we continue to solve problems in silos, we’ll continue to reproduce them at scale. Are we bold enough to redesign systems—not just strategies—for life to flourish?
In a world shaken by polycrisis—climate collapse, social fragmentation, rising inequality—it is increasingly clear that no single institution, sector, or actor can deliver the change we need. This opening plenary convenes a rare coalition of global leaders from the UN, WEF, education, business, philanthropy, and climate innovation to ask a bold question: How do we move from fragmented efforts to systemic transformation?
Guided by the Theory of Change from Impact Investing for Life Flourishing, our impact architects will explore how we must evolve from funding projects to shifting paradigms, from working in silos to weaving systems, and from focusing on performance metrics to embracing a shared purpose.
Impact Architects:
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Chavalit Frederick Tsao
Chairman, TPC (Tsao Pao Chee)
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Siddharth Chatterjee
United Nations Resident Coordinator in China
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Omid Aschari
Founder & CEO of ASG Strategy Group, ASG Strategy Group
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Kirsten Dunlop
Chief Executive Officer, Climate KIC
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Ng Boon Heong
Executive Director & Chief Executive Officer, Temasek Foundation
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Sebastian Buckup
Managing Director, World Economic Forum
