Programme Calendar

18 Sep 2025, 10:45:00 - 11:30:00 (GMT+8:00)
Impact Lab 1 (Level 4 Suntec Convention Centre)

For centuries, Asian traditions such as Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ayurveda, and ancestral kitchens have treated food as both nourishment and healing. Modern science now confirms what ancient wisdom long understood: diet can prevent, manage, and even reverse chronic disease. A plant-forward diet—centered on grains, legumes, and vegetables—is one of the most accessible ways to support both personal health and the planet.

Yet across much of Asia, meat remains central to the plate, often seen as a symbol of wealth and strength. This cultural norm persists despite livestock contributing 14% of global greenhouse gas emissions and accelerating land degradation. The gap between what we eat and what we know is growing.

This session reframes ‘food as medicine’ as both a personal wellness philosophy and a climate solution. It explores the potential of holistic diets, culinary innovation, and a systemic shift from meat-centric to plant-forward eating. It also asks how we can move beyond awareness to embed ancient wisdom into modern food systems—transforming trend into tradition and healing both people and planet.

18 Sep 2025, 11:30:00 - 12:30:00 (GMT+8:00)
Impact Lab 1 (Level 4 Suntec Convention Centre)

Every meal we eat reflects a journey from farm to table—one shaped by local systems and global supply chains that directly impact people and the planet. Yet many staple ingredients still come from agricultural systems that degrade ecosystems, undervalue farmers, and leave rural communities at risk.

Regenerative agriculture presents a powerful alternative, using practices such as intercropping, agroforestry, and diversified farming to restore nature, boost farmer incomes, and build climate resilience. Despite their benefits, these approaches often remain small in scale, blocked by challenges such as fragmented supply chains, market and finance failures, social inequality, and gaps in technical knowledge.

This session examines these barriers through the lens of a typical meal—featuring rice, vegetables, spices, oil, or coffee—and explores how collaborative, multi-stakeholder action can overcome them. It brings together businesses, farmer cooperatives, NGOs, policymakers, and ecosystem builders to spotlight real-world solutions like the Regenerative Food Facility and inclusive retail models.

Together, these efforts show how we can move from aspiration to action—transforming the food system one seed, one plate, one partnership at a time.

18 Sep 2025, 12:30:00 - 13:45:00 (GMT+8:00)
Impact Lab 1 (Level 4 Suntec Convention Centre)

Asia wastes over 230 million tonnes of food annually, even as more than 375 million people across the region remain undernourished. This stark contrast highlights food waste as not just an inefficiency, but both a social injustice and an environmental crisis.

This session reimagines food waste not merely as a challenge, but as a catalyst for regeneration. It explores how circular, inclusive, and low-carbon food systems can turn waste into value—economically, socially, and ecologically. From community food banks and food recovery to upcycled ingredients and nutrient reintegration, a range of practical models are already emerging across Asia. By treating food waste as a starting point for innovation, ASEAN and Asia more broadly can build food systems that restore equity, reduce environmental harm, and create new pathways for sustainable development.

Rather than promoting a single solution, the session showcases approaches such as redistribution, bioconversion, fermentation, and circular logistics. It examines what is needed to scale these models, including policy reform, shifts in consumer behaviour, inclusive financing mechanisms, and appropriate infrastructure.

16 Sep 2025, 13:00:00 - 15:00:00 (GMT+8:00)
Impact Lab 2 (Level 4 Suntec Convention Centre)

How do you align personal purpose with intentional action? This programme, co-designed by Barclays and CSP Singapore, supports impact-curious wealth holders through a mix of workshops, peer dialogue, and real-world stories.

In the first phase, participants will explore their core motivations, personal values, and ambitions for impact. Through reflective exercises and peer engagement, they will gain deeper clarity about what drives them and what kind of legacy they hope to shape. The programme also brings participants face-to-face with activated changemakers, helping them understand what it means to be a changemaker themselves. These immersive sessions are designed to spark inspiration and build confidence to begin taking meaningful steps.

16 Sep 2025, 15:00:00 - 16:30:00 (GMT+8:00)
Impact Lab 2 (Level 4 Suntec Convention Centre)

How do you align personal purpose with intentional action? This programme, co-designed by Barclays and CSP Singapore, supports impact-curious wealth holders through a mix of workshops, peer dialogue, and real-world stories.

While clarity of purpose is essential, many wealth holders face real emotional and structural challenges when moving from intent to action. In this phase, participants will examine the barriers that often hold them back—from fear of judgment and family dynamics to lack of know-how and siloed systems. In a safe and supportive environment, the programme guides them to name these obstacles and begin developing strategies to overcome them. Participants will also explore entry points into purposeful wealth deployment, including small capital allocations, collaborative initiatives, and cross-generational engagement.

Ultimately, this series offers a structured yet personal entry point into the world of purposeful wealth stewardship, helping participants align their capital, relationships, and influence with their deeper purpose.

16 Sep 2025, 16:30:00 - 17:30:00 (GMT+8:00)
Impact Lab 2 (Level 4 Suntec Convention Centre)

Family offices are uniquely positioned to lead the next wave of impact investing—blending legacy, values, and capital to create lasting change. Yet many families still treat impact as a side initiative, rather than an integrated architecture of their investment strategy.

In this training and workshop session, led by the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) the team brings together family principals, next-gen leaders, and advisors to explore how to embed impact into the very core of governance, capital allocation, and measurement practices. Through collaborative design challenges, participants will co-create strategies for aligning family values with investment theses, activating diverse capital tools, and defining metrics that reflect both purpose and performance. By moving from intention to allocation, families can ensure their legacy is not only preserved but actively shaping a well-being economy for generations to come.

17 Sep 2025, 09:00:00 - 10:30:00 (GMT+8:00)
Impact Lab 2 (Level 4 Suntec Convention Centre)

Family capital holds immense power—not just to shape markets, but to seed transformation.

As a new generation of family business leaders and wealth stewards step forward, they face both a challenge and a calling:to go beyond traditional asset management and activate capital in service of life, legacy, and systems regeneration.

This lab invites families—across generations, geographies, and governance models—to explore the evolution from single-capital thinking to poly-capital design: the integration of financial, spiritual, natural, social, and intellectual wealth. Participants will dive into real case studies, test new collaborative models, and begin the design of personal and collective action pathways.

17 Sep 2025, 10:30:00 - 12:00:00 (GMT+8:00)
Impact Lab 2 (Level 4 Suntec Convention Centre)

In an era of overlapping crises—climate instability, AI-driven upheaval, and persistent inequality—the pressure to create impact is no longer optional. Every sector is now being asked: What good are you actually doing? Businesses are building sustainability into their models. Investors are embedding ESG (however imperfectly) into their portfolios. But what about philanthropy?

In this bold debate, we ask whether philanthropy has lost its nerve—or whether it’s the only form of capital free enough to lead systemic change. As calls grow louder for strategic giving, risk-taking, and justice-oriented funding, the role of philanthropy is at a crossroads. Should it behave more like business, with defined metrics and scalable models? Or is that very mindset what philanthropy must resist?