Top-level executives from both the private
and public sectors will come together for the 2019 Top Leaders Forum to find
concrete measures that would make businesses more resilient against disasters.
The event will be held at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City, Philippines
on November 12.
Organized by SM Prime Holdings, in
partnership with the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR),
ARISE Philippines and the National Resilience Council (NRC), this year's Top
Leaders Forum will also highlight the following: 1) Private sector engagement
with the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to ensure the same level of
preparedness for disasters; 2) NRC’s Adopt-A-City program to engage the private
sector in a more innovative and strategic partnership for resilient local
government systems; and 3) The launch of the Young Leaders for Resilience
Program to engage the youth in co-creating solutions that will address the
resilience challenges of NRC’s partner local government units.
Now on its 8th year, the 2019 Top Leaders
Forum’s theme is “From Risk to Resilience: Forging Pathways and Milestones.” Ms.
Mami Mizutori, UN Special Representative to the Secretary General (SRSG) will
deliver the keynote address while Mr. Hans T. Sy of ARISE International
Board and Secretary Delfin Lorenzana of
Department of National Defense both co-chairs of NRC will deliver the Welcome
and Opening Messages, respectively.
CEOs and Top Executives of Private Sectors
will showcase their companies DRR initiatives while Local Chief Executives of
NRC’s partner LGUs will present their progress in integrating risk management
considerations into their resilience platforms across the provincial city and
barangay levels, in collaboration with the private sector and the
academe/scientific community.
Some of the speakers are USEC Ricardo B.
Jalad of the Office of Civil Defense, Congresswoman
Lucy Gomez, Bataan Governor Albert S. Garcia, Cagayan De Oro City Mayor Oscar
S. Moreno, Naga City Mayor Nelson Legacion, Zamboanga City Mayor Maria Isabelle
Climaco and Ormoc City Mayor Richard Gomez, Unilever Philippines Chairman
Benjie Yap, Maynilad Water Services CEO Ramoncito Fernandez, IBM Philippines
President and Country General Manager Aileen Judan-Jiao, San Miguel Properties
Inc. Project Lead Cecile Ang, Jollibee Group Foundation Executive Director
Gisela Tiongson, Aboitiz Foundation, Inc. First VP and COO Maribeth Marasigan, and
Fr. Jet Villarin, Ateneo de Manila President.
For the 1st time, youth
involvement in DRR is highlighted with the Young Leaders for Resilience Program
wherein students from various universities in each LGU underwent a Design
Thinking Workshop led by IBM Philippines and co-facilitated by the Asia Pacific
College (APC) and National University, together with focal persons from NRC’s
LGUs and academic partners. Eight (8) entries from the LGUs will compete for
the top prize during the TLF on finding potential solutions on climate and
disaster risk profiles of their own cities / province.
ARISE Philippines is a network of businesses
committed to create risk-resilient societies through the distinct approach of
private-public partnerships. The NRC is a science and technology-based public
and private partnership that supports government, communities, academe and the
private sector in advancing the intersections among the Sendai Framework for
Disaster Risk Reduction, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Paris
Climate Agreement and the New Urban Agenda.
For more information, visit www.smsupermalls.com or the National
Resilience Council website, https://resiliencecouncil.ph/.
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