9^th  Asia Pacific Roundtable for Sustainable Consumption and Production

The Asia Pacific Roundtable for Sustainable Consumption and Production (APRSCP) is the regional network of the professionals, academics and industrialists to promote Sustainable Consumption and Production in the region. The membership includes environmental professionals from all countries in the Asia Pacific region.

Other Roundtable conferences on Sustainable Consumption and Production worldwide are North American Roundtable for Cleaner Production, European Roundtable for Sustainable Consumption and Production, African Roundtable, South American Roundtable and Mediterranean Roundtable.

The first Asia Pacific Roundtable for Cleaner Production was held in Bangkok, Thailand in November 1997.  At this inaugural conference, supported by the ADB and the other international organizations, public and private sector leaders from more than 25 nations came together to share information, techniques and issues arising from the promotion of Cleaner Production policies and practices.

An informal network then evolved from this landmark conference to become the Asia Pacific Roundtable on Cleaner Production (APRCP) in 1998 with the intention of sustaining regional information sharing and networking. Since then eight conferences have been held in different countries in Asia Pacific, namely, Thailand, Australia, Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam.

Asia Pacific Roundtable for Cleaner Production (APRCP) changed its name to Asia Pacific Roundtable for Sustainable Consumption and Production (APRSCP) at the 5th Regional Conference held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in March 2004.

APRSCP’s mission is to provide leadership and support to enhance information flow and capacity building and strengthen public/private partnerships. APRSCP seeks to stimulate the promotion and implementation of sustainable consumption and production strategies and technologies in the region. It encourages the participation of all individuals and all national, regional and international organizations, in the promotion of sustainable consumption and production practices.

This year the theme will focus on current issues such as global environmental and financial concerns.

The conference will consist of

*  an inaugural session with a gathering of distinguished personalities

*  plenary sessions

*  parallel sessions

*  work shop / industry visit

*  poster display

Participation at the conference in 2010 is expected to be around 250, 100 foreign and 150 local delegates. Internationally reputed speakers will make key note addresses during the Roundtable.