Session: Opening Ceremony & Plenary Forum – The Future of Thai Industry
Date: Thursday 12 November 2026
Time: 13:30 – 16:30
Venue: Jupiter 11-13 – IMPACT Challenger, IMPACT Muang Thong Thani

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Thai industry is at a critical turning point, driven by shifting global trade rules, emerging international competitors, geopolitical supply chain disruptions, and increasingly stringent environmental standards. Key sectors—including automotive, electronics, food, packaging, and materials—must rapidly adapt to maintain global competitiveness. Concurrently, advanced manufacturing, digital transformation, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) present vital opportunities to boost productivity, elevate quality, and create high-value products, while the transition to a low-carbon economy serves as both a mandate and a strategic opportunity for trade and investment.

This Plenary Forum bridges multi-dimensional perspectives, ranging from national policy directions and global economic shifts to unlocking “Thailand’s New Industrial Growth Engines.” Through the lens of technology, economics, geopolitics, future industries, investment policy, and green finance, the discussion will address how traditional industries can evolve, which emerging sectors offer new growth, and what critical ecosystems—spanning technology, capital, and workforce—Thailand must urgently foster to secure long-term industrial sustainability.

Program (Thai Session)

Time	Topics / Speakers
	Opening Ceremony & Plenary Forum: The Future of Thai Industry
13:30 – 14:00 (30 min.)	Opening Ceremony & Keynote Address Driving Thailand’s Green Industrial Future through Advanced Materials Prof. Dr. Yodchanan Wongsawat Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation (MHESI) of Thailand
14:00 – 14:15 (15 min.)	Four Decades of MTEC: Driving Thai Industrial Transformation Assoc. Prof. Toemsak Srikhirin Executive Director of National Metal and Materials Technology Center (MTEC), NSTDA
14:15 – 15:00	Refreshment
15:00 – 15:30 (30 min.)	Transforming Thai Industry: Building the Foundation for the Next Growth Engines Dr. Chayo Trangadisaikul Executive Board Member at The Federation of Thai Industries
15:15 – 16:30 (75 min.)	Panel Discussion “The Next Growth Engines for Thai Industry” Panelists: Prof. Dr. Amorn Pimanmas President of Thailand Structural Engineers Association Mr. Suthiket Thatpitak-Kul Deputy Secretary General, Thailand Board of Investment (BOI) Asst. Prof. Dr. Arm Tungnirun Professor of Faculty of Law, Chulalongkorn University Dr. Krit Sitathani Assistant Managing Director at KBank’s Research Division Moderator: Dr. Sarawut Lerspalungsanti Deputy Executive Director (Research and Development Support) of National Metal and Materials Technology Center (MTEC), NSTDA

Note: The program is subject to change without prior notice.

Speakers & Moderator

Prof. Dr. Yodchanan Wongsawat Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation (MHESI) of Thailand	Dr. Chayo Trangadisaikul Executive Board Member at The Federation of Thai Industries	Assoc. Prof. Toemsak Srikhirin Executive Director of National Metal and Materials Technology Center (MTEC), NSTDA	Prof. Dr. Amorn Pimanmas President of Thailand Structural Engineers Assiciation
Mr. Suthiket Thatpitak-Kul Deputy Secretary General, Thailand Board of Investment (BOI)	Asst. Prof. Dr. Arm Tungnirun Professor of Faculty of Law, Chulalongkorn University	Dr. Krit Sitathani Assistant Managing Director at KBank’s Research Division	Dr. Sarawut Lerspalungsanti Deputy Executive Director, National Metal and Materials Technology Center (MTEC), NSTDA