In addition, within the framework of the National Innovative Entrepreneurship Day - Techfest 2018, the Social Impact conference took place on the afternoon of November 30, 2018, at the International Conference Center Ariyana Da Nang. The workshop was organized by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP Vietnam), CSIE Center for Social Initiatives and Innovation.
The workshop was attended by Ms Caitlin Wiesen - Director of the United Nations Development Program in Viet Nam; Mr. Pariwat Wongsamran - Director of Thailand start-up, National Innovation Center of Thailand; Mr. Jan Zellman - Founder of Evergreen Labs, Da Nang; Richard Hazenberg - Professor of Social Innovation, University of Northampton; Associate Professor Truong Thi Nam Thang - Director of CSIE Center for Social Innovation and Creation, National Economics University.
The Social Impact Workshop has discussed in detail the issues and challenges surrounding: enterprise development Social impact, creative start-up experience, investment for innovative start-ups, applications value-creating technology.
During the National Innovative Entrepreneurship Day 2018, seminars, exhibitions, dialogues, investment connections ... attracted nearly 5,500 participants; 250 booths to start the exhibition; 160 connections of 250 investors, investment funds, national and international speakers; 20 countries in the region and in the world, especially representatives of creative start-up agencies, innovative investors and entrepreneurs in ASEAN countries.