STEAM Platform

10/09/2025

We’re excited to share that the Asia Pacific Circular Economy Roundtable (APCER) and the AsiaPacific Circular Economy Hotspot 2025 will be held jointly in Taipei, Taiwan, from October 20–23, 2025.

As a Community Partner, STEAM Platform is proud to support this landmark international gathering, which will bring together leaders from government, business, academia, and civil society across the Asia Pacific to explore bold strategies for a circular transition.

This will be the first Circular Economy Hotspot hosted in the Asia-Pacific region, with Taiwan showcasing its progress in policy, innovation, and industry transformation. The program includes keynote forums, regional dialogues, site visits, exhibitions, and networking—all centered on circular collaboration for climate crisis (CC4CC).

We look forward to joining this platform for actionable partnerships and long-term regional cooperation.

🔗 Learn more: www.apcer.asia/apcer-hotspot-2025

29/07/2023

Ever thought about how we can transit from the current linear economy that has resulted in enormous amount of waste on earth to circular economy which can significantly lower carbon waste?
Come, click on the links below and find out more about this course that introduces a circular economy focusing on
and . Learn about the key drivers for accelerating the including and .

Trainer’s profile: Prof Lerwen LIU, PhD in Physics
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lerwen-liu/
Apply now: https://bit.ly/3lgO7Ja

13/10/2022

Workshop on Circular Systems Innovation for Plastic Waste
on 1-2 November 2022 at Novotel Bangkok on Siam Square
Bangkok, Thailand
In this interactive workshop will hear from key experts the challenges and innovations pertaining to circular and sustainable plastic waste management. The event is open to all wishing to contribute to this area of sustainable development irrespective
backgrounds and professions.
Register at: https://bit.ly/3C8SHy8

27/09/2022

Congratulations to The Incubation Network for its new podcast exploring the issues and solutions on plastic pollution.

An estimated 150 million tonnes of plastic are now floating in the ocean — that’s a truckload of plastic being dumped into the ocean every minute.

Watch the first episode with Umesh Madhavan from The Circulate Initiative on what each of us can do to solve this issue.

Watch here: https://bit.ly/3S91lTz

Changing Tides with The Incubation Network is a limited video podcast series, which aims to offer insights into the plastic waste issue in South and Southeas...

27/09/2022

STEAM Platform Newsletter September 2022 Issue: Transforming to Plastics Circularity
>> https://www.steamplatform.org/newsletter/Transforming-to-Plastics-Circularity

In this issue of the newsletter, we would like to share with you our partnership with the KX Knowledge Xchange in promoting plastics circularity in Bangkok. We address the challenges of circular economy transition including changing consumer behavior, circular design, and innovation & entrepreneurship support.

We feature the following three main activities in the past few months happening in KX:
- Entrepreneurship Support- CE Accelerator for the Techbite program
- Design and Produce Products Using Recycled Plastics
- Waste Segregation and Behavior Change

17/08/2022

Interested in Circular Plastics Economy for Policy Makers? Register (https://bit.ly/3A5noD9) for our upcoming webinar co-hosted with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Thursday, 25 Aug 2022, 1-2 pm GMT+8

This webinar will focus on policy insights, life cycle thinking, technical knowledge, ecosystem building, and business practices exemplified by case studies.

We look forward to your participation.

Plastics Circularity E-Learning Course Pre-Launch

15/08/2022

Come and Meet these amazing young entrepreneurs from Thailand on 19 August, 2022 during TECHBITE 4.0 DEMO DAY 19.08.22 at KX Knowledge Xchange locate at 110/1 Thanon Krung Thon Buri, Bang Lamphu Lang, Thon Buri, Bangkok, Thailand 10600, just a few minutes walk from Wongwian Yai BTS station.

Subscribe to www.steamplatform.org and learn more about our activities focusing on the circular economy, sustainability, innovation, and entrepreneurship.

TKN22 Creating an upcycling polymer solution that is flexible and adaptable to consumers to help solve the plastic waste problem in Thailand Their Polymer solution can improve the mechanical strength of the upcycling polymer product made by combining plastic waste (without chemical additive) and bio...

04/08/2022

Many thanks to Dr. Liu Lerwen for an engaging seminar on “Transition to a Circular Economy”.

Our students gained valuable insights on sustainability and had the opportunity to ask questions about the challenges, real life industry practices and shared their ideas with Dr. Liu.

20/07/2022

Interested in Circular Economy Financing? Register for our upcoming webinar co-hosted with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Tuesday, 26 July 2022, 1-2 pm GMT+8

This webinar will focus on start-up perspectives on the circular economy business model, financing mechanisms, opportunities, and challenges.

We look forward to your participation.

Mechanism, Opportunities, and Challenges