Speakers

We are very pleased to welcome you to Porto.
Assistant Abbot, The Golden Mount Temple, Bangkok, Thailand; Director, Institute of Buddhist Management for Happiness and Peace (IBHAP)

Napan Thawornbanjob

The Venerable Napan founded the "For Beautiful Life Group" in 2001 and was the Chair until 2015. He has designed and led trainings for Buddhist community leaders in southern Thailand affected by violent conflicts to heal the victims and prevent further conflicts. He also designed a training to promote living together peacefully based on Buddhism and was an anchorman for the reality TV show “TRUE Little Monks” which received The Cannes Corporate & Media Awards 2013.

Venerable Napan has completed the Interfaith Peace Fellowship: “Conflict Analysis, Inclusive Peacemaking, Coalition & Collaboration Building” and was a founding member of Buddhist Peace Network. He has participated in conflict resolution discussions in Uganda at the United Religions Initiative “Great Lakes Region”; Furthermore, he has given lectures on peace-related topics at the Rotary Club of Thailand and the Rotary Peace Center at Chulalongkorn University.