The Symposium

Welcome to the Soneva SLOW LIFE Symposium.  The Symposium convenes business leaders, scientists, NGOs, renowned thinkers and policy makers to help accelerate progress towards environmental sustainability.  Participants discuss global issues and seek practical solutions that can be applied within a local context.

The focus of the Symposium is on the creation of new networks and partnerships.  Participants drive collaborative actions that address pressing problems within the key themes of sustainable tourism, marine conservation, energy security, low-carbon infrastructure, waste management, water conservation and threatened biodiversity.

The Symposium is an event of the SLOW LIFE Trust.  The Trust was established by the Soneva Group with a dual purpose: to have impact beyond our own expertise and to find the best projects and partners to balance our unavoidable carbon emissions.  The focus of the Trust is on clean energy, biodiversity and social impact.  Hospitality for the Symposium is donated by the Soneva Group.

  • Sonu Shivdasani, Chairman and CEO, Soneva Resorts

    Welcome

    Welcome to the 2013 Soneva SLOW LIFE Symposium. Now in its fourth year, the Symposium is poised to facilitate the creation of the kind of new networks and partnerships that can have a real influence on the global sustainability agenda.

  • View of Soneva Kiri, location of 2013 SLOW LIFE Symposium

    Our locations

    The 2013 Soneva SLOW LIFE Symposium will be hosted at Soneva Kiri in Thailand. In previous years, it has been hosted at Soneva Fushi in the Maldives.

  • Soneva Forest Restoration

    The SLOW LIFE Foundation

    The SLOW LIFE Symposium is an event of the SLOW LIFE Foundation. The SLOW LIFE Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation committed to supporting the development and operation of projects and campaigns that have a positive environmental, social and economic impact.

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