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Here's the intro para:
The Value Creation Economy--Why does it matter for Thailand?
Many wonder where exactly we are in the world map. But in the era that technology development can be paralleled in any quarter of the world, the country's technical skills and cheap labour are no longer competitive advantages. The objective is to provide economists, entrepreneurs, marketing professionals and designers an insight into the innovative blend of 'capital' and 'creativity' together with 'cultural assets' and 'unique skills'--which can be transformed into a distinctive attribute of a product (or service) that is difficult to imitate. (Or difficult to parse; read that sentence one more time.) 600 baht per day; 1,500 for the 3-day pass. All details at the site.