Hybrid Conference Agenda

 Taking place on 10 October at events@n06, London, as well as online.

08:30 - 09:15

Registration

09:15 - 09:30

 Welcome by Richard Peers, founder of ResponsibleRisk and contributing editor, Finextra Research.

Speakers
Richard Peers

Richard Peers

Founder, ResponsibleRisk

How are different international cities addressing sustainability issues and handling various levels of national regulation? Who takes the lead in confronting the challenges of climate change? What resources do cities have their disposal, and what innovations in risk technology, AI, and geospatial data are being used to enable the financiers to be able to analyse these adaptation, and mitigation plans?

Moderator
Richard Peers

Richard Peers

Founder, ResponsibleRisk

Speakers
Mitch Cooke

Mitch Cooke

Director of Sustainability, ESG & Sustainable Finance, Greengage Environmental

Where do banks, insurers, asset managers and fintechs come into play in the global Net Zero, Nature positive transition? What are the responsibilities, goals and challenges of bond issuers and investors in the transition?

Moderator
Richard Conway

Richard Conway

CEO, Elastaloud

Richard Peers

Richard Peers

Founder, ResponsibleRisk

Speakers
Sam Gandy

Sam Gandy

Head of Inovation, Ecosulis

Jigisha Lock

Jigisha Lock

Head of Platform Strategy, Portfolio, and ESG Solutions, NatWest Markets

Vian Sharif

Vian Sharif

Head of Sustainability FNZ and Founder Nature Alpha, FNZ

10:45 - 11:00

Networking

Role of AI in Decarbonising the Built Environment: An Urban Policy Perspective

Moderator
Richard Peers

Richard Peers

Founder, ResponsibleRisk

Speakers
Roxana Slavcheva

Roxana Slavcheva

Global Lead for Built Environment, World Resources Institute

What forms of green energy are available? What is the cost of generating clean energy and how can it be made affordable for the citizen via innovative finance and government incentives? How do new forms of data management such as the cloud impact energy consumption and help measure the carbon footprint of incumbents?

Moderator
Simon Perham

Simon Perham

Head of Investor Outreach Europe, Carbon Tracker

Speakers
Kaj Embren

Kaj Embren

Senior Advisor, Kaj Embren Ltd

Sophie Kempthorne

Sophie Kempthorne

Innovation Lead, Innovate UK KTN

Vera Kukic

Vera Kukic

UK lead for Sustainability in Financial Services sector, IBM

Amandine Tetot

Amandine Tetot

Head of Project Finance, Triodos Bank

12:45 - 13:45

Lunch and networking

What impact will the vast volumes of asynchronous data that flows from shareholder disclosures, satellites and social media have on sustainable finance? How can our society infer meaning and make decisions based on this abundance of data? What issues could AI create?

Moderator
Richard Peers

Richard Peers

Founder, ResponsibleRisk

Speakers
Donna Lyndsay

Donna Lyndsay

Strategic Market Lead Environment and Sustainability, Ordnance Survey

Who are the potential winners and losers when cities change to meet sustainable finance goals and funds are raised to improve the environment of inhabitants? What mitigations should be considered? What is the role of behavioural science to inform this change?

Moderator
Darshna Shah

Darshna Shah

Director of Innovation, Elastacloud

Speakers
Jannika Aalto

Jannika Aalto

Program Manager, Sustainable Circular Cities and Built Environment, Green Digital Finance Alliance

Walid Al Saqqaff

Walid Al Saqqaff

Founder, ReBalance Earth

Guillaume Levannier

Guillaume Levannier

Sustainable Finance Board Member and Asset Manager, Lombard Odier Investment Managers

Adrian Sargent

Adrian Sargent

CEO Castle Community Bank, ESG Treasury and Castle Community Bank

14:45 - 15:00

John will speak about the banks' role in stimulating investment in the UK's infrastructure to address climate change mitigation, adaption, nature-based solutions and levelling up agendas.

Moderator
Richard Peers

Richard Peers

Founder, ResponsibleRisk

Speakers
John Flint

John Flint

CEO, UK Infrastructure Bank

15:00 - 15:30

Networking

How will the trillions of dollars needed to make real change be raised? How can financial markets deliver the investment and returns needed? What checks and balances need to be in place to ensure impact?

Moderator
Anna-Marie Slot

Anna-Marie Slot

Global Sustainability Partner, Ashurst

Speakers
Peter Bachmann

Peter Bachmann

Managing Director of Sustainable Infrastructure, Gresham House

James Falzon

James Falzon

Green Cities, EBRD

Tatjana Greil Castro

Tatjana Greil Castro

Co‑Head of Public Markets, Muzinich

Deniz Harut

Deniz Harut

Executive Director, Pollination Group

16:15 - 16:30

Closing remarks

16:30 - 17:30

Drinks reception