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Agenda
| 8:30 AM | Registration, networking & morning coffee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:20 AM | Conference Introduction Maurice Button, Chief Executive, City & Financial Global | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:25 AM | Chair’s opening remarks Dr Karl Mallon, Co-Founder and Director of Science and Technology, XDI (Cross Dependency Initiative), part of The Climate Risk Group | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:30 AM | Keynote address: Pushing climate adaptation and resilience to the mainstream Chris Stark, Chief Executive Officer, The Carbon Trust; former Chief Executive of the Climate Change Committee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:50 AM | Keynote Address Rain Newton-Smith, Chief Executive, CBI (Confederation of British Industry) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10:10 AM | Keynote Address: Using weather and climate science to understand the impacts of climate in the UK David Brayshaw, Professor of Climate Science and Energy-Meteorology, and joint Head of the Department of Meteorology, University of Reading | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10:30 AM | Panel: Critical national infrastructure and climate adaptation: How prepared is the UK? What are the implications for the business community? Moderator Dr Janet Young CBE, Director General of the Institution of Civil Engineers Panellists Abby Chicken, Head of Sustainability, Openreach Sue Percy CBE, Chief Executive, Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation (CIHT) Dr Candice Howarth, Head of Climate Adaptation and Resilience, LSE Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, LSE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11:20 AM | Networking & morning coffee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11:50 AM | Panel: Scenario planning and modelling for climate adaptation Moderator Dr James Davey, Associate Director: Climate Risk Strategy, Technology & Innovation, Ricardo Panellists Dr Nicola Ranger, Co-Chair and Director, Resilient Planet Finance Lab, University of Oxford Antonio Timoner-Salvá, Global Senior Lead Manager, Strategic Planning & Stress Testing - Economic and Climate Risk Scenarios & Analysis, HSBC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12:35 PM | Scaling private investment into adaptation - where markets meet policy Ingrid Holmes, Executive Director, Green Finance Institute | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12:55 PM | Networking & lunch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1:50 PM | Afternoon Chair’s opening remarks Maria Sunyer, Managing Consultant, EcoAct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1:55 PM | The critical role of insurance in climate adaptation Nick Faull, Head of Climate & Sustainability Risk and Innovation, Marsh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2:15 PM | Panel: Embedding climate adaptation in regulation for financial institutions and listed companies Moderator Panellists Kit England, Senior Climate Adaptation Specialist, Paul Watkiss Associates Madeleine Rawlins, Global Practice Leader - Climate Change, Mott MacDonald Mahesh Roy, Investor Strategies Programme Director, Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) Richard Tarboton, Managing Director, Head of Sustainability Strategy, Barclays | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3:10 PM | Networking & afternoon tea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3:35 PM | Panel: Sourcing accurate data for climate adaptation planning Moderator Dr Paul Munday, Director, Global Climate Adaptation & Resilience Specialist, S&P Global Ratings Panellists Dr Sue Armstrong Brown, Director of Thought Leadership, CDP Catherine Bremner, Chief Strategy Officer, Impax Asset Management Nick Pyatt, Director, Climate Adaptation Specialist, Climate Sense | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4:15 PM | Panel: How should companies be reporting the impact of climate adaptation on their operations? Moderator Faith Ward, Chair of the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC), and Chief Responsible Investment Officer, Brunel Pension Partnership Limited Panellists Barbara Davidson, Head of Accounting, Audit and Disclosure, Carbon Tracker Maria Sunyer, Managing Consultant, EcoAct John Knights, Head of Services, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4:55 PM | Afternoon Chair’s closing remarks Maria Sunyer, Managing Consultant, EcoAct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5:00 PM | Close of proceedings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
