Agenda

Here's what's scheduled for the event. All times are in BST.

8:30 AM
Registration, networking & morning coffee
 
9:15 AM
Conference Introduction

Maurice Button, Chief Executive, City & Financial Global

9:20 AM
Chair’s opening remarks

Caroline Bush, Associate Director, Osborne Clarke

9:25 AM
Keynote address: Nature cannot wait – the challenge for policy makers, regulators and markets

Dr Rhian-Mari Thomas OBE, Chief Executive Officer, Green Finance Institute

9:45 AM
The latest development in biodiversity credit markets

Moderator:

Caroline Bush, Associate Director, Osborne Clarke

Panel:

Dr Simon Zadek, Co-Chief Executive Officer, NatureFinance; and Senior Advisor to the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD)

Dr Tim Coles OBE, Director and Chief Executive Officer, rePLANET, and Member, BCA Task Force

Guy Thompson, Managing Director, EnTrade and Group Sustainability Director, Wessex Water

10:35 AM
Networking & morning coffee break
 
11:00 AM
The use of satellite data and AI for monitoring nature

Dr Paula Nieto Quintano, Head of Mapping and Carbon Science, Space Intelligence

11:20 AM
Data and metrics: how public and private initiatives together can address the market’s requirements

Moderator

Cathrine Armour, Director Data Initiatives, Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures

Panel:

Sue Armstrong Brown, Global Director of Environmental Impact and Thought Leadership, CDP 

Elena Pérez Celis, Head of Policy & Public Affairs, Bankers for Net Zero 

Peter Ward, Head of Corporate Partnerships, The Natural History Museum

12:05 PM
Business opportunities in biodiversity – the intersection of biodiversity and technology

Moderator:

Eva Zabey, Chief Executive Officer , Business for Nature

Panel:

Dr Katie Leach, Group Head of Nature, Lloyds Banking Group

Dr Adonai Herrera-Martínez, Director, Environment and Sustainability, EBRD

Oliver Bolton, Chief Executive Officer, Earthly

12:50 PM
Networking & lunch break
 
1:50 PM
Afternoon chair’s welcome remarks

Mark Gough, Chief Executive Officer, Capitals Coalition

1:55 PM
Keynote address: Financing the Bioeconomy

Dr Simon Zadek, Co-Chief Executive Officer, NatureFinance; and Senior Advisor to the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD)

2:10 PM
Biodiversity & nature: recent regulatory developments and horizon scanning

Kim Rybarczyk, ESG Counsel, Linklaters

2:30 PM
Reporting on nature risks, opportunities, impacts and dependencies

Moderator:

Jo Paisley, President, GARP Risk Institute

Panel:

Mark Gough, Chief Executive Officer, Capitals Coalition

Karen Ellis, Chief Economist, WWF-UK

Sebastian Leape, Chief Executive Officer, natcap

Elodie Chêne, Senior Manager, Standards, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) 

3:15 PM
Networking & afternoon tea break
 
3:40 PM
Debt-for-Nature Swaps: Probity of the Mechanics

Dr Fred Amonya, Senior Fellow (Honorary), Complex Systems and Public Investment, University of Birmingham, and Director, Lyciar

4:00 PM
How to incorporate nature into investment decisions

Moderator

Gilad Goren, Executive Director, Nature Tech Collective

Panel:

Jenn-Hui Tan, Chief Sustainability Officer, Fidelity International

Lisa Beauvilain, Executive Director, Global Head of Sustainability, Impax Asset Management

Ingrid Kukuljan, Head of Impact and Sustainable Investing at Federated Hermes

4:45 PM
Chair’s closing remarks & close of proceedings