Agenda
Here's what's scheduled for the event. All times are in BST.
| 8:30 AM | Registration, networking & morning coffee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:10 AM | Chair’s opening remarks Martin Kessler, Chief Business Officer, Flowcarbon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:15 AM | Keynote Address The UK government’s climate strategy and the importance of London as a global hub for carbon trading Zoe Norgate, Deputy Director, International Net Zero - Green Finance and Capability, UK Department for Energy Security & Net Zero | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:30 AM | Keynote Address The U.S. government’s principles for responsible investment in VCMs Pedro Martins Barata, Associate Vice President, Carbon Markets and Private Sector Decarbonization, Environmental Defense Fund | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:50 AM | Panel How are financial institutions currently active in the carbon markets? What other roles could financial institutions play in their development? Moderator Carlo De Giacomo, Head of Commodities, AFME (Association for Financial Markets in Europe) Panellists Claire Coustar, Global Head of ESG & Sustainable Finance, Deutsche Bank Brett Orlando, Managing Director, Global Head of Commodity Transition, Bank of America Christopher Hakes, Head of Carbon Sales, BURN | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10:35 AM | Presentation - Standardising contracts and other documentation in the VCMs Simon Puleston Jones, Consultant, Philip Lee LLP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10:55 AM | Coffee and networking break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11:20 AM | Panel How carbon projects are being financed, learnings from the front-line Moderator Jeremiah Lim, Director, Head of Carbon and Sustainable Fuels EMEA, Energy Transition Investment Banking, Barclays Panellists Siddarth Shrikanth, Investment Director for Carbon Removals, JustClimate Shilpika Gautam, CEO & Founder, Opna Will Higbee, Head of Carbon Banking and Markets, Flowcarbon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12:05 PM | Fireside chat Where are we with the rehabilitation of the voluntary carbon markets Host Chris Leeds, Executive Director, Head of Carbon Markets Development, Standard Chartered In conversation with Mark Kenber, Executive Director, VCMI Anton Tsvetov, Associate Director for Policy, ICVCM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12:35 PM | Networking & lunch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1:40 PM | Fireside chat Is carbon the next big opportunity for commodity investors? Host Basak Odemis, Carbon Finance Lead, International Finance Corporation (IFC) Panellists Martin Berg, Chief Executive Officer, Climate Asset Management Adrian Rimmer, Director, Sustainable Finance & Investment, London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2:10 PM | Panel How will the relationship between the mandatory and voluntary markets evolve? Moderator Melanie Martin, Head of Legal, Kita Panellists Simon Puleston Jones, Founder and MD, Emral Carbon Jeff Swartz, Vice President, Low Carbon Strategy, Regulatory Affairs & Partnerships, bp | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2:55 PM | Nature-based carbon credits – providing certainty for corporate users Michel Schuurman, Director Business Development, Treevive | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3:15 PM | Networking & afternoon tea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3:35 PM | Panel How are corporates reacting to the move towards high-integrity credits in the VCMs? What are the projections for demand? Moderator Anton Tsvetov, Associate Director for Policy, ICVCM Panellists Anton Root, Co-Founder and Head of Research, AlliedOffsets Kerstin Mathias, Policy and Innovation Director, City of London Corporation Henning Huenteler, Expert Associate Partner, Bain & Company Guy Turner, Managing Director, MSCI Carbon Markets | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4:20 PM | Panel Creating the required infrastructure for efficient carbon markets - trade, post-trade, financing, and data Moderator Gavin Youll, CFO, Carbonplace Panellists Dr. Raúl C. Rosales, Senior Fellow, Centre for Climate Finance & Investment, Imperial Melissa Lindsay, Founder & CEO, Emstream & Emsurge Maria Eugenia Filmanovic, Co-Founder, Abatable Julien Hall, Head of Intelligence, Climate Impact X | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5:00 PM | Chair’s closing remarks Martin Kessler, Chief Business Officer, Flowcarbon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5:05 PM | Close of proceedings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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