Programme: Financing the Transformation to a Low-Carbon Economy

11th International Sustainability Leadership Symposium 2010

(work in progress; programme is subject to change)
Tuesday, 28 September 2010
8.30 Welcome coffee
09.00

Welcome by the host
 
  • Annabelle Hett, Head, Swiss Re Centre for Global Dialogue
  Symposium opening and presentation of conference theses
 
  • Zeno Staub, President, The Sustainability Forum Zürich (TSF)
09.15

The vision
 
  • Norbert Ender, Leader, Smarter Cities, IBM Switzerland &
  • Jan-Olaf Willums, Chairman and founder, InSpire Invest
  interviewed by:
  • Thomas Streiff, CEO, The Sustainability Forum Zürich (TSF)
9.45 Setting the scene:
Are we on track for a prosperous low-carbon world?
 
  • Ramón Baeza, Managing Director, BCG Spain &
    worldwide BCG topic leader "CO2 and emissions"
10.10 Coffee break
11.00 Asset owners’ investment strategies:
Consideration of climate risks and opportunities
(panel discussion)
 
  • Christopher Flensborg, Global Coordinator for Green Bonds,
    Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB)
  • Alexander Schindler, Member of the Board, Union Asset Management Holding AG
  • Simon Thomas, CEO, Trucost
  • Sander Paul van Tongeren, Senior Sustainability Specialist Global Real Estate, APG Asset Management
  • John K.S. Wilson, Director, Corporate Governance, TIAA-CREF
  • Moderator: Ivo Knöpfel, founder and Managing Director, onValues
12.15 Lunch break    
13.30

Financing decarbonisation of the real economy

(parallel workshops)
15.00

Financing models for renewables and energy efficiency

(panel discussion)
 
  • David N. Bresch, Director, Head Sustainability & Emerging Risk Management
  • Gina Domanig, Managing Partner, Emerald Technology Ventures
  • René Eichenberger, Managing Director, (Alternative)2 Holding
  • Dustin Neuneyer, Group Development, Sustainability Management, WestLB AG
  • Roland Pfeuti, Head, SAM Private Equity Team Switzerland
  • Moderator: L. Warren Pimm, Director, Investment Banking,
    Sustainable Development Capital LLP
16.15 Coffee break
16.45 Policies for a low-carbon economy:
Objectives, strategies and leadership
(closing panel discussion)
 
  • Ján Kubiš, Executive Secretary, Economic Commission for Europe (UN ECE)
  • Lord Colin Moynihan, former UK Minister for Energy, Chairman, Pelamis Wave Power Ltd
  • Nico Stehr, Professor, Zeppelin University Friedrichshafen; co-author of the Hartwell Paper
  • Ian Zhu, Principal, Tsing Capital (China)
  • Moderator: Alexander Barkawi, former Managing Director, SAM Indexes
17.45 Symposium summary
 
  • Thomas Streiff, CEO, The Sustainability Forum Zürich (TSF)
18.00 Aperitif for all participants
19.00 Speakers' Dinner
(separate registration, limited capacity)