Symposium Programme

Wednesday, 10 September 2008

Time

Speakers

Topic

Format
12:00 - 13:00 Welcome Networking Lunch
13:00 Peter Forstmoser, Chairman, Swiss Re
& President, The Sustainability Forum Zürich		 Welcome Address
13:10 Lord Nicholas Stern, Professor,
London School of Economics		 Setting the Scene:
Natural Resources
and the New Environmental Markets (working title)		 Keynote
13:50
  • Thomas Koellner, Institute for Environmental Decisions, ETH Zürich;
  • Thomas Scheiwiller, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers & Member of Taskforce, The Sustainability Forum Zürich
 Presentation of Conference Theses Q&A
14:05-15:05 In Focus I - short keynotes, 20 mins each
  Philip Bagnoli, Economics Department, OECD; Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis, Australian National University Market Creation for Public and Common Goods.
Enabling Framework Conditions		 Keynote
  Jürg Trueb, Managing Director, Swiss Re Environmental and Commodity Markets Climate Change related Risk Transfer Solutions Keynote
  Hans-Bernd Menzel, CEO, Managing Director Exchange, European Energy Exchange, Leipzig Carbon Trading and Beyond Keynote
15:05-15:50 Coffee Break
15:50-16:50 In Focus II - short keynotes, 20 mins each
  Simon Brooks, Vice President, European Investment Bank Building up Carbon Markets - the Mechanics behind Carbon Funds
(working title)		 Keynote
  George W. Kelly, Director and Founder, Environmental Bank and Exchange US Environmental Credit Markets - Wetlands, Water Quality and Conservation Keynote
  Joshua Bishop,
Chief Economist, IUCN
on behalf of Pavan Sukhdev, Head of Global Markets India, Deutsche Bank		 Biodiversity Markets Keynote
16:50 Achim Steiner, Executive Director, UNEP Investing in Scarcity or Managing the Prevention of Shortages?
The Business Case for Innovative Market Solutions		 Keynote
17:15 Henk de Bruin, Senior Vice-President Corporate Sustainability Office, Philips Int;
Roxanne Decyk, Corporate Affairs Director, Royal Dutch Shell plc.;
Julia Marton-Lefèvre, Director General, IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature);
Lex Hoogduin, Chief Economist, Robeco;
Achim Steiner, Exec. Director, UNEP		   Panel Discussion
18:15 - 20:45   Networking Dinner  

Thursday, 11 September 2008

Time

Speakers

Topic

Format
08.45-09.45 Robert Rabinowitz, Director, Climate Exchange Europe and
Mark Nicholls,
Editor, Environmental Finance

 Climate-Change Related Financial Products: Transferability? Scalability?
The Convergence of Environmental & Financial Markets		 Keynote & Dialogue
09.45 - 11.15 In Focus III - Parallel Sessions Panel Discussion & Workshop Debate
* Sabine Döbeli, Head Sustainability, Vontobel;
Marc-Olivier Buffle, Equity Analyst, SAM Group;
Alexander J.B. Zehnder, Scientific Director, Alberta Water Research Institute;
Moderator: Ingeborg Schumacher-Hummel, Director, SRI, UBS Global Asset Management

Water

Managing Water Quality and Supply
* Claus Conzelmann, Vice President - Safety Health & Environment, Nestlé;
Thomas Koellner, Institute for Environmental Decisions, ETH;
Bernd Schanzenbächer, Global Head Environmental Business Group, Credit Suisse;
Moderator: Thomas Scheiwiller, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers

Food & Ecosystem Services

Financing Multifunctional Agriculture
* Karl-Ludwig Brockmann, Central Sustainability Unit, KfW Bankengruppe;
Juerg Busenhart, VP Casualty Asia & Europe, Head of Swiss Re Environmental Risk and Underwriting Network;
Joshua Bishop, Chief Economist, IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature);
Juergen Weichert,
Corporate Underwriting Office Liability, Allianz Global Corporate & Speciality AG;
Moderator: Oliver Schelske, Vice President Issue Management and Messages, Swiss Re

Biodiversity

From Liability Risks to Business Opportunities
* Lise Kingo, Executive Vice President, Novo Nordisk;
Lars Clausen, Executive Vice President, Sales & Distribution, DONG Energy;
Lindene Patton, Chief Climate Product Officer, Zurich Financial Services
Moderator: Alexander Barkawi, Managing Director, SAM Indexes

Air, Climate & Renewable Energy

  • A Case Study of Systemic Change
  • Discussion on Financial Services Facilitating the Adoption of Renewable Energy Programmes, Energy Contracting and Certificate Trading
11.15 - 11.45   Synthesis Reports from Parallel Sessions  
11.45 - 12.15 David Runnalls, President and CEO, IISD Closing Keynote  
  Ernst A. Brugger, CEO, The Sustainability Forum Zürich Closing Remarks  
     
12.15 - 13.45   Networking Lunch  
13.15 - 13.45   during lunch:
Ceremony of the SAM/SPG Sustainability Leadership Award
www.sustainability-award.com		  
from 14:30
till 12 Sept. lunch time		 Follow-up event:

"Financing for Climate. Innovative Solutions and New Markets"
www.sustainability-zurich.org/financing-for-climate

Hosts: International Finance Corporation (World Bank Group), Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO and Swiss Re