SSF Annual Conference

 

Programme

Tuesday, 19.06.2018

13:00 - 13:30 Registration and welcome coffee
13:30 - 13:40 Welcome note

Jean-Daniel Gerber, President, Swiss Sustainable Finance

13:40 - 14:00 SSF Highlights

Sabine Döbeli, CEO, Swiss Sustainable Finance

14:00 - 14:30 Keynote speech: International trends and initiatives in sustainable finance

Simon Zadek, Principal, Project Catalyst, United Nations Development Programme

14:30 - 15:30 Panel discussion: Institutional asset owners as the main driving force for sustainable capital markets?

Olivier Ginguené, Chief Investment Officer, Pictet Asset Management

Frank Juliano, Head of Asset Management, compenswiss

René Weber, Head Policy Coordination Division, State Secretariat for International Finance (SIF)

Moderated by Angela de Wolff, Partner, Conser Invest

15:30 - 16:00 Networking coffee
16:00 - 17:15 Input Presentation: Recent research on climate risks Panel discussion: Climate research - a basis for prudent investment decisions?

Reto Knutti, Professor, Institute of Atmosphere and Climate Science, ETH Zurich

Remy Briand, Managing Director, Head of ESG, MSCI

Reto Knutti, Professor, ETH Zurich

Peter Munro, Director, Market Practice and Regulatory Policy, International Capital Markets Association (ICMA)

Rachel Whittaker, Sustainable Investing Strategist, UBS 

Moderated by Sabine Döbeli, CEO, SSF

17:15 - 18:00 Keynote speech: How finance can help to create a sustainable world

Philippe Le Houérou, CEO, International Finance Corporation (IFC)

18:00 - 19:00 Networking Apero