Agenda

Impact Investing Symposium: Preliminary Agenda

Time	Session/Activity
8:30am	Registration & Networking Breakfast
9:10am	Opening Remarks
9:30am	Leadership Armchair Discussion: Afsaneh Beschloss, Founder & CEO RockCreek In conversation with: to be announced
10:00am	Leadership Armchair: Turning promises into reality: the challenges of implementing a zero emissions policy Dr. Lucas Joppa, Senior Managing Director and Chief Sustainability Officer, Haveli Investments In conversation with Brooke Masters, US Financial Editor, Financial Times
10:30am	Networking Break
11:00am	Panel Discussion: The Recipe and Kitchen Behind Gender Lens Investing Debra D. Schwartz, Managing Director, Impact Investments, MacArthur Foundation Lenna Koszarny, Founding Partner and CEO, Horizon Capital Gloria Nelund, Chairman and CEO, TriLinc Global Moderated by: Michelle Noyes, Head of Americas, The Alternative Investment Management Association
11:30am	Keynote: Accelerating a just transition to 1.5°: mobilizing climate finance through high-integrity voluntary carbon markets Annette Nazareth, Chair of the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market In conversation with Emily A. Chien, Fellow Harvard University Leadership Initiative (Climate and Sustainability)
12:00pm	Panel Discussion: Active ownership: How does engagement work and does it impact returns? Paula Luff, Director of ESG Research and Engagement, DSC Meridian Capital Chavon Sutton, Senior Investment Director, Sustainable & Impact Investing Research, Cambridge Associates Lauren Taylor Wolfe, Managing Director, Impactive Capital Moderated by: Courtney Birnbaum, Director of Sustainability, Corbin Capital Partners
12:30pm	Networking Lunch
2:00pm	Table Talks: This unique program feature deconstructs the traditional conference format by bringing the experts away from panels and into interactive small group discussions. Attendees will have the opportunity to participate in engaging discussion with their peers. *Esteemed hosts include:* Lisa Green Hall, Impact Chair, Apollo Global Management Masrura Oishi, Manager, Global Impact Investing Network Blair Miller, Senior Advisor, Two Sigma Impact Diana van Maasdijk, Co-Founder and CEO, Equileap Angela Outlaw-Matheny, Director of Diverse Manager Equity, Crewcial Partners Melissa Weigel – Managing Director, Capital Raising, NatureVest Myriam Ahmed, Executive Director, Global Sustainability Finance, Morgan Stanley Matthew Christ, Portfolio Manager, Ninety One Han Yik, Senior Advisor to the Executive Director and Chief Investment Officer, NYS Teachers’ Retirement System Click here to see Table Talks confirmed with many more to come!
4:00pm	Networking Break
4:15pm	Panel Discussion: An Inside Look at Allocators Approach to Sustainable Investing Essma Bengabsia, Senior Social Investments Analyst, The Annie E. Casey Foundation Michaela Edwards, Partner at Capricorn and Sustainable Investors Fund Andrew Siwo, Director of Sustainable Investments and Climate Solutions, New York State Common Retirement Fund Moderated by: Bhakti Mirchandani, Managing Director, Responsible Investing, Trinity Church Wall Street
4:50pm	Closing Remarks
5:00pm	Cocktail Reception
6:00pm	Event Concludes

*Timing, sessions and speakers are subject to change

Keynote Speakers and Panel Discussions:

Showcasing thought leaders and your industry peers, we are creating engaging content to provoke ongoing conversations and group discussion.

Table Talks:

This unique program feature deconstructs the traditional conference format by bringing the experts away from panels and into interactive small group discussions. Attendees will have the opportunity to participate in three, 30 minute Table Talks at the Symposium.

Networking:

The Symposium will include ample networking opportunities, from breakfast, breaks and lunch to a closing cocktail reception for attendees to keep the conversation going.