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TBLI CONFERENCE™ EUROPE 2009

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Location

Elicium, RAI Convention Centre & Amsterdam Okura Hotel*****, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Dates

12 & 13 November 2009

Description

The largest annual global networking and learning event on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Investing of Europe and Asia.

Thursday, 12 November 2009

09:00 - 09:05
Elicium 1, RAI Convention Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Welcome

Robert Rubinstein
Founder and Chief Executive Officer - TBLI Conference B.V./TBLI Consulting B.V. - The Netherlands

09:05 - 09:30
Elicium 1, RAI Convention Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Conference Opening

Job Cohen
Mayor - City of Amsterdam - The Netherlands

09:30 - 10:00
Elicium 1, RAI Convention Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Keynote 2

William McDonough
Architect, Founding Partner and Principal - William McDonough + Partners - United States of America

10:00 - 10:30
Elicium 1, RAI Convention Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Keynote 3

Anders Wijkman
Former Member of the European Parliament - Sweden
The Supergrid Initiative
Read more.

10:30 - 11:30
Elicium 1, RAI Convention Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

TBLI Roundtable Challenge 1 - Integrating ESG into Investment Portfolios

Alfred Kool (Moderator)
Head Corporate Communications - Kool Baas & De Quelerij - The Netherlands

David Creighton (Speaker 1)
Chief Executive Officer - Cordiant Capital - Canada

Matthew Kiernan (Speaker 2)
Head of Strategic Planning, Global Sustainability Solution - RiskMetrics Group - Canada

Wolfgang Pinner (Speaker 3)
Head of SRI - Erste-Sparinvest KAG - Austria

Ronald Lubberts (Speaker 4)
Managing Director - Sustainalytics Netherlands - The Netherlands

_________ (Speaker 5)

11:30 - 12:00
Elicium 2, RAI Convention Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Coffee Break

12:00 - 12:30
Elicium 1, RAI Convention Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Keynote 4

Karl-Henrik Robèrt
Founder and Director - Det Naturliga Steget - The Natural Step - Sweden
Strategic Sustainable Investment Is About Competence!
Read more.

12:30 - 13:00
Elicium 1, RAI Convention Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Keynote 5

Naomi Klein
Journalist, Syndicated Columnist and Author - Canada

13:00 - 13:05
Elicium 1, RAI Convention Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Short Workshop Briefing

Moderators provide quick outline of their workshops in order to help attendees choose out of 20 sessions.

13:05 - 14:30
Elicium 2, RAI Convention Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Standing Buffet Lunch

14:30 - 16:15
Room D201, Elicium, RAI Convention Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Workshop 1 - Microfinance

Michael Jantzi (Moderator)
President - Jantzi Research Inc. - Canada

Robert A. Annibale (Speaker 1)
Global Director Citigroup Microfinance Group - Citigroup - United Kingdom

Helen Alexander (Speaker 2)
Manager - ProCredit Holiding - Germany

Mitchell Lench (Speaker 3)
Partner - Treetops Capital LLC - United States of America
The Financial Crisis and Consolidation (M&A) in the Microfinance Indusry: A Framework for Addressing Current Challenges
Read more.

14:30 - 16:15
Room D202, Elicium, RAI Convention Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Workshop 2 - TBLI in Emerging Markets

Geoffrey Mazullo (Moderator)
Director - East-West Management Institute, Inc. - Poland

Cyrille Arnould (Speaker 1)
Director GEEREF - European Investment Bank (EIB) - Luxemburg

_________ (Speaker 2)

_________ (Speaker 3)

14:30 - 16:15
Room D203, Elicium, RAI Convention Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Workshop 3 - Impact Investing (Provisional - TBC)

In cooperation with Global Impact Network

_________ (Moderator)

_________ (Speaker 1)

_________ (Speaker 2)

_________ (Speaker 3)

14:30 - 16:15
Room D204, Elicium RAI Convention Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Workshop 4 - Investment Performance Standards

How to measure the investment performance of fund managers? Which standards are currently a hot issue?

_________ (Moderator)

Jean-Claude Dufournet (Speaker 1)
President - Information System for Analysts - ISFA SA - Switzerland

Stefan Illmer (Speaker 2)
Head of Client Reporting - Credit Suisse Group - Switzerland

_________ (Speaker 3)

14:30 - 16:15
Room D403, Elicium, RAI Convention Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Workshop 5 - Fund Performance and Strategy

_________ (Moderator)

O. Sam Folin (Speaker 1)
President and Chief Executive Officer - Benchmark Assets LLM - United States of America

_________ (Speaker 2)

_________ (Speaker 3)

16:15 - 16:45
Elicium 2, RAI Convention Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Coffee Break

16:45 - 18:15
Room D201, Elicium, RAI Convention Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Workshop 6 - TBLI and High Net Worth Wealth Management

Angela de Wolff (Moderator)
Founder & CEO - ConSer Invest SA - Switzerland

Antoinette Hunziker-Ebneter (Speaker 1)
Founding Partner, Chief Executive Officer and Vice-President of the Board - Forma Futura Invest AG - Switzerland

Stanley Fink (Speaker 2)
Former Chairman - Man Group plc - United Kingdom

Niklas Zennström (Speaker 3)
Co-Founder - Atomico™ - United Kingdom

16:45 - 18:15
Room D202, Elicium, RAI Convention Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Workshop 7 - Social Entrepreneurs

Is Peer-to-Peer Lending an answer to the lack of credit in the market?

Maritta R.v.B. Koch-Weser (Moderator)
Chair, Board of Trustees - The Global Exchange for Social Investment - GEXSI - Germany

Mads Kjær (Speaker 1)
Founder and Chief Executive Officer - MYc4 - Denmark

Matt Flannery (Speaker 2)
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer - Kiva - United States of America

Giles Andrews (Speaker 3)
Chief Executive Officer - ZOPA - United Kingdom

16:45 - 18:15
Room D203, Elicium, RAI Convention Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Workshop 8 - TBLI and the Copenhagen Climate Council

One of the aims of "Copenhagen" is to demonstrate and promote that tackling climate change has the potential to create huge opportunities for innovation and economic growth. Can and will the financial... Read more.

_________ (Moderator)

_________ (Speaker 1)

_________ (Speaker 2)

_________ (Speaker 3)

16:45 - 18:15
Room D204, Elicium, RAI Convention Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Workshop 9 - Business, Human Rights and Investment

Gemma Crijns (Moderator)
Director - CSR Dialogue - The Netherlands

Huong Thi Thu Vu (Speaker 1)
SE Asia and Corporate Responsibility Advisor - Vectra International - Vietnam
Labour Conditions and the Supply Chain
Read more.

Sophia Tiickell (Speaker 2)
Executive Director - SustainAbility - United Kingdom
The Pharma Futures 3
Read more.

_________ (Speaker 3)

16:45 - 18:15
Room D403, Elicium, RAI Convention Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Workshop 10 - Water

_________ (Moderator)

Steve Hoffman (Speaker 1)
Founder & Chief Executive Officer - WaterTech Capital - United States of America

_________ (Speaker 2)

_________ (Speaker 3)

18:30 - 19:30
Foyer I+II, Amsterdam Okura Hotel*****, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Dinner Cocktail

19:30 - 21:30
Grand Ballroom, Amsterdam Okura Hotel*****, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Grand Dinner (Invitation Only)

20:15 - 20:45
Grand Ballroom, Amsterdam Okura Hotel*****, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

ESG Leaders Awards Ceremony

Awarded by Investments & Pensions Europe (IPE) in cooperation with TBLI CONFERENCE™ Best Reseach house/Consultant in ESG Most Innovative Development Related to ESG Outstanding Contributor to De... Read more.

21:25 - 21:30
Grand Ballroom, Amsterdam Okura Hotel*****, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Closure of First Conference Day

The attendence of this speaker is not yet confirmed.

Friday, 13 November 2009

09:00 - 10:45
Room D201, Elicium, RAI Convention Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Workshop 11 - Rating Methodology (Provisional - TBC)

In cooperation with EIRIS

Peter Webster (Moderator)
Chief Executive Officer - Ethical Investment Research Services (EIRIS) Ltd. - United Kingdom

_________ (Speaker 1)

_________ (Speaker 2)

_________ (Speaker 3)

09:00 - 10:45
Room D202, Elicium, RAI Convention Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Workshop 12 - Alternative Investments

_________ (Moderator)

Bernd Schanzenbächer (Speaker 1)
Partner - EBG Capital AG - Switzerland

_________ (Speaker 2)

_________ (Speaker 3)

09:00 - 10:45
Room D203, Elicium, RAI Convention Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Workshop 13 - Voluntary Guidelines: Greenwashing or Genuine TBLI Mobilization?

Leo Johnson (Moderator)
Partner - PriceWaterhouseCoopers - United Kingdom

Oliver Jaeggi (Speaker 1)
Managing Director; Chairman - ECOFACT AG - Switzerland
How To Transtlate The PRI Framework Into Practice: Norm-based Exclusion
Read more.

Amanda Haworth-Wiklund (Speaker 2)
Director - Carbon Disclosure Project Scandinavian Secretariat - Sweden

James Gifford (Speaker 3)
Executive Director - UNPRI - Australia

09:00 - 10:45
Room D204, RAI Convention Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Workshop 14 - Mudharabah, Wadiah, Musharakah, Iljarah - Islamic Finance

_________ (Moderator)

Fares Mourad (Speaker 1)
Head of Islamic Finance - Bank Sarasin & Cie AG - Switzerland

_________ (Speaker 2)

_________ (Speaker 3)

09:00 - 10:45
Room D403, Elicium, RAI Convention Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Workshop 15 - Carbon Finance

_________ (Moderator)

Richard Sandor (Speaker 1)
Chief Executive Officer - CCX-Chicago Climate Exchange - United States of America

Laurent Milliat (Speaker 2)
Sustainability Analyst - Dexia Asset Management - Belgium
Research Paper May 2009 - Pricing Carbon in Hydrocarbon Portfolios: Climate Change Risks and Opportunities for Upstream Assets
Read more.

_________ (Speaker 3)

10:45 - 11:15
Elicium 2, RAI Convention Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Coffee Break

11:15 - 13:00
Room D201, Elicium, RAI Convention Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Workshop 16 - Biodiversity Investment

_________ (Moderator)

Venancio R. De los Reyes, Jr. (Speaker 1)
Partnership and Resource Mobilization Specialist - Asean Centre for Biodiversity, University of the Philippines - The Philippines

Francis Vorhies (Speaker 2)
Senior Advisor to IUCN, Director Earthmind - IUCN - The World Conservation Union - Switzerland

Arief Wicaksono (Speaker 3)
Forest Governance Advisor - Partnerships for Governance Reform in Indonesia - Indonesia

11:15 - 13:00
Room D202, Elicium, RAI Convention Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Workshop 17 - Social Return on Investment (SROI) and the ESG Performance of Foundations

_________ (Moderator)

Peter Scholten (Speaker 1)
Director - Scholten&Franssen Consultancy - The Netherlands

_________ (Speaker 2)

_________ (Speaker 3)

11:15 - 13:00
Room D203, Elicium, RAI Convention Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Workshop 18 - Green Real Estate

Bob Mann (Moderator)
Director of Sustainability Services and Indices - Jantzi Research Inc. - Canada

Claire Chiang (Speaker 1)
Managing Director of Retail Operations Banyan Tree Holdings and Chairperson of Banyan Tree Group CSR Committee - Banyan Tree Holdings - Singapore

Lisa Galley (Speaker 2)
Founder and Managing Principal - Galley Eco Capital, LLC - United States of America

Oliver Schneider (Speaker 3)
Commercial Director - Facility:Innovate - United Kingdom
Charging Up The Stairs - Sustainability In The Built Environment
Read more.

11:15 - 13:00
Room D204, Elicium, RAI Convention Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Workshop 19 - The Financial Sector's Role on Ethics in Finance

_________ (Moderator)

_________ (Speaker 1)

_________ (Speaker 2)

_________ (Speaker 3)

11:15 - 13:00
Room D403, Elicium, RAI Convention Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Workshop 20 - TBLI ACADEMY™ on Integrating ESG into Portfolios

_________ (Moderator)

Floris Lambrechtsen (Speaker 1)
Director - Double Dividend B.V. - The Netherlands

Ivo Knoepfel (Speaker 2)
Managing Director - onValues Ltd. - Switzerland

_________ (Speaker 3)

13:00 - 14:30
Elicium 2, RAI Convention Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Standing Buffet Lunch

14:30 - 16:30
Elicium 1, RAI Convention Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

TBLI Roundtable Challenge 2 - Financial Integrity

_________ (Moderator)

_________ (Speaker 1)

_________ (Speaker 2)

_________ (Speaker 3)

_________ (Speaker 4)

16:30 - 17:00
Elicium 1, RAI Convention Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Keynote 5

17:00 - 17:30
Elicium 1, RAI Convention Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Closing Address

17:30 - 17:35
Elicium 1, RAI Convention Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Official Closing

Robert Rubinstein
Founder and Chief Executive Officer - TBLI Conference B.V./TBLI Consulting B.V. - The Netherlands

The attendence of this speaker is not yet confirmed.

This overview was last changed: 2009-07-03 02:37:27

TBLI CONFERENCE™ EUROPE 2009 - Sponsors

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