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Conference Conference

TBLI CONFERENCE™ EUROPE 2012

Location

Swissôtel Zurich****, Switzerland

Dates

Thursday and Friday, November 8-9, 2012

Description

The prime annual global networking and learning event on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and Impact Investing. ❖ Theme for 2012: "Why Occupy? Try TBLI!" ❖ Attendees remain able to determine their workshop choice at the conference, which may mean some workshops will be (more than) full and others sparsely attended. This remains part of our 14-year conference tradition. ❖ Please note: The program is subject to change without notice.

Thursday, November 8, 2012

07.30 - 09.00
Lobby, 0/F

Registration

09.00 - 09.10
Zürich/Basel, 1/F

Opening First Conference Day and Welcome

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

09.10 - 09.30
Zürich/Basel, 1/F

Opening Keynote

Pavan Sukhdev
Founder and CEO - GIST Advisory UK Pvt Ltd. - United Kingdom
Corporation 2020 - Transforming Business for Tomorrow's World
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09.30 - 10.30
Zürich/Basel, 1/F

TBLI Roundtable - Part 1 - Prognostications for ESG Investment 2012-2020

How Sustainable is ESG Investing in Times of Financial Crisis?

Toni Symonds (Moderator)
Chief Consultant - California State Legislature - United States of America

Sarbjit Nahal (Speaker 1)
Director SRI & Sustainability - Bank of America Merill Lynch - United Kingdom

Barbara Krumsiek (Speaker 2)
Chair, CEO & President - Calvert Group, Ltd. - United States of America

Sarah McPhee (Speaker 3)
Chief Executive Officer - Storebrand Kapitalforvaltning AS - Norway

Anne-Maree O’Connor (Speaker 4)
Head of SRI - New Zealand Superannuation Fund - New Zealand

10.30 - 11.30
Zürich/Basel, 1/F

TBLI Roundtable - Part 2 - An Embarrassment of Choices - Sustainable Investment in China, India, Japan, USA, EU up to 2020

_________ (Moderator)

Gloria Nelund (Speaker 1)
Chairman and CEO - TriLinc Global, LLC - United States of America

Mariko Kawaguchi (Speaker 2)
Head of CSR Department, Director Social Investment Forum Japan - Daiwa Insitute of Research Ltd. - Japan

Rana Kapoor (Speaker 3)
Founder, Managing Director & CEO - Yes Bank Limited - India

Frédéric Surry (Speaker 4)
COO Investments and Head of Investment and Business Solutions - BNP Paribas France - France

11.30 - 12.00
Foyer/Bern, 1/F

Coffee Break

12.00 - 12.30
Zürich/Basel, 1/F

Keynote 2

Martin Rapaport
Chairman - Rapaport Group - United States of America
Development Diamonds – Challenges and Opportunities
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12.30 - 13.00
Zürich/Basel, 1/F

Keynote 3

Steve Howard
Chief Sustainability Officer - Ikea Group - United Kingdom

13.00 - 13.10
Zürich/Basel, 1/F

Moderator Briefing

All Moderators are requested to provide a very short and crisp intro to their workshops in order to inform Attendees. Attendees remain able to determine their workshop choice at the conference, which ... Read more.

13.10 - 14.30
Foyer/Bern, 1/F

Lunch

14.30 - 16.15
Vevey/Lausanne, 1/F

Workshop 1 - Sustainable Building Industry

Who is "Best of Class" in energy saving?

_________ (Moderator)

_________ (Speaker 1)

_________ (Speaker 2)

_________ (Speaker 3)

14.30 - 16.15
Montreux, 1/F

Workshop 2 - Integrated Reporting in Europe

How integrated is "Integrated Reporting"?

Pippa Croney (Moderator)
Director - Board Intelligence - United Kingdom

Ralf Frank (Speaker 1)
Managing Director - DVFA - Society of Investment Professionals in Germany - Germany

Bruno Beauvois (Speaker 2)
President - French Association of Financial Analysts - SFAF - France

Jonathan Normand (Speaker 3)
Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer - Codethic SA - Switzerland
CSR Management Practices - Performance Indicators
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14.30 - 16.15
Biel, 1/F

Workshop 3 - TBLI and Demographics

Future pension funds for the Lucky Few?

_________ (Moderator)

_________ (Speaker 1)

_________ (Speaker 2)

_________ (Speaker 3)

14.30 - 16.15
Genf, 1/F

Workshop 4 - Integrating ESG into Portfolios #1

_________ (Moderator)

Larry Abele (Speaker 1)
Founding Partner and Chief Executive Officer - Auriel Capital Limited - United Kingdom
Building a Responsible Hedge Fund
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Maria Custer (Speaker 2)
Executive Director, Global Equity Analyst - Vontobel Asset Management - Switzerland

_________ (Speaker 3)

14.30 - 16.15
Arosa/Davos, Panorama Floor, 31/F

Workshop 5 - TBLI and Commodities: Wood and Pulp

Is wood labeling a credible answer to anemic biodiversity?

Ted van der Put (Moderator)
Program Director - Sustainable Trade Initiative (IDH) - Netherlands

Gabriel Micheli (Speaker 1)
Head of Pictet Timber - Pictet Asset Management Limited - United Kingdom

Ernst A. Brugger (Speaker 2)
Chairman of the Board - Precious Woods Holding Ltd. - Switzerland

David G. Brand (Speaker 3)
Founder and Managing Director - New Forests Pty Limited - Australia

14.30 - 16.15
Saas Fee/Zermatt, Panorama Floor, 31/F

Workshop 6 - TBLI and Family Offices/HNW

Charity or real commitment?

_________ (Moderator)

Jaume Iglésies (Speaker 1)
Head of Values Based Investing - UBS AG - Switzerland

Erol Bilecen (Speaker 2)
Head Client Services Sustainable Investment - Bank Sarasin & Co. Ltd - Switzerland
What HNWIs really think - Results from the Eurosif study “HNWIs and SRI”
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Patrick Elmer (Speaker 3)
Director, Head Microfinance, Private Banking Investment Services and Products - Credit Suisse - Switzerland

14.30 - 16.15
Office Luzern, 1/F

Press & News Room

16.15 - 16.45
Foyer/Bern, 1/F

Coffee Break

16.45 - 18.15
Vevey/Lausanne, 1/F

Workshop 7 - TBLI and Sovereign Debt Risk

Will ESG info soften sovereign debt risks?

_________ (Moderator)

Florian Sommer (Speaker 1)
Senior Strategist - Union Investment - Germany
The Link between ESG and Sovereign Debt
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Estelle Mironesco (Speaker 2)
Director of Vigeo Rating - Vigeo Group - France

Balazs Magyar (Speaker 3)
Sustainability Analyst - Bank Sarasin & Co. Ltd - Switzerland

16.45 - 18.15
Montreux, 1/F

Workshop 8 - Impact Investing #1

_________ (Moderator)

Jorim Schraven (Speaker 1)
Manager Financial Institutions Africa - Dutch Development Bank - Netherlands
Sector-wide Engagement - The Dutch Development Bank's Approach To Impact Investing
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Rodolfo Fracassi (Speaker 2)
Co-Founder and Director - MainStreet Partners - United Kingdom

_________ (Speaker 3)

16.45 - 18.15
Biel, 1/F

Workshop 9 - Post-Fukushima: Alternative Energy in Europe

Does it make a difference?

_________ (Moderator)

Marcus Malkmus (Speaker 1)
Chairman - FimpactT AG - Switzerland
Recent Political Decision-Making - A Sustainable Long-term Strategy for Renewables in Europe?
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Matthias Fawer (Speaker 2)
Director, Asset Management Sustainability Research - Bank Sarasin & Co. Ltd - Switzerland

_________ (Speaker 3)

16.45 - 18.15
Genf, 1/F

Workshop 10 - Can Hedging Be ESG-Compatible?

Zurich as a new hedge fund hub after London - Can hedge funds innovate or is it business as usual?

_________ (Moderator)

Richard Bookbinder (Speaker 1)
Managing Director - TerraVerde Capital Partners LP - United States of America

Joseph Naayem (Speaker 2)
Fund Manager - HDF Finance SA - France

Paul Udall (Speaker 3)
Investment Director - GAM - United Kingdom

16.45 - 18.15
Arosa/Davos, Panorama Floor, 31/F

Workshop 11 - TBLI and Recycling

Undervalued resource savers

_________ (Moderator)

Geneviève Ferone (Speaker 1)
Senior Vice President Sustainability - Veolia Environnement - France

Christophe Churet (Speaker 2)
Analyst - SAM - Switzerland

_________ (Speaker 3)

16.45 - 18.15
Saas Fee/Zermatt, Panorama Floor, 31/F

Workshop 12 - Fund Performance and Structure

What are the linkages for successful ESG Investment?

_________ (Moderator)

_________ (Speaker 1)

_________ (Speaker 2)

_________ (Speaker 3)

16.45 - 18.15
Office Luzern, 1/F

Press & News Room

18.30 - 19.30
Foyer/Bern, 1/F

Pre-Dinner Cocktail Drinks

19.30 - 20.30
Zürich/Basel, 1/F

Grand Dinner (Invitation Only)

20.00 - 20.15
Zürich/Basel, 1/F

Grand Dinner Keynote

20.15 - 21.00
Zürich/Basel, 1/F

ESG Leaders Awards Europe - Shortlist 2012

- 21.30
Zürich/Basel, 1/F

Closure First Conference Day

The attendance of this speaker is not yet confirmed.

Friday, November 9, 2012

09.00 - 10.45
Vevey/Lausanne, 1/F

Workshop 13 - Integrating ESG into Portfolios #2

_________ (Moderator)

_________ (Speaker 1)

_________ (Speaker 2)

_________ (Speaker 3)

09.00 - 10.45
Biel, 1/F

Workshop 14 - Measurement of Impact Investment

_________ (Moderator)

Benjaming Firmenich (Speaker 1)
Executive Director - Kharmax Impact Monitoring System S.A. - Switzerland
Kharmax Impact Monitoring System - A straightforward and cost-effective reporting solution for Fund Managers
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Jody Rasch (Speaker 2)
Senior Vice President Social Performance Group - Moody's Analytics - United States of America
Measuring Social Performance in Microfinance
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Andrew Kassoy (Speaker 3)
Co-Founder - B Corporation - United States of America

09.00 - 10.45
Genf, 1/F

Workshop 15 - Are BRICET now ESG.2?

Are Brazil, Russia, India and China, Eastern European countries and Turkey really new ESG markets? How far ahead are EU and USA?

_________ (Moderator)

Andy Gebhardt (Speaker 1)
Director - SolAbility - South Korea
The Global Sustainable Competitiveness Index - March 2012
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Stephen Tong (Speaker 2)
Portfolio Manager, Managing Director - Vontobel Asset Management - Switzerland

_________ (Speaker 3)

09.00 - 10.45
Montreux, 1/F

Workshop 16 - TBLI and Commodities: Oil

Is the price right?

_________ (Moderator)

Elodie Grant-Goodey (Speaker 1)
Head of Social Policy and Sustainability - BP plc - United Kingdom

Rosanna Bolzoni (Speaker 2)
SRI Analyst - Eni SpA - Italy

Bertrand Janus (Speaker 3)
Senior Advisor, Sustainable Development - Total SA - France

09.00 - 10.45
Arosa/Davos, Panorama Floor, 31/F

Workshop 17 - Kyoto and Durban Failed: Low-Carbon Investment?

Bad news for the planet, good news for investment?

_________ (Moderator)

Ken Newcombe (Speaker 1)
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer - C-Quest Capital, LLC - United States of America

Bernhard Zander (Speaker 2)
First Vice President - KfW Carbon Fund - Germany

Sascha Lafeld (Speaker 3)
Executive Board Member - First Climate (Germany) GmbH - Germany

09.00 - 10.45
Saas Fee/Zermatt, Panorama Floor, 31/F

Workshop 18 - TBLI and Human Rights

Who really cares?

Stephanie Gerteiser (Moderator)
Consultant - TBLI Consulting B.V. - Netherlands

Alyson Warhurst (Speaker 1)
Chief Executive Officer - Maplecroft - United Kingdom
Human rights and Investment: How to Turn Reputational Risk into Commercial Opportunity
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Silke Riedel (Speaker 2)
Head of Investment Research - imug GmbH - Germany
How to Assess the Understanding and Performance of Companies Concerning Development and Justice?
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Patrice Schneider (Speaker 3)
Chief Strategy Officer - Media Development Loan Fund - Switzerland
Impact investing in Independent Media: Mobilizing Private Capital for Press Freedom
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09.00 - 10.45
Office Luzern, 1/F

Press & News Room

10.45 - 11.00
Foyer, 1/F

Coffee Break

11.00 - 12.00
Zürich/Basel, 1/F

Plenary Conclusion

12.10 - 12.30
Zürich/Basel, 1/F

Sponsors - Views for 2012-13

12.30 - 12.50
Zürich/Basel, 1/F

ESG Leaders Award Europe 2012 Winners - Views for 2012-13

12.50 - 13.00
Zürich/Basel, 1/F

Conference Message - Press Release

The attendance of this speaker is not yet confirmed.

This overview was last changed: 2012-05-15 16:14:23 CEST

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