Agenda

B4E Climate Summit – 28-29 May 2013, London
NET ZERO. CLIMATE POSITIVE.

DRAFT AGENDA

Note: This is a draft agenda displaying confirmed and invited speakers, and is subject to change.

Facilitator: Will Day, Sustainability Advisor / Fellow, PwC / University of Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership

Tuesday – 28 May 2013

0900 – 0940	Opening Addresses Jim Leape, Director-General, WWF International Mark Kenber, Chief Executive Officer, The Climate Group Sally Uren, Deputy Chief Executive, Forum for the Future
0940 – 1050	Opening plenary discussion panel Accelerating net zero business solutions Moderator: Amanda Feldman, Engagement Officer, Volans Bruno Berthon, Managing Director, Strategy & Sustainability, Accenture Tom Burke, Environmental Policy Advisor, Rio Tinto Chris Librie, Director of Environmental and Health Initiatives, HP Sustainability and Social Innovation Ralph Thurm, Founder & Managing Director, A\|HEAD\|ahead
1050 – 1120	Networking coffee break
1120 – 1130	Leadership perspective, Renault-Nissan Alliance Jerry Hardcastle, Global Chief Marketability Engineer and Technical Director Global Motorsport, Nissan
1130 – 1240	Climate positive – Global impact Moderator: Mark Kenber, Chief Executive Officer, The Climate Group Ian Cheshire, Group Chief Executive, Kingfisher Peter White, Visiting Professor / formerly Director, Global Sustainability, Newcastle Institute for Research on Sustainability / Procter & Gamble Paul Crewe, Head of Sustainability, Energy & Engineering, Sainsburys Stores Magnus Rosen, Portfolio Manager, SKF BeyondZero Portfolio
1240 – 1400	Lunch
1415 – 1700	WORKING GROUPS Business climate commitments and policy recommendations. 1. Transport & Mobility Chair: Peter Boyd, Chief Operating Officer, Carbon War Room Speakers: Adriaan Korthuis, Founding Partner & Director, Climate Focus Alexander Holst, Head of Sustainability Services, Austria, Switzerland & Germany, Accenture Giles Dickson, VP Environmental Policies & Global Advocacy, Alstom 2. Agriculture & Forestry Chair: Tony Simons, Director General, World Agroforestry Centre Speakers: Ben Gannon, Vice President Public Affairs, Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget (SCA) Wouter van Tol, Head of Sustainability Communications, Nestlé UK Ian Hope Johnstone, Director of Agricultural Sustainability, PepsiCo Katie McCoy, Account Manager, CDP 3. Renewable Energy Chair: Nick Molho, Head of Energy Policy, WWF UK Speakers: Seiji Kawazoe, Associate General Manager, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank Nelson Sam, Managing Director, Global Advisory Services, Commodities & Energy, Thomson Reuters Ed Gill, Head of External Affairs, Good Energy Mike Sherry, Founder, Mwezi Allen Creedy, Chairman of the Energy, Environment & Water Policy Unit, The Federation of Small Businesses 4. Consumer Goods Chair: Geoff Lane, Partner, Sustainability & Climate Change, PwC Speakers: Tracey Currer, Co-founder, Ecomodo Alexis Olans, Senior Global Program Manager, Adidas Better Place Peter White, Visiting Professor / formerly Director, Global Sustainability, Newcastle Institute for Research on Sustainability / Procter & Gamble Richard Ellis, Director, Corporate Social Responsibility, Alliance Boots Group Michael Alexander, Global Head of Environment (Communications & Policy), Diageo 5. Information Technology Chair: Molly Webb, Head of Smart Technologies, The Climate Group Presenter: Dexter Galvin, Head of Supply Chain, CDP Speakers: Philippe Tuzzolino, Environment Director, France Telecom-Orange Group Mary-Anne King, Head of Environmental Sustainability, Microsoft UK Bruno Zago, Environmental Manager, UK & Ireland, HP Gabrielle Giner, Environmental Sustainability, BT Neil Harris, Head of Sustainability EMEA, Cisco Suresh Babu Sugumaran, Head of Eco Sustainability Services, Europe, Tata Consulting Services Dominique Roche, Head of Sustainability Standardisation & Operators / Counsellor & Co-chairman, WG Data Centre & Sustainability, France Telecom-Orange Group / CTO Alliance/CRIP
1730 – 2100	Networking cocktail reception and dinner
Wednesday – 29 May 2013
0830 – 0900	Coffee reception
0900 – 0905	Opening Speech
0905 – 1000	Building the net zero, climate positive cities of the future Moderator: Paul King, Chief Executive Officer / Chair, UK Green Building Council / Zero Carbon Hub Conor Riffle, Head, CDP Matthew Pencharz, Environment & Political Advisor to the Mayor of London, Greater London Authority Terri Wills, Director, Global Initiatives, C40, in partnership with the Clinton Climate Initiative Gerhard Prätorius, Head of Coordination CSR and Sustainability, Volkswagen
1000 – 1045	Feedback and proposals from working group Chairs Moderator: Will Day, Sustainability Advisor / Fellow, PwC / University of Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership Tony Simons, Director General, World Agroforestry Centre Peter Boyd, Chief Operating Officer, Carbon War Room Nick Molho, Head of Energy Policy, WWF UK Molly Webb, Head of Smart Technologies, The Climate Group
1045 – 1115	Networking coffee break
1115 – 1200	Valuing the true cost of GHG emissions in the financial services sector to support net zero and climate positive growth Moderator: Dorothy Maxwell, Executive Director, TEEB for Business Coalition Frances Way, Co-Chief Operating Officer, CDP Ivo Mulder, Coordinator Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, UNEP FI Richard Mattison, Chief Executive Officer, Trucost Douglas JohnstonHead of Climate Change and Sustainability Services – UKI, Ernst & Young
1200 – 1210	Keynote address Investing in Sustainable Landscapes for Net Positive Impacts Peter Holmgren, Director General, CIFOR
1210 – 1300	Accelerating innovation for net zero and climate positive impact; technology challenges, crowd sourcing and hackathons – method or madness? Moderator: Ben Ferrari, Director, Corporate Relations,The Climate Group Scott Cain, Future Cities Programme Leader, Technology Strategy Board Nick Christy, Chief Executive Officer, CINTEP Australia Dax Lovegrove, Head of Business & Industry, WWF UK Sascha Haslemayer, Chief Executive Officer, LLGA \| Cities Pilot the Future Dan Perez, Chief Executive Officer, Marblar Matt Stanley, Innovation Manager, Ikea
1300 – 1320	Commitments from business and the way forward
1320 – 1330	Closing remarks David Nussbaum, Chief Executive Officer, WWF UK
1330 – 1430	Networking lunch
1430	End of the Climate Summit 2013


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Note: This is a draft agenda indicative of both invited and confirmed speakers, and is subject to change.

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