Chair: Philipp Krüger, Professor (University of Geneva & Swiss Finance Institute). Speaker : Qendresa Rugova ... Pr
Agenda Latsis Forum 2016, 3rd Geneva Summit on Sustainable Finance (22 March 2016) 09:30-10:00
Registration Room 1
10:00-10:15
Opening Professor Dusan Sidjanski, Member of the Foundation Board (Fondation Latsis Internationale) Bertrand Gacon, President (Sustainable Finance Geneva)
10:15-11:30
Morning Plenary Session Chair: Philipp Krüger, Professor (University of Geneva & Swiss Finance Institute)
Giving Behavior of Millionaires Speaker: Paul Smeets, Professor (University of Maastricht) Discussant: Claudia Genier, Deputy Director (SwissFoundations)
Financing energy efficiency through publicly listed “YieldCo” vehicles Speaker : Qendresa Rugova, Senior Consultant (Burg Capital) Discussant: Dominique Candrian, Managing Partner (EIC Partners)
11:45-13:00
Morning Parallel Sessions Chair: Bernd Balkenhol, Professor (University of Geneva)
Room 1
Chair: Olivier Scaillet, Professor (University of Geneva & Swiss Finance Institute)
Room 2
Subsidies to key commodities driving forest loss: implications for private climate finance Speaker: William McFarland, Program Manager and Researcher (Overseas Development Institute, Climate and Environment Programme) Discussant: Mariana Hug Silva, Infrastructure and Sustainable Finance Specialist (IISD)
Peer Effects of Corporate Social Responsibility
Ecological Limits, Technology and Stranded Coal Reserve Assets
Do Banks Really Care? Social Norms in Bank Lending
Speaker: Elizabeth Cooperman, Professor (University of Colorado at Denver)
Speaker: Xintong Zhan, PhD candidate (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Discussant: Dominique Biedermann, President (Ethos Foundation)
Speaker: Judy Chalabi, PhD candidate (Maastricht University) and Nadja Günster, Professor (University of Münster) Discussant: Amandine Favier, Senior Discussant: Martin Rohner, Advisor, Sustainable Finance, (WWF CEO (Banque Alternative Switzerland) Suisse) 1 of 3
13:00-14:30
Lunch and Poster Sessions
Poster : Comparing sustainability: Accounting and reporting schemes as a tool for sustainable development
Poster : Environmental policy performance bonds
Presenter: Daniela Woschnack, PhD candidate (Friedrich Schiller University Jena)
Presenter: Abdeldjellil Bouzidi, Economist (Emena Advisory)
Poster : The Cost of Inaction
Poster : The Influence of Social Preferences on Bond Investor Flows Presenter: Hans-Martin Henke, PhD candidate (Catholic University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt)
Presenter: Brian Gardner, Managing Editor (The Economist Intelligence Unit)
14:30-15:45
Afternoon Parallel Session Chair: Bertrand Gacon, Head of Impact Investment and SRI (Lombard Odier), President (Sustainable Finance Geneva)
Chair: Harald Hau, Professor (University of Geneva & Swiss Finance Institute)
Room 1
Room 2
Incentivizing Impact Investing
Red versus Blue: Do Political Dimensions influence the Investment Preferences of State Pension Funds?
Speaker: Shaun William Davies, Professor (University of Colorado, Boulder) Discussant: Guillaume Taylor, Managing Partner (Quadia)
Speaker: Lisa Schopohl, PhD candidate (University of Reading) Discussant: Sabine Döbeli, CEO (Swiss Sustainable Finance)
Measuring and Aggregating Social Performance of Microfinance IIvestment Vehicles
Crowdfunding Cleantech
Speaker: Julia Annette Meyer, Postdoctoral researcher (University of Zürich) Discussant: Roland Dominicé, CEO (Symbiotics)
Speaker: Gaël Leboeuf, PhD candidate (SKEMA BS Université de Lille) Discussant: Jonathan Normand, Directeur (Codethic), Co-fondateur (Swiss Crowdfunding Association)
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15:45-16:15
Coffee Break
16:15-18:00
Afternoon Plenary Session Room 1 UNEP Inquiry into a Sustainable Financial System Panel Discussion: "Policy Innovation for Sustainable Finance" Moderator: Mark Halle, Senior Advisor (UNEP Inquiry) & Vice President (IISD) Presentation of the Inquiry's findings: UNEP Representative in New York
Elliott Harris, UN ASG and
Panelist 1: Caroline Anstey, Group Managing Director, Global Head UBS and Society (UBS Switzerland AG)
Panelist 2: Jean-Daniel Gerber, President (Swiss Sustainable Finance)
Panelist 3: Bruno Oberle, Professor (EPFL)
Panelist 4: Jean-Charles Rochet, Professor (UZH)
Closing remarks: Eric Usher, Officer in Charge (UNEP-FI) 18:00-18:30
Coffee Break
18:30-18:45
Speech Yves Flückiger, Rector (University of Geneva) SFG Innovation Prize award by Bertrand Gacon, President (Sustainable Finance Geneva)
Best Conference Paper Prize awarded by Rajna Gibson Brandon, Professor (University of Geneva & Swiss Finance Institute) 18:45-19:30
Keynote Speech by Tidjane Thiam, CEO (Credit Suisse) Contribution of banks: How can banks make finance more sustainable? Chair: Rajna Gibson Brandon, Professor (University of Geneva & Swiss Finance Institute)
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