Full Agenda
Programme Highlights
Academic Sessions —
Accounting | 9:00-17:00
Academic Sessions —
Finance | 9:00-17:00
Conference Sessions — Building and Financing Successful Sustainable Business
- Opening Session
- The corporate context of sustainability
- Sustainability — risk management or competitive advantage
- The Business Case for Sustainability
- Keynote Speaker: Cameron Hepburn
- Fast-changing Business Environment
- Sustainable Investment Opportunities and Pitfalls
- Keynote Speaker: Robert F. Engle, Nobel Prize in Economics
Conference Sessions — Nature Positive: From Thinking to Acting
- Opening Session and Context
- Nature Positive Strategies
- Nature Positive Finance — Externality Markets, Biodiversity, Corporate Accountability and Policy
- Execution, The Learning Curve
- Planning, Reflections from the Board
- Closing of Day — Wrap-up and next steps
Conference Sessions — Scaling Urban Climate Neutrality: Business, Finance & Collective Action
- Welcome and Opening session
- The European urban climate context
- Unlocking urban climate investment
- Blended finance for urban climate transition
- Corporate Innovation in Urban Climate Transitions - Case Studies
- Advancing local climate pacts
- Closing Ceremony
Programme in Detail
Day 1 - June 29
At CATÓLICA-LISBON
Academic Sessions — Accounting
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Presenters:
Thorsten Sellhorn, University of Munich
Ane Tamayo, LSE
Khrystyna Bochkay, Miami University
Nemit Schroff, MIT
Mirko Heinle, Wharton University
Aaron Yoon, Northwestern University
Discussants:
Tim Baldenius, Columbia University
Ilia Dichev, Emory
Gaia Melloni, HEC
Rachel Yoon, BU
Jody Grewal, Toronto University
Naomi Soderstrom, University of Melbourne
Day 2 - June 30
At Santander Center
Academic Sessions — Finance
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List of Speakers
Presenters:
Ioannis Branikas, University of Oregon
Karl Lins, University of Utah
Diana Bonfim, ECB and CATOLICA-LISBON
Samuel Hartzmark, Boston College
Zacharias Sautner, University of Zurich
Jan Starmans, Stockholm School of Economics
Discussants:
Yiding Ma, Technical University of Denmark
Pedro Matos, University of Virginia
Mathias Kruttli, Indiana University
Melissa Prado, NOVA SBE
Christoph Schiller, Ohio State University
Tuomas Tomunen, Boston College
Conference Sessions — Building and Financing Successful Sustainable Business
9:30 | Opening Session
9:45 | The corporate context of sustainability
10:15 | Sustainability — risk management or competitive advantage
11:45 | The Business Case for Sustainability
13:00 | Lunch Break
14:00 | Keynote Speaker: Cameron Hepburn, Professor of Environmental Economics, Oxford University
14:30 | Fast-changing Business Environment (Roundtable)
15:45 | Sustainable Investment Opportunities and Pitfalls (Roundtable)
17:00 | Keynote Speaker: Robert F. Engle, Nobel Prize in Economics, Professor of Finance, NYU
Day 3 - July 1
At CATÓLICA-LISBON
Conference Sessions — Nature Positive: From Thinking to Acting
9:30 | Opening Session and Context (Keynote Speaker)
10:30 | Nature Positive Strategies (Roundtable)
11:45 | Nature Positive Finance - Externality Markets, Biodiversity, Corporate Accountability and Policy (Roundtable)
12:30 | Lunch Break
14:00 | The Learning Curve of Nature-Positive Execution (Roundtable)
15:45 | Planning Nature-Positive, Reflections from the Board (Keynote Speakers)
16:30 | Closing of Day
Day 4 - July 2
At CATÓLICA-LISBON
Conference Sessions — Scaling Urban Climate Neutrality: Business, Finance & Collective Action
9:30 | Welcome and Opening session
10:30 | The European urban climate context
11:30 | Unlocking urban climate investment
12:30 | Lunch Break
14:30 | Blended finance for urban climate transition
15:15 | Corporate Innovation in Urban Climate Transitions - Case Studies
16:45 | Advancing local climate pacts
18:00 | Closing Ceremony
