11th Annual Sustainability and Governance Conference

Agenda
Please note the agenda is subject to change

Register for the Conference

1:00 pm

Registration

1:30 - 1:40 pm

Welcome and Speaker Introduction
  • Ashok Parameswaran, President & Founder, Emerging Markets Investors Alliance (EMIA)
  • Adriaan Du Toit, Head of Emerging Market Sovereign and Corporate Credit Research, AllianceBernstein

1:45 - 2:30 pm

Panel 1: Government Strategies for Financing Sustainable Development in Emerging Markets

Speakers

  • Gavin Hayman, Executive Director, Open Contracting Partnership 
  • Jesse Baver, Head of Innovative Finance for Mobilisation, British International Investment plc

Moderator

  • Patrick O'Connell, Director - Responsible Investing Portfolio Solutions and Research, AllianceBernstein

2:35 - 2:50 pm

Fireside Chat: Sovereign Decarbonization Pathways

Host

  • Claire Meier Underhill, Investor Director, ASCOR

Guest

  • Antonina Scheer, Senior Policy Fellow and Deputy Director for Policy, TPI Centre, LSE

2:50 - 3:10 pm

Coffee Break

3:10 - 4:00 pm

Panel 2:  Volatility and Governance in the Age of AI
Speakers
  • Rashad Abelson, Technology Sector Lead, OECD
  • Audrey Mocle, Executive Director, Open MIC
  • Elizabeth Girling, Head of Social Sustainability,  Sustainable Finance Products & Frameworks, Standard Chartered Bank
  • Andrew Sutton, Visiting Fellow and Research Affiliate, Oxford Martin School AI Governance Initiative
Moderator
  • Maria Tinedo, Director, Financial Institutions and TMT Programs, EMIA

4:05 - 5:00  pm

Panel 3: Farm Animal Welfare in Emerging Markets - What Investors Need to Know
Speakers
  • Anna Cristina Souza, Senior Manager, Program and Policy, Humane World for Animals (Brazil)
  • Ivan Ivanov,  Global Lead Advisory Skills & Knowledge, Farming & Agribusiness, International Finance Corporation (IFC)
  • Carolina Maciel, Research Fellow, UK Trade Policy Observatory, University of Sussex
  • Dirk-Jan Verdonk,  Director, World Animal Protection (Netherlands)
Moderator
  • Roger Scher, Head of Sovereign Programs, EMIA

5:05 - 5:55 pm

Panel 4: Carbon Credits and Their Use in Attracting Capital to EM Countries
Speakers
  • Gautam Jain, Senior Research Scholar, Columbia Center on Global Energy Policy
  • Owain Johnson, Head of Research, CME Group
  • Audrey Goldstein, Director, Carbon Markets Development, Standard Chartered
  • Jan Ahrens, CEO, Transition Metrics
Moderator
  • Pavel Laberko, Director, Extractive Industries and Materials Programs, EMIA 

6:00 - 6:20 pm

Fireside Chat - Kenyan Sustainability Priorities

Host

  • Tallie Hausser, Associate Director, EM Sovereigns, Barings

Guest

  • Mr. Raphael Owino Otieno,Director General, Public Debt Management Office, The National Treasury, Kenya

6:25 - 6:30 pm

Closing Remarks
  • Patrick O'Connell, Director - Responsible Investing Portfolio Solutions and Research, AllianceBernstein
  • Jane Heap, Relationship Manager, Emerging Markets Investors Alliance (EMIA)

6:35 - 7:30 pm

Networking Reception