image missing
Date: 2024-10-31 Page is: DBtxt003.php txt00018986

Event ... June 15th to 19th 2020
Responsible Investor Digital Festival

Agenda and Program ... Responsible Investor Digital Festival: Summer 2020 (RI DigiFest).

Burgess COMMENTARY

Peter Burgess
Responsible Investor Account Peter Burgess My RI × Confirmation: RI Digital Festival Thank you for registering to attend the Responsible Investor Digital Festival: Summer 2020 (RI DigiFest).

Ahead of the festival (15th - 19th June), you will receive an email invitation from us to create your profile and access the festival website, agenda, and networking. Please do check your junk mail as this email may get lost in there. If you do not receive this email by the event date please email delegateteam@responsible-investor.com.

While you are here, it would help us enormously if you could take a moment to indicate the sessions you think you are likely to attend. It doesn’t commit you, it just assists us with planning.

Please confirm your preferred sessions Jun 15th, 2020
  • 09:30-09:45 Keynote by Lead Sponsor | Masja Zandbergen, Head of Sustainability Integration, Robeco
  • 09:50-10:30 Keynote | Brune Poirson, French Secretary of State to the Minister for the Ecological and Inclusive Transition


  • 10:45-12:00 Plenary 1: Covid-19 and the future of capitalism
  • 13:00-14:00 D - Responsible investment in pharma
  • 13:00-14:00 C - Transparency in the mining sector
  • 13:00-14:00 A - Utility 2.0: are modern utility business models ESG-aligned?
  • 13:00-14:00 B - Food: ESG risks and sustainable investment opportunities
  • 14:30-15:45 An RI Careers special plenary - Is it cool to care about sustainability issues, and can it become an asset to your career?
Jun 16th, 2020
  • 09:30-09:45 Speaker’s Corner: A ten-minute ‘blue-skies-thinking’ presentation
  • 09:50-10:30 Keynote | Martin Spolc, Head of Unit, Capital Markets Union, DG Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union, European Commission


  • 10:45-12:00 Plenary 2: What does it actually mean to be a responsible investor in 2020 and beyond?
  • 13:00-14:00 B - New frontiers: ESG in hedge funds and derivatives
  • 13:00-14:00 C - Catalysing ESG and sustainable finance through Fintech and AI
  • 13:00-14:00 A - Identifying and managing ESG risks in fixed income portfolios
Jun 17th, 2020
  • 09:30-09:45 Speaker’s Corner: A ten-minute ‘blue-skies-thinking’ presentation
  • 09:50-10:30 Keynote | Pavan Sukhdev, CEO, GIST Impact


  • 10:45-12:00 Plenary 3: The road to net-zero economies and the investment implications
  • 13:00-14:00 C - The next generation of ESG and sustainability
  • 13:00-14:00 A - Doing ESG’ - how does it work in practice?
  • 13:00-14:00 B - Taking ESG management and integration to the next level
  • 14:30-16:30 Digital mind theatre - Thinking Bigly: How to Save the World
Jun 18th, 2020
  • 09:30-09:45 Speaker’s Corner: A ten-minute ‘blue-skies-thinking’ presentation
  • 09:50-10:30 Keynote | Dr Ma Jun, Chairman, China Green Finance Committee; Director, Research Center for Green Finance Development, Tsinghua University


  • 10:45-12:00 Plenary 4: Getting practical on the SDGs - 10 years left
  • 13:00-14:00 B - Transition bonds: a game-changer or distraction?
  • 13:00-14:00 C - Electric vehicles, battery tech, green public travel: what does the transport revolution mean for investors?
  • 13:00-14:00 A - Understanding and managing different climate risks
  • 13:00-14:00 D - The EU’s Green Deal: utopian vision or meaningful investment roadmap?
  • 14:30-15:30 Mindfulness and finance
  • 18:00-19:30 The DigiFest pub quiz: questions, but no answers…
Jun 19th, 2020
  • 09:30-09:45 Speaker’s Corner: A ten-minute ‘blue-skies-thinking’ presentation
  • 09:50-10:30 Keynote | Hiroshi Komori, Senior Director, Stewardship and ESG, GPIF in Japan


  • 10:45-12:00 Plenary 5: Full circle: is corporate culture and sustainable investing aligning?
  • 13:00-14:00 C - Narrowing the ESG risk gap between developed and emerging markets
  • 13:00-14:00 B - The evolution of reporting ‘regulation’ part 1: How are investors preparing for the EU green taxonom
  • 13:00-14:00 A - Navigating the growing impact investing space
  • 14:30-15:15 End of DigiFest Jazz Concert supporting musicians post Lockdown
RESPONSIBLE INVESTOR

Responsible Investor is published by Response Global Media Limited (Company No: 6123092); an independent UK publishing company.

Copyright © 2020 RGM.
SITE COUNT Amazing and shiny stats
Copyright © 2005-2021 Peter Burgess. All rights reserved. This material may only be used for limited low profit purposes: e.g. socio-enviro-economic performance analysis, education and training.