BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251119T004257EST-1081dj1BVb@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20251119T054257Z DESCRIPTION:The Inaugural ESG/Sustainable Finance Fall Conference is hosted by the CIBC Office of Sustainable Finance under the Auspices of ɬÀ﷬’s Sustainable Growth Initiative (SGI) and ɬÀï·¬ Business Law Platform.\n\nT his conference brings together experts in sustainable corporate governance \, management\, and finance\, responsible investment consulting\, and civi l society sustainability advocacy and policy-making. This event aims to fo ster a day-long conversation addressing challenges in these domains\, with a focus on three concrete spaces of organizational and conceptual transfo rmation.\n\nOur event aims to provide the space for a deep and engaged dia logue on how to effectively advance ESG and sustainability goals and how t o best coordinate public and private activities in that regard. Realizing that climate change is a societal problem\, the responsibility lies with g overnments and markets\, with citizens\, consumers\, corporations\, regula tory and quasi-regulatory agencies\, and with all of us. Our Fall Conferen ce is the first in a series of events meant to facilitate a long-term dial ogue that allows for a cross-sectional stock-taking of learned lessons – w hat works\, what doesn’t\, and why? – and for the exploration of concrete steps that can be taken in the public and private sectors and in coordinat ion between both.\n\n\nTheme: Sustainable Finance and ESG: From Policy Con cerns to Transformative Tools\n\nDate/Time: Friday\, November 24\, 2023 fr om 10:30am – 5:45pm\n\nLocation: Room 365/370\, Armstrong Building\, McGil l University\, 3420 Rue McTavish\, Montréal\, QC H3A 0E2\n\nRegister Here \n\n\nAgenda:\n\n\n 10:30 - Arrival and Registration\n 10:45 - Welcome Remar ks: Zahoor Chughtai\, Peer Zumbansen\, ɬÀï·¬'s Sustainable Growth Initiat ive\, the Office of Sustainable Finance and the ɬÀï·¬ Business Law Platfo rm\n 11:00 - PANEL 1: Climate Change Challenges for Public and Private Acto rs: How to Put Sustainability from Theory into Action\n \n Panelists: Chloe Soucy (GI Quo Vadis)\, Ryan Hillier (Founder & Partner\, Novalex)\, Rosell a Carè (University of Waterloo)\, Hope Moon (Climate Reality Canada)\n Mode rator: Marvin Shahin (Spiegel Sohmer)\n \n \n 12:30 - Lunch\n 13:30 - PANEL 2: Sustainability as Cognitive Challenge: Developing and Implementing Robust Sustainability Strategies within your Organization\, across your Value Ch ain\, and with key Collaborators in the Academy and Civil Society\n \n Panel ists: René Demers (Banque Nationale)\, Delia Cristea (Power Sustainable)\, Marc Barbeau (Air Canada)\; Amr Addas (John Molson School of Business – C oncordia University).\n Moderator: Professor Robert Yalden (Queens Universi ty\, Faculty of Law)\n \n \n 15:00 - Coffee\n 15:15 -  PANEL 3: Sustainable Fi nance – A ‘zero-sum game’ or an opportunity to transform the economy for f uture generations? Public expectations\, governmental interventions\, and Fiduciary Duties of Pension Fund and Asset Managers\n \n Panelists: Kevin Sk errett (OMERS)\; Olaf Weber (Schulich School of Business)\; Simon Archer ( Goldblatt Partners)\; Sebastien Betermier (ɬÀï·¬\, Desautels F aculty of Management)\; Krystel Papineau (Sortons la Caisse du carbone).\n Moderator: Shivani Salunke (ɬÀï·¬\, Faculty of Law)\n \n \n 16:45 - Global Reflections\n 17:00 - Networking\n 17:45 - End of Conference\n\n DTSTART:20231124T153000Z DTEND:20231124T224500Z LOCATION:Room 365/370\, Donald E. Armstrong Building\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 3L1\, 3420 rue McTavish SUMMARY:Inaugural ESG/Sustainable Finance Fall Conference presented by the Sustainable Growth Initiative (SGI) and ɬÀï·¬ Business Law Platform URL:/desautels/channels/event/inaugural-esgsustainable -finance-fall-conference-presented-sustainable-growth-initiative-sgi-and-3 52713 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR