BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260524T052327EDT-60756ToKSn@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20260524T092327Z DESCRIPTION:The Inaugural ESG/Sustainable Finance Fall Conference is hosted by the CIBC Office of Sustainable Finance under the Auspices of 91ɬÂþ’s Sustainable Growth Initiative (SGI) and 91ɬÂþ 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\, 91ɬÂþ's Sustainable Growth Initiat ive\, the Office of Sustainable Finance and the 91ɬÂþ 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 (91ɬÂþ\, Desautels F aculty of Management)\; Krystel Papineau (Sortons la Caisse du carbone).\n Moderator: Shivani Salunke (91ɬÂþ\, 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 91ɬÂþ Business Law Platform URL:/desautels/channels/event/inaugural-esgsustainable -finance-fall-conference-presented-sustainable-growth-initiative-sgi-and-3 52713 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR