• open panel

Day 1

 

07:30-09:00 Registration


09:00-10:45 Opening Session: Setting the New Sustainable Infrastructure Agenda

  • What is Sustainable Infrastructure?
  • Financing as the key obstacle to sustainable infrastructure development
  • Cities as global leaders in the drive for sustainable infrastructure
  • Guy Morin, Mayor, Basel, Switzerland
  • David Miller, former C40 Chairman and former Mayor of Toronto, Advisor to the World Bank’s Mayor’s Task Force on the Urban Poor and Climate Resilience, Toronto, Canada
  • Michael Bloomberg, Mayor, New York City, USA (Video)
  • Robert Noble, Chairman and CEO, Envision Solar International, San Diego, USA
  • Gina Domanig, Managing Partner, Emerald Technology Ventures, Zurich, Switzerland
  • Barbara Kux, Board Member, Siemens, Munich, Germany
  • Christoph Frei, Secretary General, World Energy Council, London, UK
10:45-11:15 Break
Moderated Panels in Breakout Sessions
11:15-13:00 A. Financing Next Generation Eco-Cities for Regional Economic Development

  • Rob Bennett, Executive Director, Portland Sustainability Institute
  • Ng Ooi Hooi, Vice CEO, Sino-Singapore Tianjin Ecocity Investment and Development Ltd. Co., China
  • Nick Beglinger, President, swisscleantech
  • Haziq Beg, Chief Advisor Energy, Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation
  • Kondo Hidemichi, General
    Manager, e-solutions Inc, Japan
  • Mark Watts, Director, Arup
  • Robert Horbaty, Managing Director, Energy City/ Energiestadt, Switzerland
  • Mike Reardon, Strategy Director,
    Greater Manchester Environment
    Commission, Manchester, UK
  • Xun Xiaohui, Director, Shanghai Construction Group, China
B. CFCB Workshop: The Role of Carbon and Climate Finance in Sustainable Infrastructure Development

  • Simon Reddy, Chairman of the Steering Committee, Carbon Finance Capacity Building Programme, London, UK
  • Wang Yigang, Deputy Director, China Beijing Env. Exchange Center, China
  • Adrian Rimmer, CEO, Gold Standard Foundation, Geneva, Switzerland
  • Kai-Uwe Schmidt, Carbon Finance Assist Team Lead, World Bank Institute, Washington, USA
  • David Lunsford, Policy Leader Emissions Trading, International Emissions Trading Association (IETA), Geneva, Switzerland
  • Sarah Ward, Head of Energy and Climate Change, City of Cape Town, South Africa
  • Guilherme Mattar, Secretary for International Relations, São Paulo, Brazil
C. Electric Mobility in Cities: Policy and financing for electric vehicle infrastructure

  • Ko Sakamoto, Senior Consultant, Transport Research Laboratory, London, UK
  • Leszek Drogosz, Director of Infrastructure Department, City of Warsaw, Poland
  • Amit Yudan, Europe Business Development Director, Better Place, Austria
  • Urs Muntwyler, Professor, Bern University for Applied Sciences; CEO, SolarCenter Muntwyler; Chair Hybrid&EV IA, International Energy Agency (IEA), Bern, Switzerland
  • Kulveer Ranger, Mayor of London’s Advisor on Transport, London, UK
  • Olaf Zanger, CEO, MojaConsult GmbH i.g., Switzerland
13:00-14:15 Lunch
14:15-15:45
Roundtable I: Creating Effective Policy Frameworks and Financing for Climate Change Adaptation

  • Adam Freed, Deputy Director, Mayor’s Office of Long-Term Planning & Sustainability, City of New York, USA
  • Alex Nickson, Strategy Manager – Climate Change Adaptation and Water, Greater London Authority, UK
  • Trevor Maynard, Manager Emerging Risks, Lloyds of London (tbc)
  • Jonathan Maxwell, Co-Founder and CEO, Sustainable Development Capital (tbc)
  • Juerg Trueb, Managing Director, Swiss Re, Zurich, Switzerland (tbc)
  • Dan Hoornweg, Lead Urban Specialst for Cities and Climate Change, World Bank
Investment Forum 1

Project Presentations:

  • Sino-Singapore Tianjin Ecocity, China
  • Stockholm Royal Seaport, Sweden
  • Manchester Sustainable Redevelopment Projects, UK
  • Copenhagen North Harbour Sustainable City, Denmark
  • Johannesburg Sustainable Infrastructure Projects, South Africa
Investor Presentations:

  • Capital Dynamics, Zug, Switzerland
  • Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association – College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA-CREF), New York City, USA
  • SUSI Partners, Zurich, Switzerland
15:45-16:15 Break
Moderated Panels in Breakout Sessions
16:15-18:00 D. Approaches to Financing Energy Efficient Infrastructure in Cities

  • David Miller, Advisor for the World Bank and Former Mayor, Toronto, Canada
  • Sebastian Lange, Associate Human Settlement Officer, UN-HABITAT
  • Sander Vester, Advisor for Corporate Finance, City of Amsterdam
  • Christopher Flensborg, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AG, Stockholm, Sweden
  • Peter Boyd, Director of Operations, Carbon War Room, Washington, DC, USA
  • Satoshi Chida, Director, Urban and Global Environment Division, Bureau of environment, Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Tokyo
  • Yvonne Lynch, Sustainability Policy Coordinator, Melbourne, Australia
  • Adam Zimmerman, Senior Vice President, Enterprise Cascadia, USA
E. Maximizing the Effectiveness of Multilateral Development Banks in Sustainable Infrastructure Finance

  • Dolores Barrientos, Climate Change,
    Infrastructure sector Specialist, InterAmerican
    Development Bank,Washington, USA
  • Daniel M. Kammen, Chief Technical Specialist for Renewable Energy and Energy, Efficiency, World Bank, Washington, USA
  • Valentin Zongo, Infrastructure Analyst, African Dev. Bank, Tunis, Tunisia
  • Robert W. van Zwieten, Director, Capital Markets and Financial Sectors Division, Asian Development Bank, Philippines
  • Patrick Renz, Managing Director, Aid Governance, and Professor for Strategy Governance, Business Ethics,Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Switzerland
  • Li Jiqin, Director Overseas Business, China State Construction Engineering Co., Beijing, China
F. Funding Public Bicycle Sharing Infrastructure

  • Bradley Schroeder, Senior Project Director, Institute for Transportation and Development Policy, New York City, USA
  • Christian Haeuselmann, Swisscleantech, Bern, Switzerland
  • Shanshan Li, Institute for Transportation & Development Policy, China
  • Steve Gutmann, Finance Innovation Director, Portland Sustainability Institute, USA
  • Kulveer Ranger, Mayor of London’s Advisor on Transport, London, UK
19:00-21:30 Speakers’ Dinner
Key to Colors:
Urban Planning and Energy Efficiency Financing Methods Transportation and Logistics Strategy Investment Opportunities
 

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