5th Annual Climate Business Forum 2018 | International Finance Corporation | 16 October 2018 | Hofburg Palace Vienna, Michaelerkuppel, 1010 Wien, Austria

Climate business is the economic growth story of today—and tomorrow. As of 2018, 189 countries have submitted plans to shift their economies and infrastructure to reduce carbon and increase their resilience to climate change. IFC estimates that the climate action plans of 21 emerging market economies alone represent $23 trillion in climate-smart investment opportunities. Understanding these opportunities will define business success in the coming decades.

IFC is pleased to announce its 5th Annual Climate Business Forum 2018, to take place in Vienna, Austria. The two-day client-focused event will offer innovators in climate-smart business, investing, and policymaking an indispensable opportunity for new business development, networking, and knowledge exchange.

The Forum will showcase leaders and practical solutions to the challenges of growing climate business investment in emerging markets, ranging from technologies and business models to financing structures and enabling policy frameworks.

2018 Speakers

Manoj Kohli
Executive Chairman, SoftBank Energy

Manoj Kohli
Executive Chairman, SoftBank Energy

Christian Koitzsch
Senior Vice President, Applied Research 2-Future Components and Simulation Methods (CR/AR2), Robert Bosch

Alexander Lewald
CTO, Kapsch TrafficCom AG

Per Lyrvall
EVP, Country Manager Sweden, Stora Enso

Yulia Poroshenko
Founder, Agrohub

Dany Qian
Vice President, Jinko Solar

Leonie Schreve
Managing Director. Global Head Sustainable Finance, ING Bank

Fernando Straface
Secretary-General and Foreign Affairs
City of Buenos Aires

Michl Binderbauer
Chief Executive Officer, TAE Technologies

Sonia Lo
Chief Executive Officer, CropOne Holdings

Steve Oldham
Chief Executive Officer, Carbon Engineering

Carlos Acosta
City Development Manager, Barranquilla, Colombia

Tara O'Shea
Director of Forest Programs, Planet

Marie-Anne Allier
Deputy Head of Fixed Income Platform. Head of Euro Fixed Income, AMUNDI

Hans Peter Lankes
Vice President of Economics and Private Sector Development, IFC

Alzbeta Klein
Director and Global Head of Climate Business, IFC

Ramkumar Krishnan
Chief Technology Officer, Fluidic Energy

Alex Lissitsa
CEO, IMC

Borislav Kostadinov
Manager, ProCredit Holding

Joanna Lantz
Business Development Director LAC Region, Akuo Energy

Jay Gallegos
General Director Wind & Solar, CMI Energía

Tobias Menne
Head Global Digital Farming Unit, Member of the Executive Leadership Team, BASF Agricultural Solutions

Emmanuel Normant
VP, Sustainable Development, Saint Gobain

Goran Vesic
Vice Mayor Belgrade

Martin Gruell
CFO, Raiffeisen Bank International AG

Peter Munro
Director, Green / Social Bond Principles Secretariat, ICMA International Capital Market Association

Christopher Flensborg
Head of Climate & Sustainable Finance, SEB

Mariam Kharaishvili
Specialist, National Bank of Georgia

Tonci Bakovic
Chief Energy Specialist, IFC

Friedrich Prinz
Co-Founder

Harry Robertsson
Technical Director, Stena Lines

Cathal Conaty
Managing Director, International Housing Solutions (IHS)

Domingo Valdes
CFO, Vinte

Teng Wui Leong
Chief Development Officer, CapitaLand

Cesare Calari
Managing Director, Encourage Capital LLC

Romain Desrousseaux
Deputy CEO, Neoen

Moundir Zniber
Founder and President, Gaia Energy