Financing the 21st Century 2018 | GLOBE Series | 14 March 2018 | Vancouver Convention Centre, Vancouver Convention Centre West Building, 1055 Canada Pl, Vancouver, BC V6C, Canada

Bringing together the brightest minds and innovative thought leaders in sustainability and business.+

Our events bring together an exciting mix of the brightest minds and innovative thought leaders in sustainability and business – serving as a catalyst for aligning environmental responsibility with profitable business practices. Our secret weapon? Our deep networks and exceptional convening power, which enable us to attract thought leaders, clean-tech innovators, influential NGOs, financiers, and senior policy makers from around the world.

Representatives from dozens of countries gather for our events, where they get unparalleled networking opportunities, participate in solving critical industry challenges, and hear the latest developments around climate change, global mega trends, clean technology, smart cities, business leadership, new financing mechanisms, and more.

2018 Speakers

Felipe Calderón Hinojosa
Former President of Mexico

Dee Poon - Speaker Portrait Dee Poon
Managing Director and Chief Brand Officer, Esquel Group

Marwan Abdulaziz
Executive Director, Dubai Science Park

Meredith Adler
Executive Director, Student Energy

Fahad Al Gergawi
CEO, Dubai FDI

Eleanor Allen
CEO, Water for the People

Namir Anani
President and CEO, Information and Communications Technology Council

Vicki Arroyo
Executive Director, Georgetown Climate Center

Felicity Aston
Sustainability Advocate, Author, Former Antarctic Scientist

Brad Barbera
Director of Innovation, The Good Food Institute

Kehkashan Basu
Founder and President, Green Hope Foundation

Tashia Batstone
Senior Vice President of External Relations and Business Development, CPA Canada

Melanie Bayley
Chief Regulatory Officer, ATCO

Matthew Beaton
Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs, Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Roger J. Beauchemin
President and CEO, Addenda Capital

Maia Becker
Director, Environmental and Social Risk Policy, Royal Bank of Canada

Janine Benner
Director, Oregon Department of Energy

Roxanna Benoit
Vice President, Public Affairs and Communications, Enbridge

Brent Bergeron
EVP, Corporate Affairs & Sustainability, Goldcorp Inc.

Brenna Berman
Managing Director, UILabs Chicago

Tzeporah Berman
Adjunct Professor and Strategic Consultant, York University

Pete Bethune
“Captain Planet”, Engineer, Skipper, Conservationist

Mike Biddle
Managing Director, Evok Innovations

Jamie Bonham
Manager, Corporate Engagement, NEI Investments

Chief Jim Boucher
Chief, Fort McKay First Nation

Sarah Breeden
Executive Director, International Banks Supervision, Bank of England

Carol-Ann Brown
Senior Director, Delphi Group

Mark Brownstein
Vice President, Climate and Energy, Environmental Defense Fund

Chelsea Bryant
Vice President of Canadian Operations, ClimeCo Corporation

Bryan Buggey
Director, Vancouver Economic Commission

Carl Burlock
Senior Vice-President and Global Head Financing and International Growth Capital, EDC

Timothy Burr
Director of Public Policy, Lyft

Veronika Bylicki
Co-Founder and Co-Director, CityHive

Felipe Calderón Hinojosa
Former President of Mexico

Andy Calitz
CEO, LNG Canada

Lynelle Cameron
VP, Sustainability, Autodesk and CEO, Autodesk Foundation

Rob Campbell
CCO, Ballard Power Systems

The Honourable Jim Carr
Minister of Natural Resources, Government of Canada

Marc Cevey
CEO, HSBC Global Asset Management (Canada) Limited

Paresh Chari
Assistant Vice President – Analyst, Moody’s Canada Inc.

Eugene Chien
President and Board Chairman, Taiwan Institute for Sustainable Energy

Albert Cho
Vice President, Strategy and Business Development, Xylem Inc.

Angela Churie Kallhauge
Head, Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition Secretariat and Senior Climate Change Specialist, The World Bank Group

Cara Clairman
President and CEO, Plug’n Drive

Alexandra Clark
Chief of Staff to the CEO, Shopify

Anthony Cox
Acting Director, Environment Directorate, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Betty Cremmins
Director, CDP West, CDP

Jeff Crook
Chief Product Officer, MEC

Michael Crothers
President and Country Chair, Shell Canada

Bruce Croxon
Managing Partner, Round 13 Capital, 'Dragons Den' Star

Roger Dall’Antonia
President and CEO, FortisBC

Lawrence Davis
Senior Vice President Finance, BCI

Sarah Dearman
Sustainable Packaging Program Director, The Coca-Cola Company

Lisa DeMarco
Senior Partner, DeMarco Allan LLP

Michael Denham
President and CEO, Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC)

Patsy Doerr
Global Head, Corporate Responsibility & Inclusion, Thomson Reuters

Janet Drysdale
Vice-President Corporate Development and Sustainability, CN

Mafalda Duarte
Manager, Climate Investment Funds (CIF)

Bruce Dudley
Senior Vice President, Delphi

Rebekah Eggers
Global Water Leader, Watson IoT, IBM

Stewart Elgie
Professor and Chair, Smart Prosperity Institute, University of Ottawa

Paul Fast
Partner, Fast + Epp

Tim Faveri
Vice President, Sustainability and Shared Value, Maple Leaf Foods Inc.

Zach Ferdaña
Senior Program Manager, The Nature Conservancy

Steven Fish
Founder and CEO, ESG Ledger

Ginny Flood
Vice President, Government Relations, Suncor Energy Inc.

Don Forgeron
President and CEO, Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC)

Jackie Forrest
Director of Research, ARC Energy Research Institute

Elena Foukes
Co-founder and Managing Director, Treviso Partners

Shaun Frankson
Co-founder & Chief Strategist, The Plastic Bank

Julio Friedmann
Distinguished Associate, Energy Futures Initiative

Louis Gagnon
President, Canadian Operations, Intact Financial Corporation

Monica Gattinger
Chair, Positive Energy, University of Ottawa

Johanne Gélinas
President and CEO, Transition Énergétique Québec

Mike Gerbis
CEO, GLOBE Series

Jean Paul Gladu
President and CEO, Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business

Annemarie Gockel
Director of Educational Content for the Mind What Matters (TM) workplace training program, Camp Still Meditation Inc.

Kate Gordon
Senior Advisor, The Paulson Institute

Michelle Grady
Senior Vice President, Production, Sony Pictures Imageworks

Marcy Grossman
Executive Director, Branding and Marketing, Invest in Canada Hub Transition Team, Global Affairs Canada

Iain Gulland
CEO, Zero Waste Scotland

Kelly Hagen
Chief Operating Officer, Entomo Farms

Beth Hardy
Vice-President, Strategy and Stakeholder Relations, International CCS Knowledge Centre

Neil Hawkins
Corporate Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer, The Dow Chemical Company

Chris Henderson
Chair, GLOBE Series

Kari Herlevi
Project Director of Circular Economy, Sitra, the Finnish Innovation Fund

Davida Herzl
CEO and Co-founder, Aclima Inc

Judi Hess
CEO of CopperLeaf Technologies

The Honourable George Heyman
Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy, Government of BC

Gord Hicks
Chief Executive Officer, BGIS

Andrew Hoffman
Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise, Ross School of Business/SEAS, University of Michigan

Ryan Holmes
CEO, Hootsuite Inc.

The Honourable John Horgan
Premier of British Columbia

Matt Horton
Chief Commercial Officer, Proterra

Jay Inslee
Governor of Washington

Dune Ives
Executive Director, Lonely Whale

John Izzo
Author

Scott Jacobs
CEO and Co-Founder, Generate Capital

Kirsten James
Director, California Policy and Partnerships, Ceres

Marleen Janssen Groesbeek
Professor in Sustainable Finance and Accounting, Avans University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands

Tim Jarvis
Environmental Scientist, Author and Explorer

Henrik Jeppesen
Head of Investor Outreach, North America, Carbon Tracker

Helle Bank Jorgensen
CEO, B. Accountability and President, Global Compact Network Canada

Tim Juliani
Senior Advisor, The Co2efficient Group

Alex Kaplan
Head, North America and Senior Vice President, Global Partnerships, Swiss Re

Jane Kearns
Senior Advisor, MaRS Cleantech

David Keith
Professor of Applied Physics, Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School and Founder at Carbon Engineering

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
President, Waterkeeper Alliance

Robert Kirstiuk
CEO, Coastline Market

Andjela Knezevic-Stevanovic
Director, Environmental Management and Quality Control, Metro Vancouver

Zoë Knight
Managing Director & Group Head, HSBC Centre of Sustainable Finance

Susan L. Koch
Chief Financial Officer, Carbon Engineering Ltd.

Hyewon Kong
Director, Associate Portfolio Manager, AGF Investments

Melina Laboucan-Massimo
Renewable Energy, Climate Change and Indigenous Knowledge Fellow, Lubicon Solar, David Suzuki Foundation

Marie-Hélène Labrie
Senior Vice President, Government Affairs and Communications, Enerkem Inc.

Allen Langdon
Managing Director, Recycle BC

Leah Lawrence
President and CEO, Sustainable Development Technology Canada

Drummond Lawson
Director, Social and Environmental Sustainability, Arc’teryx Equipment, Inc.

Roland Lescure
Chairman of the Economic Affairs Committee at the French Parliament and Member of Parliament for the French living in North America, French National Assembly

Elaine Leung
Founder, Sea Smart

Bryna Lipper
Chief Resilience Advisor and Senior Vice President, 100 Resilient Cities (Rockefeller Foundation)

Robert Litterman
Chairman, Risk Committee and Founding Partner, Kepos Capital

Mark Little
Chief Operating Officer, Suncor Energy

Simon Lonsdale
Chief Strategy Officer, ChargePoint

Catalina Lopez-Correa
Chief Scientific Officer and Vice President, Sectors, Genome BC

John Loughhead
Chief Scientific Adviser, UK Department of Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy

Marcelo Lu
President, BASF Canada

Jacqui MacNeill
CEO and Founder, Escents Aromatherapy

Joe Madden
CEO, Xpansiv

Elicia Maine
Professor, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Academic Chair, Science and Technology Commercialization Beedie School of Business, Simon Fraser University

Joel Makower
Chairman and Executive Edtior, GreenBiz Group

The Honourable Sergio Marchi
President and Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Electricity Association

Ellen Martin
Vice President, Impact and Strategic Initiatives, Closed Loop Partners

Nicole Martin
Senior Director, Sustainable Finance, S&P Global Ratings

Pamela Martin
Broadcast Journalist; Former Anchor, CTV Television News

Audrey Mascarenhas
President and CEO, Questor Technology Inc

Liz Maw
CEO, Net Impact

Serge Mayaka
Founder and Managing Principal, Impact Capitalyst

Patricia McCarney
President and CEO, World Council on City Data (WCCD)

Kathryn McCarthy
Vice-President, Research and Development, Canadian Nuclear Laboratories

Velma McColl
Principal, Earnscliffe Strategy Group

David McGown
Senior Vice-President, Strategic Initiatives, IBC

Ian G. McKay
CEO, Vancouver Economic Commission

The Honourable Catherine McKenna
Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Government of Canada

Cathy McLay
CFO and Executive Vice President, Finance and Corporate Services, ICBC

Andrée-Lise Méthot
Founder and Managing Partner, Cycle Capital Management

Angelo Miceli
Head Public Segment Canada, Philips Lighting

Gwen Migita
Chief Sustainability Officer and VP Social Impact, Caesars Entertainment

Kelcie Miller-Anderson
Founder, MycoRemedy

Thibaut Millet
Partner, Climate Change and Sustainability Practice, EY

Lorraine Mitchelmore
President and CEO of Enlighten Innovations, Co-chair of Smart Prosperity

Cristina Mittermeier
Photographer, speaker and explorer for National Geographic, Founder and President, SeaLegacy

Andrea Moffat
Vice President, Ivey Foundation

Marcia Moffat
Managing Director, Head of Canada, BlackRock Canada

Greg Moore
Chair Board of Directors, Metro Vancouver and Co-founder, National Zero Waste Council

Alexis Morgan
Lead, Water Stewardship, WWF International

Kevin Moss
Global Director of Sustainable Business, World Resources Institute (WRI)

Glen Murray
Executive Director, Pembina

Hana Hosi Narváez Bautista
Architect, Stefano Boeri Architetti

Paul Nicklen
Photographer, Filmmaker and Marine Biologist

Derek Nighbor
CEO, Forest Products Association of Canada

John O’Brien
Managing DIrector, Australian CleanTech and Sino CleanTech

Hugh O’Reilly
President and CEO, OPTrust

John Ortiz
Director, Product Stewardship, HP

Henk Ovink
Special Envoy for International Water Affairs, Kingdom of the Netherlands and Principal, Rebuild by Design

Nicholas Parker
Chairman, Global Acceleration Partners

Michelle Patron
Director of Sustainability Policy, Microsoft

Laurel Peacock
Senior Sustainability Manager, NRG Energy, Inc.

Gerard Peets
Director General, Smart Cities Challenge, Infrastructure Canada

Geoffrey Pegg
Sustainability Director, TELUS

Emily Penn
Expedition Leader, Skipper, Artist, Ocean Advocate

Sandra Phillips
CEO and Shared Mobility Architect, movmi Shared Transportation Services

Dee Poon
Managing Director and Chief Brand Officer, Esquel Group

The Honourable Carla Qualtrough
Minister of Public Services and Procurement, Government of Canada

Melissa Quesnelle, Naatoi'Ihkpiakii
Executive Advisor, Indigenous Sustainable Structures Collaborative

The Honourable Bruce Ralston
Minister of Jobs, Trade and Technology, Government of British Columbia

Jennifer Reynolds
President and CEO, Toronto Financial Services Alliance

Mayor Gregor Robertson
Mayor of Vancouver, Canada

Nick Robins
Co-Director, Inquiry into the Design of a Sustainable Financial System, UNEP

Kerstin Rock
Senior VP Operations, LO3 Energy

Matt Rodriquez
California Secretary for Environmental Protection

Peter Ross
Vice President, Research, Ocean Wise Conservation Association

Alexandra Rotatori
Associate, Business Renewables Center, Rocky Mountain Institute

Minto Roy
Managing Partner, Social Print Paper and Senior Partner, Royal Printers

Robert E. Rubin
Co-Chairman Emeritus, Council on Foreign Relations and Former United States Secretary of the Treasury

Noah Sabich
Director, Cimbria Capital

Jack Saddler
Professor and Dean Emeritus, University of British Columbia

Ruchi Sadhir
Energy Policy Advisor, Office of Governor Kate Brown

Josh Sawislak
Global Director of Resilience, AECOM

Judith Sayers
“Kekinusuqs”, President of the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council

Kathleen Schuyler Gobush
Senior Wildlife Researcher, Paul G Allen Philanthropies/Vulcan Inc

Yalmaz Siddiqui
Vice President, Corporate Sustainability, MGM Resorts International

Robin Silvester
President and Chief Executive Officer, Vancouver Fraser Port Authority

Anni Sinnemäki
Deputy Mayor, City of Helsinki

Merran Smith
Executive Director, Clean Energy Canada; Fellow, Simon Fraser University’s Centre for Dialogue

Darren Sokoloski
President and Country Director, ACCIONA

Dominique Souris
Co-Founder and Executive Director, Youth Climate Lab

Chris St. Clair
On Air Presenter, The Weather Network

John Stackhouse
Senior Vice-President, Office of the CEO, RBC

Andrea Stairs
General Manager, eBay Canada and Latin America

Wayne Stensby
Managing Director, Electricity, ATCO

Craig Stewart
VP, Federal Affairs, Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC)

Coro Strandberg
President, Strandberg Consulting

Katie Sullivan
Managing Director, IETA

Kirsten Sutton
Vice President and Managing Director, SAP Labs Canada and Global Head Engineering, SAP Jam, SAP Canada Inc

Nelson Switzer
Vice President & Chief Sustainability Officer, Nestle Waters North America

Shauna Sylvester
Director of Simon Fraser University’s Centre for Dialogue

Annette Synowiec
Manager of Business Operations and Change Initiatives, Solid Waste Management Services Division, City of Toronto

Milind Tambe
Professor, University of Southern California

Rives Taylor
Regional Sustainability Leader, Principal, Gensler

Rob Threlkeld
Global Manager of Renewable Energy, General Motors (GM)

Terzah Tippin Poe
Lecturer, Harvard University

Christyne Tremblay
Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada

Andreas Truckenbrodt
President and CEO, Canadian Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association (CHFCA)

Sally Uren, OBE
Chief Executive Officer, Forum for the Future

Wal Van Lierop
President and CEO, Chrysalix Energy Venture Capital

László Varró
Chief Economist, International Energy Agency

Jessica Verhagen
VP Business Development and Strategy, Ecosphere+

Annette Verschuren
Chair and CEO, NRStor Incorporated

Boris von Bormann
CEO, Mercedes-Benz Energy Americas

Tamara Vrooman
President and CEO, Vancity

Charlene Wall-Warren
Director of Sustainability, BASF Corporation

Mike Wallace
Managing Director, BrownFlynn

Léon Wijnands
Global Head of Sustainability, ING

Jon Williams
Partner, Sustainability and Climate Change, PwC

Jason Wolfe
Director, Energy Solutions, FortisBC

Hayley Woodin
Reporter, Business in Vancouver

Nancy Wright
Chief Operating Officer, GLOBE Series

Ying Yu
Director, Global Sustainability, Bose

Martin Zablocki
President and Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Commercial Corporation

Ethan Zindler
Head of Americas, Bloomberg New Energy Finance

2018 Partners

PRESENTING PARTNERS:
• IBC/BAC
• Canada.ca

PARTNERS:
• BASF
• Shell
• British Columbia

DIAMOND PARTNERS:
• CPA
• International CSS Knowledge Centre
• Trade Commisioner Service
• Foresight

PLATINUM PARTNERS:
• HSBC
• Suncor
• RBC
• Offsetters
• Goldcorp

GOLD PARTNERS:
• Enbridge
• Fortis BC
• CN
• Acciona
• AirCanada

SILVER PARTNERS:
• ATCO
• Nestle Waters
• The Cooperators
• EY
• Ontario Canada
• Port of Vancouver
• BDC
• EDC
• Vancity
• Teck
• FPAC

BRONZE PARTNERS:
• Lafarge
• TD
• Recycle BC
• Adex Ocean Festival
• Royal Printers
• Xprize
• Dubai FDI
• Dubai Science Park