Globe 2020 | GLOBE Series | 10 February 2020 | Vancouver Convention Centre West, 1055 Canada Pl, Vancouver, BC V6C 0C3, Canada

The business summit with global impact

Meet your people. Grow your business.
Change the world.
GLOBE Series is the largest and longest-running sustainable business summit and innovation showcase in North America. Since 1990, 170,000 people from 97 countries have come to GLOBE to learn from industry leaders, marvel at cutting-edge technology and form long-lasting partnerships.

Given the urgency of the global climate crisis, GLOBE 2020 will have a laser focus on impact, action and outcomes. Offering stellar growth and networking opportunities to thousands of corporate, government and young leaders, GLOBE is the business summit with global impact.

• 55 Countries
• 9000 Vicitors
• 3200 Participating
• 1900 Delegates
• 280 Exhibiting Companies
• 200 Media

2020 Speakers

Kate Brandt
Sustainability Officer, Google

Jonathan Wilkinson
The Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Government of Canada

David Wallace-Wells
New York Times #1 Best-selling Author of The Uninhabitable Earth

The Honourable Catherine McKenna
Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, Government of Canada

Miranda Wang
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, BioCellection Inc.

Meredith Adler
Executive Director, Student Energy

Jon Aikman
Instructor, Rotman School of Management

Alvaro Nuñez Andrada
Business Development Manager, Munich Re

Upkar Arora
Chief Executive Officer, Rally Assets Inc.

Logan Ashcraft
Investment Manager, Ventures, Centrica

Eric Axford
Executive Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer, Suncor

Cory Beaver
Steering Committee Member, SevenGen

Matt Beck
Director, The Delphi Group

Emma Howard Boyd
Chair, Environment Agency

Charlotte Breen
Head, Green Economy and Innovation, C40 Cities

Sarah Brooks
Senior Associate, The Natural Step

Carol-Ann Brown
Vice President, Innovation and Cleantech, GLOBE Series and The Delphi Group

Doug Brown
Director of Public Affairs, Teck Resources Limited

Paul Chan
President and Founding Board Member, Malaysian Alliance of Corporate Directors

Kate Chisholm
Q.C. Senior Vice President, Chief Legal and Sustainability Officer, Capital Power

Regina Clewlow
Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder, Populus

Tim Coldwell
President, Chandos Construction Ltd.

Guy Cormier
President and Chief Executive Officer, Desjardins Group

Jennifer Coulson
Vice President, ESG, BCI

Fiona Cousins
Global Digital Automation Leader and Director, Arup Group Board

Milla Craig
Founder and President, Millani Inc.

Larissa Crawford
Public Speaker, Researcher, Trainer

Sherwin Das
Co-founder and Managing Director, Energy Peace Partners

Andrea Dicks
Chief Operating Officer, Community Foundations of Canada

Janet Drysdale
Vice President, Corporate Development and Sustainability, CN

Bruce Dudley
Senior Vice President, The Delphi Group

Avra Durack
Director, Incubation, National Grid Partners

Frances Edmonds
Head of Sustainability, HP

Cristiano Façanha
Global Director, CALSTART

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

Ted Ferguson
President, The Delphi Group

Mary Francia
Partner, Board Practice, Odgers Berndtson

Catherine Gauthier
Executive Director, ENvironnement JEUnesse

Neil Gerber
Director, New Energy and Blockchain, IBM

Dr. Maryam Golnaraghi
Director of Extreme Events and Climate Risk, The Geneva Association

John Gorman
President and Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Nuclear Association

Jay Grewal
President and Chief Executive Officer, Manitoba Hydro

Josée Guibord
Chief Executive Officer, Evolugen by Brookfield Renewable

Lasse Gustavsson
President and Chief Executive Officer, Ocean Wise

Amy Harder
National Energy and Climate Change Reporter, Axios

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

Katharine Hayhoe
Climate Scientist, Texas Tech University

Toby Heaps
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Corporate Knights Inc.

David Hughes
President and Chief Executive Officer, The Natural Step Canada

Mallika Ishwaran
Senior Economist and Policy Advisor, Shell International

Wes Jickling
Chief Executive, COSIA

Ben Jordan
Senior Director, Environmental Policy, The Coca-Cola Company

Helle Bank Jorgensen
Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Competent Boards

Kelley Kizzier
Associate Vice President for International Climate, Environmental Defense Fund

Andy Kochar
Portfolio Manager and Head of Credit, AGF Investments Inc.

Candace Laing
Vice President, Sustainability and Stakeholder Relations, Nutrien

Liane Langstaff
Environmental Lawyer, Gowling WLG

Irene Lanzinger
Former President, BC Federation of Labour

Steve Laut
Executive Vice-Chairman, Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.

Megan Leslie
Chief Executive Officer, WWF Canada

Bruce Lourie
President, Ivey Foundation

Marcelo Lu
President, BASF Canada

Matt Lucas
Managing Director, Business Development, New Energy Risk

Phil De Luna
Program Director, Materials for Clean Fuels Challenge Program, National Research Council Canada and Forbes 30 Under 30 2019

Valérie Martin
Vice President, Communications, Culture and CSR, ALDO Group

Steve McCauley
Senior Director, Pollution Probe

Stephanie Medeiros
Global Account Manager, ABB Formula E Partnerships, ABB

Jennie Moore
Director, Institute Sustainability, BCIT

Kevin Moss
Global Director of the Business Center, WRI

Naheed Nenshi
Mayor of the City of Calgary

Chad Park
Chief Innovation Officer, The Natural Step

Larissa Parker
Director of Programs, Youth Climate Lab and Winner of The Economist’s Open Future Essay Competition

Nicholas Parker
Chairman, Parker Venture Management Inc.

Lindsay Patrick
Managing Director and Head of the Sustainable Finance Group, RBC Capital Markets

Gerard Peets
Assistant Deputy Minister, Infrastructure Canada

Neil Pegram
Director of Americas, GRESB

Joe Rogers, Ph.D.
Senior Director, The Delphi Group

Anne-Marie Pham
Senior Director, Learning and Knowledge Solutions, Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion

Varshini Prakash
Executive Director and Co-founder, Sunrise Movement

Tom Rand
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, ArcTern Ventures

Eric Redman
Chief Executive Officer, Thunderbolt Clean Energy

Martin Rich
Co-founder and Executive Director, Future-Fit Foundation

Luis Rochartre
Director, Forest Solutions Group, WBCSD

John Rossant
Founder and Chairman, The New Cities Foundation

Mike Rowlands
President and Chief Executive Officer, Junxion Strategy

Saurabh Sanghvi
Associate Partner, McKinsey & Company

Elizabeth Shirt
Executive Director, Policy and Strategy, Emissions Reduction Alberta

Paul Shorthouse
Senior Director, The Delphi Group

Eryn Stewart
Project Director, Lumos Energy

Coro Strandberg
President, Strandberg Consulting

Katie Sullivan
Managing Director, IETA

Peter Tertzakian
Executive Director, ARC Energy Research Institute

Shilpa Tiwari
Head, Global Sustainability and Corporate Citizenship, Manulife

Mitchell Toomey
Sustainability Director, BASF

Chris Turner
Energy, Climate and Sustainability Journalist

Eric Usher
Head, UNEP Finance Initiative

Susan Uthayakumar
President, Schneider Electric Canada

Michael Ward
President, IKEA Canada

Tim Youmans
Regional Lead, North America, Hermes EOS

Barb Zvan
Chief Risk and Strategy Officer, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan

2020 Sponsors

DIAMOND:
• ABB
• calgary
• IBC
• Shell
• SUNCOR

PLATINUM:
• D-BASF
• CHEMISTRY INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF CANADA
• Desjardins
• ENBRIDGE
• OFFSETTERS
• RBC

GOLD:
• Capital Power
• 100CN
• cpa
• Foresight
• Life Is On / Schneider Electric
• the co-operators

SILVER:
• Husky
• VANCOUVER

BRONZE:
• bullfrogpower
• Canadian Electricity Association
• COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF CANADA
• Hemlock
• CCS KNOWLEDGE CENTRE
• VANCOUVER ECONOMIC COMMISSION

SUPPORTING:
• DEMARCO ALLAN LLP
• eco canada
• IETA
• ODGERS BERNDTSON
• TOYOTA
• DELTA MANAGEMENT

COMMUNITY:
• CITY OF VANCOUVER
• GREENEST CITY
• DRESS FOR SUCCESS
• MOSAIC

MEDIA PARTNERS:
• ACTIA
• Clean 50
• Clean Energy BC
• CLEAN ENERGY CANADA
• CleanTtech Focus
• CB COMPETENT BOARDS
• Corporate Knights
• Environment Journal.ca
• Environmental & Science Engineering
• innovate BS
• RESOURCESWORLD
• wintranslation
• WORLD TRADE CENTRE