IPE Conference & Awards 2023 | Investment & Pensions Europe (IPE) | 26 November 2023 | Hilton Vienna Park, Am Stadtpark 1, 1030 Wien, Austria

This event has been rewarding excellence in Europe's highly diverse and innovative pensions industry for 23 years and is the premier event of its kind with the largest annual gathering of pension funds in Europe. The Conference comprises in-depth and highly topical debate sessions, featuring inspiring keynotes and practical panels. With typically 300 top executives from pension providers in attendance, the event brings together influential decision-makers from across Europe. The Awards each year recognize the bar-raising achievements of the diverse pension funds across Europe and celebrate excellence by creating a meaningful broad set of benchmarks.

2023 Speakers

Joe Abrams
European Head of Private Debt, Mercer

Venilia Amorim
Editor, IPE.com

Sherif Ayoub
Senior Director, Finance and Operations, Sustainable Energy for All

Paolo Balboni
Professor of Privacy, Cybersecurity, and IT Contract Law, Maastricht University

Emma Barry
Head of External Communications, Railpen

Dario Bertagna
Managing Director, Co-Head of Clean Energy, Capital Dynamics

Rachel Bussell
Head of Global Pensions Group, AXA Investment Managers

Kim Catechis
Investment Strategist, Franklin Templeton

Gilles Dauphine
Deputy Head of Fixed Income, Amundi

Richard Davies
Director, Head of Fixed Income and Multi-Asset Index Product, London Stock Exchange Group

Boutaina Deixonne
Head Of Euro IG & HY Credit, AXA Investment Managers

Angelika Delen
Global Head of Impact Investing, Mercer

Ulf Erlandsson
Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute

Evelyn Farkas
Executive Director, McCain Institute

Denis Gaiovy
Associate Director, Senior Banker, Sustainable Infrastructure Group, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Richard Grottheim
Former Chief Executive Officer, AP7

Robin Harries
Lead Consultant, Quietroom

Sofia Harrschar
Executive Director and Member of the Management Board, Universal-Investment-Gesellschaft

Petra Hielkema
Chairperson, EIOPA

Frederic Hoogveld
Head of Investment Specialists & Market Strategy – ETF, Indexing & Smart Beta, Amundi

Piergaetano Iaccarino
Head of Equity Solutions, Amundi

Chris Iggo
Chair of the AXA IM Investment Institute and Chief Investment Officer, AXA IM Core, AXA Investment Managers

Kristine Jonassen Dengsøe
Head of External Relations, PKA

Liam Kennedy
Editorial Director, IPE

Maha Khan-Phillips
Co-Editor, Impact Investor

Knut Kjaer
Founding Chair, NBIM and Executive Chairman, Sector Asset Management

Piet Klop
Head of Responsible Investment, PGGM

Gabrielle Kolm
Policy and Communications Officer, PensionsEurope

Ivan Krastev
Chairman, Centre for Liberal Strategies and Permanent Fellow, Institute for Human Sciences

Volker Kurr
Head of Europe, Institutional, LGIM

Emma Matthews
Head of Investment, NOW: Pensions

Matti Leppälä
Secretary General & Chief Executive Officer, PensionsEurope

Peter Lindegaard
Chief Investment Officer, Industriens Pension

Benjamin Louvet
Head of Commodities funds management, Ofi Invest Asset Management

Anders Lundstrom
Chief Executive Officer, minpension

Elena Manola-Bonthond
Chief Investment Officer, CERN Pension Fund

Rohit Mathur
Head of International Reinsurance, PFI

Martine Menko
Advisor, Pension Scholarship Trust

Laura Merlini
Managing Director EMEA, Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association (CAIA)

Lauren Mills
Private Markets Editor, IPE Real Assets

Julie Moret
Global Head of Sustainable Investing Integration, Northern Trust Asset Management

Vincent Mortier
Group Chief Investment Officer, Amundi

Zarina Nasib
Sustainable Index Product, Bloomberg

Charlotte O'Leary
CEO, Pensions for Purpose

Mark Ormston
Director, Retirement Line Ltd

Uday Patnaik
Head of Emerging Markets, LGIM

Yuri Poluneev
International Economist and Lecturer and Former Deputy Head, Supervisory Board, National Bank of Ukraine

Oliver-Alexander Press
PhD Fellow, Copenhagen Business School

Helen Price
Director, Governance (Responsible Investment), Church of England Pensions Board and Co-Chair, Asset Owner Diversity Charter

Amin Rajan
Chief Executive Officer, CREATE-Research

Susanna Rust
Deputy News Editor, IPE

Katarzyna Rzentarzewska
Chief Analyst, CEE Macro Research, Erste Bank

Sofia Santarsiero
Head of Institutional Solutions and Innovation, Amundi AM

Sebastian Schiele
Head of Passive Mandates Sales EMEA & APAC, DWS

Klaus Schmid
Director, Head of Acquisitions, Franklin Real Asset Advisors

Frank Schnattinger
Managing Editor, IPE D.A.CH

Carlo Svaluto Moreolo
Deputy Editor, IPE

Stefan Taubert
Director, Stichting Pensioenregister

Cláudio Teixeira
ESG and Sustainability Manager, BPI Vida e Pensões

Christin Ter Braak-Forstinger
Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, Chi Impact Capital

Nikki Trip
President, Dutch Young Pension Professionals Network (JIIP)

Don van der Steeg
Senior Manager Workforce Strategy, PwC and Board Member & Chairman, KPS

Mariska van der Westen
CEO, IPE

Ric van Weelden
Acting Chair, Advisory Committee, Diversity Project Europe

Eimear Walsh
European Head of Investments, Mercer

Didier Weckner
President, Union Retraite

Claudia Wegner-Wahnschaffe
Head of International, VBL and Executive Board of the ETS Association

Robert Zapotoczny
Chief Executive Officer, PFR Portal PPK

Johannes Ziegelbecker
Vice President, Association of Austrian Occupational Pension and Provision Funds (WKO)

Chris van der Merwe
Responsible Investment Officer, Brunel Pension Partnership

Tobani Olabowale
Portfolio Analyst, Brunel Pension Partnership Limited

2023 Sponsors

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Amundi
• AXA
• Franklin Templeton

SILVER SPONSORS:
• Baillie Gifford
• DPAM
• DWS Xtrackers
• Federated Hermes
• LGIM
• Berenberg

BRONZE SPONSOR:
• BNY Mellon
• Bloomberg
• LCM Partners

COUNTRY/REGIONAL SPONSORS:
• Columbia Threadneedle
• DPAM
• M&G
• Ofi invest
• Royal London
• Union Investment
• Virtus
• Pacific Asset Management

THEMED SPONSORS:
• Amundi | ETF
• Asset Managemen One
• Mercer
• Northen Trust
• PFI
• Universal Investment
• E Fund
• Wilshire Index
• Mirova

CONFERENCE SPONSOR:
• FTSE Russell

LUNCH SPONSOR:
• Euronext