Venue
Pinnacle Hotel Harbourfront
Pinnacle Hotel Harbourfront, 1133 W Hastings St, Vancouver, BC V6E 3T3, Canada

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Event Date Wed Feb 19 EST - Fri Feb 21 EST (almost 5 years ago)
Location Pinnacle Hotel Harbourfront
1133 W Hastings St, Vancouver, BC V6E 3T3, Canada
Region Americas
Details

The Power of Many.

Join pension funds, Indigenous trusts, foundations, endowments and other investors to forge alliances, address global challenges, design solutions and build a sustainable, inclusive and productive economy.

Speakers

2020 Speakers

Sharan Burrow
General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation

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

Mark Sevestre
President and Chair of Reconciliation & Responsible Investment Committee, NATOA

Joy Williams
Senior Advisor, Mantle 314 Consulting

Vonda Brunsting
Program Manager for the Just Transition Project at the Initiative for Responsible Investment at the Center for Public Leadership

Edward Waitzer
Senior Partner and Head of Corporate Governance Group, Stikeman Elliott

Leslee White-eye
Board of Directors, King’s University College; Board of Directors, SHARE

Harpinder Sandhu
Board Trustee for the BC Public Service Pension Plan

Ted Howard
President and Co-Founder, Democracy Collaborative

Jill Johnson
Investment Officer, Seattle City Employees’ Retirement System (SCERS).

Sussanne Skidmore
Secretary Treasurer, BCFED

Tamara Herman
Senior Program Officer, Responsible Investment Leadership, SHARE

Kevin Thomas
Chief Executive Officer, SHARE

Katherine Wheatley
Project Lead, Reconciliation and Responsible Investment Initiative (RRII), SHARE

Brodie Guy
Executive Director of Coast Funds

Jennifer Coulson
Vice President, ESG, BCI

Jason Campbell
Chief Executive Officer, Sovereign Power

John Pesa
Local 213 Electrical Workers’ Benefits and Pension Plans Administrator

Aaron Brenner
Assistant Director of the Capital Stewardship Program of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union

Mario Tremblay
Vice-President, Public and Corporate Affairs, Solidarity Fund QFL

Brian Smith
CEO, Rhiza Capital Inc..

Sarah Couturier-Tanoh
Shareholder Engagement and Policy Analyst

Murray Gold
Senior Partner, Koskie Minksy LLP

Laetitia Tankwe
Advisor to the president of the Board of Trustees of Ircantec

Mike Musuraca
Strategic Advisor,ESG & Labor of Blue Wolf Capital Partners LLC

Scott Connolly
ACTU Assistant Secretary

Shannon Rohan
Chief Strategy Officer for SHARE

Andrea Moffat
Vice President, Ivey Foundation

Thomas McKechnie
Union and Environmental Organizer, & Playwright

Loren Rodgers
Executive Director of National Centre for Employee Ownership

Trish Nixon
Director of Capital and Investments, Vancity Community Investment Bank and CEO, CoPower Inc.

Kim Novak
President, UFCW 1518

Emma Pullman
Capital Stewardship Officer, B.C. Government and Service Employees' Union

Sponsors & Partners

2020 Partners & Sponsors

COLLABORATING PARTNERS:
• BCFED
• NATOA
• Foundation Investing 2.0

PRESENTING SPONSORS:
• Jarislowsky Fraser
• Genus Fossil Free Investing
• Indigenous Services Canada
• Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP

LEADING SPONSORS:
• RBC Global Asset Management
• BCI
• Leith Wheeler
• BMO Global Asset Management

SUPPORTING SPONSORS:
• Community Savings
• Koske Minsky
• BCTF
• Canadian Union of Public Employees
• Addenda Capital
• Catherine Donnelly Foundation
• George & Bell Consulting
• BCGEU

CONTRIBUTING SPONSORS:
• Raven Indigenous Capital Partners
• PBI Actuaries & Consultants
• Goldblatt Partners
• SFU
• HSA
• Rhiza Capital
• Rally Assets
• UFCW
• USW