Venue
The Westin Bayshore, Vancouver
The Westin Bayshore, Vancouver, 1601 Bayshore Dr., Vancouver, BC V6G 2V4, Canada

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Event Date Tue Mar 5 PST - Thu Mar 7 PST (9 months ago)
In your timezone (EST): Tue Mar 5 3:00am - Thu Mar 7 3:00am
Location The Westin Bayshore, Vancouver
1601 Bayshore Dr., Vancouver, BC V6G 2V4, Canada
Region Americas
Details

The 2024 summit will bring together asset owners and managers from coast to coast to coast to design solutions to our most pressing economic issues. Together, we will strengthen investor collaboration on critical environmental, social and governance (ESG) challenges. Following themes from our 2023 event, participants will explore opportunities for coordinated investor actions towards reconciliation, climate action, human rights, affordable housing and racial equity.

Speakers

2024 Speakers

Denise Hearn
Resident Senior Fellow, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment

Shannon Rohan
Chief Strategy Officer, SHARE

Henry Boucher
Investment Strategist, Sarasin & Partners LLP

Randi Cuthbert
Actuary, PBI Actuarial

Mike Clark
Founder Director, Ario Advisory

Lisa Nathan
Senior Investor Engagement Advisor, UNI Global Union

Neethan Shan
Executive Director, Urban Alliance for Race Relations

Judy Cotte
Managing Director, Head of ESG, Onex Corporation

Jeff Chan
Director, ESG Investing, Canada Post Pension Plan

Zaee Deshpande
Program Officer, SHARE | Global Unions' Committee on Workers' Capital (CWC)

Katie Wheatley
Head of Canada, UN Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)

Shalini Ramgoolam
Senior Program Officer, SHARE

Linda Watson
Chair, Pensions and Benefits Committee, B. C. Retired Teachers' Association

Michael Mazzuca
Managing Partner, Koskie Minsky

Judy Payne
Executive Director, British Columbia Municipal Pension Plan

James Kwon
Senior Director, Portfolio Construction, University Pension Plan Ontario

Ioana Circo
Investment Advisor, University of Montreal Pension Plan

Carmen Lansdowne
Moderator, United Church of Canada

Barbara Davidson
Head of Accounting, Audit and Disclosure, Carbon Tracker Initiative

Emil Sirén
Sustainable Finance and Indigenous Rights Specialist

Brian Minns
Senior Managing Director, Responsible Investing, University Pension Plan

Ramón Rubalcava
Chair, Pension and Health Benefits Committee, CalPERS

Pratima Divgi
Head of Capital Markets, North America, CDP

Simon Donner
Climate Scientist and Professor, University of British Columbia

Janis Sarra
Professor of Law Emerita, University of British Columbia

Michael Veniez
Research Officer, SHARE

Aaron Lambie
Executive Director, Pehta Foundation

Geordie Hungerford
CEO, First Nations Financial Management Board

Andrea Nemtin
Chief Executive Officer, Social Innovation Canada

Chief Leanne Joe
Squamish Nation

Kevin Thomas
CEO, SHARE

Jennifer O'Dell
Assistant Director, Corporate Affairs Department, LiUNA!

Bob Walker
Finance Sector Lead, Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA)

Andrea Moffatt
Senior Director, Investment Stewardship, Addenda Capital

Rosa van den Beemt
Director, Stewardship, Responsible Investment, BMO Global Asset Management

Harpinder Sandhu
Vice President, CUPE Local 1767

Jason Ward
Principal Analyst, Centre for International Corporate Tax Accountability & Research

Flavie Desgagné-Éthier
Climate Program Director, Trottier Family Foundation

Sponsors & Partners

2024 Sponsors

PRESENTING SPONSOR:
• Vancity

LEADING SPONSORS:
• BMO
• Genus
• Desjardins
• Sarasins & Partners
• Addenda Capital
• Robbins Geller

SUPPORTING SPONSORS:
• BCTF
• Catherine Donelly Foundation
• BCGEU
• HEU
• BCI

CONTRIBUTING SPONSORS:
• Leith Wheeler
• George & Bell
• Jarislowsky Fraser
• Corpath
• Manifest
• Quinn + Partners
• RPIA