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Event Date | Thu May 17 EDT (over 6 years ago) |
Location |
Hyatt at Olive 8
1635 8th Ave, Seattle, WA 98101, US |
Region | Americas |
Generation Investment Management Chairman Al Gore will join prominent leaders in business and finance to discuss sustainability as good business – and a powerful investment. Amid an ever-changing landscape of tech innovation and corporate expansions, Bloomberg’s sustainability conversations in Seattle will include:
• How ESG investing can generate impressive returns and positive change
• How the evolution of transportation technologies will allow goods and people to move more sustainably
• How gender lens investing is empowering women and girls across the globe
• How industry can leverage disruptive technology to further climate goals
2018 Speakers:
Tom Alberg
Co-Founder and Managing Director, Madrona Venture Group
Olivia Albrecht
Senior Vice President, Head of ESG Product Strategy, PIMCO
Lee Ballin
Head of Sustainable Business Programs, Bloomberg LP
Dina Bass
Seattle Bureau Chief and Technology Reporer, Bloomberg News
Emily Chasan
Sustainable Finance Editor, Bloomberg News
Trevor Gooby
Senior Vice President, Ballpark Operations, Seattle Mariners
Al Gore
Chairman, Generation Investment Management
Reema Griffith
Executive Director, Washington State Transportation Commission
Jody Kelman
Self-Driving Platform Product Lead, Lyft
Lauren Kiel
Director, Editorial Programming, Bloomberg Next
Thomas Miller
Vice President, U.S. Device Research, Novo Nordisk
Nathalie Molina Niño
CEO, BRAVA Investments
Gitte Schjøtz
President, UL Software, Underwriters Laboratories
Brad Smith
President and Chief Legal Officer, Microsoft
Jerry Stritzke
President and CEO, REI
Mark Tercek
President and CEO, The Nature Conservancy
Karen Weise
Writer, Bloomberg Technology and Bloomberg Businessweek
2018 Sponsors:
GLOBAL ADVISOR:
• Syngenta
BUSINESS ADVISOR:
• Novo Nordisk
• UL
FINANCE ADVISOR:
• PIMCO
SUPPORTING:
• Amazon
• ERM
• Microsoft