Welcome and opening remarks from the Conference Organizing Committee

David Chen, CEO, Equilibrium Capital
Patrick Coady, Senior Director, Seale & Associates
Peter Stein, Managing Director, Lyme Timber
John Tobin-de la Puente, Professor of Practice, S.C. Johnson College of Business, Cornell University
Leigh Whelpton, Executive Director, The Conservation Finance Network
Oliver Withers, Biodiversity Lead, Global Sustainability, Credit Suisse

Fireside Chat: What does biodiversity mean for the world’s largest asset manager

Chris Weber, Head of Climate and Sustainability Research, BlackRock Sustainable Investing
Moderator: Emma Crystal, Chief Sustainability Officer, Credit Suisse

Dissecting the world’s largest blue bond for conservation

Kevin Bender, Senior Director, Sustainable Debt, The Nature Conservancy 
Mark Espat, Lead Negotiator, Government of Belize
Marlena Hurley, Managing Director, Office of Structured Finance & Insurance, DFC
Moderator: Ramzi Issa, Head of Credit Structuring Americas, Credit Suisse

The arrival of institutional investors to the sector

Jason Baggaley, Deputy Head of Real Estate Value Add Funds, abrdn
Cathrine de Coninck-Lopez, Global Head of ESG, Invesco
Trip O'Shea, Investment Director, Mirova Natural Capital
Moderator: Scott Roose, Global Head of ESG Financing, Credit Suisse

Dissecting the world’s first wildlife conservation bond

Avril Benchimol, Blended Finance Specialist, Global Environment Facility
Michael Bennett, Head of Market Solutions and Structured Finance, World Bank
Stephen Liberatore, Head of ESG/Impact - Global Fixed Income, Nuveen
Moderator: Oliver Withers, Biodiversity Lead, Global Sustainability, Credit Suisse

Market update from Cornell University: How business schools and financial institutions can co-create solutions to the biodiversity crisis

Andrew Karolyi, Charles Field Knight Dean of the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, Cornell University

Market 3.0 - nature-based solutions for climate and the enabling environment driving transactions and market growth

Dr. Lorenzo Bernasconi, Head of Climate and Environmental Solutions, Lombard Odier Investment Managers
Helge Mahne, Global Funding Director, African Parks
Rick Saines, Partner, Pollination
Moderator: Charlotte Kaiser, Managing Director, NatureVest, The Nature Conservancy

Keynote: Integrating nature into Treasury’s decisions

John Morton, Climate Counselor, U.S. Department of the TreasuryHost: David Chen, CEO, Equilibrium Capital

Closing Remarks

David Chen, CEO, Equilibrium Capital