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Conference Conference

TBLI CONFERENCE™ EUROPE 2008

Location

NH Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky*****, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Dates

13 & 14 November 2008

November 13th, Thursday

07:30 - 08:45
Reception Desks

Check-in and Registration

To assure that you don't miss anything, please arrive early to check in, pick up your badge, or register (if you have not done so in advance).

19:00 - 21.30
Wintergarden, Volmer Rooms

Grand Dinner - Dutch Delights

Salon Music by Trio Charlotte Bon

09:00 - 09:15
Grand Ballroom

Welcome

10 Years TBLI CONFERENCE™ - Special welcome to our Eastern European SRI Delegation

Robert Rubinstein (Chairman)
Founder and Chief Executive Officer - TBLI Conference B.V./TBLI Consulting B.V. - Netherlands

09:15 - 09:30
Grand Ballroom

Official Opening

Job Cohen
Mayor - City of Amsterdam - Netherlands

09:30 - 10:00
Grand Ballroom

Opening Keynote

Paul Watchman
Chief Executive Officer - Quayle Watchman Consultancy - UK
Author Freshfields Report
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10:00 - 10:30
Grand Ballroom

Keynote

Vicky Sharpe
President & CEO - Sustainable Development Technology Canada - Canada
Emerging Trends in Cleantech Financing
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10:30 - 11:30
Grand Ballroom

TBLI Roundtable

How Will Climate Change Impact The Banking Sector? What limits should banks place on financing investments in traditional carbon-intensive technologies and sectors? Should financing of these sector... Read more.

Doug Cogan (Moderator)
Director of Climate Change Research - RiskMetrics Group Inc. - USA

Wolfgang Pinner (Speaker)
Head of Sustainable Investments - Vinis GmbH - Austria

Arthur Docters van Leeuwen (Speaker)
Chairman - Holland Financial Centre - Netherlands

Paul Mudde (Speaker)
Reputation Manager & Sust. Dev. - Sustainable Finance & Insurance - Netherlands

Kirsty Jenkinson Thomas (Speaker)
Director, Governance & Sustainable Investment - F&C Asset Management PLC - UK

Stephan Voisin (Speaker)
Head Of Social Responsible Investments - Crédit Agricole Cheuvreux - France

Masahiro Kato (Speaker)
Senior Manager - Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Co., Ltd. - Japan

11:30 - 12:00
Volmer Rooms - St. John's Room 1, Congress Entry and Vestibule

Coffee Break

12:00 - 12:30
Grand Ballroom

Keynote

Alain Dromer
Chief Executive - Aviva Investors Global Services Limited - UK

12:30 - 13:00
Grand Ballroom

Keynote

Claudia Langer
Founder & Chief Executive Officer - Utopia AG, Utopia Foundation - Germany
Awakening Consumers, Awakening Investors and Why You Should Have Some Real Good Answers to Their Needs
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13:00 - 14:30
Wintergarden, Restaurant Le Reflet, Golden Palm Bar

Standing Buffet Lunch

14:30 - 16:15
Amsterdam Room, First Floor

Workshop 1 - Microfinance

Gert van Maanen (Moderator)
Dutch government Advisory Council on Development Affairs - Netherlands

Robert Bragar (Speaker)
General Counsel - Oikocredit - Netherlands
Financing Microfinance - Laws That Apply.
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Dinos Constantinou (Speaker)
Founder - Global Microfinance Group SA - Switzerland
Equity Investments In Institutions Financing Micro & Small Businesses In Emerging Markets (Global Focus)
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Sanjay Sinha (Speaker)
Deputy Chief Financial Officer - Microcredit Enterprises, Inc. - USA

14:30 - 16:15
Foyer Room, First Floor

Workshop 2 - TBLI In Emerging and Transition Economies in CEE

Geoffrey Mazullo (Moderator)
Adjunct Professor School of American Law, Principal - Emerging Markets ESG - Poland

Leopold Seiler (Speaker)
Chief Executive Officer - Seiler Asset Management Vermoegensverwaltung GmbH - Austria
Microfinance in the eastern European neighborhood - Where Adam Smith has to meet David Hume
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Sorana Baciu (Speaker)
Director Corporate Development & Investor Relations - Petrom SA - Romania

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Magnus Furugård (Jury)
President and Managing Director - GES Investment Services - Sweden
Analyzing companies in emerging and transition economies
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Robert Haßler (Jury)
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder - oekom research AG - Germany
Analyzing companies in emerging and transition economies
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14:30 - 16:15
Seasons Room

Workshop 3 - Sustainable Mobility

Maurits Groen (Moderator)
Director - Groen Milieu & Communicatie B.V. - Netherlands

Ariën Knibbe (Speaker)
Business Development Executive - IBM Nederland - Netherlands
Road User Charging NL - Latest Developments and Planning Concerning Free Flow Tolling Systems in The Greater Amsterdam Area
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Carlo van de Weijer (Speaker)
Vice-president Road Charging - Tomtom International B.V. - Netherlands
Connected Navigation: A Huge Market-Driven Step Towards Sustainable Mobility.
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Nancy Kete (Speaker)
Director - Embarq - WRI - USA

14:30 - 16:15
St. John's Room 2

Workshop 4 - High Net Worth Wealth Management and TBLI

Angela de Wolff (Moderator)
Founder and Chief Executive Officer - ConSer Invest SA - Switzerland

Erol Bilecen (Speaker)
Head Client Services Sustainable Investment - Bank Sarasin & Co. Ltd - Switzerland
HNWIs and SRI: Current Status, Outlook and Potential Pitfalls
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Boudewijn Jansen (Speaker)
Deputy CEO - Head of Product Development - HSBC Private Bank - UK

Thomas W. Van Dyck (Speaker)
Senior Vice President, Financial Consultant SRI Wealth Management Group - RBC Wealth Management - USA

14:30 - 16:15
Grand Ballroom

Workshop 5 - European Union Policy Changes and Impact on Financial Sector

Yukiko Fukasaku (Speaker)
Managing Director - Innovmond SARL - France
Corporate Social Responsibility in the Regional Strategy of the European Union
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Toni Symonds (Speaker)
Senior Policy Advisor - California State Legislature - USA
Recent Developments in - and a Critical Appraisal from - California
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16:15 - 16:45
Volmer Rooms, St. John's Room 1, Congress Entry and Vestibule

Coffee Break

16:45 - 18:15
Amsterdam Room, First Floor

Workshop 6 - Clean Investment

Mungo Park (Moderator)
Chairman - Innovator Capital Limited - UK

Richard Youngman (Speaker)
Managing Director - Cleantech Group - Europe - UK
Growing Investments in New Clean Technologies, But Do They Match Customer Demand?
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Julia Balandina Jaquier (Speaker)
Head of Sustainable Investments Group - AIG Investments - Switzerland

Gerard Reid (Speaker)
Ceo - Oikovest GmbH - Germany

16:45 - 18:15
Foyer Room, First Floor

Workshop 7 - Carbon Markets

Doug Cogan (Moderator)
Director of Climate Change Research - RiskMetrics Group Inc. - USA

Sascha Lafeld (Speaker)
Executive Board Member - First Climate - Germany
Carbon Markets - A US Perspective
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Ai Sachiko (Speaker)
Senior Manager, Frontier Business Development and Support - Mitsubishi Ufj Trust and Banking Co. Ltd. - Japan
The Current Movements for a "Low Carbon Economy" in Japan and a New Trust Scheme for Transactions
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_________ (Speaker)

16:45 - 18:15
Seasons Room

Workshop 8 - TBLI Research

Jo Confino (Moderator)
Head Of Sustainable Development And Executive Editor - The Guardian - UK

Axel Hesse (Speaker)
Senior Consultant - Sd-m - Sustainable Development Management - Germany
Outperformance with Sustainable Development Key Performance Indicators (SD-KPIs)
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Nic Marks (Speaker)
Founder - Nef - Centre for Well-Being - UK
Happy Planet Organisations - Organisations for a High Well-being, Low Carbon World
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_________ (Speaker)

16:45 - 18:15
Executive Room, First Floor

Workshop 9 - Mission and/or Faith Related Investment

Faith or conviction in distinct cases determines behavior, including investment behavior. To what extent is conviction or faith consistent with ESG goals? The session will discuss the issues with rega... Read more.

Dato' Mohamed Iqbal (Moderator)
Trustee - Taqwa Foundation - Malaysia

Raúl Pomares (Speaker)
Vice President - Guggenheim - USA

Lisa Kleissner (Speaker)
President and Co-Founder - KL Felicitas Foundation - USA

Charly Kleissner (Speaker)
Co - Founder - KL Felicitas Foundation - USA
Myths, Reality, and Opportunities for Portfolio Integration
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Asad Zafar (Speaker)
CEO - Al Rayan Investment LLC - Qatar

16:45 - 18:15
Grand Ballroom

Workshop 10 - Voluntary Guidelines - Are they effective?

Hugh Wheelan (Moderator)
Managing Director - Responsible_Investor.com - France

Narina Mnatsakanian (Speaker)
Project Manager - UNPRI - France
Principles For Responsible Investment As a Global Voluntary Investor Framework
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David A. Glenister (Speaker)
International Sales Manager - Sgs International Certification Services Sa - Switzerland
Equator Principles - Managing Environmental and Social Risks in Project Finance
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Leo Johnson (Speaker)
Partner - PriceWaterhouseCoopers - UK

Johan Frijns (Commentator)
Coordinator - Banktrack - Netherlands

16:45 - 18:15
St. John's Room 2

Workshop 11 - Fund Performance and Strategy

Ylva Lindberg (Moderator)
Founder & Managing Director - Sigla - Norway

David G. Creighton (Speaker)
President and Chief Executive Officer - Cordiant Capital Inc. - Canada
The Benefits of ESG Investing in Emerging Markets - CEE/SEE.
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Chris Vincent (Speaker)
Head of Activism - Principle Capital - UK
Second Generation Engagement
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18:15 - 19:00

Time Out

20:00 - 20:30

ESG Leaders Awards Ceremony

Awarded by Investments & Pensions Europe Best Research House/Consultant in ESG Most Innovative Development Related to ESG Outstanding Contribution to Development in ESG Best Asset Manager invest... Read more.

21:30 - 21:40

Closure of First Conference Day

21:40

60 Seconds of Fame

22:00 - 01:00
External Location TBA

After Dinner Party

Sponsored by SAM , STOXX and Dow Jones

The attendance of this speaker is not yet confirmed.

November 14th, Friday

09:00 - 10:45
Grand Ballroom

Workshop 12 - TBLI Research - What Makes a Great Rating Agency?

In a recent survey, Göteborg University and Chalmers University of Technology compared environmental rating schemes and actual company ratings provided by seven major European and North American SRI ... Read more.

Tami Zilberg (Moderator)
Senior SR Consultant and Consultant - ICSR - Israel Center For Social Responsibility - Israel

Ronald Lubberts (Speakers)
Managing Director - Sustainalytics Netherlands - Netherlands

Rolf D. Häßler (Speaker)
Director Business Development - Oekom Research - Germany

Mairead Hancock (Speaker)
Head of Client Services - Ethical Investment Research Services (EIRIS) Ltd - UK

Mark Tulay (Speaker)
Vice President - IW Financial - USA

Davide Dal Maso (Speaker)
SRI Research Manager - Vigeo Italia - Italy

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09:00 - 10:45
Amsterdam Room, First Floor

Workshop 13 - Water

Giulio Franzinetti (Moderator)
Member of the Advisory Board - TBLI GROUP™ - Italy

Peter van der Linde (Speaker)
Director, Partner Relations - Akvo - Netherlands
Akvo - The Open Source for Water and Sanitation
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Andreas Knörzer (Speaker)
Head Of Sustainable Investment Group - Bank Sarasin & Cie Ag - Switzerland

_________ (Speaker)

09:00 - 10:45
Foyer Room, First Floor

Workshop 14 - TBLI In Emerging and Transition Economies in CEE

Geoffrey Mazullo (Moderator)
Adjunct Professor School of American Law, Principal - Emerging Markets ESG - Poland

Veronika Juchnewitsch (Speaker)
Head of SRI - Limestone SRI - Estonia
Tailoring SRI Research to Emerging Europe investment
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Wolfgang Pinner (Speaker)
Head of Sustainable Investments - Vinis GmbH - Austria
Launch of New Investment Fund for Eastern Europe
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Cristina Loghin (Speaker)
Head Of Capital Market And Investor Relations Department - National Power Grid Company - Transelectrica - Romania
TEL or Sustainable Investment in an Eastern European Energy Company
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Magnus Furugård (Speaker)
President and Managing Director - GES Investment Services - Sweden
Analyzing companies in emerging and transition economies
Read more.

Robert Haßler (Speaker)
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder - oekom research AG - Germany
Analyzing companies in emerging and transition economies
Read more.

09:00 - 10:45
Seasons Room

Workshop 15 - TBLI INVESTOR SALON™

Mungo Park (Moderator)
Chairman - Innovator Capital Limited - UK

Frederic Scheer (Speaker)
Chairman and CEO - BPI - Unknown

Steve Anderson (Speaker)
CEO - Surfect Technologies Holdings, Inc. - USA

Barry Clive (Speaker)
Chief Technology Officer - SolarEmpower Ltd. - UK

09:00 - 10:45
St. John's Room 2

Workshop 16 - TBLI ACADEMY™ - Engaging Your Organisation for Sustainability

Tom Cummings (Facilitator)
Founder And Director - Executive Learning Partnership - Belgium

10:45 - 11:15
Volmer Rooms, St. John's Room 1, Congress Entry and Vestibule

Coffee Break

11:15 - 13:00
Amsterdam Room, First Floor

Workshop 17 - Stakeholder Engagement

Paul Hohnen (Moderator)
Strategy Director - Paul Hohnen Consulting - Netherlands

Mark Heintz (Speaker)
Stakeholder Relations Manager - HP - USA
HP's Beyond Engagement NGO Strategy for Partnerships (Case Study - Results and Benefits)
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Bennett Freeman (Speaker)
SVP, Social Research and Policy - Calvert - USA

11:15 - 13:00
Foyer Room, First Floor

Workshop 18 - Green Real Estate

Giulio Franzinetti (Moderator)
Member of the Advisory Board - TBLI GROUP™ - Italy

Annemarie van Doorn (Speaker)
VP Special Projects - ABN AMRO NV - Netherlands

Michael Barry Nates (Speaker)
Senior General Manager Ehs & Sustainability - Nakheel - Sustainability, Health & Safety and Environment (SSHE) - USA
Sustainability/Master Planning and Real Estate From a Middle Eastern Perspective
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Charles Abel Smith (Speaker)
Head of PPP Advisory - Arup - UK

_________ (Speaker)

11:15 - 13:00
Seasons Room

Workshop 19 - Biodiversity Investment

Maurits Groen (Moderator)
Director - Groen Milieu & Communicatie B.V. - Netherlands

Ivo Mulder (Speaker)
Market Development Advisor - Triple E - Switzerland
Unnerving a persistent thought - Making Biodiversity Finance Tangible by Stimulating (For-Profit) Investments in Biodiversity Conservation
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Nigel Asquith (Speaker)
Executive Director - EcoFund Foundation Ecuador - Ecuador
Biodiversity and Watershed Conservation Investments in Latin America and Southern Africa: what works on the ground, what doesn’t and why?
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Zoltan Kun (Speaker)
Executive Director - PANParks Foundation - Hungary
Creating an Alliance Between Biodiversity And Investment – Investing In Europe’s Wilderness Areas
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11:15 - 13:00
St. John's Room 2

Workshop 20 - SRI and Transparency

What exactly is transparancy and how do we deal with it from a public and SRI perspective? What are the implications for corporations?

Gemma Crijns (Moderator)
Director - CSR Dialogue - Netherlands

Wim Leereveld (Speaker)
CEO & Founder - Access To Medicine Index - Netherlands
What defines the Access to Medicine Index - a yearly ranking of pharmaceutical companies on efforts to provide global access to medicines?
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Eve Morelli (Speaker)
ESG Specialist - Client Services Executive - ASSET4 - Switzerland
Huge Differences in Companies’ Reporting - Focus on the Pharma sector
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Jermyn P. Brooks (Speaker)
Chair, Business Advisory Board - Transparency International - Germany
The Public Face of Integrity: What should companies report about their anti-bribery and corruption policies and programmes? There is a growing need for guidance to the corporate world, given the requirements in this area by FTSE4Good, by the UN Global Compact and initiatives aS the WEF's PACI project.
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11:15 - 13:00
Grand Ballroom

Workshop 21 - Sovereign Wealth Funds

Ylva Lindberg (Moderator)
Founder & Managing Director - Sigla - Norway

Afshin Mehrpouya (Speaker)
Senior Analyst - Innovest - France
The Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Implications of Sovereign Wealth Funds’ (SWF) Influence in the Capitals Markets and Innovest’s Risk Analysis Approach to SWFs.
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Eli Ane Lund (Speaker)
Norwegian Ministry Of Finance - Norway
Main Challenges for the Council on Ethics for the Norwegian Government Pension Fund
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11:15 - 13:00
Grand Ballroom

Workshop 22 - TBLI Research - What Makes a Great Rating Agency? (Continued)

In a recent survey, Göteborg University and Chalmers University of Technology compared environmental rating schemes and actual company ratings provided by seven major European and North American SRI ... Read more.

Tami Zilberg (Moderator)
Senior SR Consultant and Consultant - ICSR - Israel Center For Social Responsibility - Israel

Ronald Lubberts (Speaker)
Managing Director - Sustainalytics Netherlands - Netherlands

Rolf D. Häßler (Speaker)
Director Business Development - Oekom Research - Germany

Mairead Hancock (Speaker)
Head of Client Services - Ethical Investment Research Services (EIRIS) Ltd - UK

Mark Tulay (Speaker)
Vice President - IW Financial - USA

Davide Dal Maso (Speaker)
SRI Research Manager - Vigeo Italia - Italy

13:00 - 14:30
Winter Garden, Restaurant Le Reflet, Golden Palm Bar

Standing Buffet Lunch

14:30 - 16:00
Grand Ballroom

Roundtable

Celebrating 10 Years TBLI CONFERENCE™ A Glass of Champagne and a Crystal Ball They were amongst our very first speakers 10 years ago and they are still going strong. What are their ideas, remini... Read more.

Paul Hohnen (Moderator)
Strategy Director - Paul Hohnen Consulting - Netherlands

Robert Rubinstein (Speaker)
Founder and Chief Executive Officer - TBLI Conference B.V./TBLI Consulting B.V. - Netherlands

Tessa Tennant (Speaker)
Director - ASrIA - UK

Amy Domini (Speaker)
Finance - Domini Social Investments - USA

Bart Jan Krouwel (Speaker)
Managing Director Corporate Social Responsibility - Rabobank Nederland - Netherlands

Mizue Tsukushi (Speaker)
CEO - Good Bankers Co., Ltd. - Japan

Alois Flatz (Speaker)
Managing Partner - Zouk Ventures Limited - Unknown

16:00 - 16:30
Grand Ballroom

Keynote

Jeremy Leggett
Executive Chairman - Solar Century Holdings Ltd. - UK
The Energy Security Drivers For Alternative Energy Investments
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16:30 - 17:00
Grand Ballroom

Keynote

17:00 - 17:20
Grand Ballroom

Closing Address

Robert Swan
Founder, W5 The Innovation Centre - 2041 - USA

17:20 - 17:30
Grand Ballroom

Official Closing

Robert Rubinstein
Founder and Chief Executive Officer - TBLI Conference B.V./TBLI Consulting B.V. - Netherlands

17:30 - 19:00
De Groot Industrieele Club, Dam Square, left side opposite NH Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky

Cocktail and Reception

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