ESG3 Summit
A Driver of Shareholder Value
APRIL 7, 2017
3 TIMES SQUARE
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10036
30TH FLOOR
AGENDA
The Skytop Strategies team is dedicated to crafting thought provoking
agendas that are diverse, not only in areas of thought and experience,
but in the broad range of attending speakers.
| Time | Description |
|---|---|
| 8:00-8:20 AM | Registration & Networking Breakfast |
| 8:20-8:25 | Welcome Remarks Christopher P. Skroupa, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Skytop Strategies |
| 8:25-8:40 | Host Sponsor Remarks Integrating Corporate Responsibility, Sustainability, and Diversity: The Thomson Reuters Story Presenter: Patsy Doerr, Global Head, Corporate Responsibility, Sustainability & Inclusion, Thomson Reuters |
| 8:40-9:10 | Keynote Presentation Topic: TBA Presenter: Seth Magaziner, General Treasurer, State of Rhode Island |
| 9:10-9:40 | ESG on Tour: Investor Relations, and ESG Executives Bring the Case to Institutional Investors Interviewer: Louis Coppola, Co-Founder & Executive Vice President, G&A Institute Interviewees: Suzanne Fallender, Director of Corporate Responsibility, Intel Corporation Mark Henninger, Vice President of Finance, Director of Investor Relations, Intel Corporation |
| 9:40-9:50 | Topic Introduction Topic: TBA Presenter: Lukasz Pomorski, Managing Director, AQR Capital Management |
| 9:50-10:30 | ESG Integration: Performance Factors That Bridge the Great Divide Between Commitment to ESG and Market Recognition Moderator: Lukasz Pomorski, Managing Director, AQR Capital Management Panelists: Travis Antoniono, Investment Officer, Corporate Governance, California State Teacher’s Retirement System Dana Hollinger, Board of Directors, CalPERS Amy Jaffe, Senior Advisor, Energy and Sustainability, Office of the Chief Investment Officer of the Regents James Maloney, Trustee, Chicago Policemen’s Annuity and Benefit Fund, Member, Board of Directors, Illinois Public Pension Fund Association |
| 10:30-10:50 | Networking Break |
| 10:50-11:30 | Confessions of Investor Relations Executives Part I What IR Executives Wish Sustainability Executives Knew About Investor Demands Moderator: Charlotte Laurent-Ottomane, Executive Director, Thirty Percent Coalition Panelists: Darin Arita, Senior Vice President, Head of Investor Relations and FP&A, Voya Financial Libby Bernick, Global Head of Corporate Business, TruCost Angeline McCabe, Vice President, Investor Relations, WellCare Health Plans, Inc. |
| 11:30-12:10 PM | Confessions of Sustainability Executives Part II What Sustainability Officers Wish IR Executives Knew About ESG as a Value Driver Moderator: Charlotte Laurent-Ottomane, Executive Director, Thirty Percent Coalition Panelists: Gabriela Burian, Sustainable Agriculture Lead, Monsanto Company Maureen Kline, Vice President, Public Affairs and Sustainability, Pirelli Tire North America Nelson Switzer, Chief Sustainability Officer, Nestle Waters North America |
| 12:10-1:10 | Networking Luncheon |
| 1:10-1:30 | Topic Introduction Beyond Quarterly Earnings: What Investors and Analysts Want to See When Shifting Away from Shortermism Presenter: Michael Muyot, President & Co-founder, The Analyst Desk |
| 1:30-2:10 PM | Beyond Quarterly Earnings: What Investors and Analysts Want to See When Shifting Away from Shortermism Moderator: Michael Muyot, President & Co-founder, The Analyst Desk Panelists: Linda-Eling Lee, Global Head of ESG Research, MSCI Chris Fowle, Associate Director, Americas, Principles for Responsible Investment Michael Garland, Assistant Comptroller, Corporate Governance and Responsible Investment, City of New York Meredith Miller, Chief Corporate Governance Officer, UAW Retiree Medical Benefits Trust |
| 2:10-2:50 | The Board of the Future: Can Boards and Activists Align on Matters of Board Composition and Diversity? Moderator: Robert Jackson, Professor of Law and Director, Program on Corporate Law and Policy, Columbia Law School Panelists: Jared L. Landaw, Chief Operating Officer, Barington Capital Group L.P. Mary Morris, Investment Officer, Corporate Governance, CalSTRS Irvin D. Reid, President Emeritus, Wayne State University; Director, Mack-Cali Realty Corporation and Former Director of The Pep Boys – Manny, Moe & Jack, A. Schulman, Inc. and Handleman, Inc. |
| 2:50-3:20 | Presentation Measuring Intangibles: Lessons Learned from 20 Years of Placing Value on Sustainability Presenter: Robert Dornau, Director, Senior Manager Sustainability Services, RobecoSAM |
| 3:20-3:40 | Networking Break |
| 3:40-4:00 | Topic Introduction Board Competencies: How to Effectively Integrate Sustainability in Board Oversight Presenter: Veena Ramani, Program Director, Capital Market Systems Program, Ceres |
| 4:00-4:45 | ESG and Company Performance: Moving From the Qualitative to the Quantitative Moderator: Dan Winters, Head of Americas, GRESB Panelists: Rodrigo Garcia, Head of Investments, Banking & Finance, Illinois State Treasury Brandon Rees, Deputy Director, Officer of Investment, AFL-CIO Diederik Timmer, Executive Vice President, Sustainalytics Veena Ramani, Program Director, Capital Market Systems Program, Ceres |
| 4:45 | Conference Wrap-Up Networking Reception Begins |
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