Impact Investing
Driving Social Purpose Through Measurable Investment Returns
MAY 3, 2018
THE DUPONT CIRCLE
1500 NEW HAMPSHIRE AVENUE NW
WASHINGTON, D.C.
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 |
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8:00-8:25 AM | Registration & Networking Breakfast |
8:25-8:30 | Welcome Remarks Christopher P. Skroupa, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Skytop Strategies |
8:30-8:50 | Opening Presentation Impacting Investing: State of Play in the Rapidly Unfolding Investment Strategy Presenter: Lisa Woll, Chief Executive Officer, US SIF |
8:50-9:30 | Investor Panel Active Stewardship: A Look at Public Equities and the Integral Nature of Impact Investing Moderator: Karen Wawrzaszek, Managing Director, Wealth Advisory, Rockefeller Capital Management Panelists: E Shepard Farrar, Chief, Investment Management, Inter American Development Bank Joshua Strauss, Portfolio Manager, Appleseed Capital |
9:30-10:05 | Panel Discussion Technology and Impact: Blockchain as an Amplifier for Impact Outcomes Moderator: Shahid Shah, Founder, Chairman of the Board, Netspective Panelists: Alberto Gomez-Obregon, Director of Portfolio, Acumen Sonal Shah, Founding Executive Director, Beeck Center for Social Impact & Innovation, Georgetown University |
10:05-10:35 | Networking Break |
10:35-11:15 | Healthcare: Technology as the Delivery Mechanism for Care Moderator: Sally Boulter, Senior Officer, Client Experience & Strategic Development, ImpactAssets Panelists: Tisha Jepson, Chief Executive Officer, True Bearing Diagnostics Raj Sharma, Chief Executive Officer, Health Wizz Dr. David K. Song, Managing Director, Senior Portfolio Manager, Rockefeller Capital Management |
11:15-12:00 PM | Private Equity Panel Innovations in Private Equity: A Modified Platform for Generating Impact Returns Moderator: Charlotte Laurent-Ottomane, Executive Director, Thirty Percent Coalition Panelists: Jolyne Caruso, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, The Alberleen Group Elizabeth Lowery, Senior Director, TPG Capital Jackie Roberts, Chief Sustainability Officer, Carlyle Elizabeth Seeger, Head of Sustainable Investing, KKR |
12:00-1:00 | Networking Luncheon |
1:00-1:45 | Public-Private Partnerships: A Model for System Change Moderator: Esther Pan Sloane, Head, Partnerships, Policy and Communications, United Nations Capital Development Fund Panelists: Allen Braswell, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Tecdonor Noelle St.Clair, Community Development Advisor and Outreach Manager, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia David Yeh, Managing Partner, Capitol Hill |
1:45-2:15 | Academic Panel Smarter Cities: Planning for an Aging Demographic Interviewer: Shahid Shah, Founder, Chairman of the Board, Netspective Interviewee: Joe Verrengia, Director, Corporate Social Responsibility, Arrow Electronics |
2:15-2:40 | Networking Break |
2:40-3:10 | Discussion Session Investment in Affordable Housing: Impact Against the Wealth Gap Discussants: Hillary Marshall, Lead Research Analyst, Responsible Investment, Domini Katherine St. Onge, Director, Syndications and Institutional Partnerships, Calvert Impact Capital Rey Ramsey, Managing Partner, Centri Capital |
3:10-3:50 | Investor Panel Investing in Agribusiness: Impact on the Food System and Our Diet Moderator: Brian Kateman, President, The Reducetarian Foundation Panelists: Kuni Chen, Director, Impact Investments, The Nature Conservancy Jason Ingle, Co-Founder, General Partner, Closed Loop Capital Paul McMahon, Co-founder, Managing Partner, SLM Partners Jennifer Werbitsky, Investment Associate, Armonia |
3:50-4:15 | Networking Break |
4:15-4:55 | Academic Panel Filling the Void: The Next Wave in Economic Growth and Its Impact Moderator: William Jannace, Adjunct Professor, Fordham Law School Panelists: Edward R. Saltzberg, Managing Director, Security and Sustainability Forum Art Stevens, Chief Strategy Officer, Project 500 |
4:55-5:25 | Discussion Session Financial Inclusion: How it will Drive a Profitable, Abundant World Discussants: Jenny Abramson, Founder & Managing Partner, Rethink Impact John Didiuk, Director, International Project Finance, Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) Peter Lupoff, Founder, Principal Lupoff Friends and Family Interests |
5:25 | Program Adjourns |
5:30 | Networking Reception Begins |
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