Impact Investing
Driving Social Purpose Through Measurable Investment Returns
SEPTEMBER 17, 2019
BOSTON, MA
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 |
|---|---|
| 8:00-8:40 AM | Registration & Networking |
| 8:40-8:45 | Welcome Remarks |
| 8:45-9:20 | Opening Panel Lost in Translation: Big Capital and Philanthropy in Impact Strategies Moderator: Panelists: Michiel De Smet, Finance Program Lead, Ellen MacArthur Foundation (unconfirmed) Eric Maltzer, Adjunct Professor, Middlebury College and Director, Medora Ventures Mike Muldoon, Associate Director, Innovative Finance, The Rockefeller Foundation Ardyth Neill, President, Heifer Foundation Wellington Pak, MPP, Head of Strategy, FHI 360, President, FHI Ventures |
| 9:20-9:35 | Topic Briefing Highlights: The Role of the Public Sector in Market Development Presenter: Larry Beeferman, Director, the Pensions and Capital Stewardship Project, Fellow at the Labor and Worklife Program, Harvard Law School |
| 9:35-10:05 | Panel Discussion The Role of Government in Seeding Attractive Markets for Institutional Investors: A Reframe of Public Private Partnerships Moderator: Larry Beeferman, Director, the Pensions and Capital Stewardship Project, Fellow at the Labor and Worklife Program, Harvard Law School Panelists: Marty Clemons, President, North Carolina Industrial Hemp Association John Didiuk, Esq., Director, International Project Finance, Overseas Private Investment Corporation Diana Turoff, President & CEO, Finance Fund and Finance Fund Capital Corporation |
| 10:05-10:45 | Panel Discussion The Investor’s Deal Book: An Analysis of Market Rate Strategy and Performance Moderator: Alexander Golding, President, Lawrence Golding Foundation Panelists: Josh Roach, CIO, Lloyd Capital Partners (SFO) Samira Salman, Heathside Ventures (Single Family Office) Liesel Pritzker Simmons, Founder, Blue Haven Initiative (SFO) |
| 10:45-11:00 | Networking Break |
| 11:00-11:30 | Panel Session Renewable Energy Investing: Making Profits Through the Energy Transition Moderator: Panelists: Bryan R. Lawrence, Member, Yorktown Partners, LLC |
| 11:30-11:45 | Topic Introduction Electric Cars: The Impact of Changing Societal Values on the Auto Industry Presenter: Chad Hagen, Chairman & Group CEO, Hagen Capital Group (SFO) |
| 11:45-12:15 PM | Empowerment 2008 Tesla: 2008, Government Intervention and Its Impact on the Auto Industry Interviewer: Christopher P. Skroupa, Founder & CEO, Skytop Strategies Interviewee: David Yeh, Managing Partner, Capitol Hill and Former White House Senior Advisor |
| 12:15-12:45 | Empowerment 2019 The Driverless Car: Disruption of the Insurance Industry, Transportation Services and Workforce Interviewer: Christopher P. Skroupa, Founder & CEO, Skytop Strategies Interviewee: Jeremy McCool, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, HEVO Inc. |
| 12:45-1:00 | Networking Luncheon |
| 1:00-1:40 | Presentation Informed ESG: The Role of Non-Traditional Data Sources Presenter: Bill Davis, Managing Director, Stance Capital |
| 1:40-2:10 | Panel Presentation Topic: TBA Moderator: Cynthia Plouché, Independent Board Trustee, Northern Funds/Northern Institutional Funds, Northern Trust Corporation Panelists: Jack Tackacs, Executive Managing Direcotor, Monet Alternative Asset Managment, LLC |
| 2:10-2:30 | Presentation Investing in Poor Women in the Least Developed Countries: How to Fill the Financing Gap for Female Entreprenuers Presenter: Esther Pan Sloane, Head of Partnerships, Policy & Communications, United Nations Capital Development Fund |
| 2:30-3:00 | Interview The Gender Lens: A Look at Investment Models Across the Continuum of Markets Interviewer: Jo Lynne Whiting, Chair, Boardbound, Women’s Leadership Foundation & former corporate executive Interviewees: Danielle Holly, CEO, Common Impact Leigh Moran, Director Strategy and Communications, Calvert Impact Capital |
| 3:00-3:30 | Interview Reproductive Rights and Gender Equality: Are They Inextricably Coterminous? Interviewer: Interviewee: |
| 3:30-4:00 | Institutional Investor Panel Trip Wires: A Practical Discussion on How to Best Present the Impact Opportunity Moderator: Tim Smith, Director of ESG Shareowner Engagement, Walden Asset Management Panelists: Greg Ratliff, Vice President, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Will Relle, Responsible Investment Consultant Associate, Mercer |
| 4:00-4:15 | Networking Break |
| 4:15-4:45 | Private Equity Panel Discussion Growing Impact Companies: New Generation Initiatives and the Next Wave of IPOs Moderator: Panelists: Bill Brandt, Director Strategic Integration, ASU LightWorks Peter Lupoff, Principal, Lupoff Family Office & CEO, Net Impact Sean Petersen, Venture Capital, International Finance Corporation |
| 4:45-5:15 | Closing Keynote TBA |
| 5:15 | Closing Remarks |
| 5:20 | Networking Reception |
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