Conference Programme

preliminary agenda

MORNING SESSION

08:30 – Registration

09:00 – Welcome
Andreas Hoepner (UCD)
Mario La Torre (Sapienza University of Rome)
Cormac MacMahon (TUD)
Sean O’Reilly (UCD)
Fabiola Schneider (UCD)

9:30 – Paper Presentation, Sessions A, B, C, D

Session A – Regulation & Impact
Chair: Andreas Hoepner

Session B – Pricing & Protecting Nature
Chair: Diego Guisande

Session C – Sustainable Finance & Financial Markets
Chair: Norah Storey

Session D – Investment & Impact
Chair: Sean O’Reilly

11:00 – Coffee Break

11:30 – Panel:
“Financing the Future: The Role of Central Banks and Sovereign Wealth Funds in Sustainable Finance” moderated by Andreas Hoepner (UCD)
Panellists:
– Kirsten Baumbach, ECB
– Emma Jane Joyce, NTMA
– Carlos Martins, ESM
– Diarmuid Murphy, IOB

12:30 – Lunch break

AFTERNOON SESSION

14:00 – Keynote speech:
“Climate and biodiversity: the challenge of implementation”
Ciarán Cuffe, Co-Chair of the European Green Party

15:00 – Paper Presentation, Sessions E, F, G, H

Session E – Regulation & Decarbonization
Chair: Georgios Papadopoulos

Session F – ESG & Development Aid
Chair: Anh Vu

Session G – Nature & Biodiversity Loss
Chair: Almudena García-Sanz

Session H – Climate & Disclosure
Chair: Goran Dominioni

Reception: 19:00
UCD Village

preliminary agenda

MORNING SESSION

08:30 – Registration

09:00 – Keynote speech:
“Are women more exposed to firm shocks?”
Ramin Baghai, Stockholm School of Economics

10:00 – Paper Presentation, Sessions I, J, K, L

Session I – Transition & Survival
Chair: Andreas Hoepner

Session J – Assurance & Choices
Chair: Sean O’Reilly

Session K – Green Bonds & Sentiment
Chair: Darren Shannon

Session L – ESG & Banking
Chair: Cormac MacMahon

11:30 – Coffee Break

12:00 – Keynote speech:
Hannah Layman, LSEG

13:00 – Lunch break

AFTERNOON SESSION

14.30 – Panel:
“Nature Protecting Finance and Investing” moderated by Fabiola Schneider (UCD)
Panellists:
– Sebastian Bekker, UNEP WCMB
– Marianne Haahr, Global Canopy
– Jillis Herpers, Sustainable Supply Chain & Subsidiaries Augmented Intelligence Insight
– UCD Shane McGuinness, UCD & Peatland Finance Ireland
– Tushar Saini, UCD

15.30 – Paper Presentation, Sessions M,N, O, P

Session M – Greenwashing & Risk
Chair: Niamh Brennan

Session N – Sustainability & Engagement
Chair: Salma Boussetta

Session O – ESG & Measurement
Chair: John McCallig

Session P – SDGs & Governance
Chair: Ibrahim Ouassini

17:00 – Closing Remarks and Best Paper Award
Lucia Alessi (JRC)
Andreas Hoepner (UCD)
Cormac MacMahon (TUD)
Sean O’Reilly (UCD)
Fabiola Schneider (UCD)