MORNING SESSIONS
08:30-09:30 – Registration
09:30-09:50 – Welcome and Opening Remarks
Timo Busch (University of Hamburg)
Lucia Alessi (European Commission – Joint Research Center)
Mario La Torre (Sapienza Università di Roma)
09:50-10:00 – Welcome Address
Verena Hebbecker (Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space)
10:00-10:45 – Keynote Speech
„Investor Democracy“
Robert Bauer (Maastricht University)
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10:45-11:15 – Coffee Break
11:15-12:30 – Panel Discussion: Defining & Advancing Impact in Banking and Finance
Moderator: Brigitte Bernard-Rau (University of Hamburg)
Panelists:
Katrin Seifert (GLS Bank)
Jennifer Anne Paffen (Bethmann Bank – ABN AMRO)
Andrea Abbate (Banca Etica)
Eric Prüßner (Advanced Impact Research – AIR)
12:30-14:00 – Lunch Break
AFTERNOON SESSIONS
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14:00-15:30 – Paper presentations – Parallel Sessions
Session A – Impact Investing Dynamics
Session B – Sustainable Finance Markets
Session C – ESG Ratings and Controversies
Session D – Transition and Transformative Finance
Session E – ESG Measurement and Reporting
15:30-16:00 – Coffee Break
16:00-17:30 – Paper Presentations – Parallel Sessions
Session F – Climate Finance
Session G – Asset Classes and Asset Management
Session H – Advancing ESG through AI and Machine Learning
Session I – Public Sector Policies & Development Finance
Session J – Sustainable Finance, Gender Equality, and Other Social Narratives
19:30 – Gala Dinner
Restaurant Parlament Hamburg (https://www.parlament-hamburg.de)
19:45-20:00 – Keynote Dinner Speech
Katharina Beck, Member of the German Bundestag, Spokesperson for Financial policy for the BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN parliamentary group.
MORNING SESSIONS
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08:30-09:00 – Registration
09:00-10:30 – Paper Presentations – Parallel Sessions
Session K – Decision Drivers in Sustainable Finance
Session L – Finance across Asset Classes
Session M – ESG in Fixed Income Strategies
Session N – Nature Finance and Biodiversity
Session O – Greenwashing & Corporate Governance
10:30-11:00 – Coffee Break
11:00-12:30 Paper Presentations – Parallel Sessions
Session P – Impact Investing Dimensions, Strategies and Mechanisms
Session Q – Sustainability-Linked Bonds
Session R – ESG and Portfolio Management
Session S – Sustainable Finance Strategies and Performance
Session T – EU Policy and Regulation
12:30-13:30 – Lunch break
AFTERNOON SESSIONS
13:30-14:00 Keynote Speech
“Identifying Latent Corporate Strategies: Climate Transition vs. Status Quo”
Andreas Hoepner (University College Dublin)
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14:00-15:00 – Panel Discussion: Policy and Regulatory Perspectives in Sustainable and Impact Investing
Moderator: Timo Busch (University of Hamburg)
Panelists:
Aleksandra Palinska (Eurosif)
Lucia Alessi (European Commission – Joint Research Center)
Julien Mazzacurati (ESMA – European Securities and Markets Authority)
Andrei Gurin (European Commission – DG FISMA)
15:00-15:30 – Coffee Break
15:30-16:45 – Best Paper Session
16:45 – Best Paper Award 2026
17:00 – Closing Remarks
