Sustainable Finance Summit

May 13 - 14 - 15, 2025

New City Gas
Montreal, Canada

2025 program 

Aligning Finance with Planetary Boundaries

 

 

Day 1

May 13th

Limit, Repair, Regenerate

KEYNOTE TALK 1

NAVIGATING THE ANTHROPOCENE: UNDERSTANDING PLANETARY BOUNDARIES FOR SUSTAINABLE ACTION

8:45 - 9:15 am

PLENARY SESSION 1

PLANETARY EMERGENCY: CAN FINANCE REVERSE THE TREND?

9:15 - 10:15 am

 

COFFEE BREAK

10:15 - 10:45 am

MASTERCLASS 1

10:15 -11:45 am

 

PANEL 1

SUSTAINABLE REPORTING: A TRANSFORMATIVE LEVER FOR GLOBAL FINANCE

10:45 am -11:45 am

LUNCH BREAK

11:45 am - 12:45 pm

PANEL 2

BIODIVERSITY CREDITS: INVESTING IN ECOSYSTEM PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION

12:45 - 1:45 pm

 

PARTICIPATIVE ROUNDTABLE 1

12:45 - 1:45 pm

 

PANEL 3

STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY RESILIENCE: FINANCING CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION

2:00 - 3:00 pm

 

COFFEE BREAK

3:00 - 3:30 pm

PANEL 4

NEGATIVE EMISSIONS: MOBILIZING FINANCE TO TACKLE THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY

3:30 - 4:30 pm

KEYNOTE CONVERSATION 1

4:45 - 5:15 pm

 

NETWORKING COCKTAIL

5:15 - 7:15 pm

Day 2

May 14th

Less is more

KEYNOTE TALK 2

SOBRIETY: DARE TO RETHINK OUR SOCIETY

8:45 - 9:15 am

 

PLENARY SESSION 2

FROM INFINITE GROWTH TO PLANETARY BOUNDARIES: AN ECONOMY IN TRANSFORMATION

9:15 -10:15 am

 

COFFEE BREAK

10:15 - 10:45 am

MASTERCLASS 2

10:15 -11:45 am

 

PANEL 5

INDUSTRIES AND CLIMATE: A LOW-CARBON REVOLUTION TO TRANSFORM OUR ECONOMIES

10:45 - 11:45 am

 

LUNCH BREAK

11:45 am - 12:45 pm

PANEL 6

INSURANCE AND THE CLIMATE CRISIS: INNOVATING TO ANTICIPATE THE UNPREDICTABLE

12:45 - 1:45 pm

 

PARTICIPATIVE ROUNDTABLE 4

12:45 - 1:45 pm

 

PANEL 7

CIRCULAR ECONOMY: BUILDING A WASTE-FREE WORLD

2:00-3:00 pm

COFFEE BREAK

3:00 - 3:30 pm

PANEL 8

RESPONSIBLE USE OF AI: THE ROLE OF FINANCE IN A DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

3:30 - 4:30 pm

KEYNOTE CONVERSATION 2

4:45 - 5:15 pm

 

PLENARY SESSION 3

CLIMATE GOVERNANCE: A COLLECTIVE RESPONSE FOR A RESILIENT FUTURE 

9:15 -10:15 am

 

Day 3

May 15th

Managing the unavoidable, avoiding the unmanageable

KEYNOTE TALK 3

COOPERATE TO SURVIVE: REDEFINING ALLIANCES AMID ECOLOGICAL POLYCRISES

8:45 - 9:15 am

 

COFFEE BREAK

10:15 - 10:45 am

MASTERCLASS 3

10:15 -11:45 am

 

PANEL 9

NORTH AMERICAN ENERGY TRANSITION: REGIONAL CHALLENGES AND GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES

10:45 - 11:45 am

PANEL 10

RIGHTS OF NATURE: FINANCIAL GOVERNANCE 
IN SERVICE OF ECOSYSTEMS

11:45 am - 12:45 pm

CLOSING LUNCH

12:45 - 1:45 pm

This preliminary program may change without notice

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