08:00
Registration & coffee
08:50
Chair’s opening remarks
09:00
Morning keynote interview
09:15
Panel: Financing the energy transition across the Americas
Swami Venkataraman, Associate Managing Director - Sustainable Finance, Global Head of Assessments, Moody's Ratings
10:00
Panel: Climate risk and capital allocation – embedding resilience into fixed income
Reshma Kulkarni, Senior Director and Head of ESG Ratings for the US and Canada, Sustainable Fitch
10:45
Morning networking break
11:15
Track one: Debt as a tool for impact |
Track two: The future of labelled debt |
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Panel: Beyond labels – how investors are allocating capital today Moderator: Michael Ferguson, Managing Director, Sustainable Finance, S&P Global Ratings
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Panel: Nature finance – moving beyond high-level narratives
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12:00
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Fireside chat: Debt as a tool for influence – why bondholder engagement matters more than ever Allison Glansberg, Credit Analyst, Community Capital Management |
Fireside chat: Blue finance and water resilience Moderator: Michael Bellantoni, Sustainable Finance Capital Markets Americas Director, BNP Paribas Aaron Johnston, Treasury Director, Xylem |
12:30
Lunch
13:30
Track one: Debt as a tool for impact |
Track two: The future of labelled debt |
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Panel: Growth of private markets in sustainable finance David Klausner, Senior Director, Sustainable Investment Analyst, PGIM Credit |
Panel: How to issue a labelled bond in 2026 Simone Utermarck, Senior Director, Sustainable Finance, |
14:15
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Fireside chat: Seeking outcomes and impact in sustainable debt structuring Michael Bennett, Head of Market Solutions and Structured Finance, World Bank |
Debate: What is the future of the US labelled bond market?
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14:45
Networking coffee break
15:15
Afternoon keynote interview: Issuer case study
Nikolai Sklaroff, Capital Finance Director, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
15:40
Fireside chat: Powering the digital economy – opportunities for sustainable debt
Jonathan Schildkraut, Chief Investment Officer, Compass Datacenters
16:10
Panel: Emerging markets, development finance and sovereign debt – mobilising capital for resilience
Humberto Rodriguez, Chief Financial Officer, Central American Bank for Economic Integration
Steffen Reichold, EM Economist and Head of Sustainability, Stone Harbour
16:55
Chair’s closing remarks
17:00
Close of conference