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Practitioner Innovation Keynote Fireside Chat: Leveraging AI for ESG Insights

• How can financial institutions make use of available ESG data for insights and modelling, and how can AI play a role?
• What challenges are practitioners facing with ESG & AI?
• How can GenAI be utilised differently compared to AI & data science, ML and NLP?
• What AI risks are of concern to financial institutions?
  

Interview with: Nirav Shah, Senior Executive Director, Quant & ESG Technology, J.P. Morgan Asset Management
Interviewed by: Mark Davies, Partner and EMEA Lead, Element22

Keynote Panel: Navigating the Global ESG regulatory landscape

• Managing the Brexit divide: what are the challenges with data sourcing between the UK and EU regulatory regimes?
• What will be the impact of the UK adopting the ISSB measures?
• Corporate reporting regime: do we expect some convergence and does extraterritoriality play a part?
• Global developments: how can financial institutions meet ESG regulatory requirements across jurisdictions?
• What are the regulatory developments for companies that produce ESG ratings?

Moderator: Dr. Sabine Dittrich, Head of EU Financial Regulation, Slaughter & May
Ali Adeli, ESG Data and Regulation PM, Janus Henderson
Barrie Ingman, Legal Counsel, Head of Regulatory Developments, Mizuho 
Mark Manning, Principal Advisor, Regulatory Affairs, IFRS Foundation
Navin Rauniar, Co-Chair ESG Working Group & UK Steer Co Member, PRMIA – Professional Risk Managers’ International Association

Keynote: Tackling the ESG data management challenge at scale

• How has ESG changed the enterprise-wide conversation on data?
• What are the leading priorities for managing cost and consistency of third-party data across public and private assets?
• Is there a path to standardisation?
• How is regulatory pressure highlighting greater needs for data governance and transparency?

Neil Robertson, Managing Director, Commercial Strategy, S&P Global Market Intelligence

Keynote: Beyond the trend: Tech & AI to accelerate sustainable investing

• What are the main data challenges that technology and AI are already solving?
• How can the integration of more advanced AI models, such as generative AI, enhance the depth and relevance of sustainability insights for decision-making?
• In what ways can the synergy between human expertise and AI-driven analytics catalyse actionable steps towards addressing pressing social and environmental challenges?

Lorenzo Saa, Chief Sustainability Officer, Clarity AI

Panel: Data challenges in the European ESG regulatory landscape

• How is the industry progressing with SFDR, what are the outstanding data issues?
• How are firms evidencing what qualifies as a ‘sustainable investment’ and meeting the variations required between SFDR and the EU Taxonomy?
• How is the EU taxonomy evolving and what implementation challenges does it present?
• Working with vendors: what methods are working to ensure quality management and accurate data collection?
• How can the industry leverage  existing data to meet the FCA product labelling requirements?
• Litigation & liability enforcement: what can financial institutions expect with enforcement priorities?

Moderator: Sarah Underwood, Editor, A-Team Group
Anna-Marie Tomm, ESG Data Scientist, Man Group
Sarah Boden, Programme Manager Sustainability Data & Technology, Deutsche Bank
Pietro Sette, GSS Bonds Research Director, MainStreet Partners
Martina Macpherson, Head of ESG Product Strategy & Management, SIX

Panel: The Holy Grail of data management for ESG – Integrating non-standard and unstructured data

• How much progress have financial institutions made on enterprise data management for ESG?
• What problems does managing unstructured and non-standard data present
• What approaches can firms take to manage data architecture for ESG data integration?
• How do methodologies for ESG scores and ratings fit into data management, and what are the problems and solutions when they are adjusted?
• What are the options for building, buying or using hybrid solutions?

Moderator: Dr Naomi Clarke, Data Innovation & Strategy, CDO Advisory, The Process Transformation Company
Kaushik GD, Head of ESG Cloud Solutions, NatWest
Helen Krause, Head of Data Science Insights, Citi
Sean Andany, Managing Director, MIIKEN
Antonina Skrypnyk, VP FSI EMEA Solutions and Consulting, SoftServe
Devendra Bhudia, Executive Director, EDM, Enterprise Solutions, S&P Global Market Intelligence

Keynote: The future of ESG data and AI 

• How can AI add value to ESG data management and the investment process?
• How should firms balance the risks and limitations with the benefits?
• What impact will regulatory advancements have in this space?
• What is the potential for GenAI and LLMs to add value to ESG?

Antonina Skrypnyk, VP FSI EMEA Solutions and Consulting, SoftServe

Panel: Managing the complexity of Scope 3 emissions and creating consistency in supply chain data

• What progress are firms making in measuring and reporting Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions and scope 3 emissions?
• What are the data challenges in measuring Scope 3 emissions and what measures are required to enhance the quality and reliability of this data?
• What tools and metrics are available to address gaps in the data supply chain?
• How are firms accurately calculating and reporting GHG emissions emitted from upstream value chains?
• How can new and emerging technology such as AI be applied to help get on top of Scope 3 emissions?

Moderator: Mark McCord, ESG Insight Editor, A-Team Group
Monica Filkova, Climate and Nature Investment Strategy Lead, Aviva
Jamie Padkin, Senior Research Analyst, Osmosis Investment Management
James Chamberlayne, Head of Banks & Sustainable Finance Program, CDP

Fireside Chat: Taskforce on Nature-Related Financial Disclosures

Interview with: James d’Ath, Data and Analytics Technical Lead, Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD)
Interviewed by: Navin Rauniar, Co-Chair ESG Working Group & UK Steer Co Member, PRMIA – Professional Risk Managers’ International Association

Panel: Biodiversity & TNFD: Integrating nature into decision-making

• What are the regulatory expectations for nature-related disclosures?
• How will industry innovation reduce complexity and improve information flow in biodiversity?
• How are firms able to source, acquire, & measure this information?
• What are the benefits of complying with this voluntary framework amongst other mandatory reporting?
• What actions should firms be taking to meet the disclosure requirements for the TNFD framework?
• What are the risks of nature-related reporting, and how can firms mitigate them?

Moderator: Elisabeth Seep, Sustainable Finance Executive
James d’Ath, Data and Analytics Technical Lead, Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD)
David McNeil, Head of RI Research and Innovation, Insight Investment
Stephanie Maier, Global Chief Sustainability Officer, GAM Investments
Ha-Young Jung, Senior Associate – Climate and Nature-related Liability, Howden Group Holdings

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