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At this year’s DGDW, you can expect to learn about various topics across the Impact, Inclusion and Innovation verticals. Click here for full description of this year's verticals and segments.
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MARCH 14TH
14:30 - 16:00 | North Campus Foyer
Registration Opens15:00 - 16:30 | Q-100
Sustainability Business Fair
15:45 - 16:30 | Q-103
Infosys Company Presentation*
Nidhi Gulati, Principal, Sustainability & Design | Infosys
16:30 - 16:40 | Aula Magna
Welcome Address
Marc Badia, Director of the MBA Program
16:40 - 17:40 | Aula Magna
Keynote: The Future of Market Economies: the Global Agenda and Circularity
Jan Peter Balkenende, Former Prime Minister of Netherlands
17:40 - 18:00 | Q-300
Coffee Networking Break
18:00 - 19:00 | Rooms in Q-100
Breakout #1:
Business Transformation & The Circular Economy: Risks & Rewards | Q-101
Laia Mas Perez, Sustainability Director | Danone
Salla Ahonen, Vice President, Sustainability | Neste, ex-Microsoft, ex-Nokia
How to Build a Successful Impact-Driven Company | Aula Magna
Laurien Meuter, Founder | Tiny Miracles
Peter Zandee, Global Relationship Manager | Tony's Chocolonely
Katherin Kirschenmann, Co-Founder | The DO
18:00 - 19:15 | Rooms in Q-100
Infosys Presents the DGDW Hackathon: Automation and Green Business across the Value Chain | Q-103
Nidhi Gulati, Principal, Sustainability & Design | Infosys
19:00 - 20:00 | Q-300
Networking Cocktail
MARCH 15TH
8:30 - 10:00 | Q-300
Welcome Breakfast
9:00 - 10:00 | Q-103
Infosys Presents: DGDW Hackathon Presentations*
Nidhi Gulati, Principal, Sustainability & Design | Infosys
10:00 - 10:10 | Aula Magna
Welcome Address
DGDW Leadership Team
10:10 - 11:10 | Aula Magna
Keynote: Leaders For and Of Tomorrow: The Rise of the Chief Sustainability Officer
Montse Montaner, Former Chief Sustainability Officer | Novartis
11:10 - 12:05 | Rooms in Q-100
Breakout #2:
Technology as a Force for Good | Q-101
Ulli Waltinger, Vice President | Siemens Advanta Consulting
Susan Hunt Stevens, Founder and CEO | WeSpire
Diego Sanz, Founder and CEO | Reforestum
Closing the Standardization Gap in ESG Reporting & Disclosures | Q-102
Natalia Kruger, Client Advisory Manager, CFA | Sustainalytics
Daniel Truran, Director General ebbf | B Lab Ambassador
Úrsula García, ESG Specialist | FINREG
Fleur Poets, Global ESG Director | ABinBev
Social Innovation and Enterprise Trends 2023 - 2030 | Q-103
Anil Sachdev, Founder | School of Inspired Leadership
Henrietta Onwuegbuzie, Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship | Lagos Business SchoolAntonino Vaccaro | IESE Business School
12:05 - 12:25 | Q-300
Coffee Networking Break
12:25 - 13:20 | Aula Magna
Keynote: The Decade to Deliver: Overcoming the Implementation Gap
Alex Holst, Managing Director, Sustainability Strategy & Services | Accenture
13:20 - 14:30 | Q-300
20th Anniversary Lunch
14:40 - 15:40 | Aula Magna
Keynote: Financing the Change
Mbali Makhathini, Head of ESG at Melville Douglas, subsidiary of Standard Bank Group
15:40 - 16:35 | Rooms in Q-100
Breakout #3:
Impact in Africa | Q-101
Mbali Makhathini, Head of ESG at Melville Douglas, subsidiary of Standard Bank Group
Miguel Zaldivar Blanco, General Manager | AEE Power Ventures
Building the Food Supply of the Future | Q-102
Gilles Tisserand, Group Vice President Sustainability, TetraPak
Minerve Vicente, Innovation Consultant, ex-Kraft Heinz
Ryan Edwards, CEO and co-Founder | Naked Innovations
Maria Stapel, Sustainability Manager | InFarm
Is the Carbon Market a Viable Mechanism for Accountability? | Q-103
Nicolas Alexander, Head of Partnerships & Policy | Thallo
Elena Aguirre Martin, Head of Ratings Operation | BeZero Carbon
Mauro Accurso, Senior Business Development Manager for Iberian Peninsula | South Pole
16:35 - 17:00 | Q-300
Coffee Networking Break
17:00 - 18:00 | Rooms in Q-100
Breakout #4:
How to Transition to a Greener Career | Aula Magna
Ernesto Barcelo, ESG Corporate Director | Gestamp
Andrea Kathrin Christenson, Board Member, Business Angel, Consultant, Entrepreneur
Evolution of Impact Investing: How far we've come and where we need to go | Q-101
Teresa Gonzalez Barreda, Head of ESG | Arcano Partners
Jordi Ferrer, Investment Director | Ship2B
Remco van Zanten, Co-Founder and General Partner | Dutch Founders Fund
What does Follow-Through look like from Commitment to Action? | Q-103
18:00 - 18:45 | Aula Magna
Keynote: Strategy and Paving the Way to Net-zero
Anton Kotov, Chief Strategy & Sustainability Officer, Electrification | ABB
18:45 - 19:00 | Aula Magna
Closing Remarks
19:00 - 20:00 | Q-300
20th Anniversary Closing Cocktail
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Schedule is subject to change
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