Uniting Nature and Climate for New Asset Classes

When: June 11th, 2024, 8.00 am - 6.00 pm
Where: Top Floor at a Private Venue on the River Thames, London

On the road to COP16 in Colombia, we are excited to host the very first TTI Summit on Nature & Biodiversity Investing. It will take place during London Tech Week and focus on nature as an asset class.

This TTI Summit will gather 100 highly selected family offices, asset managers, GPs and thought leaders in nature & biodiversity.

The time to scale nature as an asset class is now.

Together, we will discuss the mainstream deployment of capital into nature & biodiversity across public and private markets, globally.

Request your invitation today here.

Agenda

08.00 🫐 Breakfast & Networking  

09.00 🚀 Opening Remarks

09.15 📣 Keynote Speech   

• David Carlin, Head of Risk at UNEP Finance Initiative          

09.30 💸 What does it take for nature investing to go into the mainstream?

• Chris Gorell Barnes, Founding Partner at Ocean 14 Capital

• Erik Bruun Bindslev, Partner at Regenerate Asset Management

• Ingrid Kukuljan, Head of Impact & Sustainable Investing at Federated Hermes

• Peter Bachmann, Managing Director, Sustainable Infrastructure at Gresham House

• Moderator: Alessa Berg, Founder & CEO at Top Tier Impact

10.10 📈 What's the role of fixed income in financing nature-based solutions?

• Martina Macpherson, Head of ESG Product Strategy & Management at SIX

• Dr Rachael Barza, Associate Director, Lead Climate Adaptation and Nature Finance at EBRD

• Dr Ralph Chami, CEO & Founder at Blue Green Future LLC

• Gwen Yu, Head of Nature and Biodiversity at JPMorgan Chase

• Moderator: Ilkay Demirdag, Head of Global Events at Top Tier Impact

10.50 ☕️ Coffee Break & Networking

11.05 📣 Keynote Speech

• Ian Redmond, Head of Conservation at Ecoflix and Co-founder at Rebalance Earth

11.20 🧬 The state of innovation, AI and technology in biodiversity

• Esben Svane Stockmarr, Founder & CEO at Prima Terra Group

• Marcela Flores, CEO at Tierra-Foods

• Marco Lambertini, Convener at Nature Positive Initiative

• Michele Sofisti, CEO at Nzatu

• Moderator: Nic Gorini, Managing Partner at Spin Ventures

12.00 🥗 Lunch & Networking

13.30 🏛️ How can public & private stakeholders collaborate to support nature?

• Christian O'Dwyer, Nature & Biodiversity Product Manager at Bloomberg

• Hannah Skeates, Director of Nature Strategy at NatureMetrics

• Peter Ward, Head of Corporate Partnerships at The Natural History Museum

• Dr Vian Sharif, Founder at NatureAlpha & Global Head of Sustainability at FNZ Group

• Moderator: Wei Ng, Growth Leader and Open Innovation Activist

14.10 📊 VC investing into nature and biodiversity: a SWOT analysis

• George Darrah, Principal at Systemiq Capital

• Jay Lipman, Co-Founder & President at Ethic

• Kevin Webb, Co-Founder and Managing Director at Superorganism

• Sylvaine Rols, Senior Specialist, Nature at the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)

• Moderator: Alessa Berg, Founder & CEO at Top Tier Impact

14.50 ☕️ Coffee Break & Networking

15.10 💬 TTI Green Debate: “Can the value of nature be financially quantified?”

Yes Team:

• Gilad Goren, Executive Director at Nature Tech Collective

• Lynn Dicks, Professor of Ecology at University of Cambridge Conservation Research Institute & Department of Zoology

• Stephanie Race, Founder & CEO at Earth Analytics Group

No Team:

• Emma Montlake, Director of Casework at Environmental Law Foundation

• Jan Pachner, Secretary General at One Ocean Foundation

• Mere Takoko, Vice President at Conservation International

Moderator:

• Marie Kemplay, Deputy Editor at Sustainable Views

16.10 🚀 Founders Club Pitch

• Paige Roepers, CEO & Co-Founder at Ocean Ledger

• Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri, Founder of Shakti Regeneration Institute and Open Origin

16.20 🚀 Closing Remarks

16.30 🍸 Networking Drinks