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Technology for Change Week Asia 2022
2022-03-08 08:00 - 2022-03-11 17:00 (America/New_York) | Virtual Event
Join us Technology for Change this coming March on International Women’s Day as we focus on the social and governance aspects of ESG to build much-needed momentum around gender equality, economic inclusivity, connectivity gaps, and access to food, education and digital technology. If necessity is the mother of invention, how has covid-19 catalysed change? The second Technology For Change Week Asia will gather leading policymakers, entrepreneurs and managers in major corporations, big tech, finance and NGOs. Together, they will examine how technology-based and data-driven solutions can be applied to long-standing social challenges. They will also focus on issues that resonate strongly across the more than five billion people in Asia: connectivity infrastructure, financial inclusion, education and nutritional security.

The United Nations (UN) General Assembly recently implored member states to close the digital divide for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The World Bank estimates that the ranks of those living in extreme poverty are likely to have swollen by 150m due to the covid-19 crisis. There has never been a more urgent need to raise digital and financial inclusion and promote prosperity. To nurture economic growth, the fulfilment of basic social needs such as education, food security and banking is an essential foundation. Technology may be the most important connective tissue that links the financial world’s power and influence to the inclusive aspirations of the SDGs. How do we move from hype to help?

Why Attend?

Join policy makers and regulators to discuss how they can foster social innovation. What are the current barriers and how can they be overcome?Visit our virtual exhibition, connecting you with the solutions providers your business needs.Take your place and network with more than 2,000 policymakers, entrepreneurs, and decision makers from major corporations, big tech, finance, and NGOs.

Who Should Attend?

Business leaders and executives (managers, directors, c-suite) from all industriesHigh-level government representatives including ministers, policymakers, advisors, senior advisors, senior directorsExecutives from manufacturers and transportation companies, logistics companies, financial services as well as tech and digital companiesChief executives, chief administrative officers, chief marketing officers, chief financial officers, chief operating officersGovernment and local authorities and industry associationsImpact investors and responsible investorsAcademia and think tanks

Find out more about the 2021 event here.

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The US-Africa relationship: An evolving landscape
2022-03-01 08:30 - 23:30 | New York, New York
The US-Africa relationship: An evolving landscape

Africa is transforming rapidly. Economic policies and business environments on the continent are improving. Institutions are becoming more resilient and good governance is spreading. But there are also difficulties and setbacks, such as the war in Ethiopia, which are stalling billions of dollars in investment. The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement has been a landmark, creating the world’s largest free trade area—a key step towards realizing the goal of a more dynamic and resilient regional economy. But players beyond the continent will also play an essential role. Trade relations between Africa and the United States are being reshaped by policies and strategic re-engagement.

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America has been keen to rebuild partnerships in the region and to collaborate in areas including trade, health, security, climate change, innovation and peace. Support in dealing with the covid-19 crisis is key as a new wave of the pandemic sweeps over Africa. There are also opportunities to co-operate on building democracy and to provide technical assistance that boosts African countries’ resilience against the effects of climate change. Another area of potential strategic co-operation is infrastructure support, which may be provided through the global Build Back Better World initiative. Industry experts suggest that a stronger commitment to the emerging AfCFTA would be an excellent place to start.

As Africa continues to develop, how will its economic relations with America evolve? How will the transforming relationship help support trade and development while boosting inclusive growth and resilience? Join Economist Impact for The US-Africa Relationship: An Evolving Landscape, sponsored by Standard Chartered. The in-person event in New York will bring together executives, industry experts and thought leaders to discuss opportunities in the evolving relations between America and Africa and the vision for the future.

Key questions addressed will include:

What does synergy between Africa and the United States look like in practice, and how can it help drive dynamism and growth on both continents?

What are the key areas of strategic investment? What priorities need to be set for co-operation?

How is Africa responding to current challenges—particularly those presented by covid-19? Where is further support needed?

How can exciting trade opportunities like the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) be improved? With uncertainty around the AGOA’s extension beyond its current expiry date in 2025, how can businesses better plan ahead?

What is the long-term outlook for trade relations between America and Africa?

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8:30 – 9:00am: Registration

9:00 – 10:00am: Panel discussion

10.15 – 11.30 Networking breakfast

11.30 Event close

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9th annual World Ocean Summit
2022-03-01 08:00 - 2022-03-03 17:00 | Lisbon Congress Centre, Praça das Indústrias 1, Lisbon, 1300-307, Portugal
2022 for the World Ocean Summit

Due to the continuing Omicron outbreak, the 9th annual World Ocean Summit will take place virtually from March 1st-4th, 2022. Attendees can join the summit from anywhere in the world, free of charge.

This global event will take place over four days, and will bring together the broadest cross-section of the ocean community, from businesses to scientists, government, investors, and civil society. It will feature six industry tracks: shipping, fishing, aquaculture, energy, tourism, and plastics.

More than 100 speakers will provide checks on how their industries are progressing towards 2030 targets, and what needs to happen next. Sessions will address cross-industry topics including ocean finance, governance, and restoration solutions. Speakers will discuss the finance gap, assess new technologies and highlight successful initiatives that are beginning to make an impact on ocean health.

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IWBI and Humanity 2.0 ESG Event Live from NASDAQ Marketsite (In-Person + Streaming)
2022-02-28 10:00 - 17:00 | Nasdaq MarketSite, 4 Times Square, New York, New York, 10036, United States
Join the International WELL Building Institute and Humanity 2.0 live from the Nasdaq MarketSite on February 28, 2022 for an action-packed day of virtual programming that will explore the full arc of the ESG landscape – how companies develop and navigate their own ESG strategies, to tools and frameworks that support human and social capital reporting, to the latest developments in sustainable finance, regulatory compliance and stakeholder demand.

At IWBI and Humanity 2.0 we are committed to exploring how ‘Humanity’ and ‘Health’ fit into the E, S, and G, and this event will kick off a content-heavy year of helping guide you through these areas.

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Crypto State: Southeast Asia
2022-02-24 07:00 - 17:00 | Virtual
THE NEXT REVOLUTION: ENTER THE METAVERSE

The next dimension of interaction is already here, and it’s built on Web 3, blockchain and virtual reality. Businesses like Facebook and Nike, fashion brands and crypto companies alike are investing heavily in this revolution.

We dive into how this technology will transform our world, and how you can take part.

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The cryptocurrency movement has never been so sprawling, reaching every corner of the planet.

Crypto State by CoinDesk aims to connect with local communities to explore this movement of financial disruption and how it trickles down to every corner of the globe, from DeFi investment opportunities to alternative ways to transact and store wealth.

Join us in Nigeria, Southeast Asia, the Middle East and North Africa, and beyond. Stops are added continuously. Email us at events@coindesk.com if you’re an interested partner.

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Pension Bridge ESG summit
2022-02-22 08:00 - 2022-02-24 17:00 | Virtual
So you want to know more about ESG investments? We got you.

We’re excited to deep dive into ESG at the 2022 Virtual Summit. Join over 300 attendees and discover the strategies you need to make smart, effective, and confident ESG decisions.

Some are just starting out on their journey, some need additional direction, and some want to understand the future of ESG – no matter the stage you’re in, you’ll uncover the tactics you need.

Predictions estimate global ESG assets will top $53trn by 2025

Consumers are demanding responsibility when investing. It’s critical to understand how to meet their needs. Hear from those who were successful, what pitfalls they avoided and the challenges they overcame.

Don’t just listen, be part of the conversation

This year’s agenda has been designed with you in mind. Interactive panels, presentations and interviews will cover every aspect of ESG, drilling down into niche asset class issues. You’ll also have the opportunity to join peer roundtables to collaborate and network virtually.

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A Chat With Kevin O'Leary: ESG Investing for a Better Future
2022-02-17 14:00 - 15:00 | Virtual Event
About this Event:

With razor-sharp candor and business smarts, Kevin O’Leary of ABC’s Shark Tank draws on his encyclopedic knowledge of finance, investing, economics, and business to discuss a variety of topics without pulling punches. The respected investor, author, and venture capitalist joins Mandi McReynolds, Senior Director of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) at Workiva, for a lively discussion about 2022 business trends, the future of ESG reporting, and how businesses and individual investors will be affected by the growing importance of a green and digital economy.

After this webinar, attendees will be able to:

Explain how the rising importance of ESG reporting will affect businessesIdentify how investors can look for socially responsible businesses in the next five yearsRecall upcoming business trends for 2022

Event Details:

Date: Thursday, February 17, 2022

Time: 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. EST

Location: Virtual

Workiva offers one complimentary CPE credit for this webinar.

Not able to attend? Complete registration today, and we will email you the recording.

Register for the webinar here

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Future of ESG Data – Tackling Greenwashing
2022-02-17 11:00 - 13:00 | Virtual Event
Join Neudata for our first Deep Dive into the series “Future of ESG”, as we discuss tackling Greenwashing

Tackling Greenwashing

In partnership with Morgan Stanley as Diamond sponsor.

This event is exclusive to Neudata and Morgan Stanley Buy-Side clients.

ESG topics continue to be popular with institutional investors, particularly for those looking to understand how ESG data can help them both uncover new investing opportunities and de-risk their portfolios.

The rise in ESG’s popularity has created another concern — greenwashing. Given that ESG reporting often occurs in an unregulated environment, firms are likely to share positive ESG information and hold back on reporting metrics that could be considered as adverse.

Join Neudata on February 17 as we discuss the issues and solutions that have helped reduce some of the bias in models based on self-reported ESG data.

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Climate Risk North America 2022
2022-02-15 08:00 - 2022-02-17 17:00 | Virtual Event
Climate Risk North America- Climate change could pose a serious threat to the stability of the US financial system and its ability to sustain the American economy. Already it is impacting—or is anticipated to impact—nearly every facet of the economy. Without urgent action, the effects of climate change could damage the productivity of the economy. This will ultimately undermine its ability to generate employment, income and opportunity.

The Economist‘s Climate Risk North America US convenes investors, regulators, policymakers, sustainability and finance executives, as well as scientists to discuss the impact that climate-related risks will have on businesses, and how management can respond. The event will examine ways of measuring exposure to physical and transition risk, and how companies can best work together to improve climate disclosure. Our panel of experts and thought leaders will assess the tools and methodologies needed to model climate scenarios, as well as the opportunities that emerge for businesses when transitioning to a low-carbon company.

Over three days, participants will discuss the case for speedy action on climate risk. Day 1 will examine climate-change risk management within financial services. Day 2 will evaluate the tools and methodologies needed to analyse climate risk. Day 3 will tackle climate mitigation in high-risk sectors.

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GreenBiz 22
2022-02-15 08:00 - 2022-02-17 17:00 | JW Marriott Scottsdale Camelback Inn Resort & Spa, 5402 E Lincoln Dr, Scottsdale, Arizona, 85253, United States
GreenBiz 22 is the premier annual event for sustainable business leaders. Join more than 1,500 sustainable business leaders and practitioners to form valuable connections with the GreenBiz community and learn from more than 80 sessions — leaving you feeling informed and inspired for a successful year ahead.

The sustainability profession is evolving, with new concerns and concepts emerging faster than ever. To keep up, you need to know the latest trends, tools and insights shaping your job and company today — and tomorrow.

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Sustainability and Energy Transition: The Outlook for Corporate Renewable Energy Use
2022-02-14 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
Sustainability and Energy Transition: Increasing numbers of companies are pledging to cut their carbon emissions, and some have become major buyers of renewable power to help meet their commitments. The number of power-purchase deals for renewables has been climbing rapidly, but there are impediments in the form of complex markets, a lack of projects and a lack of knowledge among buyers.

This webinar will examine the state of corporate energy transition and the options for companies seeking to add renewable energy sources. Drawing on the expertise and experience of analysts and market participants, it will tackle the following topics:

· The current state of corporate renewable power consumption

· How the outlook could be altered by policy changes

· The impact of energy price volatility

· How companies can weigh up the aims of renewables purchases

· The main financing methods and terms used in renewables transactions

· The scope for on-premise generation

· How to navigate different markets

· How would-be purchasers of renewable energy can get started

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Agenda– Sustainability and Energy Transition

12:00 p.m.- 12:05 p.m: Welcome Remarks

Nicholas Elliott, Head of Professional Products Innovation & Strategy, The Wall Street Journal

12:05 p.m. – 12:25 p.m: 1:1 Interview

Gia Clark, Senior Director of Developer Services, LevelTen Energy

12:25 p.m. – 12:55 p.m: Panel Discussion

Kevin Hagen, Vice President, ESG Strategy, Iron Mountain

12:55 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Closing Remarks

Nicholas Elliott, Head of Professional Products Innovation & Strategy, The Wall Street Journal

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Sustainability Week Asia
2022-02-14 08:00 - 2022-02-17 17:00 | Virtual Event
Sustainability Week Actionable insights, practical solutions

Building on six years of actionable insights and solutions to help businesses on their path to greater sustainability!

Will bring together more than 1,500 industry leaders, policymakers, entrepreneurs and researchers from across Asia-Pacific to discuss how they can effectively measure, analyze, transform and scale their sustainability initiatives.

Through a series of debates, discussions, interviews and case studies, we will bring together an expert speaker faculty to discuss how organizations can optimize their ESG performance. How can capital flows be influenced towards activities that will support the transition to a low-carbon, climate-resilient and sustainable economy? What financial instruments will help organizations achieve their strategic (sustainable) growth objectives? And, how can and are organizations measuring, managing and mitigating climate change risks?

Make the most of the virtual week:

Agenda 4 days of debates and discussionSpeakers Hear form policymakers, academicians and scientistsSponsors See which organizations provide their valued support to the eventRelated Reading From The Economist Group and supporting organizations

Who should attend?

Business leaders and executives (managers, directors, c-suite) from all industriesSenior sustainability and CSR professionals from all industriesImpact investors / responsible investorsESG reporting agenciesCharities and organizations with an interest in sustainability issuesSustainability and climate academics e.g. researchers and professorsRelevant government bodies, departments and policymakers

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Venture Capital - How should ESG be adapted for the asset class?
2022-02-08 10:00 - 17:00 | Virtual
Venture Capital: Following the publication of the PRI’s discussion paper on responsible investment in venture capital in January, this session will explore why ESG in the asset class needs to develop further and how it can be appropriately tailored to early-stage companies.

Featured Speakers

Peter Dunbar, Senior Specialist, Investment Practices, PRI

Dr Johannes Lenhard, Co-founder, VentureESG

Suzanne Tavil, Global Head of Responsible Investing, StepStone

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ESG or Sustainability: You Choose
2022-02-03 12:00 - 13:00 | Impact Entrepreneur, 27 North Undermountain Road, Sheffield, Massachusetts, 01257, United States
As an ESG practitioner, you now have two choices:

You can double down on the (delusional) notion that ESG makes the world better (instead of the reality that it’s predatory delay, which Alex Steffen defines as “the blocking or slowing of needed change, in order to make money off unsustainable, unjust systems in the meantime” – I can hear you objecting as I write, but I encourage you to read this definition carefully and challenge yourself to leverage evidence to prove it wrong.)

Or

You can embrace bona fide sustainability, which ensures its claims by gauging impacts vis-à-vis ecological ceiling and social foundation thresholds (sometimes visualized as a Doughnut, thanks to Kate Raworth’s 2012 reinterpretation of Barbara Ward’s 1974 conceptualization of social “inner limits” and ecological “outer limits” for the United Nations).

​— From ESG or Sustainability: You Choose by Bill Baue

Join us for a Deep Dive with Bill Baue, author of the IE Magazine article, ESG or Sustainability: You Choose

About Our Deep Dives

Deep Dives are hour-long Zoom Meetings: Live Q&A Sessions (as opposed to our Zoom Webinars, where the audience is in View-Only Mode) between the author(s) or subjects of a Magazine article and our members. Be sure to read the article in question and come bearing questions!

Featured Guest

Bill Baue

As an internationally recognized expert on Sustainability Context (Thresholds & Allocations), Thriveability, and Online Stakeholder Engagement, Bill Baue catalyzes systemic transformation. As a serial social entrepreneur, he has co-founded and instigated several enterprises: r3.0, Science Based Targets, Sustainability Context Group, Sea Change Radio, and Currnt.

Baue currently serves as Senior Director of r3.0 (Redesign for Resilience & Regeneration), a not-for-profit common good that networks a global community of Positive Mavericks focused on transcending incrementalism to trigger necessary transformations that enact living systems principles. In this role, he serves as the Systems Convener for the Connecticut River Valley Bioregional Collaborative of the Capital Institute’s Regenerative Communities Network. His most recent major writing is as author of the White Paper From Monocapitalism to Multicapitalism: 21st Century System Value Creation (December 2020).

Baue has worked with prominent organizations across the sustainability ecosystem, including Audubon, Cabot Creamery Coop, Ceres, GE, Harvard, several United Nations agencies (UNCTAD, UNEP, UNGC, UNRISD, etc…), Walmart, and Worldwatch Institute. He serves on the Board of Co-op Power and as Senior Advisor to Preventable Surprises, and he is a certified Prosocial facilitator.

He lives near the Connecticut River Valley bioregion, where his daughters Clara, Emma, and Aoife periodically visit. He is a diehard Deadhead who enjoys camping, hiking, mountain climbing, kayaking, yoga, meditation, and dancing contact improvisation.

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Women's Empowerment Principles 101: Empowering Women in the Workplace, Marketplace, and Community
2022-02-03 11:00 - 13:00 | Virtual Event
Women’s Empowerment Principles 101 Co-hosted by the UN Global Compact and UN Women, this virtual session will provide an overview of the Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs) and how the WEPs provide a strong framework to support companies when striving for gender equality in the workplace, marketplace, and community. Join us to learn more about the WEPs, available tools, reasons to join and to obtain guidance on the sign-on process.

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Getting Started in Responsible Investment
2022-02-03 10:00 - 17:00 | Virtual Event
Getting Started in Responsible Investment: This panel will explore steps signatories have taken to develop, implement and improve their approach to responsible investment. Covering practical responses to global challenges including the climate crisis and human rights, PRI hope that attendees will leave with some real actions they can implement in their own organizations.

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Legal & Governance Trends for Asset Management Firms
2022-02-01 12:00 - 15:30 | Virtual Event
Legal & Governance Trends for Asset Management Firms – This meeting has evolved as the thinking around corporate governance, shareholder engagement, and active litigation has developed and matured. It began as a forum for public pension plans focused primarily on corporate governance and then became the meeting known as the Evolving Fiduciary Obligations of Pension Plans, taking on a more shareholder engagement perspective.

A few years ago, again as the openness to and use of these tools became more developed, the meeting was renamed to the Evolving Obligations of Institutional Investors so as to reflect the growing acceptance and usage of active engagement and shareholder litigation abilities by asset management firms globally.

Now the meeting has achieved its maturity as the forum assessing and evaluating Litigation, Legal & Governance Trends for Asset Management Firms.

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2022 ESG Trends to Watch
2022-01-27 11:00 - 17:00 | Virtual Event
2022 ESG Trends to Watch – What are the trends and developments MSCI believe investors will see around ESG, climate change and regulations in 2022?

When MSCI first published their annual ESG trends to watch a decade ago, climate change, the value of human and natural capital, and conflicting demands for water all made the list. The risks of a changing climate, health and safety, and our dependence on nature echoed in one form or another in each of the annual forecasts that followed.

While looking out a year won’t tell you what comes next, the act of considering annually what lies ahead shows that if you have a long enough horizon, the ESG risks of today can end up changing the risk profile for investors tomorrow.

Join MSCI’s experts Linda-Eling Lee, Head of ESG & Climate Research and Meggin Thwing Eastman, Global ESG Editorial Director, ESG Research Director, to know what has changed in the past 10 years and what they expect in 2022 and beyond.

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Value in the new normal: Holding the trust in multinational companies
2022-01-26 09:00 - 12:00 | Virtual
Value in the new normal: Holding the trust in multinational companies – About The Event

Value in the new normal: Investment trusts have often looked to large UK domiciled companies for dependable income streams and long term capital growth. Large UK companies have offered investors access to multinational markets, cemented on a legacy of strong cash flow and good fundamentals. As market volatility, supply chain disruption and downturns in the business cycle continue to affect companies globally, the potential for investments in larger companies to mitigate risk in a portfolio is promising. However, while investments in larger companies are seen as being safer, can they also provide higher returns?

As factors such as COVID-19, climate change and changing demographics interact to create an increasingly uncertain environment for investors, investment trusts focusing on large UK companies have come to dominate. What is the potential for such trusts to provide a sustainable and steady source of dividends in the long run? How would these dividends compare to smaller companies? What can investors do to best capitalise on these opportunities to grow and diversify their portfolios? When choosing large UK firms for investment, how can investors look beyond value and growth binaries to ensure that they are not overpaying while also maintaining quality?

Join us for this one hour webinar as our expert panel of commentators and fund managers share their insight on the best high yielding large UK companies and top contributing factors and opportunities to consider for the years to come.

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Future Cities Briefing Taipei
2022-01-26 03:30 - 05:20 | Virtual
City 4.0: Accelerating bold strategies for urban development

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Future Cities Briefing Taipei – What will the infrastructure systems of the future look like? How can we build more inclusive cities that make the most of the platform economy, culture and creativity? This exclusive virtual briefing, held by the Financial Times in partnership with Siemens, will bring together policy-makers, innovators and investors to engage in expert discussion on Taipei’s approach to smart city development and the best practices to drive real cultural change.

Full Overview – Future Cities Briefing Taipei

Taipei’s smart city approach has moved beyond vision to execution — using data and digital technologies to deliver results that are more relevant and meaningful to its residents. The goal is to transform the city into a living lab that combines industry and government resources to support initiatives that fulfil the promise of technology, guard against danger and build effective services in-house.

Taipei has the technology; the challenge is figuring out which citizen-centric solutions are needed to engage diverse stakeholders and encourage citizen participation. How can Taipei align technology, infrastructure and leadership to deliver the three pillars of smart city success: improved quality of life, a greener environment and better connected services?

What will the infrastructure systems of the future look like? How can we build more inclusive cities that make the most of the platform economy, culture and creativity? This exclusive virtual briefing, held by the Financial Times in partnership with Siemens, will bring together policy-makers, innovators and investors to engage in expert discussion on Taipei’s approach to smart city development and the best practices to drive real cultural change.

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Using leading digital technology, we have now taken our content, global audience reach and engagement to a new level through a series of unmissable virtual events. Our compelling events are chaired by respected FT journalists, feature the most senior and thought-provoking decision-makers in business, finance and politics, all accessible from your office or home.

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The Future Of Education
2022-01-25 12:30 - 14:00 | Virtual
The Future Of Education The pandemic fundamentally changed our approach to learning. Join us to discuss the future of free speech on college campuses, what the cancellation of student debt would mean for educational equity and how vocational and trade schools can help tackle today’s labor shortages.

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Europe EQD 2022 (Barcelona)
2022-01-24 08:00 - 2022-01-25 17:00 | Hotel Arts Barcelona, Marina 19-21, Barcelona, 08005, Spain
Europe EQD 2022 is the largest multi-asset, volatility, ESG and cross-asset systematic investing forum for institutional investors in EMEA.

The 6th annual Europe EQD event allows asset managers, pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, insurers, family offices and private banks to network and connect with peers, and learn about the latest approaches to systematic and volatility investing across asset classes and markets.

Attendees will also hear case studies on how investors seek to increasingly diversify their portfolios. The content at Europe EQD is shaped by the leading institutional investors and portfolio managers across the EMEA region.

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Supporting Pharma innovation in Europe
2022-01-24 05:00 - 06:00 | Virtual
Supporting Pharma innovation What will shape European life sciences in decades to come?

Supporting Pharma innovation Technology is transforming healthcare and pharma innovation is stronger than ever. In Europe, the scope for bringing technology and innovation to patients is defined by both the pharma industry and policymakers. Each have an important role to play in creating an environment that supports medical breakthroughs.

Join us as we discuss the challenges of enhancing the pharma innovation ecosystem in Europe, considering what’s needed to attract life science investors to the region in the face of fierce global competition.

Agenda

11:00 Opening remarks from FT Chair

11:05 Panel Discussion

What are the current barriers to pharma innovation in Europe?

How can the European Commission’s new pharmaceutical strategy and industrial strategy support a research ecosystem that delivers the next generation of treatments and cures?

What could be the short and long-term consequences of changes in pharma regulation and other measures?

Since medical innovation happens on a global scale, does it matter if it is not in Europe?

What can be done to support sustainable access to the next generation of treatments in Europe?

11:45 Q&A with audience

11:55 Closing remarks from FT Chair

12:00 End

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Is vaccine nationalism undermining the global economic recovery?
2022-01-20 11:00 - 11:50 | Virtual
Bringing the pandemic to an end in 2022

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Is vaccine nationalism undermining the global economic recovery? It has been 2 years since COVID-19 first struck, leaving a devastating trail in its wake. In the first 12 months of the pandemic, the global economy shrunk 3.2% while global trade is estimated to have fallen 5.3%. While 2021 has seen many developed countries begin their economic recovery, a report by the International Chamber of Commerce has warned that letting the developing world fall behind could cost the global economy US$9.2 trillion. Although advanced economies have committed to sharing resources, recent figures show that six times as many booster jabs have been given out in high-income countries compared to first jabs in low and mid-income countries.

The global target to vaccinate 70% of people in all country income categories by September 2022 is going to require a huge shift in momentum, and at the current rate, this wouldn’t be achieved for over a decade. Vaccine distribution remains a key issue, as is the absence of a global plan to tackle this global pandemic. If significant progress isn’t made towards ending the pandemic everywhere in 2022, particularly with dangerous new variants continuing to emerge, the global economic impact could be devastating.

This digital webinar, hosted by the Financial Times and in partnership with the ONE Campaign, will explore the issues facing the pandemic response in developing countries and what high-income countries can do to accelerate the recovery process in these regions. We will discuss how achieving vaccine parity could be a key driver on the road to recovery for the global pandemic.

Agenda – Vaccine nationalism undermining the global economic recovery?

Opening remarks from FT Chair

Panel Discussion

How will the continued spread of COVID and the emergence of new variants impact the global economic recovery? Is vaccine equity the answer to preventing new mutations?

What are the dangers of ignoring the uneven recovery of the global economy?

What must be done to ensure that the global target set to vaccinate 70% of people in every country by September 2022 becomes a reality, and what’s at stake if it’s not done?

Besides the 70% target, what do we need to achieve at the Global Vaccine Summit in February? What does success look like, and what’s needed to get there?

What investment in healthcare and manufacturing infrastructure is needed to aid developing countries’ recovery?

Q&A with audience

Closing remarks from FT Chair

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Aviva Investors House View Q1 2022
2022-01-20 08:00 - 17:00 | Virtual
Aviva Investors Above-trend growth, COVID-19, stubbornly high inflation, easing of emergency policy measures and climate change combine to create a heady cocktail of macro themes. Supply chain snarl-ups and China’s new reorientation from an export powerhouse to a consumption-driven technology leader are also big themes to consider.

Join Michael Grady, Head of Investment Strategy and Chief Economist, Peter Fitzgerald, CIO, Multi-Asset & Macro, and Raphaelle Moysan, Senior Investment Director, Head of Multi-Asset & Macro Investment Specialists, as they discuss Aviva Investors latest House View.

Among other themes, they’ll cover:

Supply-side challenges and inflationThe end of emergency policy settingsClimate change policiesLiving with COVIDNew ChinaRisks and opportunities for the growth outlook

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HFM US Technology Summit 2022 (New York City)
2022-01-20 08:00 - 17:00 | New York (TBA)
The HFM US Technology Summit 2022 will be an exclusive event bringing together key technology leaders from the US hedge fund industry to debate critical themes for the coming year.

The Summit will cover a range of relevant critical topics, including future tech trends and how 2021 will have changed technology and operations requirements for the hedge fund front office.

Taking place in New York on Thursday 20th January 2022, the Summit will offer actionable insight, peer-to-peer sharing and the opportunity to network.

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SPS Annual Investment Strategies for Dutch Pension Funds (Amsterdam)
2022-01-20 08:00 - 17:00 | Apollo Hotel, Apollolaan 2, Amsterdam, 1077 BA, Netherlands
SPS Annual Investment Strategies for Dutch Pension Funds This conference – aimed at Dutch and other Benelux pension funds and conducted in English – seeks to explore a variety of investment strategies/solutions for pension funds, examining the opportunities and issues associated with each in the current challenging environment. We expect to discuss a range of factors such as global and local macroeconomic trends/policy, long-term funding objectives, performance, costs, implementation issues, climate change and other ESG requirements as well as the implication of new developments in the Dutch pension system.

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Webinar 19: Factor Behaviour and Valuations - New market shifts?
2022-01-19 14:00 - 14:30 | Virtual Event
Join FTSE Russell’s Global Investment Research team for their quarterly “Global Factor Performance and Insight” webinar.

You will hear valuable insights on factor behaviour and valuations observed during the last quarter of 2021, helping to provide some important indication on new market shifts.

You will also hear answers to questions such as:

How did expectations of rising inflation and changing central-bank policies impact factor performance?How did changing growth expectations across regions drive differences in factor behaviour?Is there any evidence of an impact from Omicron?

Their discussion will draw upon the key findings from the quarterly Market Maps Regional Factor Indicator report, being published shortly before this event.

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Gaining the Edge - Alternative Investment Cap Intro 2022 (West Palm Beach, FL)
2022-01-19 11:00 - 2022-01-21 14:00 | Hilton West Palm Beach, 600 Okeechobee Blvd, West Palm Beach, Florida, 33401, United States
Gaining the Edge – Cap Intro Florida 2022 to benefit at-risk youth will take place in person on January 19 – 21 in West Palm Beach, Florida (optional social activities on Saturday, January 22) and take place virtually from Monday, January 17 until Friday, February 4. The event will take place at the West Palm Beach Hilton and adjoining Palm Beach Convention Center.

Join what is expected to be one of the largest gatherings of alternative investment professionals, including managers (hedge funds, private equity funds, real estate funds and long only funds) and high quality investors (endowments, foundations, pensions, institutional consulting firms, insurance companies, OCIOs, fund of funds, family offices, and private banks among others).

The event will kick-off on Wednesday, January 19, with panel discussions led by institutional investors focused on what alternative investment strategies look the most attractive over the next 24 months. Days 2 and 3 will be dedicated to 1-1 capital introduction meetings between managers and allocators and with optional social activities on Saturday, January 22, including the Gaining the Edge – Charity Golf Tournament at PGA National in Palm Beach Gardens, FL. The program also includes the ability to schedule 1-1 virtual meetings with participants unable to participate in person over a 3 week period.

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Communication on Progress: 2022 Early Adopter Programme Q&A Session
2022-01-19 10:00 - 12:00 | Virtual Event
The UN Global Compact will implement its new Communication on Progress platform in 2023. To help participants get familiarized, test and disclose via the new platform already in 2022, companies have the opportunity to enroll in the Early Adopter Progamme. This Q&A session will provide all details about the programme, benefits of enrolling, and eligibility. It will also explain characteristics of the new Communication on Progress and how participant companies, as part of the Early Adopter Programme, will use this new Communication on Progress digital platform to submit their Communication on Progress in 2022.

All participant companies are welcome to attend the session. Three sessions will be held for different time zones.

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