Schedule
Thursday 27 July
0930 – 1000
- Registration with tea and coffee (Minerva Building Atrium)
1000 – 1045
- Welcome: Professor Joe Howe, Academic Lead: Humber Industrial Cluster, University of Lincoln; Lesley Wilson, Policy and Engagement Lead, IEMA; Professor David Hill CBE, Chairman, Environment Bank (Stephen Langton Building Room 0006)
1100 – 1230
- Opening Plenary Panel 1: How Carbon and Biodiversity Credit funded projects are being developed internationally (Stephen Langton Building Room 0006)
- Convenor – Dr Julian Clifton, rePLANET and University of Lincoln
- Prof Dr Martin R Stuchtey, Founder, The Landbanking Group
- Dr Éliane Ubalijoro, Chief Executive Officer, CIFOR-ICRAF, Nairobi
- Maxim Vergeichik – Senior Nature Economist, UNDP and Co-founder of Biodiversity Credit Alliance
1230 – 1400
- Lunch (Minerva Building Atrium)
1400 – 1530
- Panel 2: Quantifying a unit of biodiversity change for Voluntary Biodiversity Credit Markets (Cargill Lecture Theatre, Minerva Building)
- Convenor – Maxim Vergeichik – Senior Nature Economist, UNDP and Co-founder of Biodiversity Credit Alliance
- Dr Zoe Balmforth, Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Pivotal Future
- Dr Mike Burgass, Director, Biodiversify
- Dr Tim Coles – CEO rePLANET
- Sinclair Vincent, Director of Sustainable Development Innovation & Markets, Verra
- Panel 3: Forests, baselines and valid REDD+ carbon credits (Co-op Lecture Theatre, Minerva Building)
- Convenor: Professor David Coomes, Conservation Research Institute Director, University of Cambridge
- Julie Baroody, Senior Director, Forest Carbon Innovation, Verra
- Ed Hewitt, Natural Climate Solutions Lead, Respira International
- Dr Charlotte Wheeler, Postdoctoral Researcher in Forest Restoration Science, University of Cambridge
1530 – 1600
- Tea and coffee (Minerva Building Atrium)
1600 – 1730
- Panel 4: Nature Positive Pledges – experiences from corporates (Cargill Lecture Theatre, Minerva Building)
- Convenor – Louis de Montpellier, Chairman, rePLANET
- Tom Butterworth, Director and Head of Ecology and Biodiversity, WSP UK
- Adele Cheli, Sustainability Strategy and Partnerships Senior Director, Glaxo Smith Kline
- Danielle Mulder, BBC Group, Director of Sustainability
- Panel 5: Blue Carbon (Co-op Lecture Theatre, Minerva Building)
- Convenor – Dr Ian Hendy, University of Portsmouth
- Bill Gilbert, Head of Carbon Markets, Natwest Markets plc
- Dr Jorge Herrera, CINVESTAV, Merida, Mexico
- Julie Moorad, Senior Manager Climate Action, Salesforce
1800 – 2000
- Drinks Reception (Minerva Building Atrium) – Kindly sponsored by Real Wild Estates
Friday 28 July
0900 – 1030
- Panel 6: Biodiversity Net Gain in the UK (Cargill Lecture Theatre, Minerva Building)
- Convenor – Professor David Hill CBE, Chairman, Environment Bank
- Dr Joseph Bull, Associate Professor, Climate Change, Oxford University
- Dr Grace O’Donovan, Broadview Ecological Consultants
- Sarah Mukherjee, Chief Executive Officer, IEMA
- Panel 7: Funding Marine Conservation with Biodiversity Credits (Co-op Lecture Theatre, Minerva Building)
- Convenor – Dr Julian Clifton, rePLANET and University of Lincoln
- Dr Max Bodmer, Biodiversity Project Manager, rePLANET
- Sean Foorman, Restoration Project Manager, Running Tide
- Dr Toral Shah, Biodiversity Coordinator, Plan Vivo Foundation
1030 – 1100
- Tea and coffee: Minerva Building Atrium
1100 – 1230
- Panel 8: Natural Capital Funds – supporting nature based solutions (Cargill Lecture Theatre, Minerva Building)
- Convenor – Robin Smale, Senior Expert, McKinsey
- Timothy Male, Executive Director, Environmental Policy Innovation Centre
- Richard Fitton, Director, Finance Earth
- George Hepburne Scott, Director, Forest Carbon
- Panel 9: How companies are calculating their biodiversity footprints (Co-op Lecture Theatre, Minerva Building)
- Convenor – Charlotte Phillips, Nature Partnership Manager, Greater Lincolnshire Nature Partnership
- Dr Joseph Bull, Associate Professor, Climate Change, Oxford University
- Dr Ian Brettell, Biodiversity Policy Officer, Crowther Laboratory, Zurich
- Stefanie Kaiser, Sector Head for Environmental Markets, NatureMetrics
1230 – 1400
- Lunch: Minerva Building Atrium
1400 – 1530
- Closing Plenary Panel 10: Turning COP15 Biodiversity Commitments into Action (Stephen Langton Building Room 0006)
- Convenor – Sir Charlie Burrell, Knepp Estate
- Dr Peter Brotherton, Director of Science and Climate Change, Natural England
- Jake Fiennes, Director of Conservation, Holkham Estate
- Robin Smale, Senior Expert, McKinsey
- Dr Éliane Ubalijoro, Chief Executive Officer, CIFOR-ICRAF, Nairobi