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