First Annual Conference on
Nature-based Solutions using
Carbon and Biodiversity Credit Funding

• Registration with tea and coffee (Minerva Building Atrium)

• 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)

• 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

• Lunch (Minerva Building Atrium)

• 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

• Tea and coffee (Minerva Building Atrium)

• 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

• Drinks Reception (Minerva Building Atrium) – Kindly sponsored by Real Wild Estates

• 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

• Tea and coffee: Minerva Building Atrium

• 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

• Lunch: Minerva Building Atrium

• 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