Day 1 Agenda
Conference Introduction
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Speaker
Brandon Gipper
Associate Professor of Accountancy
Mendoza College of Business
Progression Pathways for a Sustainable Future
08:15 – 08:27 EDT
Speaker
Eric Usher
Head
UNEP FI
Climate Change: Why It Is Not Too Late
08:27 – 09:00 EDT
Speaker
Chris Field
Perry L. McCarty Director of the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Stanford University
Too clever by half, but not nearly smart enough
09:00 – 09:34 EDT
Speaker
William E. Rees
Professor Emeritus
University of British Columbia
Reflections on Laudato si
09:34 – 09:51 EDT
Speaker
Terrence Keeley
CEO
Impact Evaluation Lab
Just Transformations to a Sustainable Future
09:51 – 10:06 EDT
Speakers
Arun Agrawal
Pulte Family Professor of Development Policy; Inaugural Director, Just Transformations to Sustainability Initiative
University of Notre Dame
Peter Easton
Editor-in-Chief, Accountability in a Sustainable World (ASWQ) Director, Center for Accounting Research and Education (CARE)
Mendoza College of Business
An Economic View of Corporate Social Impact
10:06 – 10:16 EDT
Speaker
Hunt Allcott
Professor
Stanford University
Accounting is the Language of Sustainability: A Measurement Framework for Carbon Accounting
10:16 – 10:35 EDT
Speaker
George Ruch
Assistant Professor of Accounting
Daniels College of Business, University of Denver
Smart Tree Inventory
10:35 – 10:55 EDT
Speaker
Gabor Goertz
CEO & Co-Founder
greehill
Morning Break
10:55 – 11:05 EDT
Creating New Value in a Changing World
11:05 – 11:27 EDT
Speakers
Judy Samuelson
Vice President, Founder, and Executive Director, Business and Society Program
Aspen Institute
Shiva Rajgopal
Roy Bernard Kester and T.W. Byrnes Professor of Accounting and Auditing Chair of the Accounting Division
Columbia Business School
Stay the Course on Sustainability to Secure our Future
11:27 – 11:42 EDT
Speaker
Alex Kruzel
CEO & Founder
Telesto Strategy
Insights from Decarbonizing Everything: Moving from Paralysis to Action
11:42 – 11:53 EDT
Speaker
Bridget Realmuto LaPerla
CEO
Lion and Arc LLC
The Current State of Corporate Sustainability Activities
11:53 – 12:56 EDT
Speakers
Andrea Webster
Ambassador & Consultant
World Benchmarking Alliance
Rebecca Marmot
CSO
Unilever
Robert G. Eccles
Visiting Professor of Management Practice
University of Oxford Saïd Business School
Sabine Hoefnagel
Global Leader Sustainability and Risk
ERM
Lunch
12:56 – 13:11 EDT
The Ecoright: A Conservative Climate Movement
13:11 – 14:15 EDT
Speakers
Alex Flint
Executive Director
AMS Research
Christina Baworowsky
Senior Vice President, Policy and Advocacy
Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions
Danielle Franz
Chief Executive Officer
American Conservation Coalition
Nick Loris
Executive Vice President of Policy
C3 Solutions
Moderator
Robert G. Eccles
Visiting Professor of Management Practice
University of Oxford Saïd Business School
Recent Changes in Capital Allocation in the Oil and Gas Industry
14:15 – 14:44 EDT
Speakers
Ilmi Granoff
Senior Fellow at the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law and Adjunct Research Scholar
Columbia Law School
Luisa Palacios
Interim Director of Research and Managing Director of Energy Transition Finance
Columbia SIPA
Shiva Rajgopal
Roy Bernard Kester and T.W. Byrnes Professor of Accounting and Auditing Chair of the Accounting Division
Columbia Business School
Afternoon Break
14:44 – 14:54 EDT
SEC Rule 14M
14:54 – 15:15 EDT
Speakers
Amelia Miazad
Acting Professor of Law
UC Davis School of Law
Charles Crain
Managing Vice President, Policy
National Association of Manufacturers
Mika Morse
CEO
Goldfinch Strategies
Robert G. Eccles
Visiting Professor of Management Practice
University of Oxford Saïd Business School
Timothy Doyle
Founder and Principal
Doyle Strategies
Investor Motions Regarding Sustainability
15:15 – 15:36 EDT
Speakers
Jan Bouwens
Professor of Accounting, Faculty of Economics and Business
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Mark van Baal
Founder
Follow This
Corporate Sustainability Disclosure: Who's Listening?
15:36 – 15:50 EDT
Speaker
Ann Lipton
Professor of Law and Laurence W. DeMuth Chair of Business Law
University of Colorado Law School
Investor Responses to Changes in US Policy Makers’ Approach to Climate and Sustainability Issues
15:50 – 16:06 EDT
Speaker
Linda-Eling Lee
Founding Director and Head
MSCI Sustainability Institute
We Need to Think Differently About Risk and Impact: Here’s How
16:06 – 16:27 EDT
Speaker
Lisa Sachs
Director
Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
Accounting for Climate Risk: Gaps in Oil & Gas Company Financials
16:27 – 16:37 EDT
Speakers
Jessica Carradine
Senior Analyst, Lead on Accounting & Auditing
Investors for Paris Compliance
Kyra Bell-Pasht
Director of Research and Policy
Investors for Paris Compliance
Behind the Corporate Veil
16:37 – 16:55 EDT
Speakers
Maria Correia
Professor of Accounting
London School of Economics
Stefano Cascino
Associate Professor
London School of Economics
When Doing Good in One Way Leads to Harm in Another: The Hidden Substitution in Corporate Social Responsibility
16:55 – 17:04 EDT
Speaker
Ningzhong Li
Professor of Accounting
University of Texas at Dallas
Walking the Walk? Bank ESG Disclosures and Home Mortgage Lending
17:04 – 17:12 EDT
Speaker
Wei Wang
Associate Professor
Temple University
Accountability of Corporate Emissions Targets
17:12 – 17:27 EDT
Speaker
Shawn Kim
Assistant Professor
Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley
Metrics, Mandates, and Mixed Messages: Decoding Financed Emissions Disclosure in the United States
17:27 – 17:38 EDT
Speaker
Katherine Huang
Undergraduate Student
Mendoza College of Business
The Value of NGO Activism
17:38 – 17:47 EDT
Speaker
Janja Brendel
Assistant Professor
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
“Not My Food Waste:” Global Perceptions and Practices of Household Food Waste
17:47 – 17:56 EDT
Speaker
Margaret Shackell
Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Business Programs
Ithaca College
Afternoon Break
17:56 – 18:06 EDT
In Conversation with His Excellency Abdullah Jum'ah
18:06 – 19:10 EDT
Speakers
H.E. Abdallah S. Jum’ah
Former President and Chief Executive Officer
Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Aramco)
Sunil (Sunny) A. Misser
Chief Executive Officer
AccountAbility
A Fireside Chat with Students from the 2024 ASW class
19:10 – 19:37 EDT
Speaker
Peter Easton
Editor-in-Chief, Accountability in a Sustainable World (ASWQ) Director, Center for Accounting Research and Education (CARE)
Mendoza College of Business
Day 2 Agenda
Financial Value of Nature: Coastal Housing Markets and Climate Resilience
08:00 – 08:11 EDT
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Galina Hale
Professor of Accounting
UC Santa Cruz
Nature’s Premium: Impact of Biodiversity Regulatory Uncertainty on House Prices
08:11 – 08:25 EDT
Speaker
Maxwell Sacher
PhD Candidate
University of Texas at Austin
Silent Skies: The Impact of Meeting Earnings Benchmarks on Bird Populations
08:25 – 08:35 EDT
Speaker
Wei Zhu
Associate Professor of Accountancy
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Financing Nature: Investment Funds and Biodiversity Risks
08:35 – 08:46 EDT
Speaker
Daniel Marcel te Kaat
Associate Professor of Finance
University of Groningen
The Biodiversity Impact of Corporate Divestitures
08:46 – 09:02 EDT
Speaker
Vlad Andrei Porumb
Reader (Associate Professor)
University of Manchester
The Spillover Effects of Environmental Transparency and Enforcement Regulation
09:02 – 09:13 EDT
Speaker
Sandra G. Schafhäutle
Assistant Professor of Accounting
University of Pennsylvania
Redacted Identities in Shipment Records: Evidence from Forced Labor Scrutiny in Supply Chains
09:13 – 09:24 EDT
Speaker
Gurpal Sran
Assistant Professor of Accounting
NYU Stern School of Business
Bridging the Gap: Enhancing Biodiversity Metrics to Scale Nature Investment
09:24 – 09:37 EDT
Speaker
Priyaam Roy
Assistant Vice President, Thought Leadership
State Street Corp.
Morning Break
09:37 – 09:47 EDT
Sustainability Reporting Standards
09:47 – 10:50 EDT
Speakers
Caroline Rees
President and CEO
Shift Project
Eelco van der Enden
CEO
Accountancy Europe
Jennifer Motles
Chief Sustainability Officer
Philip Morris International
Kerstin Lopatta
Professor of Accounting, Auditing and Sustainability
Universität Hamburg
Marianna Skylakaki
Founder and CEO
Forest + Tree
Moderator
Robert G. Eccles
Visiting Professor of Management Practice
University of Oxford Saïd Business School
ISSB’s current work plan: An update and call for research
10:50 – 11:03 EDT
Speaker
Khrystyna Bochkay
Associate Professor of Accounting, Academic advisor at the ISSB
University of Miami
A Perspective from within the ISSB
11:03 – 11:20 EDT
Speaker
Richard Barker
Professor of Accounting
Oxford University
Climate Change, GRI, and the Global Reporting System
11:20 – 11:35 EDT
Speaker
Carol Adams
Chair, Global Sustainability Standards Board, GRI Emeritus Professor of Accounting, Durham University Business School
GRI and Durham University Business School
Sustainability Reporting in the Geopolitical Context
11:35 – 12:40 EDT
Speakers
Eleonora Corbeij
Senior IFRS and ESG Reporting Specialist
ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
Jan Bouwens
Professor of Accounting, Faculty of Economics and Business
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Wouter Nijmeijer
Senior VP, Tax and Accounting
Ahold Delhaize
Moderator
Mark Vaessen
Global Head of Corporate & Sustainability Reporting
KPMG the Netherlands
Lunch
12:40 – 12:55 EDT
Accounting for Carbon: A Data-Driven Path to Sustainable Growth
12:55 – 13:07 EDT
Speaker
Sophia Mendelsohn
Chief Sustainability and Commercial Officer
SAP SE
Data Availability and Software Solutions for Carbon Accounting
13:07 – 13:45 EDT
Speakers
Bastian Distler
Chief Product Owner
SAP SE
Daniel Bochnitschek
Co-Founder & Managing Director
AllocNow
Martha Amram
CEO
GLYNT.AI
Corporate Carbon Accounting and Reporting
13:45 – 14:00 EDT
Speaker
Stefan Reichelstein
Endowed Chair in Business Administration, Professor Emeritus
University of Mannheim and Stanford University
E-ledgers and the evolving political climate
14:00 – 14:45 EDT
Speakers
Karthik Ramanna
Professor of Business and Public Policy, University of Oxford Blavatnik School of Government Co-founder, E-ledgers Institute
E-ledgers Institute
Robert Kaplan
Senior Fellow and Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development, Emeritus Co-founder, E-ledgers Institute
E-ledgers Institute
Afternoon Break
14:45 – 14:55 EDT
Developing and Regulating a Sustainability Assurance Process
14:55 – 15:59 EDT
Speakers
Imre Nagy
CEO
IRBA
Jacco Moison
Head of Audit, Financial Reporting and Climate Related Disclosures
Financial Markets Authority New Zealand
Kristian Koktvedgaard
Head of Unit
European Commission
Paul Munter
Former Chief Accountant
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
W. Robert Knechel
Distinguished Professor and Frederick E. Fisher Eminent Scholar in Accounting
University of Florida
ESG Assurance in the US
15:59 – 16:09 EDT
Speaker
Brandon Gipper
Associate Professor of Accountancy
Mendoza College of Business
The Underexplored Phenomenon of Partial Assurance
16:09 – 16:22 EDT
Speaker
Gary Entwistle
Professor of Accounting
Edwards School of Business
The Impact of Mandatory Sustainability Reporting on Institutional Investment: The Role of Reporting Location
16:22 – 16:33 EDT
Speaker
Mark DeFond
A. N. Mosich Chair of Accounting
University of Southern California
Implementing Sustainability Assurance Process
16:33 – 17:38 EDT
Speakers
Dan Wangen
Partner, Assurance, Climate Change and Sustainability Services
EY
Jonathan Skilton
Assurance Partner
PwC
Jyoti Vallabh
Partner
Deloitte
W. Robert Knechel
Distinguished Professor and Frederick E. Fisher Eminent Scholar in Accounting
University of Florida
A Fireside Chat with Students from the 2024 ASW class
17:38 – 18:06 EDT
Speaker
Peter Easton
Editor-in-Chief, Accountability in a Sustainable World (ASWQ) Director, Center for Accounting Research and Education (CARE)
Mendoza College of Business
