Monday October 19, 2020
7:00 AM
Registration & Breakfast
8:00 AM Sustainable Finance Megatrends
Welcome from Peter Fusaro, Conference Founder, Chairman, Global Change Associates Inc. and Partner, ESG & Impact, AV Group Ltd.
Moderator: Barry Worthington, Executive Director, United States Energy Association
8:15 AM Sustainable Finance 2020
Peter C. Fusaro, Partner, ESG and Impact, AV Group Ltd.
8:30 AM NYSERDA's Tech to Market
Katie MacDonald, NYSERDA
8:45 AM Cleantech Investment in New York's Ecosystem
Tim Hoffman, Progam Director, NYS Venture Exchange and Columbia Tech Ventures
9:00 AM Third Generation ESG Investing
Bahar Gidwani, Co-Founder and CTO, CSRHub
9:15 AM Millennials Ideas About Sustainability
Tinia Pina, Founder & CEO, Re-Nuble Inc.
9:30 AM ESG & T
Andrea Bonime-Blanc, CEO & Founder, GEC Risk Advisory
10:15 AM Sponsor Break
10:45 AM Green & Sustainable Finance: Focus on Renewable Resources
Moderator: Tom Blum, Partner, GC Andersen and NYSERDA Innovation Officer
10:45 AM Topic and Speaker to be determined
Constellation Speaker will be virtual presentation
11:00 AM Offshore Wind 2.0 in New York State
Noah Shaw, Partner, Co-Chair Renewable Energy Practice, Hodgson Russ LLP
11:15 AM Commercial Solar Energy Updates
Nick Blitterswyk, CEO and Founder, UGE International
11:30 AM Deploying Distributed Energy Asset
Nick Davis, CEO, Gridmarket
11:45 AM EVs for Motor Cycles
Marco Antonio Soriano. Soriano Motori
12:00 PM Scaling Cleantech Startups and Developing Bankable Projects
Tooraj Arvajeh, Co-Founder & CEO, Perl Street
12:15 PM Recovering Value From Wastes
Don Bubar, President & CEO, Avalon Advanced Materials
12:30 PM Energy Storage: New Frontier for Utilities
Steve Wemple, General Manager, Con Ed's Utility of the Future
12:45 PM NYC Energy Efficiency Initiatives
Frank Marcic, Co-Chair, NYC 2030 District
1:00 PM
Sit Down Lunch & Networking, Sponsored by Hodgson Russ LLP
2:00 PM Conference Reconvenes
2:00 pm Technology Solutions in Fintech, Agtech & EnergyTech for Sustainability
Moderator: Robert Parker, Managing Director, SIF Capital Advisors
2:00 PM Power Over Ethernet: Advanced Energy Effiiciency Building Tech
Dario Gristina, Chairman & CEO, CPL Group USA
2:15 PM New Water Nanotech
Jonathan Levine, Founder & CEO, Folia Materials
2:30 PM Drones for Sustainability
Stephen Donofrio, Principal & Founder, Green Point Innovations
2:45 PM Reversible Fuel Cells for the Hydrogen Economy
Paul Matter, CTO & Founder, Power to Hydrogen
3:00 PM Titantic Shift in $615 Billion Beer Sector Moving Market to Health, Wellness and Impact
Niall Phelan, Founder, The Naked Collective
3:15 PM Redefining Energy Storage with Zinc Air Batteries
Ron MacDonald, CE, Zinc8 Energy Solutions
3:30 - 3:45 Afternoon Break
3:45 PM Investing for Impact
Moderator: Kuni Chen, ESG and Impact Investment Expert
3:45 PM The Nordic Strategy on ESG & Impact
Karl Andersen, Managing Director, AV Growth Fund
4:00 PM Thematic Investing for Impact
Bill Page, SVP & Senior Portfolio Manager, Essex Investment Management
4:15 PM Impact Investing Strategies
Ben Bingham, Chairman, 3 Sisters Investment Management
4:30 PM Investing in The Circular Economy
Allison Shapiro, Executive Director, Closed Loop Partners
4:45 PM Investing Early in Impactful Companies in Education, Safety & Environment
Sarah Millar, Principal, City Light Capital
5:30 PM Conference Ends
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