Wednesday, May 21, 2025
13.15 - 13.30 UK Time
Welcome & Opening Remarks
Professor George Skiadopoulos, Director of IFFR, Conference Co-organizer | University of Piraeus & Queen Mary University of London
Angeliki Kalligiannaki, Associate Director, Head of Greece, EBRD
13.30 - 14.10 UK Time
Sustainable Investing: Financial and Real Effects
Lukasz Pomorski, Senior Vice President, Acadian Asset Management
The Puzzle of Sustainable Investment: What Smart Investors Should Know
Professor George Skiadopoulos, Director of IFFR, Conference Co-organizer | University of Piraeus & Queen Mary University of London
Financial Materiality & Performance, Divestment & Real Effects: Novel Evidence
Chair: Stavroula Aggelopoulou, Sustainability & Corporate Responsibility Director at OTE Group of Companies
14.00 - 14.10 UK Time
Q & A
14.10 - 15.10 UK Time
Current ESG Landscape and Advances
Jenny Bofinger-Schuster, Board Member, International Sustainability Standards Board
Sustainable Reporting: Current State and Looking forward
Dr Andrea Ruotolo, Rockwell Automation, Global Head, Customer Sustainability / Digital / Responsible AI
The Role of AI in Corporate Sustainability
Filippos Papakonstantinou, King’s College London & IFFR Fellow
Do Institutional Investors Greenwash? A Textual Detection Tool
Chair: Bill Gallagher, Board Member AstroBank & Cenergy Holdings
14.55 - 15.10 UK Time
Q & A
15.10 - 15.50 UK Time
Carbon Emissions
Professor Marcin Kacperczyk, Imperial College London
Decarbonization Commitments
Professor Lucian Taylor, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
U.S. Corporates Future Carbon Emissions: Forecasts and their Cost to the Society
Chair: Dr Jenny Leivadarou, BoD, Independent Non-Executive Director ELLAKTOR Group
15.40 - 15.50 UK Time
Q & A
15.50 - 16.30 UK Time
Roundtable Panel: ESG at Crossroads
Panelists
Maya Hennerkes, Director, Green Financial Systems, Climate Strategy and Delivery at EBRD
Sean Kidney, CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative
Dimitrios Dimopoulos, Head of ESG, Piraeus Financial Holdings
Moderator: Elizabeth Meager, Acting Deputy Editor, Sustainable Views at the Financial Times
16.30 - 17.15 UK Time
Climate and Biodiversity Risks
Mika Morse, Former Policy Counsel, Office of the Chair | U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Why are Banks abandoning Climate Promises?
Professor Johannes Stroebel, New York University Stern School of Business
Biodiversity Risks: Are they different from Climate Risks?
Chair: Dr Anastasia Pappas, Founder & Director, E-axes Forum
17.00 - 17.15 UK Time
Q & A
17.15 UK Time
Closing Remarks
Professor George Skiadopoulos, Director of IFFR, Conference Co-organizer | University of Piraeus & Queen Mary University of London

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