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
Moderator: TBA
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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