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ESG & Friends 27 Feb 2024
09:00 - 09:30

Registration

Hilton Hotel Sofia


Registration

09:30 - 10:00

Discussion Panel: Bridging the green gap

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Atanas Georgiev
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Atanas Georgiev Sofia University
Kamelia Slaveykova
Kamelia Slaveykova Shell
Evgeniya Kyuchukova-Troanska
Evgeniya Kyuchukova-Troanska EFRAG
10:00 - 10:30

Keynote lecture

Thriving: Breakthrough Business Strategies to Regenerate Nature, Society and the Economy

Wayne Visser
Wayne Visser University of Cambridge
10:30 - 11:00

Practicing sustainability: The intersection of cause and regulation

Milena Dragiiska
Milena Dragiiska Lidl Bulgaria
Tzvetanka Mintcheva
Tzvetanka Mintcheva UniCredit Bulbank
Darinka Georgieva
Darinka Georgieva UN Global Compact Bulgaria
Dimitar Tsotsorkov
Dimitar Tsotsorkov Аsarel-Medet JSC
11:00 - 11:15

Coffee break

11:15 - 11:45

Main Lecture: Embracing the EU Green Deal:Prospects for the Balkans

Indira Kartallozi
Indira Kartallozi University of Cambridge
11:45 - 12:00

ESG – insights from Norway (best practices)

Iliana Pavlova
Iliana Pavlova BIA
Karsten Aust
Karsten Aust Frontier Venture
12:00 - 12:20

Discussion Panel: ESG as a driver of business transformations

Michaela Kalaidjieva
Michaela Kalaidjieva Yettel Bulgaria
Demian Pintos
Demian Pintos Philip Morris Bulgaria
Denislav Borisov
Denislav Borisov denkstatt
12:20 - 12:40

Discussion Panel

Pavel Lisev
Pavel Lisev Fund of Funds
Elvin Guri
Elvin Guri Invenio Partners
Denislav Borisov
Denislav Borisov denkstatt
12:40 - 13:10

A public conversation in front of the audience with Prof. Visser and Prof. Marina Stefanova

Assoc. Prof. Marina Stefanova
Assoc. Prof. Marina Stefanova Sofia University
Wayne Visser
Wayne Visser University of Cambridge
13:10 - 14:00

Networking Lunch

14:00 - 16:30

Afternoon panel (Workshop with Prof. Wayne Visser and Indira Kartallozi)

Thriving in Practice: Systems Thinking and Integrated Value” (The workshop will be interactive, with group exercises and participant discussion)
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Indira Kartallozi
Indira Kartallozi University of Cambridge
Wayne Visser
Wayne Visser University of Cambridge
16:30 - 17:30

Networking cocktail

ESG & Friends 2023 22 May 2023
12:30 - 13:00

Registration

Sofia Tech Park

13:00 - 13:30

The challenges

• The experience of multinational companies;
• What are the biggest ESG challenges and how companies deal with them (implementation, reporting);
• Sustainability projects and practices (examples of strategies that are already working);
• Who pays the price for a sustainable business, and in what way.

Counterpoint: The position of companies, which will pay a high price for their transition to sustainability.

13:30 - 13:45

Kaufland Bulgaria – the experience of the company

13:45 - 14:00

EIB green bond purchase programme – Presentation by Pilar Solano

Pilar Solano
Pilar Solano European Investment Bank
14:00 - 14:20

In Action: Lecture by Chrisa Pagitsas

Chrissa Pagitsas
Chrissa Pagitsas Keynote Speaker
14:20 - 15:00

Discussion with Chrisa Pagitsas

Chrissa Pagitsas
Chrissa Pagitsas Keynote Speaker
15:00 - 15:20

AI for Sustainable Future

15:20 - 15:35

Mastercard – the experience of the company

15:35 - 16:00

Innovations and sustainability

• The companies’ experience;
• How the application of ESG practices provokes a leap in innovation;
• Rational=sustainable;
• How do the messages reach the mass consumer and is there a change in the culture of consumption?;
• B2B – the solutions;
• Banks as a regulator of the process;
• Sustainability Academy - how the education system prepares sustainability specialists.

Counterpoint: Are customers willing to pay more for products with added sustainable value and how does this reflect on companies' marketing strategies?

16:00 - 17:00

ESG leaders - Award ceremony & Cocktail

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