BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250803T095909EDT-7648jXl315@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20250803T135909Z DESCRIPTION:The ESG Spring Conference is hosted by the CIBC Office of Susta inable Finance under the auspices of ĢƵ’s Sustainable Growth Initiativ e (SGI) and ĢƵ Business Law Platform. \n\nThis conference will unite b usiness school deans\, industry experts\, representatives from banking\, f inance\, and law firms\, as well as educational institutions including CEG EPs\, high schools\, and community organizations. Together\, they will eng age in discussions on the pressing challenge of enhancing the effectivenes s and universality of ESG practices through collaborative\, community-base d initiatives.\n\nRegister Here\n\n\n\n 08:20 -  Registration \n 08:40 - Wel come Remarks: Professor Peer Zumbansen\, Director ĢƵ Business Law Plat form\, Academic Lead\, SGI CIBC Office of Sustainable Finance\, Desautels Faculty of Management  \n 09:00 -  Panel I: Sustainability Activism and the Importance of Visibility – The Role of Law Firms\, Businesses and Stakeho lder Groups in promoting Climate Change Mitigation \n \n Panelists: \n \n Harr ison (“Harry”) Myles\, Goldblatt Partners\, LL.P. Toronto \n Haley Czarnek\ , Law Students for Climate Accountability (LSCA) [remotely] \n Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger\, Visiting Chair in Sustainable Development Law and Poli cy\, University of Cambridge [remotely] \n Noah Stern\, CEO Mooseknuckles\, Canada \n Kevin Thomas\, Shareholder Association for Research and Educatio n (SHARE) \n \n \n Moderator: \n \n Shivani Salunke\, DCL/PhD Candidate\, McGil l University\, Faculty of Law\n \n \n \n \n 10:15 - Coffee Break \n 10:30 -  Pan el II: Sustainability Finance\, Reconciliation and Indigenous Communities – Making Consultation and Consensus a Reality in Today’s Sustainable Finan ce Projects \n \n Panelists: \n \n Aaron White\, Head of Indigenous Finance\, CIBC  \n Jaimie Lickers\, Senior VP\, Indigenous Markets\, CIBC [remotely]  \n Geordie Hungerford\, Chief Executive Officer of the First Nations Financ ial Management Board [remotely]  \n Klaus Ludwig Schilling Maciel\, Latin A merican Climate Lawyers Initiative for Climate Action (LACLIMA)\;  \n Yvan Guy Laroque\, Larocque Business Law\, Winnipeg \n Luisa Castañeda-Quintana\ , DCL/PhD candidate\, Vanier Scholar\, ĢƵ Faculty of Law [remotely] \n \n \n Moderator:\n \n Peer Zumbansen\, Director\, Business Law Platform\, McGi ll Law\, CIBC Office of Sustainable Finance \n \n \n \n \n 12:00 - Lunch  \n 13: 30 - Panel III: Sustainability Curriculum Design Across Generations – Educ ating the Next Generation \n \n Panelists: \n \n Mark McGuire\, John Abbott Co llege  \n Gracie Diabo\, Loran Scholar\, ĢƵ\, Faculty of Eng ineering  \n Geoff Garver\, Law and Governance Lead\, Leadership for the Ez ozoic  \n Hannah West\, JD cand. ’24\, University of Toronto\, Faculty of L aw\, Member\, UofT Law Union  \n Olaf Weber\, CIBC Chair in Sustainable Fin ance\, Schulich School of Business\, York University Toronto  \n Glen Dowel l\, S.C. Johnson School of Business\, Cornell University \n \n \n Moderator:  \n \n Ella Johnson\, Co-Editor in Chief\, ĢƵ Sustainable Development Law Journal \n \n \n \n \n 15:00 - Coffee Break\n 15:15 - KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Climate Change\, Sustainability and 21st Century Business School Education \n \n Key note Speaker: Dean Andrew Karolyi\, SC Johnson College of Business\, Corne ll University \n Introduction: Daniel Tsai\, Adjunct Assistant Professor\, Queens Smith School of Business\, Senior Fellow\, ĢƵ Business Law Plat form \n \n \n 16:00 - DEANS’ Panel: “Sustainability as Educational Challenge' – The Place of Business Schools in Changing Mindsets and Training the Nex t Generation” \n \n Dean Wanda Costen\, Smith School of Business\, Queens Un iversity\n Dean Detlev Zwick\, Schulich School of Business\, York Universit y\n Dean Andrew Karolyi\, SC Johnson College of Business\, Cornell Universi ty\n \n \n 16:55 - Conclusions \n 17:00 - Closing \n\n DTSTART:20240328T121500Z DTEND:20240328T210000Z LOCATION:Donald E. Armstrong Building | Room 365/370\, 3420 rue McTavish\, Montreal\, QC\, H3A 3L1\, CA SUMMARY:ESG Spring Conference - The sustainability challenge in law & busin ess: education\, amplification\, and collaboration URL:/law/channels/event/esg-spring-conference-sustaina bility-challenge-law-business-education-amplification-and-356233 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR