EVENTS
SASB SYMPOSIUM 2017 ... November 30th, 2017 Fordham Law School

SASB SYMPOSIUM 2017 ... November 30th 2017 ... Agenda ... Theme: Market Forces at Work

Burgess COMMENTARY

Peter Burgess

2017 Agenda Theme: Market Forces at Work
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7:30 – 8:15 AM: Breakfast and Networking
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8:15 – 8:20 AM: Welcome from the Host Barbara Porco Director, Center for Professional Accounting Practices, Fordham University
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8:20 – 8:25 AM: SASB Welcome and Introduction of Jean Rogers Matthew Welch President, The SASB Foundation
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8:25 – 8:40 AM: Opening Remarks Jean Rogers Chair, The SASB Standards Board and SASB Founder and Former CEO
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8:40 – 9:15 AM: Coffee Table Chat: Market Action on Climate Risk Scott Evans – Chief Investment Officer and Deputy Comptroller, New York City Retirement Systems Arlene McCarthy – Member of the European Commission High-Level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance Moderator: Curtis Ravenel – Global Head of Sustainable Business and Finance, Bloomberg LP
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9:20 – 10:15 AM: Bridging the Gap: Overcoming the Disconnect Between Companies and Investors Kirsty Jenkinson – Managing Director, Sustainable Investment Strategies, Wespath Investment Management Kurt Kuehn – Former CFO, UPS Paula Loop – Leader, Governance Insights Center, PwC Sophia Mendelsohn – Head of Sustainability, JetBlue Moderator: Sarah Teslik – Of Counsel, Joele Frank, Wilkinson, Brimmer, Katcher
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10:15 – 10:45 AM: Break & Networking
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10:45 – 11:40 AM: Investor Demand: Moving from Talk to Action Chris Ailman – Chief Investment Officer, CalSTRS Lynn Blake – Executive Vice President, State Street Global Advisors Hugh Lawson – Managing Director, Global Head of Institutional Client Strategy, Goldman Sachs Robert Lovelace – Vice Chairman, Capital Group Moderator: Janine Guillot – Director of Capital Markets Policy & Outreach, SASB
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11:40 AM – 12:00 PM: TED-Style Talk: How Material Sustainability Information Impacts Stock Price Performance George Serafeim Jakurski Family Associate Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
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12:00 – 1:15 PM: Lunch
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1:15 – 2:10 PM: Lessons from Market Standards: The Benefits for the Economy Rick Fedrizzi – Founding Chairman, USGBC, and Chairman and CEO of International WELL Building Institute Bob Hirth – Chair, COSO Terri Polley – President and CEO, Financial Accounting Foundation Kurt Schacht – Managing Director, Standards and Advocacy, CFA Institute Moderator: Jean Rogers – Chair, The SASB Standards Board
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2:10 – 2:20 PM: A Look at the 2017 State of Disclosure Report David Post Director of Research, SASB
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2:20 – 3:15 PM: Emerging Legal Issues Related to Sustainability Disclosure Alan Beller – Senior Counsel, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP Doug Chia – Executive Director, Governance Center, The Conference Board Cathy Dixon – Partner, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP Donald Langevoort – Thomas Aquinas Reynolds Professor of Law, Georgetown Law Moderator: Tom Riesenberg – Director of Legal Policy & Outreach, SASB
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3:15 – 3:45 PM: Coffee & Networking
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3:45 – 4:40 PM: The Path Forward: The Future of Material Sustainability Disclosure Keith Higgins – Chair, Securities & Governance Practice, Ropes & Gray LLP Chris Holmes – National Director of SEC Regulatory Matters, EY Brian Macnamara – Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller, Host Hotels Savita Subramanian – Head of U.S. Equity & Quantitative Strategy, Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Research Stephanie Tang – Senior Corporate Counsel and Assistant Corporate Secretary, Clorox Moderator: Elisse Walter – Former Chair, The SEC
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4:45 – 5:15 PM: Keynote Discussions Michael Bloomberg – Chairman, The SASB Foundation Board; Founder of Bloomberg LP & Bloomberg Philanthropies, and 108th Mayor of New York City F. William McNabb – Chairman and CEO, Vanguard Mary Schapiro – Former Chair, The SEC
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5:15 – 6:30 PM: Reception