2022 Bright Green Summit
Presented from Sweden to create powerful, positive climate action on a global scale.
Memorable Moments from the 2022 Bright Green Summit
Sweden’s vision has long been to be one of the most sustainable and integrated countries in the world
With this in mind, the American Chamber of Commerce in Sweden,
in partnership with Mundus International,
PRESENTS:
THE BRIGHT GREEN SUMMIT
NOVEMBER 22, 2022 FROM 08:30 CET TO 17:00 CET
IN-PERSON AT THE HILTON SLUSSEN IN STOCKHOLM OR ONLINE
The Bright Green Summit will highlight opportunities and serve as a platform to collaborate across industries, governments, academia, and society to provide the education, policies, products and services necessary to combat climate change on a global scale.
There are tremendous opportunities to lead by example from the investments that are made through trade and the exchange of knowledge and best practices in both private and public sectors, between Sweden and the U.S., and throughout the EU and the rest of the world.
Practical results will be achieved through the transfer of information and ideas, and via a partnership network excited to join forces in business and climate action.
THE BRIGHT GREEN SUMMIT IS A RAPID RESPONSE TO COP27
Representatives from corporations, trade and industry organizations and government representatives will gather live in Stockholm, and online from the U.S., across the EU and the rest of the world to discuss the outcomes of the COP27 summit, including:
Securing global net zero emissions across the entire social spectrum by mid-century to limit temperature increases to below 1.5 degrees
Adapting business to protect communities and natural habitats
Mobilizing finance that will lead to quick gains in positive climate change
Removing barriers between countries so they can work across borders in harmony together
The discussions that take place at the 2022 Bright Green Summit will be a model to follow in terms of the innovation, resolve and talent that is needed to create immediate, lasting and meaningful change on a global scale. This includes:
How the goals set at COP27 will impact Sweden, the U.S., EU, and the rest of the world
What effect agreements made will have on business and trade in the region and with the U.S.
Who will likely emerge as the winners or losers from different business and government viewpoints
How you can position yourself and your business
TOGETHER WE HAVE A HISTORIC OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE THE LEADERSHIP AND EDUCATION NEEDED TO COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE.
CORPORATE PARTNERS
BY BEING MORE INFORMED, AND WORKING TOGETHER, WE CAN ALL BECOME MORE ACCOUNTABLE.
AGENDA
08:00 - 08:25 - Morning Mingle with coffee
08:30 - 08:35 - Welcome
Peter Dahlen, AmCham Sweden
Jessica Williams, Mundus International
08:40 - 09:20 - COP27: Highs and Lows - Where can we go from here?
Moderator: Robert Watt, Communications Director and Head of Strategic Policy Engagement, SEI - Stockholm Environment Institute
Panelist: H.E. Judith Gough, British Ambassador to Sweden
Panelist: Ahmed Abdelrahim, Diplomat at the Embassy of Egypt
Panelist: Mathias Wikström, CEO, Doconomy
Panelist: Malin Berge, Senior Vice President Sustainability Innovation Lead, Mastercard
09:25 - 09:30 - Sweden Commitment
Dr. Daniel Westlèn, State Secretary to Minister of Climate and the Environment
09:35 - 10:35 - National Perspectives on the Green Transition
Moderator: Sean Williams, Mundus International
Panelist: His Excellency Mr Etienne Le Harivel de Gonneville, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary for France
Panelist: Her Excellency Mrs Christina Beinhoff, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary for Germany
Panelist: His Excellency Mr Bernard Philip, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary for Australia
Panelist: His Excellency Mr Kamapradipta Isnomo, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary for Indonesia
10:40 - 11:20 - Infrastructure Panel Discussion
Moderator: Laszlo Sajtos, Misum, Stockholm School of Economics
Panelist: Emilia Hagberg, Vice President, Sustainability Development, Skanska Group
Panelist: Rob Duff, Sustainable Business Development Director, Washington Department of Commerce
Panelist: Christer Otterström, CEO, Hummeltorp Sverige AB
Panelist: David Frydlinger, Managing Partner, Cirio Law Firm
Panelist: André Annema, Co-owner, AllChiefs
11:25 - 12:05 - Mobility Panel Discussion
Moderator: Professor/Dean Sofia Ritzén, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Panelist: Heinrich Lange, Senior Director Sales Northern Europe & Head of Global Account Management EMEA, Lufthansa German Airlines
Panelist: Martin Phillips, CEO, Talga Group Europe
Panelist: Martin Ruist, CEO/Partner Four PR
Panelist: Susanne Palli, CEO & Co-Founder, go-e
12:05 - 13:05 - Break for Lunch
13:05 - 13:10 - Welcome Back
13:10 - 13:30 - Keynote Speech by U.S. Ambassador Erik Ramanathan
13:35 - 14:00 - Bright Green Scorecard Introduction
14:05 - 14:45 - Digitalization Panel Discussion
Moderator: Professor Michael Lenox, University of Virginia Darden School of Business
Panelist: Emma Dansbo, Partner, Cirio Law Firm
Panelist: Christopher Larsson, Sustainability Reporting Specialist, KPMG
Panelist: Nexhi Deti, Client CTO & Sustainability Strategist, Microsoft
14:50 - 15:20 - Fika Break
15:25 - 16:05 - Consumer Goods Panel Discussion
Moderator: Professor Gerald Torres, Yale Law School
Panelist: Louise Werner, Director Future Packaging, The Absolut Company
Panelist: Charlotte Kalin, Sweden Public Affairs Manager, Coca-Cola
Panelist: Hedda Lindselius, COO & Manager, Diplomat Communications
16:10 - 16:50 - Trade & Investment Panel Discussion
Moderator: Dr. Val Livada, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Panelist: Ulrika Renstad, Nordic Head of Business Development, Nasdaq Global Listing Services
Panelist: Jan Wiedemann, Director, Indiana Economic Development Corp.
Panelist: Philip Lewis, Global Head of Export Finance, HSBC
Panelist: Stephen Jordan, CEO, Institute for Sustainable Development
16:55 - COP27 Reflections
Mattias Frumerie, Head of Delegation to UNFCCC, Swedish Ministry of Environment
17:00 - Bright Green Summit Program Ends
17:00 - 19:00 - Mingle and Cash Bar
HOSTS & STRATEGIC PARTNERS
PETER DAHLEN
MANAGING DIRECTOR, AMCHAM SWEDEN
Peter Dahlen is a government relations and business development professional with an insider’s understanding of Washington, DC. Peter is also a regular lecturer at the Stockholm University Law Faculty on the U.S. legislative process.
JESSICA NILSSON WILLIAMS
CEO & FOUNDER, MUNDUS INTERNATIONAL
Jessica Nilsson Williams has a long standing interest in international affairs, having worked in the field for over 20 years. Jessica began her career as the political advisor at the U.S. Embassy in Stockholm, and then worked in the corporate- and NGOs sectors London and Singapore before returning to Stockholm.
Back in Sweden, Jessica headed the business intelligence unit for a risk and security firm. In 2011, she took up a senior role at the New Zealand Embassy before founding Mundus International in 2012.
SEAN WILLIAMS
COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR, MUNDUS INTERNATIONAL
Sean Williams began his career in the oil industry Australia. After working internationally in commercial roles with BP in South Africa, the UK and Singapore Sean moved to Sweden with his family in 2009.
Sean worked in business development and then as the Strategy and Growth Director for NASDAQ Commodities from 2009 to 2015. He holds an engineering degree from Adelaide University and an MBA from the Darden Business School at the University of Virginia.
EMBASSY PARTNERS
AMBASSADORS
ERIK D. RAMANATHAN
U.S. AMBASSADOR TO SWEDEN
Ambassador Erik D. Ramanathan became U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Sweden on January 20, 2022. Previously, he served as Chairman of the Board of Heluna Health, a trailblazing public health non-profit serving more than 80 million Americans with over 500 programs addressing population health and community resilience issues, including maternal and child health, nutrition, literacy, supportive housing, infectious disease, addiction, and front-line and supportive efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. He was previously Executive Director of the Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession, the world’s leading research program and think tank on the evolving legal profession, and Board Chair at Immigration Equality, the national legal services and advocacy organization for LGBTQ+ and HIV+ immigrants and asylees.
BERNARD PHILIP
AMBASSADOR OF AUSTRALIA TO SWEDEN
Bernard Philip has been Australia's Ambassador to Sweden, Finland and Latvia since September 2019. He has previously served overseas in Bangkok, New Delhi, Tarin Kot and Washington. In Canberra he has served in a range of positions in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Department of Defence focused on the Indo-Pacific, international security, and multilateral policy. He was born in Brisbane and educated at the University of Queensland (BA, LLB) and as a Chevening Scholar at the University of Cambridge (M Phil in International Relations).
ETIENNE LE HARIVEL DE GONNEVILLE
AMBASSADOR OF FRANCE TO SWEDEN
Etienne Le Harivel de Gonneville has been Ambassador of France to Sweden since September 9, 2020. Prior to that, he had been Senior Advisor for strategic affairs and continental Europe to the President of the French Republic, since May 2017. A graduate of Sciences Po and the University of the Sorbonne, Etienne de Gonneville is a career diplomat. He has held several posts in the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, in Paris: in the Department for Strategic Affairs, Security and Disarmament, and in the Asia and Oceania Department, and abroad: in Iran (2000-2003), in the United States (2006-2010), and in Vietnam (2010-2013).
H.E. MRS CHRISTINA BEINHOFF
AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY FOR GERMANY
Dr. Joachim Bertele and Christina Beinhoff are Germany's Ambassadors to Sweden. It is the first time a married couple shares the ambassadorship in Sweden. On August 10, 2021, they were accredited as Germany's Ambassadors to Sweden after submitting their letters of credit to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' head of protocol, Maria Christina Lundqvist. Most recently, the two lawyers worked at the German Chancellor's Office and Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Christina Beinhoff is currently Deputy Head of Foreign and Security Policy at the Federal Chancellor's Office. Dr. Joachim Bertele was most recently the representative for international law at the German Foreign Ministry and previously also deputy advisor for foreign and security policy to the German Chancellor. During their diplomatic career, the couple has several times had postings abroad, for example at the embassies in South Korea and France.
H.E. JUDITH GOUGH
BRITISH AMBASSADOR TO SWEDEN
Judith Gough became the British Ambassador to Sweden in August 2019. From 2015 to 2019 she was British Ambassador to Ukraine. Ms Gough joined the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in 2001 and has been engaged with Eastern Europe and Central Asia for over 20 years, previously serving as Director for the region and Her Majesty’s Ambassador in Tbilisi. Ms Gough has also served in the British Embassy in Seoul and, prior to joining the FCO, worked as a consultant at Ernst and Young, in Emerging Markets and Financial Services.
H.E. KAMAPRADIPTA ISNOMO
INDONESIA AMBASSADOR TO SWEDEN
Prior to his position as Ambassador to the Kingdom of Sweden concurrently to the Republic of Latvia, Kamapradipta Isnomo (Kama) was the Director of Social and Culture and International Organizations of Developing Countries at the Directorate General of Multilateral Cooperation from 2017 to 2020. Between 2011 to 2014, he was Deputy Director for Asia-Pacific and Africa Intra-Regional Cooperation at the Directorate General of Asia-Pacific and African Affairs.
Kama undertook three overseas assignments at the Indonesian Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York as Minister Counsellor and political coordinator from 2014 to 2017, Indonesian Permanent Mission to the UN and Other International Organizations in Geneva as Counsellor for human rights from 2007 to 2011, as well as Vice-Consul at the Indonesian Consulate General in Melbourne, Australia from 2001 to 2005.
PANELISTS
CHRISTER OTTERSTRÖM
CEO, HUMMELTORP SVERIGE AB
By combining his innovative thinking with goal-oriented entrepreneurship, Christer Otterström has started and run companies in several different industries since a young age. In 2017, Christer became the third generation CEO of the family company Hummeltorp Sverige AB. The family business has been active for more than 100 years in the recycling of non-renewable natural resources for conversion to environmentally certified products.
HEINRICH LANGE
SENIOR DIRECTOR SALES NORTHERN EUROPE & HEAD OF GLOBAL ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT EMEA, LUFTHANSA GERMAN AIRLINES
Based in London since July 2021, Heinrich Lange heads the commercial and sales activities for all Lufthansa Group Airlines (Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines, SWISS, Brussels Airlines, Eurowings and Edelweiss) in Northern Europe. The sales region consists of the UK, Ireland, Iceland, the Nordics, the Baltics, and the Netherlands. Besides his regional responsibility, Heinrich forms part of a global leadership team looking after Lufthansa Group’s largest global corporate and agency accounts.
Heinrich Lange started his career in the aviation industry in 2004 with a Lufthansa Group dual qualification program, where he specialized in Business Administration. Over the past 10+ years, Heinrich has spent in commercial roles such as Lufthansa Group & Joint Venture Sales Strategy and Business development and sales steering Eastern and South-Eastern Europe. Before taking up his assignment in London, Heinrich was based in Dubai representing the Lufthansa Group in the Gulf, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
EMILIA HAGBERG
VICE PRESIDENT SUSTAINABILITY DEVELOPMENT, SKANSKA
Emilia Hagberg is the Vice President of Sustainability Development at Skanska Group with the responsibility to develop and implement Skanska’s sustainability strategy, and the plan to reach Skanska’s climate target to be carbon neutral by 2045.
Innovation, supply chain and the use of Skanska’s products are in the spotlight. Emilia's business perspective adds on to many years in politics, both in the city of Stockholm and as adviser to the Minister of Climate and the Environment at the time when the Paris Agreement was introduced.
EMMA DANSBO
PARTNER, CIRIO LAW FIRM
Emma focuses on representing emerging and growth technology companies, their founders and investors, including several Venture Capital funds. Her clients operate within a broad spectre of technology verticals and she has a strong interest in digital transformation. Emma also heads our Digital & Technology Sector group.
Her practice includes venture capital financings, M&A transactions, start-up work, growth strategies and corporate governance advice and many times contain cross-border aspects. She also provides day-to-day counselling to companies on a wide range of other contractual and corporate matters.
DAVID FRYDLINGER
MANAGING PARTNER, CIRIO LAW FIRM
David is managing partner at Cirio law firm. He has extensive experience in assisting clients in the technology sectors. David is also an expert in establishing long-term, sustainable, partnerships between customers and suppliers in a variety of industries. David teaches collaborative contracting at the University of Tennessee, has authored/co-authored three books and also two articles in Harvard Business Review on relational contracts and partnerships.
PHIL MACKINTOSH
CHIEF ECONOMIST, NASDAQ
Phil Mackintosh, Nasdaq Chief Economist, has 28 years of experience in the Finance industry, including roles on the sell-side, buy-side and at accounting firms. This includes managing trading, research and risk teams. Phil is an expert in index construction and ETF trading and has published extensive research on trading, ETFs and market structure.
ULRIKA RENSTAD
NORDIC HEAD OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AT NASDAQ GLOBAL LISTING SERVICES
Prior to joining Nasdaq, Ulrika Renstad brought 15 years of experience from positions as a corporate finance advisor in IPOs, and within market strategy in the financial sector. Most recently, Ulrika worked with Business Development Strategy at Danske Bank.
Ulrika holds a MSc in Business Administration and Economics International Business Program (MBA) from the Gothenburg School of Economics including semesters in Germany at WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management, and EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht. Ulrika is also a Certified EFFAS Financial Analyst (CEFA) from IFL Executive Education at Stockholm School of Economics.
ROB DUFF
SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Rob Duff received a Bachelor of Science degree in Zoology from the University of Massachusetts in 1986 and a Master of Science degree in toxicology from the University of Washington in 1993. For several years, Rob worked for state agencies to limit the impact of pollution on human health and the environment. From 2014 to 2019, Rob advised Governor Jay Inslee on issues including water resources, water quality, salmon recovery, Hanford Site cleanup and oil spill preparedness. Rob is currently the Sustainable Business Development Director at the Washington Department of Commerce where he is involved in stimulating markets for recycled materials and connecting businesses to reduce and utilize waste streams.
STEPHEN C. JORDAN
CEO, INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
As Chief Executive Officer of the Institute for Sustainable Development, Stephen has supported the launch and implementation of disaster recovery, community economic development, and corporate citizenship programs and partnerships in dozens of communities across the U.S. and around the world. Mr. Jordan founded and served as Executive Director of the Center for Corporate Citizenship at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
For six years, Mr. Jordan served as a commissioner on the U.S. Commission for UNESCO. From 2013 to 2018, Jordan co-led IO Sustainability, a management consulting firm specializing in assessing the value of CSR programs. Stephen holds an MBA from Georgetown University and an MA in Political and Social Thought from the University of Virginia.
LOUISE WERNER
DIRECTOR FUTURE PACKAGING AT THE ABSOLUT COMPANY
Louise Werner has a long career in packaging development, brand strategy, innovation, and project management. Her professional career kick-started at British fashion powerhouse Burberry back in 2007. After spending a year in China - working for a product development agency called PG Design & Brand Consulting - Louise returned to Stockholm where she took on the role of Brand Strategist for Pond Design in 2009. In 2016 Louise took on the job as Senior Account Director for Nepa, a company specializing in insight and smart data to explore how to challenge conventions when it comes to testing innovation.
In 2019, Louise was recruited as Director Future of Packaging for The Absolut Company – a position she still holds today. Her main task is to lead the company's packaging development by setting a clear vision for sustainability, conviviality and consumer delight. Louise is also responsible for exploring sustainable materials, new technology, systems and The Absolut Company's paper bottle project.
MARTIN RUIST
CEO/PARTNER, FOUR PR
Martin Ruist is a seasoned strategic communications and PR advisor, working with international brands in a wide range of businesses, running their PR in Sweden and Scandinavia.
MATHIAS WIKSTRÖM
CEO, DOCONOMY
Mathias Wikström is a Sweden-based renowned sustainability business leader and creative strategist who founded Doconomy together with Johan Pihl and has spearheaded globally awarded forefront projects in Finance, Sustainability and Human Rights. Mathias received an EMBA with honors at the Stockholm School of Economics with a focus on Leading Innovation.
Mathias has won several Grand Prix at Cannes Lions and served on many award juries, as President for Innovation in Eurobest, amongst others. He is a high scoring speaker at industry summits in Europe, U.S., Asia and Latin America, as well as with the UN and UNFCCC.
MALIN BERGE
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT SUSTAINABILITY INNOVATION LEAD, MASTERCARD
Malin Berge is a global executive focusing on enabling solutions, partnerships and system change to accelerate the sustainability transition. Leading Mastercard’s global innovation agenda for Sustainability, she is responsible for the company’s R&D initiatives in Sustainability globally.
Malin and her team is focusing on co-creating the next generation of sustainable commerce solutions with Mastercard’s customers and wider ecosystem of partners. She is also a member of the company’s Innovation Senior Management Team and Head of the Global Sustainability Innovation Lab in Stockholm, Sweden. Prior to this role, she held various global positions in the company, growing Mastercard’s business in the government as well as retail sector, as well as leading integrated marketing and communications teams. Malin has an international portfolio of experience, with 15 years in retail and technology.
AHMED ABDELRAHIM
DIPLOMAT, EMBASSY OF EGYPT
Ahmed is currently the Head of the Political Department at the Embassy of A.R. of Egypt to Sweden and Latvia. Since March 2013, he has acted as a diplomat at Egypt MFA. Between 2014 and 2017, he was DCM at the Egyptian Embassy to Tanzania and Comoros. Ahmed has a Masters Degree in International and European Business Law from Paris I, Pantheon-Sorbonne.
CHARLOTTE KALIN
SWEDEN PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND SUSTAINABILITY MANAGER, COCA-COLA
Charlotte Kalin is Public Affairs and Sustainability Manager for the Coca-Cola Company in Sweden. Charlotte has long experience from international trade, sustainability and business development from numerous leading roles with Swedish business associations and as an entrepreneur.
Charlotte has headed international relations and public affairs for the Swedish Chambers and the largest business association, Swedish Enterprise. She was the EU head of the Transatlantic Business Dialogue, covering a broad range of regulatory and harmonization issues. Before joining Coca-Cola, Charlotte founded and ran Make Trade, a non-for-profit promoting trade and sustainable development in Sweden as well as more complex markets in Africa, the Middle East and Asia, with a strong focus on SME and women entrepreneurship.
SUSANNE PALLI
CEO & CO-FOUNDER, GO-E
Susanne Palli is CEO and Co-Founder of go-e in the south of Austria. Susanne has broad experience in business development and entrepreneurship. In her past, Susanne has held numerous positions in human resource, finance, sales and legal and had a major impact in scaling up go-e from the very beginning. With a degree in economics, specializing in marketing and entrepreneurship and her interests in dynamic sports, she is very aware of the relevance of a strong team to succed in business. With go-e, Susanne brings her passion for economics, technology and environmental care to a new level.
HEDDA LINDSELIUS
COO & MANAGER, DIPLOMAT COMMUNICATIONS
Hedda Lindselius is COO and Manager at Diplomat Communications. Prior to joining Diplomat, she worked at the European Commission in the cabinet of the Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights, at the Swedish Agency for Government Employers, and at the Social Partners’ Council.
Hedda is experienced in complex communications issues in the cross-section of the private and public sector, specifically oriented towards public affairs and sustainability. She holds a MSc in Political Science from the University of Copenhagen. Her BSc in Politics and Economics is from Lund University, during which time she also studied at the University of California Berkeley.
MARTIN PHILLIPS
CEO, TALGA AB
Martin Phillips is an experienced project manager, commercial manager and company director with over 25 years of global metals and mining sector experience. As Talga’s European CEO, Martin oversees the establishment of the company’s vertically integrated, low-emission battery and advanced material production. This encompasses mine and production plant development in northern Sweden, pilot processing operations in Germany and product R&D in Cambridge, UK.
Building on an early career that included engineering roles in battery recycling programs and smelting innovations at MIM’s Australian and UK operations, Martin constructed and managed operations and implemented growth strategies for offshore smelting businesses.
Martin holds a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering (Honours) and a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment. He is a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and he holds a Confederation of British Industry (C.B.I.) Engineering Award.
JAN CHRISTOPH WIEDEMANN
DIRECTOR EUROPE, IEDC, U.S. STATE OF INDIANA
Jan Christoph Wiedemann is heading the European office for the Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC), based in Berlin, Germany. He oversees more than 450 European companies invested in the State of Indiana and assist companies interested in investing and expanding in Indiana.
Prior to joining IEDC in 2012, Wiedemann worked for the German American Chamber of Commerce in Atlanta and Houston for six years. Wiedemann studied in Giessen (Germany), Fontainebleau (France) and Goettingen (Germany) and completed his Master in Business Administration in 2005. Wiedemann lives in Berlin with his wife, Jette, and his three children.
PHILIP LEWIS
GLOBAL HEAD OF EXPORT FINANCE, HSBC
Philip Lewis is Global Head of Export Finance for HSBC, one of the largest banking and financial services institutions in the world. A seasoned professional with more than 20 years' experience of arranging and providing funding for critical infrastructure projects across the world, he has overall responsibility for working with exporters, importers, borrowers, and developers to mobilize the support of officially-supported export credit agencies for such transactions. Environmental, social and governance issues are very much to the fore in all international projects and driving a paradigm shift in the financing landscape.
CHRISTOPHER LARSSON
SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING SPECIALIST
Christopher is a sustainability professional committed to help clients improve their sustainability performance. He is focused on advising and providing assurance on organizations sustainability reporting and interpretation of ESG frameworks. Christopher brings a holistic view to organizations reporting and governance combining experience within sustainability, internal control and financial audit. He is a member of the EFRAG Secretariat supporting the development of the draft for European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) envisaged in the CSRD proposal.
NEXHI DETI
INDUSTRY CTO & SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGIST, MICROSOFT
Nexhi Deti is a technology and sustainability leader at Microsoft, with diverse experience from various industries, driving digital transformation, innovation, and sustainability.
UNIVERSITY PARTNERS
DISTINGUISHED MODERATORS
CONSUMER GOODS PANEL
PROFESSOR GERALD TORRES
YALE SCHOOL OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND YALE LAW SCHOOL
Gerald Torres is Professor of Environmental Justice at the Yale School of the Environment and Professor at Yale Law School. He is the former President of the Association of American Law Schools and has taught at Stanford and Harvard Law Schools.
Professor Torres served as Counsel to the Attorney General on environmental matters and Indian affairs at the U.S. Department of Justice. Professor Torres served on the Board of the Environmental Law Institute, the EPA's National Environmental Justice Advisory Council, and was the founding chairman of the Advancement Project a leading racial justice organization.
He is the board chair of EarthDay Network and a trustee of the Natural Resources Defense Council. He was a consultant to the United Nations on environmental matters. Torres is a life member of the American Law Institute and the Council on Foreign Relations.
DIGITALIZATION PANEL
MICHAEL J. LENOX
SENIOR ASSOCIATE DEAN AND CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER, DARDEN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
Professor Michael J. Lenox is the Tayloe Murphy Professor of Business at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business and serves as the school’s Senior Associate Dean and Chief Strategy Office.
From 2008 to 2016, Professor Lenox served as Associate Dean of Innovation Programs and Academic Director of Darden’s Batten Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Michael helped found and served as the inaugural president of the multiple-university Alliance for Research on Corporate Sustainability. He received his Ph.D. in Technology Management and Policy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the degrees of Bachelor and Master of Science in Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia.
Professor Lenox has served as a professor at Duke University and New York University and as a visiting professor at Stanford University, Harvard University, Oxford University, and IMD.
TRADE & INVESTMENT PANEL
DR. VAL LIVADA
RESEARCH AFFILIATE, MIT
During his career of more than 40 years, Dr. Livada has focused on issues at the nexus of strategy and innovation. He has worked with Global 300 companies, startup ventures, regional development organizations and university technology transfer groups.
Dr. Livada is presently working at the Materials Research Lab at MIT and the Arthur Blank Center at Babson College. He also sits on the advisory boards of Greentown Labs and MassRobotics.
INFRASTRUCTURE PANEL
LASZLO SAJTOS
AFFILIATED RESEARCHER AT MISUM, POLICY ANALYST AT THE SWEDISH AGENCY FOR GROWTH POLICY ANALYSIS
Laszlo Sajtos’s policy work combines innovation with green transition, environmental policy evaluation and sustainable development. Laszlo joined the Agency following 5+ years of academic research at the intersection of climate finance and environmental policy.
Conducting both hands-on work and strategic discussions with various policymakers has broadened his outlook greatly, giving him a unique perspective on his research areas. He holds a Ph.D. in Finance from the Stockholm School of Economics, a Bachelor's degree in Physics, and Master's degree in Financial Mathematics.
MOBILITY PANEL
PROFESSOR/DEAN SOFIA RITZÉN
KTH ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Sofia Ritzén is a professor in Integrated Product Development at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology. Her research concerns managing and organizing product development and innovation work, and starting with her PhD studies has focused on the integration of sustainability issues in product development and innovation.
A particular focus of her research today is involved with the Circular Economy. Sofia’s research is, to a major degree, is conducted in collaboration with private or public organizations. Professor Ritzén also serves as the Dean of Faculty at KTH with responsibility for quality assurance of KTH research and education, as well as of collegial structures.
COP27: HIGHS AND LOWS PANEL
ROBERT WATT
COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR AND HEAD OF STRATEGIC POLICY ENGAGEMENT, SEI - STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE
Robert Watt is Communications Director and Head of Strategic Policy Engagement at Stockholm Environment Institute. Over the last decade SEI has regularly been ranked among the world's top think tanks. Besides leading a global communications team, Rob also advises the Leadership Group for Industry Transition (LeadIT), a partnership of countries and companies collaborating towards net-zero emissions from heavy industry. Rob used to be a diplomat.
