Sam Walsh | CONFERENCE CO-DIRECTOR

Christina Larson | CONFERENCE CO-DIRECTOR,

Measuring impact on people and the planet has become increasingly urgent as we overshoot several ecological boundaries while failing to provide basic social safety nets for civilians worldwide. There is pressure on companies and governments to make substantial positive change on both fronts, but what does this mean? How do we define sustainability and measure our progress toward or away from that ideal?

Jason Jay | SENIOR LECTURER AND DIRECTOR, SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVE, MIT Sloan School of Management

John Sterman | DIRECTOR, MIT System Dynamics Group

Kate Raworth | CO-FOUNDER, Doughnut Economics Action Lab

How can we encourage different sectors to productively partner in ways that will generate solutions to the most pressing social and environmental challenges of our time? Furthermore, how do we measure the impact of these collaborative approaches? Join us in an intimate fireside chat with Howard W. Buffett, Professor at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, to explore these issues.

Howard W. Buffett | PROFESSOR, Columbia School of International and Public Policy

Laura Budzyna | MONITORING, LEARNING, AND EVALUATION MANAGER & ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR INNOVATION PRACTICE, MIT D-Lab

Governments are facing increasing pressure to standardize sustainability and ESG metrics for corporations and financial institutions. What are the current policies in effect in the US and the EU? Are these policies effective at measuring the impact of sustainability initiatives? What does the future hold? Join us for a discussion with policy-makers and implementers to understand the current state of affairs and consider policies we should strive towards in the coming years.

Robert Eccles | FOUNDING CHAIRMAN, Sustainability Accounting Standards Board

Kristina Wyatt | SR. COUNSEL FOR CLIMATE AND ESG , U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Antoine Begasse | EU FINANCIAL COUNSELOR, Delegation of the EU to the US

This panel will explore how different actors come together to create greater progress on sustainability challenges faced today. Some questions we will answer are: What actors come together to form successful coalitions? How do members of coalitions keep each other accountable? What would make coalitions more effective in pushing sustainability goals? Our speakers will give the audience examples of coalition success stories and what made them succeed.

Seren Pendleton-Knoll | ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, Berkeley Haas Center for Responsible Business

Shannon Bouton | CEO, Mckinsey.org

Sanjeev Chadha | VICE CHAIRMAN, PACIFIC INSTITUTE; FORMER CHAIRMAN & CEO, PepsiCo Asia Pacific, Middle East and North Africa

"It is often easier said than done." This panel invites sustainability officers from a set of diverse industries to discuss how sustainability impact measures are implemented in their organizations. The questions we'd like to explore include: How do they measure sustainability? How reliable is the data? What is their strategy of driving changes in the organization? We hope our audiences will walk away with some good ideas on how to improve impact measurement in their own organization.

Patrick Flynn | VP SUSTAINABILITY , Salesforce

Robert Coviello | CHIEF SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER AND GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, BUNGE

Deanna Bratter | HEAD OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, Danone North America

Dara O'Rourke | SENIOR PRINCIPAL SCIENTIST, AMAZON, Associate Professor, UC Berkeley

Laura Franceschini | GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGY & OPERATIONS, Google

Are the big banks taking sustainability seriously? With over a trillion dollars in assets under management today, how are institutional capital investors shaping corporate strategy, policy and innovation to push for sustainability? Do their LPs demand impact and what does impact even mean at such a large scale? Join us as we explore the approach to sustainability and impact measurement for banks such as Citibank and IFC while we unravel the investor’s role in sustainability.

Roberto Rigobon | PROFESSOR OF APPLIED ECONOMICS , Sloan School of Management, MIT

Michael Eckhart | FORMER MANAGING DIRECTOR AND GLOBAL HEAD OF ENVIRONMENTAL FINANCE, CitiGroup

Stephanie von Friedeburg | SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, OPERATIONS , International Finance Corporation

Hugh Lawson | PARTNER, GLOBAL HEAD OF ESG & IMPACT AND INSTITUTIONAL CLIENT STRATEGY, Goldman Sachs Asset Management

With no universal definition of the word sustainability, how do investors, consultants, startups, and established corporations find a way to speak the same language? How do they define, measure, and monitor the impact of each project or investment? Do we need new technologies or certifications to make this process easier and finally bring transparency? Join us for a discussion with many of the leading investors and thought leaders in the world of sustainability, that believe in the importance of having an impact and a corporate social responsibility, as they share the challenges they face in assessing and monitoring impact while providing possible solutions for a more sustainable future.

Gita Rao | SENIOR LECTURER, FINANCE , Sloan School of Management, MIT

John Elkington | FOUNDER & CHIEF POLLINATOR, Volans Ventures

Greg Snyders | PARTNER, Dalberg

Anne Park | CEED DIRECTOR, SEAF

Lissa Glasgo | MANAGER, Global Impact Investing Network

After a day of exploring diverse perspectives in the world of metrics & measurement, we close out our summit by focusing on individual activism within organizations. How do you channel your personal concerns and knowledge into collective action that addresses sustainability issues? How do you measure that progress? This panel will bring together emerging voices to help us reflect and discover the path ahead for capacity building.

Aithan Shapira | FOUNDER, Tilt

Ame Igharo | PROJECT MANAGER, RESILIENT FOOD AND FORESTS, EDF+BUSINESS, Environmental Defense Fund

Viviana Alvarez Sanchez | FORMER HEAD OF SUSTAINABILITY, North America Unilever

Sam Walsh | CONFERENCE CO-DIRECTOR

Christina Larson | CONFERENCE CO-DIRECTOR