16:00-17:30

Coffee, tea and sandwiches available

17:45-17:55

Welcome – Introduction to the symposium 2018

Unni Steinsmo, Chair, Ny-Ålesund Symposium Board

17:55-18:15

Welcome speech from the host

Ine Eriksen Søreide, Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs

18:15-18.45

Climate change and extreme summer weather events

Michael E. Mann, Director of ESSC and Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science, USA

18:45-19:15

European action plan on sustainable finance

Olivier Guersent, Director General, DG Fisma, Belgium

19:15-19:30

Group photo to be taken outside

All

20:00-

Dinner

07:30-09:00

Breakfast in the service building.
Please remember to check out of your room.

09:00 – 09:20

Disclosing climate risk in investments

Martin Skancke, Chair, PRI / Skancke Consulting, Norway

09:20 – 09:40

Reducing climate risk in the financial system

Michael Sheren, Senior Adviser, Bank of England, UK

09:40 – 10:00

Q&A

10:00 – 10.20

Coffee & tea

10:20 – 12:00

Extremes panel & discussions:
Are companies prepared for extreme events? How is the role of insurance changing? How can we map data to assets?  

·       Willemijn Verdegaal, Ortec Finance

·       Peter Ellsworth, CERES

·       Johanna Koeb, Zürich Insurance

·       Hayley Fowler, Professor, Centre for Earth Systems Engineering Research, Newcastle University

Short remarks by the panelists followed by discussions

12:00-13:15

Lunch break and final check out of rooms.

13:15-13:30

Managing technology risk through research and innovation

Fridtjof F. Unander, Executive Director, Research Council Norway

13:30-13:50

Scenarios for stress testing

Anthony Hobley, Chief Executive Officer, Carbon Tracker Initative, UK

13:50-15:30

Scenarios panel and discussions:
Does scenario stress testing help companies prepare for climate risk? What are the next steps in TCFD implementation?  

·        Eirik Wærness, Equinor

·        Patrick du Plessis, NBIM

·        Anne Margrethe Mellbye Platou, DNB

·        Glen Peters, CICERO

·        Zoe Knight, HSBC

Short remarks by the panelists followed by discussions

15:30 – 16:00

Coffee, tea & sandwiches

16:30 – 18:30

Boat trip on Kongsfjorden. Illustration of climate change.

18:30 – 23:30

Boat trip to Longyearbyen, including dinner and drinks.

23:30 – 00:00

Arrival Longyearbyen and transport to Funken Lodge

07:30-09:00

Breakfast and check out of hotel

09:00 – 10:20

Green Bond panel and discussions:
How well do green bonds address climate risk? Will standardization help or hinder the market? 

·        George Richardson, World Bank

·        Hans Beyer, SEB

·        Ronny Løvberg Sørensen,
Sparebanken 1 Nord-Norge

·        Christa Clapp, CICERO

·        Anna Denell, Vasakronen

Short remarks by the panelists followed by discussions

10:20 – 10:40

China's Green Finance and Green Finance in the Belt and Road Initiative

Ma Jun, Director of Center for Finance and Development at Tsinghua University, Member of the PBOC's Monetary Policy Committee, China
 

10:55 – 11:00

Closing remarks

Kristin Halvorsen, Director, CICERO, Norway

11:00-12:00

Lunch

12:05

Departure from Funken Lodge to airport

All

13:20

Departure from Longyearbyen to Oslo

All