10:30
Coffee and registration

11:00
Welcome and opening by Paula Garrido Co-editor Impact Investor

11:05
Keynote | The path to a more impactful career

Ruben Timmerman is Founding Funder and Operations Director at The School for Moral Ambition. Ruben took a public pledge to donate 10% of both his income and wealth to good causes. He's also involved in Instituut for Publieke Economie and Volt Europa as both donor and advisor.

In this keynote, he will share practical tips for maximising impact by focusing on the most pressing issues and leveraging our unique strengths to drive meaningful change.

Speaker: Ruben Timmerman, Founding Funder and Operations Director at The School for Moral Ambition

11:30
Presentation | The biodiversity growth opportunity

Over 50% of global GDP depends on nature and its services, and biodiversity loss could potentially cost the economy $5 trillion. However, the transition to a nature-positive economy presents a multi-decade growth opportunity for investors in companies offering the most innovative solutions to protect and restore biodiversity.

Speaker: Anna Väänänen,  Head of Listed Impact Equity, AXA IM

11:50
Presentation | Soil to soul: Investing in regenerative farming

Discover how strategic investments and expert collaboration in regenerative farming can transform soil health, driving sustainable agriculture and a resilient future. 

Speaker: Richard Jacobs, Co-Head Private Markets, Van Lanschot Kempen Investment Management

12:10
Panel discussion | Biodiversity and Natural Capital: A new era in nature-based investing 

As the global focus on sustainability intensifies, preserving biodiversity and natural capital has never been more critical. Investors are uniquely positioned to drive change, but integrating these urgent priorities into financial strategies presents significant challenges. This panel will explore the strategies, innovations, and evolving policies that are reshaping the investment landscape, and look at the ways that investors can navigate and implement their allocations to nature. 

Anita de Horde, Co-founding Executive Director of Finance for Biodiversity Foundation
Jacqueline Duiker, Senior Manager, VBDO
Nick Moss, Head of Nature Based Solutions, Nuveen Natural Capital
Anne Gram, Board and Investment Committee Member at various pension funds, Chair of the advisory board of ASN Biodiversity Fund, Board Member of Planetary Responsibility Foundation
Moderated by Maha Khan Phillips, Co-editor, Impact Investor 

12:50
Presentation | Investing in sustainable forestry: Universe and opportunities 

The presentation will focus on the sustainable forestry universe and why it is a compelling opportunity for investors who seek to align financial targets with environmental benefits.  

Speaker: Céline Claudon, Chief Commercial Officer, IWC (BNP Paribas Asset Management)

14:00
Presentation | The power of impact investing in emerging markets 

How private capital and public sector investments can advance sustainability and resilience in at-risk regions while delivering both positive social and environmental impact and risk-adjusted financial returns to investors. 

Speakers: Wim Vandenhoeck, Senior Portfolio Manager and Gerald Evelyn, Senior Client Portfolio Manager and Lead at Invesco. 

14:20
Presentation | Implementing impact investing  

How to get from impact themes and a theory of change to creating an investment portfolio.

Speakers: Reinout van Tuyll van Serooskerken, Investment Strategist  and Vicky van Heck, Impact Investing Advisor, Achmea Investment Management 

14:40
Panel: Building Bridges | Cross-border collaboration

This session will explore collaboration between GSG national partners across different countries, as they seek to build a robust global impact investing ecosystem. 

Laure Wessemius-Chibrac, Managing Director, Netherlands Advisory Board 
Steven Serneels, Chair, Impact Finance Belgium
Jana Bour, Head of Policy and EU Partnerships, Impact Europe
Moderated by Paula Garrido, Co-editor, Impact Investor

15:45
Fireside | The impact of healthtech: AI's most human side

Sarah de Lagarde,  Global Head of Corporate Affairs, Janus Henderson Investors
Interviewed by Paula Garrido

16:15 
Panel discussion | Leveraging impact for health innovation and equity  

Impact investors are changing the landscape when it comes to innovations in health, but there is still so much to be done to ensure the latest innovations in healthcare are more accessible to all. We look at how impact investors are allocating to healthcare, and some of the investee companies that are making a difference on the ground. 

Lorenzo Schinelli, Impact & ESG Analyst, AXA IM 
Marijke Bos, Senior Investment Consultant, Healthcare & Social Welfare, PGGM
Bert-Arjan Millenaar, Founder & CEO, NLC Health Ventures 
Erik Jan van Bergen, Managing director, asset management & treasury, VGZ
Moderated by Paula Garrido, Co-editor, Impact Investor

17:00
Panel discussion | Impact in Practice: Stories from the ground up  

Behind every big idea in the impact investing industry, there are people making real, tangible differences one project, one community and one solution at a time. This panel shines a spotlight on the on-the-ground impact of one social investment company and two of its underlying investees, looking at how smaller enterprises can make a real difference and create lasting, positive change. 

Mirjam Niessen, Investment Principal, DOEN Participaties
Jessie Hurst, Chief Operating Officer, Land Life
Silke Tijkotte, Co-founder of Wilderful 
Moderated by Maha Khan Phillips, Co-editor, Impact Investor