ADSW AGENDA AT COP28
UNITED ON CLIMATE ACTION
DECEMBER 4 -- CONNECT CONFERENCE CENTER
ADSW SUMMIT
10:30 - 10:35
Opening and Youth Address
Speaker: Elizabeth Wathuti, Founder, Green Generation Initiative
10:35 - 10:40
Welcome Remarks
Speaker: Mohamed Jameel Al Ramahi, Chief Executive Officer,
Masdar
10:40 - 10:50
Prime Ministerial Interview | Building Resilience Through Global
Climate Financing
Speaker: The Honourable Mia Amor Mottley, Prime Minister of
Barbados
Moderator: Nigel Topping, CMG, Former UN High Level Climate
Champion
10:50 - 11:20
Panel | Unlocking Finance for the Green Economy: The Call for
a Financial Reform
Moderator: Dr. Frannie Léautier, CEO and Senior Partner,
SouthBridge Investments
Speakers:
Hon. Seve Paeniu, Minister of Finance, Tuvalu, H.E. Dr. Arnoldo
Andre Tinoco, Foreign and Worship Minister of Costa Rica, Special
Presidential Envoy for COP28, Rishi Kapoor, Co-CEO, Investcorp,
Jin Liqun, President and Chair of the Board of Directors, Asian
Infrastructure Investment Bank
11:20 - 11:30
Special Announcement
Speaker: H.E. Ahmed Jasim Al Zaabi, Chairman of the Abu Dhabi
Department of Economic Development and ADGM
11:30 - 11:50
Interview | In Conversation: Mobilizing Long-term Capital at
Transformational Scale
Moderator: Becky Anderson, Anchor of Connect the World, CNN
Abu Dhabi
Speakers: Ray Dalio, Founder and CIO Mentor, Bridgewater
Associates, Noel Quinn, Group CEO, HSBC
11:50 - 12:20
Panel | Enabling the Energy Transition: The Path Forward
Moderator: Michael Liebreich, Chairman and CEO, Liebreich
Associates; Co-Managing Partner, EcoPragma Capital
Speakers: H.E. Suhail Al Mazrouei, Minister of Energy and
DECEMBER 4 -- CONNECT CONFERENCE CENTER
ABU DHABI SUSTAINABLE FINANCE FORUM 14:30 - 18:00
Panel | The Evolving Investment Strategies of Sovereign Wealth
Funds, with OPSWF
Moderator: Lawrence Yanovitch, Coordinator, One Planet Sovereign
Wealth Funds
Speakers:
Karim Mourad, Global Head of Infrastructure, ADIA
Derek Rozycki, Executive Director - Head of Responsible Investing,
Mubadala
Lucy Chadwick, Partner & Head of ESG, Global Infrastructure Partners
Candice Brenet, Head of Sustainability, Ardian
Panel | Making Emerging Market Projects Bankable
Moderator: Lawrence Paramasivan, Senior Executive Director - Policy
& Legal, ADGM
Speakers:
Nazmeera Moola, Chief Sustainability Officer, NinetyOne
Parag Khanna, CEO, Climate Alpha
Francesco Vanni d’Archirafi, Chairman, Euroclear
Dr. Frannie Leautier, Partner & CEO, Southbridge
Keynote |A Short Announcement from the Lord Mayor of the
City of London
Speaker: Michael Mainelli, Lord Mayor, City of London
DECEMBER 4, 2023, EXPO CITY, DUBAI
Infrastructure, UAE, H.E. Leila Benali, Minister of Energy Transition and
Sustainable Development, The Kingdom of Morocco, The Hon. David
Turk, Deputy Secretary, United States Department of Energy, Lorenzo
Simonelli, Chairman and CEO, Baker Hughes, Maarten Wetselaar, Chief
Executive Officer, Cepsa
12:20 – 12:45
Address and Panel | Triple It: Global Renewable Power Capacity
Introduction By: Maroš Šefčovič, Executive Vice-President for the
European Green Deal, Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight,
European Commission
Moderator: Becky Anderson, Anchor of Connect the World, CNN
Abu Dhabi
Speakers:
Mohamed Jameel Al Ramahi, Chief Executive Officer, Masdar,
Bruno Bensasson, Chairman and CEO, EDF Renewables; Senior
Executive Vice President, Renewable Energies, EDF Group,
Ignacio Galán, Executive Chairman, Iberdrola, Greg Jackson, Chief
Executive Officer, Octopus Energy
12:45– 12:48
Address | Pioneering the Evolution of Tomorrow’s Energy
Ecosystem
Speaker: Charles Yang, Senior Vice President, Huawei; President,
Global Marketing, Sales and Services, Huawei Digital Power
12:48 – 13:15
Solution Talks | Towards a Sustainable Energy System:
Cutting-edge Solutions
Address: H.E. Saeed Mohammed Ahmad Al Tayer, Managing Director
and CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority PJSC
Winding Back the Climate Change Clock Through Innovation
Speaker: Maví Zingoni, Chief Executive Officer, GE Power
Seeding the Energy Transition: Macauba and the Future of Low-
Carbon Biofuel
Speaker: Luiz de Mendonça, Chief Executive Officer, Acelen
Democratizing Climate Innovation - the Rickshaw Virtual Power
Plant of Bangladesh
Speaker: Dr. Sebastian Groh, Founder and CEO, ME SOLshare Ltd
Fireside Chat | Innovating for Progress and Decarbonising
Industry session
Moderator: Charlotte Kan, Journalist
Speakers:
Cate Ambrose, Chief Executive Officer and Board Member, The Global
Private Capital Association
Panel | Inside Green Finance’s Evolving Regulatory Landscape
Moderator: Gabrielle Inzirillo, Head of Ecosystem, ADGM FSRA
Speakers:
Emmanuel Givanakis, CEO - FSRA, Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM)
Michael Mainelli, Lord Mayor, City of London
Laurent David, Deputy COO, BNP Paribas
Frank Elderson, Executive Board Member, European Central Bank
Fireside| Abu Dhabi: A Rising Capital of Climate Finance
Moderator: Mattia Romani, Partner, Systemiq
Speakers:
H.E. Majid Al Suwaidi, Director General and Special Representative
of COP28
Mercedes Vela Monserrate, Senior Vice President - Sustainable
Finance, Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM)
Fireside | Financing the Transition - A Big Bank’s Perspective
Moderator: Hiro Mizuno, Managing Partner, Good Steward Partners
Speaker: Daniel Pinto, President & COO, J.P. Morgan Chase
Panel | Preparing for the Sixth Wave of Innovation
Moderator: Danny Kennedy, CEO, New Energy Nexus
13:15 - 13:35
Panel | The Next Generation of Circularity
Moderator: Gunter Pauli, Environmental Entrepreneur and Author of
The Blue Economy, Belgium
Speakers:
H.E. Adegboyega Oyetola, Federal Minister of the Marine and
Blue Economy, Nigeria, H.E. Maria Susana Muhamad, Minister of
Environment and Sustainable Development of Colombia, Jochen
Wermuth, Founder and President, Wermuth Asset Management
13:35 - 13:40
Success Story: Towards Sustainable Energy, Material and
Chemicals
Speaker: Wayne Mulligan, CEO, NZ Bio Forestry Limited
13:40 - 13:55
Panel |ESG: Making the Green Economy a Reality
Moderator: Tom Rivett-Carnac, Founding Partner, Global Optimism
Speakers:
Keith Tuffley, Vice Chairman and Global Co-Head, Sustainability
& Corporate Transitions, Citi, Ken West, President and CEO,
Honeywell UOP
13:55 - 14:00
Success Story: Indulge in a Blue Future with Cell-cultured
Seafood
Speaker: Lou Cooperhouse, Founder, President and CEO, BlueNalu
14:00 - 14:20
Talk and Panel | Decarbonizing Industry
Introduction by: Dr Thomas Becker, Group Vice President
Sustainability, BMW
Moderator: Charlotte Kan, Presenter and Journalist
Speakers:
Abdulnasser Ibrahim Saif Bin Kalban, CEO, Emirates Global
Aluminium, Themba Mkhwanazi, Director, Africa & Australia Region,
Anglo American
14:20-14:25
Closing Remarks
Speaker: H.E. Eng. Awaidha Murshed Ali Al Marar, Chairman, Abu
Dhabi Department of Energy
14:25 – 14:30
Award Ceremony
Speaker:
Thomas Birr, Chief Strategy Officer, E.On
Daniel Hanna, Global Head of Sustainable Finance, Barclays
Bakr Abdel Wahab, CIO, Vortex Energy
Karen Young, Scholar, Columbia University
Panel | Financing the Greatest Innovation Challenge in History
Speaker:
H.R.H. Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed bin Talal Al Saud, CEO, KBW
Ventures
Gabriel Caillaux, Co-President, General Atlantic
Pierre Abadie, Head of Climate Finance, Tikehau
Seb Henblest, Group Head of Climate Transition, HSBC
Panel | How Can We Improve Carbon Markets Quickly?
Moderator: Oana Picincu, Manager - Sustainable Finance, Abu Dhabi
Global Market (ADGM)
Speaker:
William Pazos, Co-founder, ACX
Ivan Mozharov, Co-founder, Offset8
Alvin Lim, Executive Director, Morgan Stanley
 ADSW AGENDA AT COP28
UNITED ON CLIMATE ACTION
DECEMBER 3-10, 2023, EXPO CITY, DUBAI

ADSW ROUNDTABLES | INVITATION ONLY

DECEMBER 3
DECEMBER 6
HEALTH, RELIEF, RECOVERY AND PEACE DECEMBER 10
ENERGY AND INDUSTRY, JUST TRANSITION, INDIGENOUS
NATURE, LAND USE, AND OCEANS
11:00-12:30 MASDAR STAND PEOPLES
Enhancing the Energy Transition in Emerging Markets: 13:00 – 14:30 GDA CONNECT
Strategies and Catalysts for Acceleration 9:30-11:30 ALIF PAVILION
Mobilizing Finance for Food Systems transformation
Scaling ClimateTech Innovations
16:30-18:00 FIRST FLOOR, PARCEL B, BLUE ZONE 15:00 – 16:30 SIEMENS ENERGY PAVILION
Climate Change and Infectious Diseases 11:30 – 13:30 ALIF PAVILION Innovative Water Solutions for Climate Adaptation
Future-Proofing Family Enterprises from Climate Financial Risks and Humanitarian Relief
DECEMBER 5
ENERGY AND INDUSTRY, JUST TRANSITION, INDIGENOUS 13:30 – 15:30 ALIF PAVILION
The Built Environment: Charting a Course to Net-Zero for
PEOPLES
every City

9:30 – 11:30 ALIF PAVILION

YOUTH FOR SUSTAINABILITY
15:30 – 17:30 ALIF PAVILION
Closing the Loop: Advancing Circular Practices in the
Decarbonizing Cities: Leveraging Open Digital Infrastructure for
Petrochemical Industry DECEMBER 6
Climate Action
INNOVATE4CLIMATE (I4C) FINAL PITCH DAY
11:30 – 13:30 ALIF PAVILION
DECEMBER 7 10:00 – 12:00 MASDAR PAVILION
Financing and Risk Mitigation Solutions for Hydrogen
REST DAY Developing Efficient Solutions for a Sustainable
13:30 – 15:30 ALIF PAVILION
Energy Transition
8:00-9:00 ST. REGIS, THE PALM
Investment Strategies to Accelerate Decarbonization of Heavy
Partnership to Accelerate Clean Energy (PACE) DECEMBER 8
Industries
Y4S FORUM
15:30 – 17:30 ALIF PAVILION
Building Trust to Accelerate the Development of the Clean 9:30 – 16:30 MASDAR PAVILION

Hydrogen Economy Advancing Youth Engagement to Mobilize Climate Action

DECEMBER 11

ADSW PARTNERSHIP HUB ATLANTIC COUNCIL Y4S CLIMATE TALK

15:00 – 16:00 YOUTH PAVILION

DECEMBER 5 DECEMBER 5
Reimagining the Climate Narrative Through Storytelling for a
10:00 – 20:00
ALIF PAVILION 14:30 – 18:30 Positive Youth Impact
CONNECT CONFERENCE CENTER
The Clean Energy Capital: Abu Dhabi’s Transformation Global Energy Forum

DECEMBER 6 DECEMBER 7
CLEAN ENERGY ACCELERATOR 3.0
10:00 – 20:00 ALIF PAVILION 9:30 – 19:00
INNOVATION SHOWCASE
SMEs on the Road to Net Zero Global Energy Forum ST. REGIS, THE PALM

DECEMBER 7

14:00 – 18:30 THE MUSEUM OF THE FUTURE

WISER GLOBAL GREEN GROWTH INSTITUTE

DECEMBER 4 DECEMBER 3
15:00 – 18:00 CONNECT CONFERENCE CENTER 10:00 – 11:30 ADGM STAND
WiSER in collaboration with COP28 Presidency to host the Global Green Growth Institute
Arab Women Leaders’ Summit.