Our schedule of events follows the COP26 Presidency Programme themes and features a mix of Invitation Only and Open sessions which all Wood House guests can sign up to attend. If you are interested in joining us please register below.
Please note that spaces will be limited. Once registrations are accepted, guests will be given access to our event app via a confirmation email. The app will then allow guests to sign up for any Open Sessions. Agenda may be subject to change. Session attendees will be notified.
Agenda dates
18:00 - 21:00
As COP26 delegates begin to arrive in Glasgow, Resilience First, in partnership with Resilience Shift and Wood plc, is delighted to invite you to join us at our Business Climate Resilience Reception, titled: If Not Now Then When?
The evening will feature guest presentations on the role of the private sector in stepping up and taking action to address the urgent issue of climate change globally.
This special occasion will also offer our business leader members, together with other key stakeholders, the opportunity to begin important collaborative conversations ahead of the official opening of COP26.
Speakers:
Shakti Ramkumar | Director of Policy & Communications | Student Energy
Mike Rooney | Chief Executive | Resilience First
Martyn Link | Chief Strategy Officer | Wood
Harry Bowcott | Senior Partner, Sustainability Lead | McKinsey & Company
Paula Fitzpatrick | VP Growth and Development | Wood (Host)
Featuring:
10:00 – 14:00
Bentley Systems kicks off COP26 with its approach on climate change and sustainability and how we are empowering sustainable development goals through digital twin solutions. Join us to discuss environmental topics like adaptation and resilience, energy transitions, clean transport, digital cities and efficiency in water cycle management.
Speakers:
Tracey Stone | Global Accounts Regional Sales Director | Bentley Systems
Mark Coates | Director of Strategic Industry Engagements | Bentley Systems
Rodrigo Fernandes | Director of Empowering Sustainable Development Goals | Bentley Systems
Frederick Frank | Senior Consultant | Virtuosity, a Bentley Company
Gavin Rogers | Vice President, Digital & Technology | Wood
Barry Gleeson | Technical Director | Wood
Darren Martin | Group Chief Technology Officer | Wood
14:00 - 15:30
Climate tech is much more than the clean tech of old. Net-zero by 2050 means we need to be tech agnostic when investing to achieve decarbonisation across all sectors of the economy. We have to change everything; entire industries need to be rebuilt from the ground up. Investors must do the right thing now so that capital goes where it can make the biggest difference. What do we need to consider across policy, corporate and private investing, and measurement to ensure the success of this transformation in time to prevent a crisis.
Speakers:
Yair Reem | VC Investor & Climate Tech Expert | Extantia
Francesco Pomponi | Professor | Extantia
Dr Laura-Marie Töpfer | General Partner | Extantia Capital
Christel Mathiesen | CEO | Energy.ai
Ann Rosenberg | Senior Vice President for Sustainable Development | Wood (Host)
16:00 - 17:30
Leading with purpose is no longer a strategic choice but a necessity. How can business put purpose at the heart of business strategy to achieve better performance for its customers, employees, investors and the communities where we live and work. Join the Economics of Mutuality Forum, The IoD, The University of Oxford and Strathclyde University for this important discussion.
Speakers:
Colin Mayor | Saïd Business School | University of Oxford
Phil Considine | Director of Executive Education & Development | University of Strathclyde
Louise MacDonald | National Director | Institute of Directors Scotland
Nadia Terfous | Managing Director | The Economics of Mutuality Forum
Paula Murphy | Chief Communications Officer | Wood
17:30 - 19:30
Join us in person for the launch of the Wood House at COP. Drinks and aperitifs will be served between 6-8pm while you discuss the anticipation and expectations of this historic event. Presented by Wood, Microsoft, and all partners of the house.
Speaker:
Robin Watson | Chief Executive | Wood
Erik Giercksky | Head, Sustainable Ocean Business | United Nations Global Compact
Natalia Vega-Berry | Founder and Creative Incubator | Global Brain Foundation
Graeme Crawford | Global Client Service Partner | EY
Jacky Wright | Chief Digital Officer (CDO) | Microsoft
Anders H. Lier | CEO | Propell
Paula Murphy | Chief Communications Officer | Wood (Host)
Ann Rosenberg | Senior Vice President for Sustainable Development | Wood (Host)
Featuring:
Iain Burnett | Master Chocolatier & CEO | Iain Burnett Highland Chocolatier
19:00 - 21:00
Wood has pledged our commitment to the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), through our support of The World’s To Do List campaign. This gathering includes some of the leading companies driving this exciting initiative.
Speakers:
Ann Rosenberg | Senior Vice President for Sustainable Development | Wood (Host)
Paula Murphy | Chief Communications Officer | Wood (Facilitator)
08:00 - 11:00
Resilience First is the world’s largest global business network. It provides the ways and means to harness the collective will of our members to drive resilience at scale in a world facing deep uncertainties and complex interdependencies. We do this by enabling businesses to collaborate, share and co-create resilience and sustainable best practice for mutual benefit and that of society.
Resilience First is delighted to have joined UNFCCC’s Race to Resilience initiative with the aim to drive a business-led approach to realising climate resilience best practice globally.
Your business can impact vulnerable communities
Communities gain from resilient businesses. A community’s resilience is enhanced when local businesses can keep running in emergencies, providing continued support, activity and access to critical services, such as utilities, transport, communications, retail and banking, as well as direct employment. A breakdown in supply could lead to additional devastating and stressful consequences for local communities.
Businesses in turn benefit from greater resilience in the form of minimising risk and enhancing their ability to invest and innovate, which benefit local communities.
Speakers:
David Howlett | Co-lead Race to Resilience | UNFCCC’s High Level Climate Champions Team
Peter Hall | Vice President and Global Director for Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure | Wood
Sunand Prasad | Principal | Resilience First
Mike Rooney | Chief Executive | Resilience First
Beena Chester | Director of Operations and Communications | Resilience First
Paula Fitzpatrick | VP Growth and Development | Wood (Host)
09:00 - 11:00
Marking the second day of negotiations we welcome attendees to join us for a breakfast hosted collaboratively with Wood House partners and other leading tech companies on the topic of digitisation in energy. Attendees in this discussion session will come together to share perspectives on the rapidly changing digital landscape in the energy sector, the new innovations that will transform the industry. Delegates will explore how these companies see the future digital landscape of the energy sector.
Agenda:
9:00 am - 9:30am: Arrival of attendees and breakfast (30 mins)
9:30 am - 9:35am: Opening remarks from GWEC (5 mins)
9:35 am - 10:05am: Panellists set out their case – what should the future of energy sector digitisation look like? Each panellist – (5 mins each)
Speakers:
Ann Rosenberg | Senior Vice President for Sustainable Development | Wood
Stefanie Bourne | Business Director, Renewables & Offshore Wind, UK & Ireland | DNV
Thomas Leurent | Co-Founder and CEO | Akselos
Alex Robart | Senior Director of WW Energy & Sustainability Strategy | Microsoft
Greg Jackson | CEO and Founder | Octopus Renewables
Shaun Johnston | Director of Intelligent Operations | Wood
11:30 – 13:00
This interactive workshop will introduce Wood’s ADAPT for resiliency methodology, a tool that helps build resiliency into projects and wider communities. Participants are encouraged to bring real world scenarios to the workshop. The session will include an overview of how a leading investment firm is leveraging resiliency, the sustainable development goals and development transformational infrastructure which aligns with the ADAPT for Resilience frameworks and outcomes.
Speakers:
Peter Hall | Vice President and Global Director for Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure | Wood
Payal Thadani | Process Engineer | Wood and Race to Resilience
Gavin Rogers | Vice President, Digital & Technology | Wood
Julia Prescot | Partner, Chief Strategy Officer | Meridiam
Marco Serena | Head of Sustainable Development Impact | The Private Infrastructure Development Group
Stephen Prendiville | Head of Sustainability, Ireland | EY
13:00 - 14:30
This interactive workshop will introduce Wood’s SCORE decarbonisation methodology, including case-studies, that provide a roadmap towards setting and delivering emissions reduction targets.
Speakers:
Jonathan Briggs | Project Director for Humber Zero | Vitol
Chris Gilbert | UK Decarbonisation Lead and Technical Manager | Phillips66
Dan Carter | Global Director of Decarbonisation | Wood (Facilitator)
Andy Hemingway | President, Energy, Optimisation and Innovation | Wood
16:00 - 18:00
Wood and The Digital Economist invite you to this aperitif roundtable to discuss robust solutioning towards delivering the Paris Agreement. The discussion will center around the convergence of physical and digital technologies towards human and planetary outcomes.
Speakers:
Ann Rosenberg | Senior Vice President for Sustainable Development | Wood
Navroop Sahdev | Founder and CEO The Digital Economist
Sreekanth Venkataraman | The Digital Economist
Satya Brata Das | The Digital Economist
Christel Mathiesen | CEO | Energy.ai
Ann Rosenberg | Senior Vice President for Sustainable Development | Wood (Host)
16:00 - 18:00
Cities around the world face significant environmental hazards—such as extreme heat events, landslides, pollution, and flooding— that they must monitor and address to enhance resilience of their residents and communities to climate change impacts. Join Wood, the University of Strathclyde, and international experts to understand how earth observation data from satellites can allow cities to be monitored and understood in new ways, and help deliver SDGs more effectively.
Speakers:
Argyro Kavvada | Earth Scientist, Lead for SDGs | NASA
Dennis Mwaniki | Spatial Data Expert at Data and Analytics Unit | UN Habitat
Monika Kuffer | Assistant Professor at ITC | University of Twente
Robert Chen | Director | CIESIN, Columbia University
Thomas Kemper | Scientific Officer | European Commission Joint Research Centre
Yifang Ban | Professor and Director of Division | KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Rafael Monge | Ministry of Environment | Costa Rica
Stella Psaropoulou | Officer | Municipality of Thessaloniki, Greece
Peter Elias | University of Lagos | Nigeria
Dariusz Dukaczewski | Institute of Geodesy and Cartography | Poland
Richard Bellingham | Director, Institute for Future Cities | University of Strathclyde (Facilitator)
Laurent Durieux | SDG Coordinator | Group on Earth Observations (GEO)
Paula Fitzpatrick | VP Growth and Development | Wood (Host)
17:00 – 20:00
Featuring:
Iain Burnett | Master Chocolatier & CEO | Iain Burnett Highland Chocolatier
19:00 – 21:00
The Resilient Cities Network will greet old friends and new at COP26 in this welcome reception and dinner with discussion on how cities around the world are advancing a resilient recovery, while prioritising equity.
08:30 - 12:00
Greenbackers and Wood focus on the challenge of developing and commercialising novel technologies that will support net-zero targets.
Speakers:
Richard Spires | Director Of Technology Development | Wood
Andrew Smith | Executive Director | Greenbackers Investment Capital
Philipp Furler | CEO and Founder | Synhelion
Gianluca Ambrosetti | CEO and Founder | Synhelion SA
Tom White | CEO | C-Capture Ltd
Jeff Vander Linden | COO | EQTEC plc
David Palumbo | CEO | EQTEC plc
Derek Robertson | CEO | Subsea Micropiles
Jon Machin | CTO | Subsea Micropiles
Mark Hannigan | Representing Hydrogen Systems Australia
Steven Lua | Managing Director | Unitrove Group
Andy Hemingway | President, Energy, Optimisation and Innovation | Wood
Ann Rosenberg | Senior Vice President for Sustainable Development | Wood (Host)
09:30 - 12:00
This session will focus on how the energy sector is evolving to play a lead role in a carbon neutral future, providing the solutions for our net-zero ambitions and elevating existing energy systems to be cleaner and more sustainable.
Speakers:
Stuart Broadley | CEO | EIC
Lucy Craig | Director, Growth, Innovation & Digitalisation | DNV
Richard Gwilliam | Head of Cluster Development | Drax
Dave Cole | Director of Project Solutions | KBR
Kevin McDonald | Commercial Development Manager | EDF Energy
Paula Fitzpatrick | VP Growth and Development | Wood (Host)
13:30 - 15:30
On Finance Day, we welcome attendees for a presentation lunch on the topic of re-aligning capital for the new economy. This session will bring together different perspectives from the world of finance and clean tech and will explore how the world achieves the fundamental shift of financial flows needed to achieve net zero.
Agenda:
1:30pm - 1:45pm: Arrival of attendees and lunch (15 mins)
1:45pm - 1:50pm: Opening remarks from GWEC (5 mins)
1:50pm - 2:30 pm: Speakers opening remarks ( 40 minutes - 5 mins each roughly)
Speakers:
Joe Sczurko | Executive President Consulting | Wood
Amy Hepburn | Chief Executive Officer | Investor Leadership Network
Doug Johnston | UK Leader, Climate Change & Sustainability Services | EY
Michiel van Haersma Buma | Vice President for Customer Success | Akselos
Peter Dickson | Partner | Glennmont Partners part of Nuveen Asset Management
Alex Robart | Senior Director of WW Energy & Sustainability Strategy | Microsoft
Rachel Ruffle | EMEA CEO | RES
Ann Rosenberg | Senior Vice President for Sustainable Development | Wood (Host)
19:30 - 21:30
Speaker:
Lieutenant General (Retd) Richard E Nugee CB CVO CBE | Climate Change and Sustainability Non Executive Director, MoD and Chair | NAAFI
Joe Sczurko | Executive President Consulting | Wood
Ann Rosenberg | Senior Vice President for Sustainable Development | Wood (Host)
19:30 - 21:30
Resilience First is pleased to invite our business leaders to a private roundtable dinner discussion to explore the leadership skills required to lead a successful climate resilience strategy across your business and sector.
Businesses around the world are recognising the urgent issue of climate change and the importance to protect communities, lands and habitats at most risk of threat by adopting sustainable strategies and giving back where possible.
Despite this, IPCC’s latest report presented a ‘code red’ for humanity, as not enough is being done in a timely manner to make a difference.
Through this dinner, our guest speaker, Lieutenant General (Retd) Richard Nugee CB CVO CBE, will lead a discussion on what actions and key skills are required by business leaders to drive more rapid and effective change.
Baroness Brown of Cambridge | Chair of the Carbon Trust
Joe Sczurko | Executive President Consulting | Wood
Paula Fitzpatrick | VP Growth and Development | Wood (Host)
08:30 - 10:30
This workshop examines the challenge of repurposing existing energy infrastructure for the hydrogen economy.
Speakers:
Beth Carter | Business Leader, Clean Hydrogen | Honeywell
Omar Bedani | Manager of Commercial Operations | Wood
Colin McKinnon | Technical Director - Specialist Engineering and Consulting | Wood
James Holbeach | Global Director Energy Transition & Flow Assurance | Wood
Dan Carter | Global Director of Decarbonisation | Wood
Ann Rosenberg | Senior Vice President for Sustainable Development | Wood (Host)
08:30 - 15:00
09:00 - 10:30
Join Wood, Microsoft and DNV to discuss the role of technology in achieving net-zero.
Speaker:
Phillip Cornell Principal & Head of Americas | The Economist Group
Lucy Craig | Director of Growth, Innovation and Digital, Energy Systems | DNV
Antonio Pietri | CEO | AspenTech
Darren Martin | Group Chief Technology Officer | Wood
Jacky Wright | Chief Digital Officer | Microsoft (Moderator)
Paula Fitzpatrick | VP Growth and Development | Wood (Host)
09:30 - 10:30
10:30 - 12:00
Ahead of COP, EY announced the launch of issue 58 of the Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index (RECAI), a biannual report which, since 2003, has ranked the top 40 markets based on investment in renewable energy, a key part of the energy transition. In this facilitated open discussion, experts from EY, Wood and the renewable industry will analyse the key findings from the 2021 report and discuss related themes.
Speakers:
Iain Wintour | Tax Partner, Energy and Infrastructure | EY
Lavaanya Rekhi | Corporate Finance Manager – Renewable Energy & Infrastructure | EY
Colin Maciver | Head of Offshore Wind Development | Crown Estate Scotland
Martyn Link | Chief Strategy Officer | Wood
11:00 - 13:00
The North Sea faces a distinct challenge, to reduce carbon footprint to net-zero by 2050 or sooner. Join this session for a discussion on future sustainable energy plans focussing on the North Sea region.
Speakers:
Neil Golding | Director of Market Intelligence | EIC
Diveena Danabalan | Head of EIC Consult | EIC
Craig Shanaghey | President Operations Services EMEA | Wood
Paula Fitzpatrick | VP Growth and Development | Wood (Host)
13:00 - 15:00
A facilitated panel discussion taking a look at the status of hydrogen development globally and the drivers for the implementation of hydrogen as a fuel.
Speakers:
Daryl Wilson | Executive Director | Hydrogen Council
Beth Carter | Business Leader, Clean Hydrogen | Honeywell
Andy Hemingway | President, Energy, Optimisation and Innovation | Wood
Dan Carter | Global Director of Decarbonisation | Wood
Josh Carmichael | Vice President of Hydrogen | Wood
13:00 - 15:30
Emerging and low-income economies in Africa and Asia need capital to meet their infrastructure financing gap, which is crucial to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and meet the ambition of their young population.
Unlocking domestic capital and unleashing local entrepreneurship are key to accelerate a transition to net zero while strengthening resilience to climate shocks and stresses for the most vulnerable regions.
Speakers:
Peter Hall | Vice President and Global Director for Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure | Wood
Philippe Valahu | CEO | Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG)
Thierry Déau | CEO | Meridiam
Preeti Sinha | Executive Secretary | The UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF)
Ana Hajduka | CEO | Africa GreenCo
CEO | Axis (via video link)
Executive Secretary | Vietnam green bond (via video link)
Maheen Rahman | CEO | InfraZamin
Stefanie Fairholme | Director of Investments, Power and Climate | Rockefeller Foundation
Ann Rosenberg | Senior Vice President for Sustainable Development | Wood (Host)
13:30 - 15:00
Catalysing action toward deploying ocean energy to power small island developing states is one of seven Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Pathways. Join this live working session to build a 2022 blueprint for capacity building and deployment of ocean thermal energy.
Speaker:
Joanna Hall | Executive Director, Head of Product | SustainChain™
Jacqueline Corbelli | Founder and CEO | US Coalition on Sustainability and SustainChain™
Christel Mathiesen | CEO | Energy.ai
Paula Fitzpatrick | VP Growth and Development | Wood (Host)
15:45 - 19:00
16:30 - 18:30
This session will bring together Wood, GWEC and Microsoft to explore the role of wind and renewable hydrogen in decarbonising the wider economy.
Agenda:
4:30pm - 4:45pm - 1:45pm: Arrival of attendees and drinks (15 mins)
4:45pm - 4:50pm: Opening remarks from GWEC (5 mins)
4:50pm - 5:20 pm: Speakers opening remarks ( 30 minutes - 5 mins each roughly)
Speakers:
Maf Smith | OWPRO Coordinator & Vice Chair - Floating Offshore Wind Task Force | GWEC
Sarah Kimpton | Vice President, Energy Transition & Innovation Development UK & Ireland | DNV
Jan Matthiesen | Offshore Wind Director | Carbon Trust
Alex Robart | Senior Director of WW Energy & Sustainability Strategy | Microsoft
Sian Lloyd Rees | UK MD | Aker Offshore Wind
Josh Carmichael | Vice President Hydrogen | Wood
Paula Fitzpatrick | VP Growth and Development | Wood (Host)
18:30 - 21:30
Dinner with the Rockefeller Foundation and partners focusing on building a resilient and sustainable future.
Speakers:
Paula Fitzpatrick | VP Growth and Development | Wood (Host)
19:00 - 22:00
Microsoft, UNGC Ocean Stewardship Coalition & Wood host a nightcap to mark the end of energy day at COP26.
Speaker:
Erik Giercksky | Head, Sustainable Ocean Business | United Nations Global Compact
Alex Robart | Senior Director of WW Energy & Sustainability Strategy | Microsoft
Paula Fitzpatrick | VP Growth and Development | Wood (Host)
08:30 - 15:00
EY challenges some rising stars in this Dragon’s Den style event.
Speakers:
Paula Murphy | Chief Communications Officer | Wood (Host)
10:00 - 11:30
Mental health cross-cuts most SDGs. Connections are the foundation of esports. We need to build strong, resilient and happy young people. Bifrost and Gaming For Greater Good will create an immense value for everyone in our community.
Speakers:
Anders H. Lier | Founder | Bifrost and Gaming For Greater Good
Karina Hollekim | Mental coach and xRed Bull athlete
Trond Riiber Knudsen | x Mckinsey and early stage impact investor, incl Bifrost
Michel Klepper | Deputy CEO | Bifrost Esports
Emil Oliver Hamborgstrøm | Co-founder Bifrost | Gaming For Greater Good 1 League of Legend player from Bifrost White
Ann Rosenberg | Senior Vice President for Sustainable Development | Wood (Host)
12:00 - 14:30
Learn from the Leaders on Purpose CEO committee about Earth shot partnerships.
Speakers:
Christa Gyori | CEO & Co-Founder | Leaders on Purpose
Dr. Tatiana Kazakova | Chief Strategy Officer & Co-Founder | Leaders on Purpose
Karn Manhas | CEO | Terramera
Dr. James Mwangi | CEO | Equity Holdings Kenia
Hakan Bulgurlu | CEO | Arcelik
Ann Rosenberg | Senior Vice President for Sustainable Development | Wood (Host)
14:00 - 16:00
Join this session to learn about the Wood ResilienceLens which provides a resilience roadmap and standard to build back better, improve the resiliency of projects and attract investment. Learn how it can help address the financing gap to build the infrastructure needed to meet the needs of the world. The session will review other financial and investment tools to drive building back better such as the ResCDF Initiative Assessment Tool and the RCN/Wood Chair Agenda equity scorecard, both of which the RLENs framework supports.
Providing a resilience roadmap and standard to build back better, improve the resiliency of the projects, attract investments and prioritize impact. The Wood ResilienceLens provides outputs and measurements to create a resilience return on investment (RROI) and address the financing gap that exists to build the infrastructure that is needed to meet the needs of the world and services required from those assets.
Speakers:
Peter Hall | Vice President and Global Director for Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure | Wood
Stewart Sarkozy-Banoczy | Resilient Cities Network
Marco Serena | Head of Sustainable Development Impact | The Private Infrastructure Development Group
Elizabeth Yee | Executive Vice President, Program Strategy and Chief of Staff | Rockefeller Foundation
Paula Fitzpatrick | VP Growth and Development | Wood (Host)
12:00 - 14:30
Learn from the Leaders on Purpose CEO committee about Earth shot partnerships.
Speakers:
Christa Gyori | CEO & Co-Founder | Leaders on Purpose
Dr. Tatiana Kazakova | Chief Strategy Officer & Co-Founder | Leaders on Purpose
Karn Manhas | CEO | Terramera
Dr. James Mwangi | CEO | Equity Holdings Kenia
Hakan Bulgurlu | CEO | Arcelik
Ann Rosenberg | Senior Vice President for Sustainable Development | Wood (Host)
14:30 - 15:30
The need for the next generations to take a leading role in solving our global challenges is balanced by the necessity for all of us to create opportunities for these generations to take hold of that role. In this session we will hear from some of the next generation of leaders as they share what businesses, institutions and governments can do to create the spaces which empower them to lead. How can their progression as leaders be enabled? What kind of allies do we need to be?
Speakers:
Tuan Anh Khong | Coordinator | Youth Climate Action Network Vietnam
Dr Shona Mackinnon | GP Registrar
Jimmy Paul | Director | Wellbeing Economy Alliance (WEAll) Scotland
Maddalaine Ansell | Director Education | British Council
Richard Hill | Head of Knowledge & Learning | Møller Institute
15:30 - 16:15
Join us for a virtual Interview between Ms. Feraye Ozfescioglu, CEO, World Humanitarian Forum & Maria Fernanda Espinosa, President of the 73rd United Nations General Assembly, followed by an in-person panel discussion on the 5Ps: People, Planet, Prosperity, Peace and Partnerships. Moderated by Rebecca Nadin, Director of Programme – Global Risks and Resilience, ODI
Speakers:
Nisreen Elsaim | Chair of the UN Secretary-General’s Youth Advisory Group Climate Change at UN Secretary-General’s office
AY Young, Artist | Entrepreneur | Sustainability Activist
Kehkashan Basu | Founder and President | Green Hope Foundation
16:00 - 18:00
How do you take a group of ‘invisible’ Scottish teenagers to cross Greenland and become future leaders for climate change? That’s exactly what the Polar Academy, led by explorer Craig Mathieson, achieves on an annual basis. Come along to listen in on the inspiring change children are making for themselves and the planet.
Speakers:
Craig Mathieson | Founder of the Polar Academy | Polar Academy
Paula Murphy | Chief Communications Officer | Wood (Host)
16:00 - 18:00
Join the US Coalition on Sustainability and SustainChain to honor Youth Day at COP26 and the launch of CitizenChain, a new platform to support youths and civil society globally in the urgent role it must play in this decade of action. Hear from esteemed guests Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed, Gabriella Hearst and other leaders each sharing their perspective on this critical moment to make our collective voice heard.
Speaker:
Joanna Hall | Executive Director, Head of Product | SustainChain™
Jacqueline Corbelli | Founder and CEO | US Coalition on Sustainability and SustainChain™
Paula Fitzpatrick | VP Growth and Development | Wood (Host)
08:00 - 12:30
Wood’s Sustainability Advisory services are framed around the intersection of our expertise and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Our ambition is to create a more sustainable, resilient and liveable world – working with partners across the globe, our work is contributing to a more sustainable future.
This session will highlight the breadth of work being undertaken to deliver on the SDGs and the challenges that still need to be overcome. This will be done through a series of case studies and examples of work from both Wood and our partners, interspersed with reflection and discussion.
Over the course of the morning, we will examine the UN Global Compat’s SDG Ambitions around water, hazardous chemicals, air quality, climate resilience and circular economy.
Speakers:
Ben Warren | Associate Director | Wood
Nick Jarritt | Director of Sustainability Advisory Services | Wood (Host)
Fleur Ruckley Associate Director, Sustainability | Wood
Ann Rosenberg | Senior Vice President for Sustainable Development | Wood
Steve Kenzie | Executive Director at Global Compact Local Network UK | UN Global Compact Board Member
TBC | Teralytic
Jason Morrison | President of the Pacific Institute & UN Global Compact
Matt Osund-Ireland | Technical Director – Air Quality & Decarbonisation | Wood
Lucy Pinkerton | Consultant – Hydrology | Wood
Eric Giersky | UN Global Compact Ocean Stewardship Coalition
Paul Holthus | President | World Ocean Council
Ivan Paspaldzhiev | Natural & Social Capital Lead | Denkstatt
Dave Ford | Founder | OPLN & Global Plastics Treaty Dialogues
Sameer Akbar | Senior Environmental Specialist - Europe and Central Asia | The World Bank
Alessandro Armillotta | CEO | AWorld
14:00 - 17:00
The climate has changed, and will continue to. We are not currently adapting our assets at the pace the climate is changing, with funding predominately focused on climate mitigation, rather than adaptation. The event focus will be how to meet the growing asset adaptation gap with effective decision making in the face of an uncertain future, adopting practical innovations, vulnerability reduction and the importance of partnership working.
Speakers:
Simon Dale-Lace | Associate Director, Water Management | Wood
Christine Wissink | Technical Director Climate Adaptation and Resilience | Wood
Stephen Thompson | UK Sustainability Manager | National Grid
Alphie Aiken | Director | Microsoft
Hugh Eaton OBE | Vice President World Wide Government | Microsoft
David Lapp | Senior Advisor | Institute of Catastrophic Loss Reduction
13:00 - 14:30
Sport Ecology Group | Maikai | 5T Sports | Microsoft | Wood
In the only closed-door session for athletes at COP26, elite and professional athletes will have the opportunity to learn from their peers on best-practices in advocacy (on a range of issues - not just climate!), build community with with other athlete-advocates, and develop a personal roadmap for achieving tangible outcomes. No matter where you are your advocacy journey - a novice, or an expert - this session is for you. Everyone will walk away with clear 'next steps'. The session will include breakouts on:
14:30 - 15:00
5T Sports | The Sports Ecology | Microsoft | Wood
During this session we'll hear from regional sport associations around the world on how they're tackling sustainability and driving change with solutions for the $471 Billion global sports industry. Featuring insights from the Green Sports Alliance, British Association for Sustainable Sport, Sport and Sustainability International, Sport Environment Alliance, Council for Responsible Sport and Green Sports Alliance - Japan, who represent thousands of leagues, teams, rights holders and event organizers worldwide. Think of it as the highlight reel of sustainable sport efforts.
Speakers:
Aileen McManamon, Founder/Managing Partner, 5T Sports Group
Scott Jenkins, Chair, Green Sports Alliance
Dr. Russell Seymour, Chair, British Association for Sustainable Sport
Dr. Sheila Nguyen, Co-Founder & CEO, Sports Environment Alliance
Julia Pallé, President, Sport and Sustainability International
Haruki Sawada, Executive Director, Green Sports alliance Japan
Shelley Villalobos, Executive Director, Council for Responsible Sport
15:00 - 16:00
5T Sports | The Sports Ecology | Microsoft | Wood
Teams of university students from institutions around the world are submitting their best 'Sustainable Solution' in 5-min video submissions. Our panel of judges will review the submissions and choose the Top 10 to be featured during this one-hour session at COP. At the end of the session, a winning team will be crowned and a 2500 GBP cash prize awarded!
Speakers:
Dr. Madeleine J. Orr
Miguel Escribano, World Athletics / Kunak Technologies
16:00 - 19:00
5T Sports | The Sports Ecology | Microsoft | Wood
Speakers:
Aileen McManamon, Founder/Managing Partner, 5T Sports Group
Dr. Madeleine J Orr
Adam Fraser
Paul Guest
Veritree
Microsoft
Wood
19:00 - 21:00
Join us in person for the launch of the Wood House at COP. Drinks and aperitifs will be served between 7-9pm. Presented by Wood, Microsoft, and all partners of the house
08:00 - 17:00
Join Wood, Microsoft, GWEC and EY for this Female Quotient event. As we work toward creating a net-zero economy, we must maintain our work towards a more diverse and equitable economy. We are thrilled to participate as COP26 highlights gender and diversity as a main theme in Glasgow, with a dedicated Gender and Diversity Day on November 9th.
Speakers:
Robin Watson | Chief Executive | Wood
Tricia Nelson | Managing Partner, People Advisory Services | EY
Anders Rodenberg | CEO | Denominator
Shelley Zalis | CEO | The Female Quotient
Christel Mathiesen | CEO | Energy.ai
Rebecca Williams | Director, COP26 | GWEC
Susan Hunter | Partner, People Advisory Services | EY
Jane Toogood | Sector Chief Executive | Efficient Natural Resources
Julia Jackson | Founder | Grounded
Marjorie Strachan | Associate Partner | EY
Sherena Hussain | Director, Sustainable Infrastructure Fellowship Program | G7
Amy Chiang | Vice President | Honeywell
Deeana Ahmed | Director of Strategy | ONE
Ian de Cruz | CEO | P4G
Rebecca Fisher | Associate Director, Road Transportation | ClimateWorks
Professor Heather McGregor CBE | Executive Dean, Ediburgh Business School | Heriot Watt University
Deborah Gilshan | Founder | The 100% Club
Merryn Somerset-Webb | Editor | MoneyWeek
Dianne Dain | Co-Founder COPXX
Helen Bertelli | CEO | Women in Climate Tech
Marsha Trant | Avanade
Gretchen O'Hara | Microsoft
Gail Gallie | Co-founder | Project Everyone
Hilary Sparrow | Head, Communications & Content | Amazon
Natalia Vega-Berry | Founder and Creative Incubator | Global Brain Foundation
Corrine Woods | Chief Marketing Officer | UN World Food Programme
Jennifer Schwab | CEO and Founder | Entity
Alicia Douglas | Founder/CEO | The WaterRising Institute
Sarah Dougan | Founder | Slange Var
Payal Thadani | Process Engineer | Wood
Birgitte Brinch | Supervisory Board Member | Wood
Paula Murphy | Chief Communications Officer | Wood
Linzie Forrester | Chief Sustainability Officer | Wood
Caroline Mosimann | Sustainability Strategic Advisor | Wood
Lisa Ferrol | President, Culture and Inclusion | Wood
Ann Rosenberg | Senior Vice President for Sustainable Development | Wood
Paula Fitzpatrick | VP Growth and Development | Wood
Featuring:
Iain Burnett | Master Chocolatier & CEO | Iain Burnett Highland Chocolatier
08:30 - 16:00
AIG and Wood, in partnership with the Institute for Future Cities at the University of Strathclyde are working with ambitious cities from the Global North and the Global South to deliver on their objectives. This private workshop will work with partner cities to design a forward programme that supports cities in the Global North and Global South to develop and deliver sustainability strategies, effective climate risk mitigation, and urban resilience strategies as well as focusing on Sustainable Development Goal #17 – the Partnership Goal
Speakers:
Rt Hon Jim Murphy | Former Secretary of State for Scotland
Professor Sir Jim McDonald | Principal and Vice-Chancellor | Strathclyde University
Richard Bellingham | Director, Institute for Future Cities | University of Strathclyde
Hugh Lim | Executive Director | Centre for Liveable Cities, Singapore
John Chome | Chief Executive Officer | Lilongwe City Council, Malawi
Kamlesh Yagnik | Chief Resilience Officer | Surat Municipal Corporation, India
Piero Pelizzaro | Chief Resilience Officer | Milan Municipality, Italy
Gavin Slater | Head of Sustainability | Glasgow City Council, Scotland
Grant Ervin | Chief Resilience Officer | City of Pittsburgh, USA
Michael Girioni | Vice President Resilient Environments | Wood
Paul DiPaola | Vice President, Strategy & Innovation | AIG
Susan Aitken | Glasgow City Council, Scotland
Ann Rosenberg | Senior Vice President for Sustainable Development | Wood
Jennifer Waldner Grant | Chief Sustainability Officer | AIG
Joshua Gallo | Head Investment Coordinator (consultant), Climate Policy and Partnerships Division | UNIDO
Minister Muhammad Musa Bello | Minister of the Federal Capital Territory | Abuja, Nigeria
12:00 - 14:00
How do we ensure that investment is purposeful and targeted at helping us achieve a more sustainable, resilient and livable world. Join leading industry experts from finance, academia, the media, business and civic society in a lunchtime panel session on purposeful investment.
Speakers:
Professor Heather McGregor CBE | Heriot Watt University
Deborah Gilshan | Founder | The 100% Club
Merryn Somerset-Webb | Editor | MoneyWeek
Marion Maloney | Head of Responsible Investment & Governance | The Environment Agency
Paula Murphy | Chief Communications Officer | Wood
18:00 - 20:00
A dinner that brings together the investment and development communities to highlight how P4G is maturing early-stage solutions in developing countries into investment worthy propositions that can deliver climate impact at speed and scale.
20:00 - 22:00
08:30 - 10:00
This breakfast keynote will bring industry experts from various disciplines together to discuss the current on the ground deployment situation with public transit, school bus fleets, and private fleets together to talk about the challenges and solutions to fill the gap. Wood will also be launching their Acceleration of Zero Emission Viewpoint
Speakers:
Naeem Farooqi | Global Director of Zero Emission Mobility | Wood
Matthias Dill | CEO & Managing Partner | EIP
Peter Matthews | UK&I Advanced Manufacturing & Mobility Leader | EY
Isobel Sheldon | Chief Strategy Officer | Britishvolt
10:00 - 11:30
A moderated session with various industry professionals discussing the challenges and solutions for the global shift to zero emission transportation. Major themes around capital, infrastructure, energy, vehicles, talent, supply chain.
Speakers:
Naeem Farooqi | Global Director of Zero Emission Mobility | Wood (Moderator)
Anthony Hadley | Principal, Infrastructure Equity| AMP Capital
Patrick Peter | CEO | Circunomics
Deeana Ahmed | Director of Strategy | ONE
Matthias Dill | CEO & Managing Partner | EIP
Erik Nygard | Founder and CEO | KOFA
Nick Woolley | Founder and CEO | ev.energy
11:30 - 12:30
To understand feasibility of transition to low- and zero-emission vehicles, Wood has developed a simulator to better understand performance and requirements of electric vehicle implementation. Electric vehicles are most often purchased as part of initiatives to transition existing fleets away from fossil fuels. Wood’s zero emission simulator tool enables us to help clients understand how a low emission vehicle fleet will perform on an existing transit route network and service schedule as well as understand the charging infrastructure requirements. This presentation will walk attendees through the client workshop experience of the Zero Emission Simulator, followed by an exploration the ZES interface and the performance projections of a Canadian transit property.
Speakers:
Naeem Farooqi | Global Director of Zero Emission Mobility | Wood
Jamal Nureddin | Sr. Consultant, Zero Emissions Mobility | Wood
Matthieu Goudreau | Consultant, Zero Emissions Mobility | Wood
14:00 - 15:30
This session will explore the pivotal role of financial services in helping to drive sustainable finance. Specifically focusing on, sustainable banking investment decisions, the outlook for sustainable finance over the next 3-5 years, funding challenges for investments needed to move towards decarbonisation, and investor response to business funding in the new eco-system of decarbonisation.
Speakers:
Gillian Lofts | Global Sustainable Finance Leader | EY
Peter Matthews | UK&I Advanced Manufacturing & Mobility Leader | EY
16:00 - 18:00
Join Wood for informal networking drinks and a brief demonstration of our interactive Real Time Carbon Footprinting (RTCF) tool showing aviation emissions today and a pathway to a decarbonised aviation industry by 2050.
Speakers:
Lauren Riley | Managing Director, Global Environmental Affairs and Sustainability | United Airlines
Bryan Sherbacow | CEO | Alder Fuels
Ben Owens | Vice President and General Manager | Honeywell
Andy Hemingway | President, Energy, Optimisation and Innovation | Wood
Matt Ősund-Ireland | Technical Director | Wood
Nick Hilton | Director of Major Infrastructure| Wood
16:00 - 18:00
A hands-on workshop to assist organisations exploring the decarbonisation of transport using the principles of risk management.
Speakers:
Sherena Hussain | Founder | ACC (Moderator)
Naeem Farooqi | Global Director of Zero Emission Mobility | Wood
Christian Velasco | Principal, Infrastructure Equity| AMP Capital
Patrick Peter | CEO | Circunomics
Matthias Dill | CEO & Managing Partner | EIP
17:00 - 22:00
The Wood House is closed for a private event.
18:00 - 20:00
This session will discuss real world use cases of e-mobility in public transit in St.Catharines, Canada and Lima, Peru with going through their E-bus journey. Speakers will discuss the various challenges and out of the-box solutions developed to make these transitions possible.
Speakers:
Naeem Farooqi | Global Director of Zero Emission Mobility | Wood
Luiz Calzado | Director of Projects | GSEP
Ray Little | E-mobility Specialist | Siemens
Adriana Pérez | Enterprise Growth Accelerator Lead | Wood (moderator)
08:30 - 11:00
This interactive panel discussion will discuss the roadmap to achieving net zero aviation by 2050. Join Easyjet, Bristol Airport, Airbus and Wood as they discuss the challenges and opportunities associated with the decarbonisation of the aviation industry, exploring options including cross sector coupling, hydrogen and the role of offsets and sustainable aviation fuel as we move towards zero emissions flight.
Speakers:
Simon Earls | Sustainability & Corporate Affairs Director | Bristol Airport
David Morgan | Director of Flight Operations | Easyjet
Jey Williams | Head of Engineering Integration - Fuel Systems | Airbus
Joe Sczurko | Executive President Consulting | Wood
Dan Carter | Global Director of Decarbonisation | Wood
Nick Hilton | Director of Major Infrastructure | Wood (moderator)
13:00 - 14:00
Converting thoughts into actions to make the global communities we live in more resilient.
Speaker:
Peter Hall | Vice President and Global Director for Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure | Wood
13:30 - 15:00
70% of the world economy has committed to net zero by 2050. The climate crisis is on the front page of every global news outlet. Are we finally seeing a mass mobilisation and realisation of what is at stake? Reset Connect and My Green Pod have teamed up to host an exclusive 3-part series to honestly and boldly tackle the critical realities of climate change, and what political inertia and dithering means for our planet.
Join us to examine the considerable leadership global industry and business will have to embrace if we are to force significant changes, to reshape the way billions of people on this planet currently live, consume, pollute and waste. Can business boldly step up where politicians fail, and deliver the radical changes we need to tackle the climate emergency? It will grasp the thorny realities facing all of us, will have honest conversations, and forge tangible pathways to identify effective action that everyone can embrace – today.
Building on the discussions from Part 1 that took place on October 22nd, Jarvis Smith, Co-Founding Director of My Green Pod, moderates this panel discussion to reflect and digest COP26 ambitions, analyse and argue the extent to which they have been met, and demand answers on the things we haven’t seen enough progress on!
Do you want to see a panel of international climate experts hold COP26 to account? Do you want a “warts and all” assessment of the key developments, designed specifically for business? Do you want to know what happens next, and the part you have to play? Part 2 takes place LIVE @ Wood House on 11th November from 1500-1630!
Secure your seat and register, including access to all on demand footage, by clicking below
Speakers:
Ann Rosenberg | SVP for Sustainability Solutions | Wood
Jarvis Smith | Co-founding Director | My Green Pod
Roger Leese | Partner | Clifford Chance
Florence Miller | Director | Environmental Funders Network
Jessi Baker MBE | Founder & CEO | Provenance
Fiona Haworth | CEO | Octopus Electric Vehicles
15:00 - 17:00
16:00 - 18:00
17:00 - 18:30
It might not yet have reached the papers but homelessness is set to be one of climate change’s greatest impacts. Hear from David Duke MBE, founder and CEO of Street Soccer Scotland, in conversation with Sabina Kadič-Mackenzie of Charlotte Street Partners to hear a story of positive change in Scotland.
Speakers:
David Duke MBE | Founder and CEO | Street Soccer Scotland
Sabina Kadič-Mackenzie | Charlotte Street Partners
17:00 - 19:00
17:30 - 19:00
19:00 - 21:30
Join us for the closing party of the Wood House at COP 26. Presented by Wood, Microsoft and all partners of the house.
Featuring:
Iain Burnett | Master Chocolatier & CEO | Iain Burnett Highland Chocolatier
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