12:30

Registration

Chair: Fabian Schär

13:00

Welcome Message

Video Presentation

Eva Herzog
Cantonal Councillor and Head of the Department of Finance of Basel-Stadt, Vice-President of the Government of Basel-Stadt,
Vice-President of the Association of Cantonal Finance Directors (FDK)

Maria Luisa Silva
Director of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Office in Geneva

13:10

University of Basel Welcome Message

Ed Constable
Professor, Department of Chemistry and former Vice-Rector for Research, University of Basel, Switzerland

13:20

Welcome and Introduction

Fabian Schär
Professor for Distributed Ledger Technology/Fintech at the Faculty of Business and Economics, Managing Director of the Center for Innovative Finance at the University of Basel, Switzerland

13:30

Sustainability and Investing - A Natural Fit

Andreas Holzer
Investment Analyst, ESG Specialist, BLKB, Switzerland

14:00

Sustainable Finance:
ESG, Impact Investing, Innovation

Pascal Gantenbein
Henri B. Meier Professor of Financial Management, Faculty of Business and Economics,
University of Basel, Switzerland

14:30

Coffee Break

15:10

Generating Returns. Sustainably.

Nicole Neghaiwi
Vice President, Impact Advisory and Finance at Credit Suisse, Zürich, Switzerland

15:40

Who Walks the Walk: Sustainable Investing in Private Banks

Taeun Kwon
Head of Wealth Manager Programs, Center for Sustainable Finance and Private Wealth, University of Zurich, Switzerland

16:10

Q&A Discussion

Moderation: Marilen Dürr
Strategy, Innovation and Sustainability Department, Head Sustainability, BLKB, Switzerland

17:15

Apéro