2022 Conference Schedule

Registration

Coffee (for the Geneva attendees)

Opening remarks -On the need of a strong collaboration between Faiths and Finance to foster Sustainable Development, and more specifically, sustainable finance

• Dr. Nicoleta Acatrinei, Dr. Christoph Stückelberger, Geneva Agape Foundation GAF, Geneva
•  Dr. Isabel Phiri, Deputy General Secretary World Council of Churches,  and Athena Peralta , Program Executive for Economic and Ecological Justice, WCC, Geneva
• Dr.Martin Palmer Founder and Director of FaithInvest,  and Nana François, Director Membership, FaithInvest, London /UK
• Timo Plutschinski, Director WEA Business Coalition, Hambourg/Germany

Part 1: On the role of regulatory bodies and international institutions in fostering sustainable development and most specifically, sustainable finance.

People engage online through the  GAF Conference  application . 
Panel ends at 10:00 and then, Q and A

Jean-Pierre Sweertz and Nicoleta Acatrinei

1. Christoph Baumann, Head of Taskforce on Sustainable Finance,  Swiss Federal Department of Finance, State Secretariat for International Finance SIF, Financial System & Financial Markets
2. Eric Usher, Executive Director, UN Environment Program Finance Initiative
3. Nicholas Niggli, Initiator and Member of the Steering Comittee at Building Bridges, Switzerland

Break

Part 2: On the role of faiths and religious institutions in questioning and shaping the role of finance in human society.

People engage through  the GAF Conference  application.  Panel ends at 11:15, and then, Q & A

Athena Peralta and Obiora Ike

1. Dr. Isabel Phiri, WCC
2. Son Excellence, Monseigneur Rey,  Bishop of Fréjus-Toulon and Mgr Lionel Dalle, Vicaire général du diocèse de Fréjus-Toulon
3. Son Excellence, the Bishop Prof. Dr. mult. Thomas Schirmacher Secretary General of WEA
4. Dr. Martin Palmer, FaithInvest
5. Son Excellence, Metropolitan of Zimbabwe and Angola Serafim Kykotis

Part 3 Working Session:

Working groups with active interaction of participants.
Solution sharing sessions - Successful stories, Testimonies, Problems and Solutions, Best practices.

• Geneva Agape Foundation
• WEA
• WCC
• FaithInvest
• Globethics.net: Obiora Ike, Exectuive Director, and Lucy Howe López, Deputy Executive Director

Lunch and networking through the Commisioned GAF Conference  application

Part 4: On the role of Faith may/could/should play in financial markets and impact investing to deliver change: challenges and opportunities.

People engage through  the GAF application
Panel ends at 15:00 and then,  Q & A

David Brenner and Nicoleta Acatrinei

1. Cathie Wood, CEO ARK Invest
2. Archduke Imre of Austria, CEO of ALITER
3. Robin John, CEO of Eventide and Tim Weinhold, Director, Eventide
4. Guillaume Taylor, Founder of Quadia

Break and Networking - in person and online

Part 5: On the role of the private sector such as investors, banks, multinationals and SME in driving sustainable economic activities, promoting SDGs, ESGs in aligning them with faith-centred values – scaling up opportunities

David Brenner and Timo Plutschinski

1. Guillaume d'Alançon, Aliter, Geneva, Switzerland : " Building Investement funds based on the Catholic Social Doctrine"
2. David Hoyme, Eventide Insitute 
3. Mason Tan, Singapore

Part 6: Parallel working groups with active interaction of participants.

Solution sharing sessions - Successful stories, Testimonies, Problems and Solutions, Best practices.

1. Guillaume d'Alançon, Aliter, Geneva, Switzerland : " Building Investement funds based on the Catholic Social Doctrine"
2.  Sebastian Văduva, Director of the Griffiths School of Management & IT, Serial Entrepreneur Faith-driven and Corneliu Niste, Faith-driven young Entrepreneur: "Entrepreneurship and Faith in the context of the Eastern Europe"
3. Humberto Shikiya, President CREAS, and  Magdalena Vieyra, CREAS, Argentina: "Creating a network of Latin-American faith-based investors: Challenges and perspectives"

Part 7: Plenary

Moderators: Nana François and Dr. Christoph Stueckelberger 

How Faiths are actually moving their money?

• Dr. Rob Fohr, Director of Faith-based Investment and Corporate Engagement, Presbyterian Mission Responsibility through Investment 
• Dr. Bright Mawudor,  Executive Director, AACC  ( All Africa Conferences of Churches)
• Rev. Fletcher Harper, Executive Director, Green Faith

Closing Keynote

Introduction of the speaker: Nicoleta Acatrinei

“Quo Vadis ? The future of sustainable finance and faiths’ role in driving it.”
Prof. Paul Dembinski, Director, Observatoire de la Finance, Geneva

Conclusion

Summaries of the parallel workshops, Conclusions, Lessons and Next Steps: Christoph Stückelberger, Athena Peralta, Martin Palmer, Nana François, Timo Plutschinski, Lucy Howe López,  Nicoleta Acatrinei.