Welcome to the EEA Sustainability Symposium 2024

Tuesday, 26 March 2024
Hosted by the 4C Group at the Westin Hotel,
Upper Thames Street, London

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Conference Programme

Time Session Title Speakers
8.15 Doors open: Coffee and refreshments  
8.40 Welcome Ufi Ibrahim, CEO, EEA
8:55 Saluting the Hospitality ESG Executive Education Graduates Dr Marc Lepere, Lead in ESG & Sustainability, King’s Business School
9:10 Contextualise – Consider ESG in the context of capital markets

Professor David Aikman, Director of the Qatar Centre for
Global Banking and Finance, Corey Walrod, International Sustainability Standards Board, Professor Dr Sven Bienert, Carbon Risk Real Estate Monitor

9:50 Contextualise – Panel: Captital Drivers Moderator: Rekha Toora, Senior Vice President EMEA Capital Markets,
JLL; and Chair, EEA Capital Markets Committee
10:30 Coffee
11:00 Strategise Janine Guillot, CEO, SASB and Board Member, IFRS
10.40 NATURAL CAPITAL, BIODIVERSITY & FOOD: CONSEQUENCES FOR HOSPITAITY Sue Pritchard, CEO, Food Farming & Countryside Commission
11:00 COFFEE & REFRESHMENTS  
11:20 REGULATORY HORIZON FOR HOTELS & APART HOTELS Ben Chivers, Partner, Technology & Commercial Transactions, Travers Smith
11:30 POLITICAL DRIVERS AND AMBITIONS Lord Robin Teverson, Environment Spokesperson, House of Lords
11:50 ESG: MEASURING THE SOCIAL IMPACT OF HOTELS Alice Strevens, Associate Director Human Rights and Social Impact, Mazars
& Chair, EEA Social Impact Committee
12:00 HOSPITALITY ESG INVESTMENT Dr Sabine Schaffer, C-Founder & CEO Europe, ProInvest Group
Catherine Dolton, Chief Sustainability Officer, IHG
Caroline Tiveus, Senior Vice President, Director of Sustainable Business, Pandox
Alicia Goya, ESG Manager,  AccorInvest
Chris Penny, SVP in the EU Hotel Asset Management team at Starwood Capital Group
Moderator: Rekha Toora, Senior Vice President – EMEA Capital Markets at JLL’s Hotels
& Hospitality Group & Chair, EEA Capital Markets Committee JLL
12:40 LUNCH AND NETWORKING  
13:15 ESG & THE FUTURE OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT AGREEMENTS Chris Evans, Partner, Hamilton Pyramid Europe
David Kellett, Managing Director, Head of Alternative Investments, Europe, Invesco
Asli Kutlucan, Chief Development Officer, Cycas Hospitality
Hadrian Beltrametti Walker, EVP & General Counsel, Kempinski Hotels S.A
Moderator: Karen Friebe, Head of International Hotels & Hospitality, Bird & Bird LLP
13:50 SPECIAL ADDRESS: DATA, SCIENCE & TECHNICAL STANDARDS FOR HOTELS Gillian Charlesworth, CEO, BRE
14:15 ENERGY MARKETS: A EUROPEAN VIEW David Ford, Director, Client Relations, Businesswise Solutions
14:00 SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: EVC GRANT WINNER Presented by Paul George, Commercial Manager, EV & Infrastructure, DRAX
14:35 HOTELS AND CIRCULARITY Nico Schouten, Built Environment Team Lead, Metabolic
15:00 COFFEE AND REFRESHMENT  
15:20 HOTELS & ESG IN PRACTICE Soraiya Salemohamed, Sustainable Property Development & Operations, 4C Group
Adam Dawson, Sustainability Manager, La Salle
Tim Wheeldon, Managing Director, Zeal Hotels & Zeal Projects
Moderator: Asif Din, Sustainability Director, Perkins & Will
16:00 GREEN CONSTRUCTION OF HOTELS Luke Baines, Partner, Addleshaw Goddard
Josh Gibbons, Construction Managing Associate, Addleshaw Goddard
16:10 LOOKING AHEAD Tiffany Kelly, Founder, Beyond Bamboo
Global Youth Award Winners
16:40 NEXT STEPS Dr Marc Lepere, Co-Founder & Chief Science Officer, ESGgen Ltd
& Lead in ESG & Sustainability, Executive Education, King’s Business School
17:00 Close  

*Please note that Mr Shravan Joshi MBE, Chairman, Planning & Transportation Committee, City of London will now be substituted by Aled Thomas, Climate Action – City Workstream Manager, City of London Corporation

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