Welcome to the EEA Sustainability Symposium 2024
Tuesday, 26 March 2024
Hosted by the 4C Group at the Westin Hotel,
Upper Thames Street, London
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 |
| 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











