Sustainable Finance Summit

May 13 - 14 - 15, 2025 

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2025 program 

Aligning Finance with Planetary Boundaries

 

 

Day 1

May 13th

Limit, Repair, Regenerate

OPENING OF THE 5TH SUSTAINABLE FINANCE SUMMIT

8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. - Letko Brosseau Arena 

WELCOMING WORDS
Jacques Deforges, CEO, Finance Montréal

OPENING WORDS
Luc Rabouin, Member of the Executive Committee, Responsible for economic development and higher education and Mayor of Plateau-Mont-Royal, Ville de Montréal

INTRODUCTION
Will Fayed, RVP Institutional Sales and National Accounts - Québec, Mackenzie Investments

KEYNOTE TALK 1

CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE SUSTAINABILITY TRANSITION IN CANADA

9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. - Letko Brosseau Arena

SPEAKERS
Toby Heaps, CEO, Corporate Knights
Ralph Torrie, Director of Research, Corporate Knights

PLENARY SESSION 1

PLANETARY EMERGENCY: CAN FINANCE REVERSE THE TREND?

9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. - Letko Brosseau Arena

PANELISTS
Graham Carr, President and Vice-Chancellor, Concordia University
Geneviève Morin, President and CEO, Fondaction 
Philippe Zaouati, Founder and CEO, Mirova 

MODERATOR
Béatrice Alain, Executive Director, Chantier de l'économie sociale

COFFEE BREAK

10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

MASTERCLASS 1

AUTHENTIC SUSTAINABILITY

10:30 a.m. -12:00 p.m. - Studio

SPEAKERS
Ghani Kolli, CEO, Credo Impact
Benoit Chéron, Executive Director, ESG, KPMG Canada 

This activity is by registration only.

POP-UP ASSEMBLY

10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - Green Room

SPEAKERS
Alex Ivanovici, Co-Creator, Co-Founder, The Assembly, Porte Parole
Annabel Soutar, Co-Creator, Co-Founder, The Assembly, Porte Parole 
Brett Watson, Co-Creator, The Assembly

This activity is by registration only.

PANEL 1

SUSTAINABLE REPORTING: A TRANSFORMATIVE LEVER FOR GLOBAL FINANCE

11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - Letko Brosseau Arena

PANELISTS
Wendy Berman, Chair, Canadian Sustainability Standards Board (CSSB)
Anne-Marie-Monette, Managing Director, Sustainable Finance, National Bank Financial Markets (NBF)
Travis Seymour, Chief Executive Officer, First Nations Market Housing Fund (FNMHF) 
Mihaela Stefanov, Senior Vice President, Enterprise Risk Management and Corporate Social Responsibility, Boralex

MODERATOR
Adelaide Chiu, Vice President and Head of Responsible Investing, NEI Investments

LUNCH BREAK

12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

PANEL 2

SUSTAINABLE FINANCE - HOW TO TAKE BIODIVERSITY INTO ACCOUNT IN BUSINESS PRACTICES?

1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. - Letko Brosseau Arena 

PANELISTS
Pierre-Luc Auclair, CEO, Construction Longer
Jérôme Dupras, Co-Founder and CEO, Habitat
André Gravel, CEO, Gestion Solifor

MODERATOR
Sophie Robillard, Vice-President, Private Equity and Impact Investing – Business Advisory Services and Chief Sustainability Officer, Fonds de solidarité FTQ

PARTICIPATIVE ROUNDTABLE 1

INDUSTRIAL MIX, TRADING PARTNERS AND CARBON TAXES: BUILDING A JUST TRANSITION FOR CANADA

1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. - Studio

SPEAKER
Larry Abele, CEO and Founder, Impact Cubed

This activity is by registration only.

PLANETARY BOUNDARIES FRESCO

2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. - West Terrace

SPEAKERS
David Roy, Executive Director, Ateliers pour la biodiversité
Benoit Waeckel, Founder and Vice-President, COOP Sens Climat

This activity is by registration only.

PANEL 3

STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY RESILIENCE: FINANCING CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION

2:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. - Letko Brosseau Arena

PANELISTS
Jeffrey Cyr, CEO, Raven Indigenous Outcomes Funds
Justine Hendricks, President and CEO, Farms Credit Canada (FCC)
Cédric Provost, President, Entosystem
Alison Sunstrum, Founder and CEO, CNSRV-X Inc.

MODERATOR
Sarah Miller, Research Lead, Sustainable Finance, Canadian Climate Institute

PARTICIPATIVE ROUNDTABLE 2

SUSTAINABILITY DISCLOSURE: PRACTICAL CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR BUSINESSES AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

2:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. - Studio

SPEAKERS
Valérie Cecchini, CPA, Co-Founder and Partner, BOREALIS Global Asset Management
Alexandre Genty, Principal, Sustainability Standards, Canadian Sustainability Standards Board (CSSB)
Geneviève Mottard, CPA, President and CEO, Ordre des CPA du Québec

This activity is by registration only. 

COFFEE BREAK

3:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.

PANEL 4

NEGATIVE EMISSIONS: MOBILIZING FINANCE TO TACKLE THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY

3:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. - Letko Brosseau Arena

PANELISTS
Grégoire Baillargeon, President, BMO Financial Group, Quebec & Vice Chair, BMO Climate Institute
Mathieu Bouchard, Vice President, Public Policy and Regulatory Affairs, Deep Sky
Laurent-David Charbit, Co-Head of Private Equity Nature and Biodiversity, Tikehau Capital
Catherine Potvin, Emeritus Professor, Biology Department, McGill University

MODERATOR
Jason Taylor, Founder and CEO, Climate Finance Advisors

PARTICIPATIVE ROUNDTABLE 3

BUILDING RESILIENT PORTFOLIOS WITHIN PLANETARY BOUNDARIES

3:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. - Studio

SPEAKERS
Vincent Beaulieu, Head of Sustainable Investing, Public Markets, Fiera Capital
François Bourdon, Associate Director, Nordis Capital
Jacques-Alexandre Caussignac, Director, Customer Experience and Strategy, Chief Compliance, Clear Skies
Philippe Côté, Vice-President, Private Client Group and Investment Services, Portfolio Manager, Beutel Goodman
Réjean Nguyen, Senior Director, ESG and Sustainable Investment, Addenda Capital
Tommy Ouellet, Co-Founder and Portfolio Manager, BeeQuest
Saphira Suoi, Research in Impact Investment, Clear Skies
Alexander Tiscione, Partner and Analyst, Van Berkom Global Asset Management

MODERATOR
Caroline Bergeron, Senior Director, ESG Solutions and Impact, Innocap

This activity is by registration only.

KEYNOTE CONVERSATION 1

BREAKING SILOS: BUILDING AN IMPACT COALITION BETWEEN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FINANCE

4:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. - Letko Brosseau Arena

SPEAKERS
Marc-André Blanchard, Executive Vice-President and Head of CDPQ Global and Global Head of Sustainability, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ)
Lori Kerr, Chief Executive Officer, FinDev Canada

MODERATOR
Sandrine Rastello, Jounalist, Writer, Moderator and Interviewer

NETWORKING COCKTAIL

5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Day 2

May 14th

Less is more

OPENING OF DAY 2

8:45 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. - Letko Brosseau Arena 

KEYNOTE TALK 2

FROM EVER-MORE TO BETTER: ECONOMIC SYSTEMS CHANGE FOR THRIVING BEYOND GROWTH

9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. - Letko Brosseau Arena

SPEAKERS
Gaya Herrington, Vice President, Sustainability Research, Schneider Electric

PLENARY SESSION 2

FROM INFINITE GROWTH TO PLANETARY BOUNDARIES: AN ECONOMY IN TRANSFORMATION

9:30 a.m. -10:30 a.m. - Letko Brosseau Arena

PANELISTS
Maya Colombani, Chief Sustainability and Human Rights Officer, L'Oréal Canada
Stephen Liberatore, Portfolio Manager, Head of ESG/Impact, Global Fixed Income, Nuveen
Kylie Nealis, Senior Program Manager, Climate Justice, B Lab U.S. & Canada

MODERATOR
Solène Hanquier, Principal Director and Head of Responsible Investment, National Bank of Canada

COFFEE BREAK

10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

MASTERCLASS 2

BRIDGING THE ATLANTIC: ACCELERATING THE ENERGY TRANSITION TOGETHER

10:30 a.m. -12:00 p.m. - Studio

SPEAKERS
Seif Belhani, Investment Managing Director, Energy efficiency and industrial decarbonization, Fondaction Gestion d’actifs
Witold Marais, Investment Director, Energy Transition Infrastructure, Mirova
Natacha Zenie, CEO and CIO, Eclipx Family Office

This activity is by registration only. 

POP-UP ASSEMBLY

10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - Green Room

SPEAKERS
Alex Ivanovici, Co-Creator, Co-Founder, The Assembly, Porte Parole
Annabel Soutar, Co-Creator, Co-Founder, The Assembly, Porte Parole 
Brett Watson, Co-Creator, The Assembly

This activity is by registration only.

PANEL 5

INDUSTRIES AND CLIMATE: A LOW-CARBON REVOLUTION TO TRANSFORM OUR ECONOMIES

11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - Letko Brosseau Arena

PANELISTS
Laurence Blandford, Vice President, Strategy Consulting, Climate Change and ESG, WSP
Philippe Dunsky, President, Dunsky Energy + Climate Advisors
Bertrand Millot, Head of Sustainability, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ)

MODERATOR
Susan Thompson, Managing Director, Global Head of Sustainable Finance and Advisory, TD Securities

LUNCH BREAK

12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

PANEL 6

INSURANCE AND THE CLIMATE CRISIS: INNOVATING TO ANTICIPATE THE UNPREDICTABLE

1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. - Letko Brosseau Arena

PANELISTS
Christelle Lim-Severe, Sustainability Practice Leader, Beneva
Stephen Nolan, Managing Director, UNDP Financial Centres for Sustainability (FC4S) & Head of Secretariat Sustainable Insurance Forum (SIF)
Marina Severinovsky, Head of Sustainability, Americas, Schroders
Margot Whittington, Senior Policy Advisor, Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC)

MODERATOR
Joanna Eyquem, Vice-President, Climate Risk Institute

PARTICIPATIVE ROUNDTABLE 4

INCREASING CAPITAL FLOWS TO CANADIAN COMPANIES: HOW FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS/INVESTORS ASSESS AND USE CLIMATE-READY BUSINESS PLANS?

1:00 p.m - 2:00 p.m. - Studio

SPEAKERS
Sue Lloyd, Vice Chair, International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB)
Barbara Zvan, President and CEO, University Pension Plan (UPP)

This activity is by registration only.

PLANETARY BOUNDARIES FRESCO

2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. - West Terrace

SPEAKERS
David Roy, Executive Director, Ateliers pour la biodiversité
Benoit Waeckel, Founder and Vice-President, COOP Sens Climat

This activity is by registration only.

PANEL 7

CIRCULAR ECONOMY: BUILDING A WASTE-FREE WORLD

2:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. - Letko Brosseau Arena

PANELISTS
Étienne Gravel, Director of Environment and Sustainability, Pomerleau
Sébastien Jacques, President and VP of Business Development, Attraction
Patrick Wellington, President, MSL Fibres

MODERATOR
Nancy Goudreau, Managing Director, Sustainable Finance, Mouvement Desjardins

PARTICIPATIVE ROUNDTABLE 5

PRIVATE IMPACT INVESTMENT: REFLECTIONS ON OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES IN CANADA'S PROGRESS

2:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. - Studio

SPEAKERS
Sylvain Carle, Member of the Executive Committee, CIVIC
Delia Cristea, Partner, Chief Operating Office and General Counsel, Power Sustainable
Louis Delorme, Principal, Amplify Capital
Delphine Descamps, Member of the Executive Committee, CIVIC
Chloé Evans, Vice-President, Idealist Capital

This activity is by registration only.

COFFEE BREAK

3:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.

PANEL 8

ACCELERATING IMPACT WHILE MAINTAINING RETURNS: SCALING IMPACT FINANCE THROUGH MAINSTREAM CAPITAL MARKETS

3:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. - Letko Brosseau Arena

PANELISTS
Stéphanie Émond, VP and Chief Impact Officer, FinDev Canada
Jonathan Glencross, Senior Vice President, Seven Generations Capital
Laila Nordine, Senior Manager, Sustainable Finance, Banking and Capital Markets Team, International Finance Corporation (IFC)

MODERATOR
Hervé Duteil, Chief Sustainability Officer, Americas, BNP Paribas

PARTICIPATIVE ROUNDTABLE 6

NAVIGATING EQUITY, DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION IN A CHANGING CONTEXT

3:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. - Studio

SPEAKERS

Rocio Gueto,  Vice-President, Client Partnerships, Intitutional Markets,  Addenda Capital
Maher Najari, expert en diversité et inclusion, cofondateur, Nada Conseils

This activity is by registration only.

KEYNOTE CONVERSATION 2

FINANCE, EMPATHY AND POWER: REIMAGINING LEADERSHIP FOR A JUST AND SUSTAINABLE TRANSITION

4:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. - Letko Brosseau Arena

SPEAKERS
Catherine McKenna,  Founder and CEO ; Chair of the United Nations high-level expert group on net zero emissions commitments of non-state entities, Climate and Nature Solutions ; UN
Barbara Zvan, President and CEO, University Pension Plan (UPP)

MODERATOR
Delia Cristea, Partner, Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel, Power Sustainable

Day 3

May 15th

Managing the unavoidable, avoiding the unmanageable

KEYNOTE TALK 3

LEVERAGING CAPITAL MARKETS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. - Letko Brosseau Arena

SPEAKERS
Jorge Familiar, Vice President and Treasurer, and Pension Finance Administrator, World Bank & World Bank Group

INTRODUCED BY
Lori Kerr, Chief Executive Officer, FinDev Canada

PLENARY SESSION 3

CLIMATE GOVERNANCE: A COLLECTIVE RESPONSE FOR A RESILIENT FUTURE 

9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. - Letko Brosseau Arena

PANELISTS
Jingdong Hua, Vice-Chair, International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB)
Connor Lyons, Partner and Head of Sustainability, Power Sustainable
Catherine McKenna, Founder and CEO ; Chair of the United Nations high-level expert group on net zero emissions commitments of non-state entities, Climate and Nature Solutions ; UN
Dan Wicklum, Chief Executive Officer, The Transition Accelerator

MODERATOR
Layalee Ramahi, North America Regional Lead, UNEP FI

COFFEE BREAK

10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

PANEL 9

NORTH AMERICAN ENERGY TRANSITION: REGIONAL CHALLENGES AND GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES

10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. - Letko Brosseau Arena

PANELISTS
John A. Cook, SVP, Portfolio manager, Team co-lead, Mackenzie Investments
Naomi Desai, Partner, Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
Adriana Mendez, Director, Sustainable Investment, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ)
Baltej Sidhu, Sustainability and Transition Strategist, Equity Research, National Bank of Canada

MODERATOR
Christopher Cote, Executive Director, MSCI Research, MSCI

MASTERCLASS 3

ECO-ANXIETY – FROM SYMPTOMS TO ACTION

10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - Studio

SPEAKERS
Mickael Brard
, Co-Founder, COOP Sens Climat
Anne-Sophie Gousse-Lessard, Professor, Department of Social and Public Communication, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
Chantal Thieblin Goffoz, Director, Sustainable Finance and Impact Advisory, Evol

This activity is by registration only.

POP-UP ASSEMBLY

10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - Green Room

SPEAKERS
Alex Ivanovici, Co-Creator, Co-Founder, The Assembly, Porte Parole
Annabel Soutar, Co-Creator, Co-Founder, The Assembly, Porte Parole 
Brett Watson, Co-Creator, The Assembly

This activity is by registration only.

PANEL 10

UNLOCKING THE VALUE OF SUSTAINABLE REAL ESTATE, CITIES AND COMMUNITIES

11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. - Letko Brosseau Arena

PANELISTS
Jamison Friedland, Sustainability Analyst, AXA Investment Managers
Sunita Mahant, Managing Director, Sustainability, and Managing Director, Toronto, CDPQ Global
Nathalie Voland, President and Chief Vision Officer, Gestion Immobilière Quo Vadis

MODERATOR
Romina Reversi, Managing Director, Head of Sustainable Investment Banking Americas, Crédit Agricole - CIB

THE LAST WORD: A PARTICIPATIVE WRAP-UP

12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

SPEAKERS
Nicholas Belliveau, MC and Host, Arena
Maude Carmel, MC and Host, Studio
Jacques Deforges, CEO, Finance Montréal
Will Fayed, RVP Institutional Sales and National Accounts - Québec, Mackenzie Investments
Alex Ivanovici, Co-Creator, Co-Founder, The Assembly, Porte Parole
Annabel Soutar, Co-Creator, Co-Founder, The Assembly, Porte Parole 
Brett Watson, Co-Creator, The Assembly

This preliminary program may change without notice

Fundraising event - Maison de l'innovation sociale

 
Presented by Maison de l'innovation sociale

 

May 15: 5:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.

 

This event requires a separate ticket from the Summit. Combined tickets for both events are available.

Black Hole Experience

 
A creation of Dax Dasilva and Kelly Nunes
Presented by Age of Union

 

May 13: 10:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.

May 14: 7:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.

May 15: 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

 

No registration required

 

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