09:00-09:10 | Welcome remarks

Linda Zeilina, CEO & Founder, ISFC & Julian Toth, Director & Founder, CzhechSIF

09:10 – 09:30 | First opening keynote speech

Kyriacos Kakouris, Vice President, European Investment Bank

09:30 - 09:40 | Second keynote speech

Munir Nanji, Central Europe and Ireland Sub-Cluster and Banking Head, Citi bank

09:40 – 10:30 | Conversation with the audience: European disclosure regime and the EU Green Deal – are we all set for an effective transition?

A discussion about the future use of disclosures in business, finance and public funding. Exploration of key implementation and interpretation challenges, and how to overcome them, plus a conversation about whether the non-financial disclosures will redirect capital flows- or how to achieve this in practice.

Chair of the session: Linda Zeilina, CEO, ISFC & EU Sustainable Finance Platform member

Speakers:

Martin Špolc, Head of Sustainable Finance Unit, DG FISMA, European Commission

Ota Melcher, Acting Director, Transformation of the Czech Economy Unit, Ministry of Finance

Andreas Rajchl, Head of Department for Green Finance and Sustainable Economy at Austrian Federal Ministry for Climate Action & Environment

Eila Kreivi, Member, Board of Directors, Finnerva & former Chief Sustainable Finance Advisor, EIB

Petr Polach, Head of Corporate Finance, Raiffeisen Bank International AG

Tomasz Niewola, Head of Structured Finance, mBank

11:00 – 11:20 | Keynote remarks

Radek Laštovička, Senior Manager, Financial Services Credit Risk Management and ESG, EY

11:20– 11:40 | TED-style talk

Petr Fiala, Head of Trade Finance & Factoring and ESG, Raiffeisen

11:40 – 12:30 | Conversation with the audience: EU Green Deal and the European economy: the EU taxonomy – early market practices and insights from the use of the EU Taxonomy

Chair of the session: Julian Toth, COO, ISFC & Director, CzechSIF

Speakers:

Theodor Cojoianu, Professor, University of Edinburgh & Member, EU Platform on Sustainable Finance

Elodie Feller, Global Policy Lead, UNEP FI

Alice Machova, Partner, EY

Martin Račan, CEZ Group expert for taxonomy, CEZ Group

13:30 – 13:50 | Presentation: Inevitable Policy Response & decarbonisation pathways

Jakob Thomä, CEO, Theia Finance Labs

13:50 – 14:10 | TED-style talk: What on Earth is Degrowth? And why do we need it?

Alexandra Köves, Associate Professor, Corvinus University of Budapest

14:10 – 15:00 | Short discussion: The future of investing: ESG in practice and the landscape of investing In Europe and the CEE region

Chair of the session: Simon Mundy, Moral Money editor, The Financial Times

Speakers:

Sergio Henrique Collaço de Carvalho, Partner, PlanetFirst Partners

Lucia Cerchlan, Co-Founder, LUMUS Investment Collective

Michal Košina, Senior Mandate Manager, EIF

Paula Singliarova, Co-founder & Director, Slovak Sustainable Investment Forum

15:40 – 16:00 | TED-style talk: The green bond and sustainability-linked bond handbook – insights from the case studies & fixed income space

Ulf Erlandsson, CEO, AFII

16:00 – 16:30 | Issue in focus: The energy transition we need, want or can have – busting the renewable energy myths. How and why should we finance more renewable energy.

Walburga Hemetsberger, CEO, Solar Europe in conversation with Jan Krcmar, Director, Czech Solar Association

16:30 - 17:30 | 20-year anniversary of EU membership: convergence or a slow divergence?

A closing panel discussion about the CEE countries’ 20-year membership of the EU: the success stories, the challenges, and the disappointments. The session will explore whether CEE countries have become equal EU member states, and what to expect from the upcoming EU elections and the new European Commission. What should the CEE countries focus on in the next 5-10 years? What risks exist and need addressing?

Chair of the session: Martin Ehl, Editor, HN

Speakers:

Beata Jaczewska, Director of Economic Cooperation Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Helena Horská, Chief Economist, Raiffeisen Czechia

Pavlína Žáková, Deputy Minister, European Affairs Czechia

18:30 - 22:00 | CEE Sustainability Leader Awards at the Residency of the Mayor of Prague

19:00 | Words of welcome

Petr Hlaváček, Deputy Mayor of Prague