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  • Tuesday 19th October
  • Wednesday 20th October

Tuesday 19th October

2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
BREAKOUT SESSION INFLUENCING BEHAVIOR CHANGE AT SCALE
Consumers as Suppliers

This panel will examine ways and means of activating consumers as the critical ‘missing link’ in emerging circular models around clothes, footwear and other CPGs. Panelists will combine their experiences with ‘consumers... see more

APCO Worldwide Track Sponsor
APCO Worldwide
Speakers
Raphael Bemporad
Founding Partner
BBMG
Wilson Griffin
COO and Co-Founder
Recurate
Shannon Bouton
President & CEO
Delterra
BREAKOUT SESSION
Pursuing Good food Good life through brands

We only have one planet. We must protect, restore and renew our planet’s resources today and for future generations. Brands can have a unique opportunity to connect with consumer to create a... see more

Speakers
Austin Allred
Owner of Royal Dairy
Royal Dairy
Emily Johannes
Senior Manager, Sustainable Sourcing;
Nestlé
Emma Cofer
Global Corporate Marketing Initiatives Lead
Nestle
Simon Mainwaring
Founder & CEO
We First
Nestlé Session Sponsor
Nestlé
BREAKOUT SESSION TRANSFORMATIVE GOVERNANCE AND METRICS
Straightforward Social Impact Measurement Any Company Can Use

Many frameworks and tools for social impact measurement exist, however ironically the most sophisticated ones tend to enjoy the lowest levels of adoption by companies – often because they are perceived as... see more

Metrio Track Sponsor
Metrio
Speakers
Thomas Lyon
Faculty Director
Erb Institute (University of Michigan)
Terry Nelidov
Managing Director
Erb Institute (University of Michigan)
Tiffani Jarnigan
Manager, ESG Process and Innovation
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Phil Redman
Offering Manager, ESG
OneTrust
Rebecca Shelby
Senior Social Sustainability Manager
Ford Motor Company
BREAKOUT SESSION NEXT GENERATION DESIGN AND BUSINESS MODEL INNOVATION
New Marketplaces and Platforms Designed for Regenerative Outcomes

This panel will cover the benefits of a few exciting new types of marketplaces specifically and explicitly aimed at producing sustainable and/or regenerative outcomes. From new ways to trade carbon, to converting... see more

Nasdaq Track Sponsor
Nasdaq
Speakers
Seth Blaustein
Founder & CEO
Dollar Donation Club
Dan Kurzrock
Chief Grain Officer (CEO) and Co-Founder
ReGrained
Andy Burr
Co-Founder and CEO
ecountabl
Nick Reinke
Senior Manager of Strategy and Market Development
Truterra
BREAKOUT SESSION ACTIVATING BRAND PURPOSE
Enterprise-level Purpose: How to Drive Purpose, Growth and Impact at Scale

This session will focus on best practices in connecting enterprise-level purpose to product-level purpose and successfully activating across all key touchpoints on both levels at the same time. Attendees will receive practical... see more

Tides Track Sponsor
Tides
Speakers
Annie Longsworth
Founder
The Siren Agency
Larine Urbina
Vice President of Communications, U.S. and Canada
Tetra Pak
Ricardo Caceres
VP of Marketing
Thrive Farmers
Alexa Rudin
Managing Director, Communications
Alaska Airlines
BREAKOUT SESSION REGENERATIVE OPERATIONS & SUPPLY CHAIN
Why and How the 2020s Can Be the Decade of Regenerative Agriculture

The business world will need a number of big transformations in the coming years if we are to tackle the myriad environmental and social challenges we are facing, and we would be... see more

Driscoll's Track Sponsor
Driscoll's
Speakers
Zachary Angelini
Senior Manager, Environmental Stewardship
The Timberland Company
Taylor Stanley
Head of Sustainability
Riverside Natural Foods
Jennifer Betka
Chief Marketing Officer
Indigo Agriculture Inc
3:30 PM to 4:30 PM
BREAKOUT SESSION INFLUENCING BEHAVIOR CHANGE AT SCALE
Brands for Good: Brand Collaboration for Behavior Change at Scale

This session will focus on the uncommon collaboration between leading global brands as part of the SB Brands for Good initiative. We’ll share how otherwise competitive brands have worked together to collaborate... see more

APCO Worldwide Track Sponsor
APCO Worldwide
Speakers
Darren Beck
Vice President, Membership
Sustainable Brands
Angelica Beard
Senior Director, Global Insights & Analytics
Visa
Karen Marchetti
Director, Global Baby Care
Johnson & Johnson Consumer Health
Maddy Kulkarni
Global Marketing Director, Sustainability & Purpose
PepsiCo
BREAKOUT SESSION NEXT GENERATION DESIGN AND BUSINESS MODEL INNOVATION
Cultivating and Training Breakthrough Regenerative Leadership

This discussion will explore a range of ways to acquire and sharpen the skills it takes to be a truly regenerative leader. Panelists bring several decades of combined experience as well as... see more

Nasdaq Track Sponsor
Nasdaq
Speakers
John Izzo
President, Izzo Associates
Izzo Associates
Daniel Aronson
Founder
Valutus
Dave Ford
Founder
Ocean Plastics Leadership Network
Pamela Wilhelms
Owner
Wilhelms Consulting Group
Samantha Veide
Associate Director, United States
Forum for the Future
BREAKOUT SESSION REGENERATIVE OPERATIONS & SUPPLY CHAIN
Social Regeneration through Deep Supply Chain Transformation

This panel will go over critical social issues in global supply chains that have been making headlines for far too long – inequality, discrimination, forced labor and other forms of exploitation. The... see more

Driscoll's Track Sponsor
Driscoll's
Speakers
Bonnie Nixon
Professor, Sustainable Supply Chain Harvard University and UCLA
Sustainable Brands
Charleen Fain-Keslar
Branch Chief
California Department of General Services
Sean Ansett
President
At Stake Advisors
BREAKOUT SESSION TRANSFORMATIVE GOVERNANCE AND METRICS
Connecting Sustainability and Regeneration Credentials to Sales

To earn CFO or C-Suite approval and support, sustainability champions need to show how their proposed project, initiative, program or strategy will benefit the environment and/or society AS WELL AS the company.... see more

Metrio Track Sponsor
Metrio
Speakers
Leslie Hushka
Senior Vice President, Global Corporate Responsibility
Bumble Bee Foods
Jason Pelz
Vice President of Sustainability, Americas
Tetra Pak
Kellie Ballew
Vice President of Global Sustainability & Innovation
Shaw Industries Group, Inc.
David Fiss
Director, Business Development, Partnerships & Event Strategy
Sustainable Brands
Rebekah Moses
Director of Impact Strategy
Impossible Foods Inc
BREAKOUT SESSION ACTIVATING BRAND PURPOSE
Communicating Scientific Claims to Protect Credibility and Manage Risk

This session will go over recommended practices and pitfalls to watch out for when communicating scientific claims on packaging, as well as in any and all marketing, advertising and public relations activities.... see more

Tides Track Sponsor
Tides
Speakers
Julia Lyon
Senior Sustainability Communications Consultant
Quantis
Kathryn Farrara
Associate General Counsel, NA - Marketing
Unilever
David Mallen
Co-Chair, Retail and Consumer Brands
Loeb & Loeb LLP
Tina French
Assistant Corporate Secretary
Johnson & Johnson
BREAKOUT SESSION
Beyond Net Zero: How Nestle, Dole Sunshine, Unilever, and Vanguard Renewables are Boosting Sustainability Impacts

Most companies have sustainability goals today; many have committed to Science Based Targets or a “net zero” carbon impact. Attend this panel to learn how Nestle, Dole Sunshine Company, Unilever, and Vanguard... see more

Speakers
John Hanselman
Founder & Chief Strategy Officer
Vanguard Renewables
Emily Johannes
Senior Manager, Sustainable Sourcing;
Nestlé
Niki King
VP and Head of Sustainability
The Clorox Company
Lara Ramdin
Chief Nutrition & Wellness Scientist
Dole Sunshine
Kelley Devaney
Farm Powered Strategic Alliance Manager
Vanguard Renewables
Vanguard Renewables Session Sponsor
Vanguard Renewables

Wednesday 20th October

2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
BREAKOUT SESSION ACTIVATING BRAND PURPOSE
Build Brands That Champion Equity & Justice and Addressing the Missing Role of Mental Health

Equity and justice came to sharp focus after the racial reckoning of 2020, as every company begins/continues their journey leaning into equity and grapples with what that means for their brand(s). Companies... see more

Tides Track Sponsor
Tides
Speakers
Edward Wang
Director, Corporate Social Impact,
Tides
James Thomas
Director Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Alaska Airlines
Taryn Bird
Senior Director, Social Impact Director
Kate Spade
Nick Street
VP Global Integrated Marketing
Vans, VF Outdoor
Roxana Shirkhoda
Head of Social Impact
Zoom
BREAKOUT SESSION TRANSFORMATIVE GOVERNANCE AND METRICS
Why Vertical Leadership Development is Crucial for Regenerative Brands

In contrast to horizontal leadership development, which is all about learning concrete new skills and mastering practical tools, vertical leadership development is about the more complex deeper stuff – the world of... see more

Metrio Track Sponsor
Metrio
Speakers
Pamela Wilhelms
Owner
Wilhelms Consulting Group
BREAKOUT SESSION NEXT GENERATION DESIGN AND BUSINESS MODEL INNOVATION
Moving Toward Positive: Using Nature as a Model, Mentor, and Measure for Regenerative Performance

This panel will offer three rich cutting-edge case studies of major brands applying biomimicry principles in order to advance their sustainability and regeneration programs in unprecedented ways. Attendees can expect practical real-world... see more

Nasdaq Track Sponsor
Nasdaq
Speakers
Nicole Miller
Managing Director
Biomimicry 3.8
Erin Meezan
Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer
Interface
JoAnn Garbin
Director of Innovation, CO+I Advanced Development
Microsoft Corporation
BREAKOUT SESSION REGENERATIVE OPERATIONS & SUPPLY CHAIN
The Evolution of the Complex World of Nature-Based Carbon Offsets

This session will aim to track the multi-faceted evolution of the voluntary carbon market and help make sense of the wide variety of nature-based carbon offset schemes available out there. Expert panelists... see more

Driscoll's Track Sponsor
Driscoll's
Speakers
Jeremy Manion
Director of Forestry Carbon Market
Arbor Day Foundation
Matthew Potts
Professor, UC Berkeley
University of California Berkeley
Wessel Koning
Global Director Business Development & Partnerships
JUSTDIGGIT
Kevin Whilden
Founder
Sustainable Surf
Teresa Lang
Senior Sourcing Manager, North America
South Pole
BREAKOUT SESSION
The “Virtuous Spiral” of Transcendent Business: How To Lead With We

You can grow your business even as you wholly commit to humanity & the planet—even during this unprecedented confluence of crises. In fact, relevance & long-term prosperity for your business will absolutely... see more

Speakers
Simon Mainwaring
Founder & CEO
We First
We First, Inc. Session Sponsor
We First, Inc.
BREAKOUT SESSION INFLUENCING BEHAVIOR CHANGE AT SCALE
A New Framework for Socially Responsible Ocean-Bound Plastic Supply Chains

Ocean-bound plastic supply chains often rely on a workforce that is at risk for social and economic exploitation and exposed to degraded environmental conditions. Additional care is needed to ensure social responsibility... see more

APCO Worldwide Track Sponsor
APCO Worldwide
Speakers
Terra Grantham
Vice President, Sustainability Strategy and Partnerships
CPI Card Group
Mikhail Davis
Director of Technical Sustainability
Interface
Dune Ives
CEO
Lonely Whale
Page Motes
Head of Global Sustainability
Dell Technologies
3:30 PM to 4:30 PM
BREAKOUT SESSION TRANSFORMATIVE GOVERNANCE AND METRICS
Innovation in Stakeholder Engagement, Education and Collaboration

This session will share why and how certain kinds of innovation in stakeholder engagement, education and collaboration are gaining momentum, and how they can be helpful with taking sustainability and regeneration initiatives... see more

Metrio Track Sponsor
Metrio
Speakers
Sun McElderry
Founder/Managing Partner
ESG Evolution
Jessica Appelgren
Vice President Marketing, Experience + Partnerships
Impossible Foods
Prakash Arunkundrum
Head of Global Operations & Sustainability
Logitech
Roman Smith
Director - Global Environmental Sustainability
AT&T
BREAKOUT SESSION REGENERATIVE OPERATIONS & SUPPLY CHAIN
Measuring Regenerative Outcomes along the Value Chain

Measuring regeneration is an entirely new field that is only just now starting to solidify, yet it’s crucially important if we are to make the collective progress we are hoping for. This... see more

Driscoll's Track Sponsor
Driscoll's
Speakers
Jeff Gowdy
Director of Consulting & Business Development
Sustainserv
Ethan Soloviev
Chief Innovation Officer
HowGood
Nicole Miller
Managing Director
Biomimicry 3.8
Erin Meezan
Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer
Interface
Mary Jane Melendez
Chief Sustainability & Global Impact Officer
General Mills
BREAKOUT SESSION NEXT GENERATION DESIGN AND BUSINESS MODEL INNOVATION
Versatile New Materials and Material Conversions Promising to Revolutionize a Variety of Industries

As sustainability and regenerations agendas and ambitions advance, companies have an ever-growing arsenal of solutions and resources to consider. One area of innovation that has seen particularly promising breakthroughs is that of... see more

Nasdaq Track Sponsor
Nasdaq
Speakers
Jurriaan Kamp
Mr. Solutions
KAMP Solutions
Sam Ruben
Chief Sustainability Officer/Co-Founder
Mighty Buildings
Taylor Heisley-Cook
Co-Founder & CEO
The Hurd Co.
Jay Potter
Co-Founder & CEO
ECOR Global
BREAKOUT SESSION ACTIVATING BRAND PURPOSE
Supporting Communities Disproportionately Affected by Social and Environmental Crises

Just as the levels of uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity are intensifying all around us, so too are the levels of creativity smart brands are harnessing to do right by their stakeholders. This... see more

Tides Track Sponsor
Tides
Speakers
Paul Shoemaker
Founding President
Social Venture Partners International
Jill Houghton
President & CEO
Disability:IN
Celia Ouellette
Founder and CEO
Responsible Business Initiative for Justice
Brent Legg
Executive Vice President of Government Affairs
Connected Nation
Tynesia Boyea-Robinson
Founder & CEO
CapEQ
BREAKOUT SESSION
Fireside Chat: A More Sustainable Food Supply Starts with Better Breeding

To nourish 10 billion people by 2050, we need real innovation to meet the demand while reducing the impact on our planet. Join a discussion which will begin to link key sustainability... see more

Speakers
Elena Rice
R&D Chief Scientific Officer
Genus PLC
Blake Alexandre
Alexandre Family Farms
JoDee Haala
Director of Public Affairs
Christensen Farms
David Hopkins
Director, Business Development
Sustainable Brands
Genus PLC Session Sponsor
Genus PLC
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