Agenda
Agenda - Government of the State of Rio de Janeiro
Program:
2pm:
Plenary Panel I – Rethinking the path towards sustainable development, with finance
and clean technology (CEO and Premier)
Moderated by Pilita Clark, Environment Correspondent, FT - Status quo is not an option. How and
what can governments, corporations, investors and entrepreneurs do concretely to ‘walk-the-talk’ and
achieve sustainable development goals?
• Stephan Ouaknine, Chairman & CEO, Inerjys (confirmed)
• The Honourable Jean Charest, Prime Minister of Quebec (invited by Inerjys)
• Robert ter Kuile, Senior Director Environmental Sustainability, Global Public Policy,
PepsiCo (confirmed)
• Steve Waygood, Chief Responsible Investment Officer, Aviva Investors
• Paul Simpson, CEO, Carbon Disclosure Project
3pm Networking break & media interviews (15mins coffee & tea)
3.15pm
Plenary Panel II – Sustainable Cities (in partnership with ICLEI)
Moderated by Joel Makower, Chairman & Executive Editor, Greenbiz Group - How can we
develop and renovate cities in a sustainable way during the next 20 years?
• Harry Hendriks, Global Head of Government Affairs and CEO, Philips Benelux
Tania Cosentino, President, Schneider Electric Brazil (confirmed)
• Glenn Schmidt, Head of Steering Governmental Affairs, BMW group
• Eduardo Paes, Mayor Rio de Janeiro (confirmed)
• Park Wan-Su, Mayor of Changwon, Korea (confirmed)
• Dr Dieter Salomon, Mayor of Freiburg, Germany (confirmed)
4pm Networking break & media interviews (45mins coffee & tea)
4.45pm:
Plenary Panel III – Sustainable Energy for All (in partnership with the United Nations
Foundation and Sustainable Energy for All campaign)
Moderated by Dr Nelson Sam, Managing Director, Global Advisory Services, Thomson Reuters -
Energy cuts across all sectors of industry and society. How can we scale and deliver sustainable energy
solutions for everyone?
• Giuseppe Recchi, Chairman, ENI (confirmed)
• Dr. Sultan Al Jaber, CEO, MASDAR (confirmed)
• Bill Green, Chairman, Accenture (confirmed)
• Rachel Kyte, Vice President of Sustainable Development, World Bank (confirmed)
• Cícero Jayme Bley Júnior, Renewable Energy Advisor, ITAIPU Binacional (confirmed)
• Pedro Parente, Chairman, UNICA (TBC)
6pm Networking break & media interviews (15mins coffee & tea)
6.15pm
Green Icons – Building a Sustainable Future
(famous global personalities in plenary)
Moderated by Sally Ranney, or CNBC – How can we change business as usual to deliver a global
green economy? Global personalities will share their past experiences and give their perspectives of
building a sustainable future.
• Sir Richard Branson, Chairman, Virgin (in his agenda)
• Ted Turner, Chair, UN Foundation (in his agenda)
• Helle Thorning-Schmidt, Prime Minister of Denmark (confirmed)
7.00pm: Rio+20 Cocktail Reception (cocktails & finger food 1hr)
