12–13 Jun 2024 London, UK

Forestry & Agriculture Investment Summit

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    12 June 2024
      09:20 – 10:05

    Global Forestry Investment Landscape - Institutional and Corporate Investor Perspectives

    • Asset values are up, assets are hedging against global inflation
    • Fibre demand, carbon, plastic replacement makes wood good
    • The long-term trends and geographical differences
    MaryKate BullenMaryKate BullenPeter HolmgrenPeter HolmgrenAleksi EhteeAleksi EhteeDeo ShirimaDeo ShirimaGwen BusbyGwen Busby
    12 June 2024
      14:00 – 14:45

    The DFI Approaches to NBS Investments

    • Commercial timber plantations & regenerative agriculture
    • Carbon project investments
    • What criteria determine investments
    Giulia CarboneGiulia CarboneTobias DorenkampTobias DorenkampPeter ChappellPeter ChappellJean-Gabriel DayreJean-Gabriel Dayre

  • 12 June – Day one   Time Zone: BST

    08:00 - 09:00

    Registration and Networking Breakfast Buffet

    09:20 - 10:05

    Global Forestry Investment Landscape - Institutional and Corporate Investor Perspectives

    • Asset values are up, assets are hedging against global inflation
    • Fibre demand, carbon, plastic replacement makes wood good
    • The long-term trends and geographical differences
    MaryKate BullenPeter HolmgrenAleksi EhteeDeo ShirimaGwen Busby
    10:10 - 10:40

    The Importance of Agriculture in Natural Capital

    • Demand drivers - population growth, food security, optimal use of land.
    • Case studies - innovation in agriculture
    Bruce King

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    10:40 - 11:10

    Coffee Break

    11:10 - 11:55

    The Emergence of New Investors into Forestry and Nature

    • The traditions of LP/GP in forestry have changed
    • Asset managers directing their attention to corporate funding
    • What objectives does this new money have?
    • The implications for traditional long-term investors
    Martin PoulsenAlice De SchutterMartin HalleSamuel LampertSean Penrith
    12:00 - 12:30

    Wildfire Trends, Investor Protection & Insurance

    • Wildfire trends
    • Forest fire trends
    • Investor ‘insured interests’
    • Insurance products, risk management discounts
    Phil CottleDaniel LongdenYuming Zhi

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    12:30 - 14:00

    Lunch

    14:00 - 14:45

    The DFI Approaches to NBS Investments

    • Commercial timber plantations & regenerative agriculture
    • Carbon project investments
    • What criteria determine investments
    Giulia CarboneTobias DorenkampPeter ChappellJean-Gabriel Dayre
    15:20 - 15:50

    Coffee Break

    15:50 - 16:35

    Incorporating Carbon Incomes and The Use of Carbon Markets

    • Traditional investments can price in carbon returns over the long-term
    • Ensuring the integrity of claims is fundamental
    • Carbon markets and updated methodologies
    Sean PenrithEllen LourieErica VertefeuilleMurray CollinsEdit Kiss

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    16:40 - 17:10

    How to Create High Integrity Forest Carbon Removals: Lessons from 15 years in the field

    • ARR projects need to improve farmer livelihoods to succeed
    • Project design should overcome barriers to growing trees
    • Technology’s role needs a rethink to manage millions of farms
    • This approach delivers investors with high integrity carbon removals
    Kahlil Baker

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    17:10 - 17:15

    Day One Closing Remarks

    17:15 - 19:00

    Drinks Reception

    13 June – Day two   Time Zone: BST

    08:00 - 09:00

    Registration and Breakfast Buffet

    09:00 - 09:45

    Bottlenecks in Forest and Carbon Project Development

    • Funding mechanisms to de-risk early stage projects
    • Insurance vehicles to help developers
    • New funding models to get projects up and running
    • Ensuring benefit sharing for communities and building trust
    Martin HalleEnda KeaneAdam GibbonAriane KaplounAnna Lehmann

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    09:50 - 10:20

    Innovation for Scaling Sustainable Agriculture

    • The role of the voluntary carbon market
    • Value chain incentives: bank to end buyer
    • Biofuels and Carbon Intensity
    • The burgeoning world of rice methane abatement
    Jon PierreKim van der LeeuwLeon Boerop

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    10:20 - 10:45

    Coffee Break

    10:45 - 11:30

    The Transition from Traditional Timber to Scaled Impact Forestry

    • Perspectives on developing integrated impact strategies

    • The impact theory of change for commercial impact forestry

    • The need for experience as a foundation in the NBS sector

    • The challenges of moving from pilot to scale

    Shauna MatkovichJuan Pablo Lankenau HaasMiriam BellinkWarren Kemper

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    11:30 - 12:30

    The Role of Nature in Net Zero

    • The emphasis on CDR gets away from the fact that a cheap solution exists now
    • Forestry and biodiversity projects all offer a net zero solution that cannot be ignored
    • It is the time for government, finance, corporate, and ecology segments to work together
    Puninda ThindSajeev MohankumarClaudia GrayDamien BraudGiulia Carbone

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    12:30 - 14:00

    Lunch

    17:00 - 17:10

    Conference Closing Remarks

  • Jon Pierre photo

    Jon Pierre

    CEO
    Mantle Labs

    Peter Holmgren photo

    Peter Holmgren

    Managing Director
    FutureVistas

    Phil Cottle photo

    Phil Cottle

    Founder and MD
    ForestRe Ltd.

    Tobias Dorenkamp photo

    Tobias Dorenkamp

    Vice President
    KFW-DEG - German Development Bank

    Murray Collins photo

    Murray Collins

    CEO and Co-founder
    Space Intelligence

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  • Hilton Canary Wharf

    South Quay Square,
    Marsh Wall,
    London E14 9SH

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    Contact us at: info@ce-em.co.

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