17–18 May 2023 London, UK

Forestry & Agriculture Investment Summit – May 2023

Agenda timezone: BST

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    Session
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  • 17 May – Day one

    08:00-09:00

    Registration and Breakfast Buffet

    09:00-09:15

    Keynote Address

    • Laying out the key topics
    • The role that corporates have to play in a climate friendly future
    • What does the future hold
    09:20-10:05

    Future Wood Markets

    • Factors that are affecting recent prices of timber
    • Geographical factors – Russia, China, Latin America
    • Opportunities generated as greater timber integration in housebuilding
    • The role of Carbon in driving up prices
    10:10-10:40

    Sponsored Session A

    10:40-11:10

    Coffee Break

    11:10-12:10

    Technology Panel

    • Defining the technologies that have transformed the sector
    Luca Budello
    12:15-12:45

    Sponsored Session B

    12:45-14:00

    Lunch

    14:00-14:45

    Optimizing Land Management to Achieve Long Term Carbon, Fibre and Financial Returns

    • Changes in forest management to include carbon and biodiversity returns
    • Values of Carbon Credits change from jurisdiction to jurisdiction
    • Sacrificing immediate cash flow to enhance carbon and biodiversity, and the long term returns
    Edward Daniels

    Sponsored by

    14:50-15:20

    Sponsored Session C

    15:20-15:50

    Coffee Break

    15:50-16:35

    Forestry, Agroforestry and the March to Net Zero

    • Defining and reporting positive climate returns
    • Identifying projects that make financial sense
    • Tools needed to assist the manager on the ground
    • Offsetting and insetting and the role of Agroforestry in both
    16:40-17:25

    Jurisdictional Approaches to NBS

    • Successful projects need a landscape approach
    • Encouraging multiple player investments needs a well designed project
    • Dividing the returns among investors and benefit sharing
    • The importance of government support
    Paul Chatterton
    17:30-19:00

    Drinks Reception

    18 May – Day two

    09:00-09:45

    Measuring Returns of Nature

    • Key metrics & KPI’s to look for as an investor
    • Biodiversity measurement methodologies
    • Accuracy of reporting successful projects
    Paul Smith
    09:50-10:20

    Sponsored Session D

    10:20-10:50

    Coffee Break

    10:50-11:50

    Integrating Biodiversity into Plantation Based Forestry

    • Finding workable solutions that make financial and operational sense
    • Proven methodologies like continuous cover forestry
    • Techniques and technologies that enable this change
    • Long term returns – carbon payments to offset lower fibre revenues
    Paul McMahon
    11:40-12:10

    Sponsored Session E

    12:10-13:45

    Lunch

    13:45-14:30

    Regenerative Agriculture Panel

    • From back garden to front & centre - What defines ‘regenerative’
    • Regenerative techniques are going mainstream mainstream
    • Scaling projects to make them viable economically as well as environmentally
    • Long term support models that enable transition – overcoming the valley of death
    Helen CrowleyNick Moss
    14:35-15:05

    Sponsored Session F

    15:05-15:30

    Coffee Break

    15:30-16:15

    Carbon Markets in a State of Flux

    • Making sense of the recent turmoil – what are the long term trends
    • REDD + and ARR price differentials – the future of REDD+
    • Biodiversity business models
    • How can investors harness these trends?
    Murray Collins

    Sponsored by

    16:20-17:05

    The Role of Development Finance

    • The emergence of biodiversity business models
    • Blended finance models that de-risk projects and encourage institutional inflows of capital
    • The role that insurance can play in catalysing institutional capital
    • The effectiveness of these models in unlocking NBS projects
    17:05-17:15

    Closing Remarks

  • Paul Chatterton photo

    Paul Chatterton

    Lead and Founder
    WWF Landscape Finance Lab

    Paul McMahon photo

    Paul McMahon

    Managing Partner
    SLM Partners

    Paul Smith photo

    Paul Smith

    Secretary General (CEO)
    Botanic Gardens Conservation International

    Helen Crowley photo

    Helen Crowley

    Partner
    Pollination

    Murray Collins photo

    Murray Collins

    CEO and Co-founder
    Space Intelligence

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  • Silver Sponsors

  • 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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    We are live streaming onto the Hubilo platform. To attend virtually, you would first have to register, and then we will provide you with your log in details.

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17–18 May 2023 London, UK

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