27–28 May 2025 London

Forestry & Agriculture Investment Summit

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    Session
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  • 27 May – Day one   Time Zone: GMT

    8:00 - 9:00

    Registration & Breakfast Buffet

    9:00 - 9:15

    Keynote Address

    9:20 - 10:05

    Carbon Market Incomes

    • Maximising returns through carbon sales

    • Integrity of carbon credits

    • Adopting climate positive forestry

    MaryKate BullenEdit KissNatalia GorinaNeelesh Agrawal
    10:10 - 10:40

    Sponsored Session A

    10:40 - 11:10

    Coffee Break

    11:10 - 11:55

    DFIs Transforming Risks

    • Investing in timber and the global south

    • DFI Criteria to approve investments

    • De-risking for private capital

    Martin HalleCharles GroomPeter Chappell
    12:00 - 12:30

    Sponsored Session B

    12:30 - 14:00

    Lunch

    14:00 - 14:45

    The Metrics of Nature

    • Understanding KPIs

    • Reducing the volume of KPIs to manage reporting

    • The theory of change

    Axel RossbergClaudia Gray
    14:50 - 15:20

    Sponsored Session C

    15:20 - 15:50

    Coffee Break

    15:50 - 16:20

    Sponsored Session D

    16:25 - 17:10

    Forests and Nature as an Investment

    • Key investment returns

    • Unstable political times call for measured investments

    • Long term trends

    Puninda ThindNikol OstianováAleksi EhteeGuilherme Simon
    17:10 - 18:30

    Drinks Reception

    28 May – Day two   Time Zone: GMT

    8:00 - 9:00

    Registration and Breakfast Buffet

    9:00 - 9:45

    Impact Investments at Scale

    • Models for impact at scale

    • Advantages of impact investing in this way

    • Measuring and maximising impact

    • Ensuring community engagement

    Edit KissFlora JiBengisu Kilic GokberkSean Penrith
    9:50 10:20

    Credibility and Transparency in Natural Capital Investments

    • Credible claims, data backed reporting

    • Supporting impact and returns

    • Understanding risks

    MaryKate Bullen

    Sponsored by

    10:20 - 10:50

    Coffee Break

    10:50 - 11:35

    Innovative Technologies in Action

    • Technologies transforming outcomes

    • Measuring carbon at scale

    • Biodiversity measurement

    11:40 - 12:10

    Sponsored Session F

    12:10 - 13:40

    Lunch

    13:40 - 14:25

    Pioneering Project Development

    • Earning principles for early stage projects

    • Sustainable finance needs to be financially sustainable

    • Going from pilot to scale

    • Financing models, DFI finance and blended finance models

    Martin HalleJenny HenmanChristopher Stephenson
    14:25 - 14:55

    Coffee Break

    14:55 - 16:25

    Roundtables

    • Roundtable A: Innovative Finance for Forestry

    • Roundtable B: De-risking Investments

    • Roundtable C: Social Impact and Community Engagement

    • Roundtable D: Carbon Markets Driving Future Values

    16:25 - 16:30

    Closing Remarks

  • Flora Ji

    Global Vice President Nature Based Solutions
    Shell

    Jenny Henman

    Founder & Chairwoman
    Plant Your Future

    Nikol Ostianová

    Founder
    Treevaluation

    MaryKate Bullen

    Managing Director, Head of Business Development and Sustainability
    Forest Investment Associates

    Axel Rossberg

    Reader in Theoretical Ecology
    Queen Mary University of London

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  • Convene Aldersgate

    Venue details:

    Convene 200 Aldersgate St,

    City of London,

    London EC1A 4HD

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