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 ChappellChristopher Cosack
    12:00 - 12:30

    Reimagining Productive Land as an Asset Class

    • Ecosystem management for long term growth
    • Shifting mindsets for profit and planet
    • Challenges of securing finance for sustainable land managemen
    Nicholas de Swardt

    Sponsored by

    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

    Jacek SiryAxel RossbergClaudia GrayMiriam Bellink
    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 ThindAleksi EhteeGuilherme SimonDarius SarsharAleksandra Holmlund

    Sponsored by

    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

    Bob IzlarHania Othman
    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

    Jo AndersonMartin HalleJenny HenmanChristopher StephensonEd StephensonPauline Nantogo

    Sponsored by

    14:25 - 14:55

    Coffee Break

    14:55 - 16:25

    Roundtables

    • Roundtable A: Innovative Finance for Forestry - Nicolas de Swardt - Cicada Group
    • Roundtable B: Innovative Risk Management Tools - Kita
    • Roundtable C: Social Impact and Community Engagement
    • Roundtable D: Carbon Markets Driving Future Values
    • Roundtable E: Blended Financing Mechanisms
    Nicholas de Swardt

    Sponsored by

    16:25 - 16:30

    Closing Remarks

  • Aleksandra Holmlund

    CEO
    Qarlbo Biodiversity

    Darius Sarshar

    Investment Director
    SLM Partners Ltd

    Flora Ji

    Global Vice President Nature Based Solutions
    Shell

    Jenny Henman

    Founder & Chairwoman
    Plant Your Future

    MaryKate Bullen

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

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  • Convene Aldersgate

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    Convene 200 Aldersgate St,

    City of London,

    London EC1A 4HD

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