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ESG Conference

The Centre for Asset Pricing Research (CAPR) at BI Norwegian Business School is pleased to invite academics, investors, practitioners, policymakers, and other interested parties to our ESG Conference in Oslo on April 13, 2023.

Please join leading academics, asset managers, and thought leaders for a discussion of the most important issues in sustainable finance at the BI ESG conference.

The conference is funded by Finansmarkedsfondet and Norwegian Finance Initiative.

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Practical information

  • Time:Thursday, 13 April 2023 08:00 - 16:20
  • Location:BI Norwegian Business School, Campus Oslo
  • Price:Free
  • Contact:Paul Ehling (paul.ehling@bi.no)

Auditorium: C1-010 - link for room location

Programme

  • Time
  • Title

  • Registration with coffee

  • Introduction and moderation

    • Robin Wigglesworth, Editor Financial Times Alphaville

  • The state of affairs for nature

    • Dag Hessen, Professor of Biology at University of Oslo

  • Assessing climate risk with scenarios

    • Glen Peters, Research Director at CICERO

  • Coffee break

  • Why is understanding complex adaptive systems important for ESG?

    • Anne Maria (Mia) Eikeset, Lead Researcher at NBIM

  • Panel on biodiversity

    • Anne Maria (Mia) Eikeset, Lead Researcher at NBIM
      Zhihan Ma, Global Head of ESG at Bernstein
      Jan Erik Saugestad, CEO of Storebrand Asset Management
      Robin Wigglesworth, Editor Financial Times Alphaville.

  • Lunch

  • Sustainable Alpha

    • Andrew Ang, Managing Director at Blackrock and former Professor of Finance at Columbia University.

      Moderator: Lars Qvigstad Sørensen, Senior portfolio manager at Storebrand Asset Management

  • Coffee break

  • ESG: To exclude or to engage?

    • Zhihan Ma, Global Head of ESG at Bernstein

      Moderator: Isabelle Juillard Thompsen, CFA, Portfolio Manager at DNB Asset Management

  • ESG: The Beginning, The End, and The Future

    • Alex Edmans, Professor of Finance at LBS

      Moderator: Annie Bersagel is Portfolio Manager ESG at Folketrygdfondet, manager of the Government Pension Fund Norway.

  • Closing remarks

    • Paul Ehling, Professor of Finance at BI Norwegian Business School