2019 IFC Sustainability Exchange: Invest for Tomorrow
IFC’s flagship Sustainability Exchange is hitting the road again – join us in Dakar June 18-19 to explore how to drive innovation through inclusion. The Exchange convenes game changers in infrastructure, natural resources, science, and the arts to challenge assumptions and build a pipeline of sustainable investments across Africa and the globe.
For the full agenda:
8.30am – 10.10am
| Welcome, Opening Remarks & Performance |
Sergio Pimenta, Africa & Middle East Vice President, IFC Centre Culturel Koré Social Theater from Mali, sponsored by One Drop H.E. Mr. Amadou Hott, Minister of Economy Planning and Cooperation, WBG Governor
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| Creating Stakeholder Value: Being Cooperative, Staying Competitive |
Shungu Gwarinda, CEO, Graça Machel Trust Mark Cutifani, CEO, Anglo American Jumoke Jagun-Dokunmu, Director for East Africa, IFC |
| Investing in the Tech & Youth-Driven Future |
Jacob Kwaku Gyan, CEO, Adroit 360 Ivy Barley, Co-Founder, Developers in Vogue Tochukwu Egesi, CEO, Innovation Corner Aliou Maiga, Director for West Africa, IFC |
10:15am – 11.15am
| Making Waves: Energy Transitions & Trade- offs |
Maud Danel Fedou, Project Director assigned to the CE, Eranove Group Susan Shannon, VP, Government Relations, Policy & International Organisations, Shell Anne Sophie Corbeau, Head of Gas Analysis, BP Mamadou Goumble, Vice President Africa / Energy Business, Wärtsilä France SAS Rajakumari Jandhyala, Founder & President, Yaatra Ventures Linda Munyengeterwa, Infrastructure & Natural Resources Director for Africa, IFC
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3:30pm – 4.30pm
| Future of Jobs: Long Conversation |
Mosidi Modise, WEF Global Shaper: Shaping the Future of Work Oumar Toguyeni, Regional VP, West Africa, IAMGOLD Corporation Namita Datta, Solutions for Youth Employment, World Bank Emma Delaney, Regional President, BP Nabou Fall, Managing Director, Vizeo Joel Ogunsola, Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Innovation and Partnerships, Nigeria Obi Ozor, Co-Founder, Kobo360 Stephen Sparkes, VP, Statkraft Madji Sock, Managing Partner, Dalberg, West Africa Justin Arenstein, Executive Director, Code for Africa Veronica Nyhan Jones, Manager, Sustainable Infrastructure Advisory, IFC Nabou Fall, Managing Director, Vizeo |
4:45pm-6:00pm
| How Infrastructure Projects Can Generate Positive Impacts for Communities |
Augusto Soares dos Reis, CEO, Nachtigal Power Company Didier Payerne, Director of Development for Africa, Eiffage Mathieu Peler, Chief Operating Officer Africa, Meridiam Seynabou Ba, Founder, ESG Africa Bertrand Heysch de la Borde, Director, Energy & Mining, IFC |
Wednesday, 19 June:
8:30am - 9:15am
| Partnerships for Progress |
Paul Rollinson, President & CEO, Kinross Gold Corporation Morgan Landy, Senior Director, Infrastructure & Natural Resources, IFC Lise Filiatrault, Ambassador of Canada to Senegal H.E.M. Tatsuo Arai, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Senegal Faheen Allibhoy, Country Manager, Senegal, Cape Verde, Gambia, Guinea Bissau & Mauritania, IFC |
9.15am-10.am
| Disruption in Cities |
Marco Maria Pedrazzo, Head of Innovation and Strategy, Carlo Ratti Associates Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Governor, Lagos, Nigeria Cheikh Gueye, Deputy Mayor, Dakar, Senegal Roque Martin Spidalieri, Secretary of Financing, Cordoba, Argentina Adil Marghub, Infrastructure & Natural Resources Senior Manager, Latin America & the Caribbean, IFC Lisa Da Silva, Global Cities Lead, IFC Cities Initiative Adil Marghub, Infrastructure & Natural Resources Senior Manager, Latin America & the Caribbean, IFC |
10:05am - 11:05am
| Water & Sanitation: Innovative Approaches to Close the Demand Delivery Gap |
Teresa Vernaglia, CEO, BRK Ambiental, Brazil Walid Madwar, VP Business Development, Metito, UAE Kadija Simboro, General Director of Farafina Eco-Engineering, Entrepreneur & Mandela Fellow Gary White, CEO, Water.org Yogita Mumssen, Water Manager West Africa, World Bank |
3:00pm - 4:30pm
| Spotlight: Transport, Mining & Jobs |
Abdoulaye Magassouba, Ministry of Mines & Geology, Guinea Zeinab Camara, President, Women in Mining Guinea & Chief of Staff, Ministry of Higher Education & Scientific Research Paulo Castellari, CEO EGA/Guinea Alumina Company Souleymane Traore, General Manager, Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée (CBG) Namrata Thapar, Global Manager Mining, IFC |
4:30pm-5:15pm
| Future Forward in Energy, Mining, Water & Transport: Youth Innovations Shark Tank |
Ethel Cofie, CEO, EDEL Technology Consulting & Founder, Women in Tech Africa Jim Keravala, CEO, Off World Ashwin Ravichandran, Director, MEST Ronke-Amoni Ogunsulire, Country Manager, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Burkina Faso & Niger, IFC Ndzi Bongajum, Bonga Power Bike Kits, Cameroon Shaw Bushu, Unearthed Basins, Zimbabwe Ujunwa Ojemeni, Last Mile Energy Company, Nigeria
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5:15pm-6:00pm
| Accountability & Opportunity: Call to Action |
Sandy Stash, Executive VP, Safety, Operations & Engineering & External Affairs, Tullow Victor Osadolor, Chief Executive Officer, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Jane Nelson, Director, Corporate Responsibility Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School Patricia Senequier, Managing Partner, Beautiful Soul Africa Mary Porter Peschka, Director, Environment, Social & Governance, IFC |
Speakers
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Shungu Gwarinda
CEO, Graça Machel Trust
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Mark Cutifani
CEO, Anglo American
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Teresa Vernaglia
CEO, BRK Ambiental, Brazil
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Paul Rollinson
President & CEO, Kinross Gold Corporation
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Abdoulaye Magassouba
Ministry of Mines & Geology, Guinea
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Sergio Pimenta
Regional Vice President for Africa, International Finance Corporation (IFC)
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Alhaji Kanja Sesay
Minister of Energy, Sierra Leone
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Mamadou Goumble
Vice President Africa / Energy Business, Wärtsilä France SAS
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Sandy Stash
Executive VP, Safety, Operations & Engineering & External Affairs, Tullow
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Marc Alberola
CEO, Eranove
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Seynabou Ba
Founder, ESG Africa
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Augusto Soares dos Reis
CEO, Nachtigal Power Company
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Ivy Barley
Co-Founder, Developers in Vogue
