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Tuesday-Friday, 1-4 June 2021
Day 1 and 4: starting from 9:00am (GMT+8)
Day 2 and 3: starting from 2:00pm (GMT+8)
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DAY 1
DAY 2(TUE, 1 JUNE)(WED, 2 JUNE)
BUILDING BLOCKS/ENABLERS
09:00-12:25
14:00-17:25
Opening Keynote 1
Loh Boon Chye,
Chief Executive Director,
Singapore Exchange(SGX)
Opening Keynote 2
Edmond Lau,
Deputy Chief Executive,
Hong Kong Monetary
Authority

Panel 1:
Taxonomy:
Jurisdictional, Regional
and Global Approaches

Opening Keynote 1
Dr Simon Zadek,
Chair,
Finance for Biodiversity
Opening Keynote 2
Erik Thedéen,
Director General,Finansinspektionen(Swedish FinancialSupervisory Authority)
and Chair of Sustainable
Finance Task Force,
IOSCO
Panel 1:
Capacity Building andTraining for ESG andSustainable Finance

Final Program.

DAY 3(THU, 3 JUNE)
MARKET
DEVELOPMENT
14:00-17:25

DAY 4(FRI, 4 JUNE)LOOKING INTO
THE FUTURE
09:00-12:10

Opening Keynote
Satoshi Ikeda,
Chief Sustainable Finance
Officer,
Financial Services
Agency, The Governmentof Japan

Opening Keynote
Fabio M. Natalucci,
Deputy Director of theMonetary and CapitalMarkets Department,International Monetary
FundPanel 1:
Scaling Green andSustainable Bonds andSecuritization

Panel 1:
Scaling and Incentivizing
Climate Aligned Finance

Presentation:
AAMG Paper: What
Institutional Investors
Expect from Corporate
Issuers’ ESG Disclosure(To be continued on the next page)Panel 2:
Corporate Disclosure
and Data

Panel 2:
ESG requirements on
Financial Institutions:Disclosure, Risk
Management, and Stress
Testing

Panel 2:A Role for Derivatives inESG, Climate andSustainable FinancePanel 2:Nature Capital Investing
and Biodiversity

Presentation:

Panel 3:
Why Green Equity andTransition Capital?

Panel 3:
Reaching for ‘S’ in ESG

Closing Keynote
Greg Medcraft,
Director of the Directorate
for Financial andEnterprise Affairs,
Organisation for
Economic Co-operation
and Development (OECD)

Closing Keynote
Mary Porter-Peschka,
Director – Environment,
Social & Governance,
International FinanceCorporation (World BankGroup)

ESG Disclosure
Landscape for Banks andCapital Markets

Closing Keynote
A Review of the ESG andClimate Risk LandscapeBill Coen,
Chair,IFRS Foundation’s
Advisory Council;
Vice Chair,
Reference Point

Closing Keynote 1
A Roadmap to Address
Climate-related Financial
Risk: The Work of theFSB
Rupert Thorne,
Deputy Secretary
General,Financial Stability Board
Closing Keynote 2Ramesh Subramaniam,
Director General,
Southeast Asia RegionalDepartment,
Asia Development Bank

Demo:
Analysing the Green
Economy andOpportunities in Asia
Lee Clements,
Head of Sustainable
Investment Solutions,
FTSE Russell

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DAY 1 – TUESDAY, 1 JUNE 2021
BUILDING BLOCKS AND ENABLERSEVENT LEAD SPONSORS:

09:00-09:05

Opening Remarks⚫ Matthew Chan, Executive Director – Head of Public Policy and Sustainable
Finance, ASIFMA

09:05-09:20

Opening Keynote 1⚫ Loh Boon Chye, Chief Executive Officer, Singapore Exchange (SGX)

09:20-09:35

Opening Keynote 2⚫ Edmond Lau, Deputy Chief Executive, Hong Kong Monetary Authority

09:35-10:35

Panel 1: Taxonomy: Jurisdictional, Regional and Global Approaches⚫ Why is taxonomy such an important, often controversial, issue in capital
markets?
⚫ What needs to happen globally? At the regional and jurisdictional level inAsia?
⚫ Will we be discussing the same issues for social taxonomies in future? For
biodiversity?
⚫ Ilan Jacobs, ESG Policy Specialist, Government Affairs, Citi
⚫ Sean Kidney, CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative⚫ Eugene Goyne, Associate Partner, Asia-Pacific Financial ServicesRegulatory Lead, EY⚫ Helena Fung, Head of Sustainable Investment, APAC, FTSE Russell,London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG)⚫ Allison Parent, Executive Director, Global Financial Markets Association(GFMA) (moderator)

10:35-10:45

Presentation: AAMG Paper: What Institutional Investors Expect fromCorporate Issuers’ ESG Disclosure⚫ Gabriel Wilson-Otto, Director, Sustainable Investing, Fidelity
International

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10:45-11:45

Panel 2: Corporate Disclosure and Data
⚫ What are the demands of different stakeholders?
⚫ What standards are in development?
⚫ How critical is the availability and reliability of data?
⚫ Katherine Ng, Managing Director, Chief Operating Officer and Head of
Policy and Secretariat Services, Listing Division, Hong Kong Exchanges
and Clearing Limited⚫ Natalia Rajewska, Vice President, Sustainable Finance APAC, ING Bank⚫ Michael Tang, Head, Listing Policy & Product Admission, Singapore
Exchange Regulation⚫ Frank Pan, Manager, Asia Pacific Research, Sustainalytics⚫ Simeon Cheng, Group Director – Sustainability and Corporate
Communications, Vitasoy International Holdings Limited⚫ Saskia Kort-Chick, Vice President and Director of ESG Research andEngagement for Responsible Investing, AllianceBernstein (moderator)

11:45-12:00

Closing Keynote: A Review of the ESG and Climate Risk Landscape⚫ Bill Coen, Chair, IFRS Foundation’s Advisory Council; Vice Chair,
Reference Point

12:00-12:03

Closing Remarks⚫ Matthew Chan, Executive Director - Head of Public Policy and Sustainable
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DAY 2 – WEDNESDAY, 2 JUNE 2021
BUILDING BLOCKS AND ENABLERS (CONTINUED)EVENT LEAD SPONSORS:

14:00-14:02

Opening Remarks⚫ Matthew Chan, Executive Director – Head of Public Policy and Sustainable
Finance, ASIFMA

14:02-14:05

Welcome Remarks⚫ Helena Fung, Head of Sustainable Investment, APAC, FTSE Russell,London Stock Exchange Group

14:05-14:20

Opening Keynote 1⚫ Dr Simon Zadek, Chair, Finance for Biodiversity

14:20-14:35

Opening Keynote 2⚫ Erik Thedéen, Director General, Finansinspektionen (Swedish Financial
Supervisory Authority) and Chair of Sustainable Finance Task Force,IOSCO

14:35-15:35

Panel 1: Capacity Building and Training for ESG and Sustainable Finance⚫ Is there a skills gap and, if so, what skills or combination of skills need tobe developed in financial services? In corporates and elsewhere?
⚫ What role should and are governments playing in building capacity andskills to support the scaling of ESG and Sustainable Finance? What else isneeded?
⚫ Is technology a substitute or a complement to building the right talentpipeline?
⚫ Prof. Veronique J. A. Lafon-Vinais, Associate Professor of Business
Education, Department of Finance, The Hong Kong University of Science& Technology⚫ Rahul Ghosh, Managing Director - ESG Outreach & Research, Moody's
ESG Solutions Group⚫ Dr. Arthur Krebbers, Head of Sustainable Finance Corporates, NatWestMarkets⚫ Prof. Dr Alexander Bassen, Research Group on Sustainable Finance, Chairof Capital Markets and Management, School of Business, Economics andSocial Sciences, University of Hamburg⚫ Dr Lapman Lee, Professor of Practice in FinTech & Financial Services
Innovation, Hong Kong Polytechnic University (moderator)

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15:35-16:35

Panel 2: ESG Requirements on Financial Institutions: Disclosure, Risk
Management and Stress Testing⚫ What do investors and others need more of from financial institutions?
⚫ Are financial and other institutions ready to deal with climate related
stress testing?
⚫ What needs to happen globally, and specifically in the Asian region?
⚫ Thijs Aaten, Chief Finance and Risk Officer, APG Asset Management Asia
⚫ Nadim Jouhid, Head of Investment Solutions, Asia Pacific, BNP ParibasSecurities Services⚫ Sameer Rege, Partner, Consulting, EY⚫ Katie Butterworth, Chief Operating Officer and Regional Head of Risk
Strategy, ASP Risk, HSBC
⚫ Grace Chong, Of Counsel, Simmons & Simmons (moderator)

16:35-16:50

Presentation: ESG Disclosure Landscape for Banks and Capital Markets(Report by AFME and Latham & Watkins)⚫ Nicola Higgs, Partner, Latham & Watkins

16:50-17:05

Closing Keynote 1: A Roadmap to Address Climate-related Financial Risk:
The Work of the FSB⚫ Rupert Thorne, Deputy Secretary General, Financial Stability Board

17:05-17:20

Closing Keynote 2⚫ Ramesh Subramaniam, Director General, Southeast Asia RegionalDepartment, Asia Development Bank

17:20-17:23

Closing Remarks⚫ Matthew Chan, Executive Director - Head of Public Policy and Sustainable
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DAY 3 – THURSDAY, 3 JUNE 2021
MARKET DEVELOPMENT

EVENT LEAD SPONSORS:

14:00-14:02

Opening Remarks⚫ Matthew Chan, Executive Director – Head of Public Policy and Sustainable
Finance, ASIFMA

14:02-14:05

Welcome Remarks⚫ Christina Ellerker, Director, Regulatory Reform, Asia Pacific Government
Affairs, Citi and Co-chair, ASIFMA Sustainable Finance Committee

14:05-14:20

Opening Keynote⚫ Satoshi Ikeda, Chief Sustainable Finance Officer, Financial Services
Agency, The Government of Japan

14:20-15:10

Panel 1: Scaling Green and Sustainable Bonds and Securitization⚫ What does Asia need to do to grow green and sustainable bond market
issuance? What are the constraints on the market, supply side anddemand side?
⚫ Do the green and transition bond principles strike the right balance toensure that sustainable bonds are credible globally but not out of reachof Asian issuers?
⚫ How can innovation in securitisation further evolve green and sustainablefinance?
⚫ Luying Gan, Head of Sustainable Bonds, Debt Capital Markets, Asia-Pacific,HSBC⚫ Helge Muenkel, Managing Director, Head of Asia Pacific, Sustainable
Finance & Global Capital Markets, ING⚫ James Pedley, Partner, Simmons & Simmons⚫ Florence Coeroli, Head of Asset-Backed Products Asia, Société Générale
⚫ Mushtaq Kapasi, Managing Director and Chief Representative for AsiaPacific, International Capital Market Association (ICMA) (moderator)

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15:10-16:00

Panel 2: A Role for Derivatives in ESG, Climate and Sustainable Finance⚫ What’s role can derivatives play in ESG and Sustainable Finance, fromclimate-related risk management to hedging ESG exposure? What else?
⚫ How can derivatives facilitate price discovery, foster market transparency
and is this important to scaling Sustainable Finance and ESG?
⚫ What is needed to grow this part of the market, and make sure its efficient?
⚫ Tobias Lausch, Head of Derivatives Execution & Clearing Sales for Asia
Pacific, Global Markets, BNP Paribas⚫ Clement Florentin, Director, Head of Investment Solutions Structuring,
Asia ex-Japan, Credit Suisse⚫ Stevi Iosif, Senior Advisor, Public Policy, ISDA
⚫ Suchitra Subramanian, ESG Product Lead, Equities, Singapore Exchange(SGX)⚫ Peter Zaman, Partner, HFW (moderator)

16:00-16:50

Panel 3: Why Green Equity and Transition Capital?
⚫ Why green equity, aren’t bonds and use-of-proceeds structures enough?
⚫ How can we account for greenness and climate transition at the entity
level while keeping true to science-based indicators and targets?
⚫ What would be needed to grow and scale the green equity market toachieve Paris Agreement goals on climate?
⚫ Motoko Ogawa, Deputy Director of Environmental Economy Office,Industrial Science and Technology Policy and Environmental Bureau,
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) of Japan⚫ Gianluca Cantalupi, Global Head of Reputational, Sustainability andClimate Risk and Deputy CRO for Sustainability, Research and InvestmentSolutions, Credit Suisse⚫ David Harris, Global Head of Sustainable Finance, London Stock ExchangeGroup (LSEG)⚫ Anthony Cheung, Managing Director, ESG, Polymer Capital Management;
Head of the Investment Committee, Friends of the Earth (HK)⚫ Rick Watson, Managing Director, Head of Capital Markets, Membershipand Events, AFME (moderator)⚫ Judson Berkey, Managing Director, UBS (via pre-recorded video)

16:50-17:05

Closing Keynote⚫ Greg Medcraft, Director of the Directorate for Financial and Enterprise
Affairs, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development(OECD)

17:05-17:25

Demo: Analysing the Green Economy and Opportunities in Asia
⚫ Lee Clements, Head of Sustainable Investment Solutions, FTSE Russell,London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG)
Closing Remarks⚫ Matthew Chan, Executive Director - Head of Public Policy and Sustainable
Finance, ASIFMA

17:25-17:28

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DAY 4 – FRIDAY, 4 JUNE 2021
LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE

EVENT LEAD SPONSORS:

09:00-09:02

Opening Remarks⚫ Matthew Chan, Executive Director – Head of Public Policy and Sustainable
Finance, ASIFMA

09:02-09:05

Welcome Remarks⚫ Helge Muenkel, Managing Director, Head of Asia Pacific, Sustainable
Finance & Global Capital Markets, ING

09:03-09:20

Opening Keynote⚫ Fabio M. Natalucci, Deputy Director of the Monetary and Capital Markets
Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF)

09:20-10:10

Panel 1: Scaling and Incentivizing Climate Aligned Finance⚫ What scale of investment is needed to meet Paris Agreement targets on
climate? Where is it needed?
⚫ Are there the right incentives and market structures in place? What is
the role of carbon markets and how do they need to evolve? Shouldoffsets be included?
⚫ Is there sufficient emissions data? Is it of the right quality andconsistency?
⚫ What role is there for regulation?
⚫ Gates Moss, Senior Research Analyst and Portfolio Manager forAustralian Equities, Alliance Bernstein⚫ Anthony Yuen, Managing Director, Head of Commodities Strategy, PanAsia, Citi
⚫ Tingting Liu, Senior Director Government and Industrial Affairs, London
Stock Exchange Group (LSEG)⚫ John Goldstein, Head of Sustainable Finance Group, Goldman Sachs⚫ Herry Cho, Head of Sustainability and Sustainable Finance, Singapore
Exchange (SGX)⚫ Roy Choudhury, Managing Director & Partner, Boston Consulting Group(moderator)

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Panel 2: Nature Capital Investing and Biodiversity⚫ What is Nature Capital Investing, and why is it important? What’s drivingit?
⚫ How should financial institutions and corporates minimise their risk tonature, and biodiversity? What risks can these factors pose to institutions?
⚫ How do we measure nature capital and risks to biodiversity? Whatdisclosure standards exist today? How will this likely evolve?
⚫ Dr Jeffrey Hung, CEO, Friends of the Earth (HK)⚫ Wai-Shin Chan, Managing Director; Head, Climate Change Centre ofExcellence; Global Head of ESG Research, HSBC
⚫ Yasmine Djeddai, Head of Sustainable Finance APAC, Société Générale
⚫ Joanne Lee, Finance Practice Specialist, WWF⚫ Michael Frank, Senior Analyst, The Economist Intelligence Unit(moderator)

11:00-11:50

Panel 3: Reaching for ‘S’ in ESG⚫ How is ‘S’ measured today -- what are investors, asset owners and otherstakeholders looking for? What risks exist globally, and specific to Asia?
⚫ What business implications are there for corporates – operations, risk
management, governance – and are these being managed today?
⚫ What would a roadmap for future evolution of social standards look like?
What is needed to improve performance and credibility in metrics andstandards?
⚫ Edena Low, Founder & CEO, The AdviXory⚫ Marion O’Donnell, Director in Sustainable Investing Group, Fidelity⚫ Nneka Chike-Obi, Director, ESG Research, Sustainable Finance, FitchRatings⚫ Tara Dermott, Head of Sub-Office, UN International Office of Migration⚫ Antony Crockett, Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills (moderator)

11:50-12:05

Closing Keynote⚫ Mary Porter-Peschka, Director – Environment, Social & Governance,
International Finance Corporation (World Bank Group)

12:05-12:10

Closing Remarks⚫ Mark Austen, CEO, ASIFMAAt ASIFMA, we are committed to ensuring diversity and inclusion in our workplace and this policy isapplied in all areas of our business including speaker roles at our events and conferences. We wish towork with members and partners who share this same commitment and are willing to support this policy.

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