08:30 – 09:00
WELCOME COFFEE AND NETWORKING
09:00 – 09:45
Opening the Conference and Keynote Addresses
OPENING REMARKS
Eva Lindström
Member of the European Court of Auditors
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Jyrki Katainen
European Commission Vice-President for Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness
Sustainable Europe 2030: state of play and next steps
Georg Kell
Chairman of Arabesque | Founder and former Director-General of the UN Global Compact
Technology and Corporate Disclosure
09:45 – 11:00
SESSION I
What is the State of Sustainability Reporting?
PRIVATE SECTOR
DISCUSSION
Hilde Blomme
Deputy CEO of Accountancy Europe
Natalia Agüeros-Macario
Integrated Reporting Manager of Umicore
Sarah-Jayne Dominic
Senior Manager Standards of Global Reporting Initiative
PUBLIC SECTOR PRESENTATIONS
Nicola Pochettino
Head of Impact and Reporting Division of European Investment BankGert Jan Koopman
Director-General of DG Budget – European Commission
Sustainability reporting developed in the private sector, and certain large companies are now obliged to report. But is the public sector following what it requests from its companies? Is the EU and its institutions leading by example? And what lessons can we learn from each other? This session will explore the current state of sustainability reporting in the private and public sectors respectively.
11:00 – 11:30
COFFEE BREAK AND NETWORKING
11:30 – 12:30
SESSION II
What sustainability information do stakeholders need?
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
Robert Scharfe
CEO of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange
Heidi Hautala (Greens/EFA)
Vice-President of the European Parliament
Arnoldas Abramavičius
First Vice-President of the ECON Commission of the Committee of the Regions | Member of Zarasai District Municipal Council in Lithuania
Lazaros S. Lazarou
Ville Majamaa
Vice-President of the Board of the European Youth Forum
Sara Fröhling Lind
Expert in youth consumption and lifestyle trends of Ungdomsbarometern
There is growing acceptance and realisation that sustainability related risks are financial risks. Financial markets and investors are putting pressure on companies to disclose these sustainability-related risks. What do today’s consumers and tomorrow’s voters want to know from businesses and governments? How do private and public sector organisations demonstrate how they are implementing and achieving SDGs and sustainability? This session will explore the investor and market perspective.
PANEL DISCUSSION
12:30 – 13:30
NETWORKING LUNCH
13:30 – 14:45
SESSION III
The Truth, the whole Truth and nothing but the Truth
Richard Howitt
CEO of International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC)
Tytti Yli-Viikari
Auditor-General of the National Audit Office of Finland
Wim Bartels
Partner corporate reporting KPMG Netherlands | Programme Lead for the Corporate Reporting Dialogue
Valérie Arnold
Partner and Corporate Responsibility Leader of PwC Luxembourg
Phil Wynn Owen
Sustainability reporting should not be a PR exercise. But how can we trust the information? This is where auditors have a pivotal role to play. Private and public auditor professionals will discuss the challenges they face and how their profession could contribute to increase credibility and stakeholders’ trust in information provided as well as improve internal control systems.
14:45 – 15:30
SESSION IV
What’s next? The 2030 Agenda and the Way forward
Ann Mettler
Head of the European Political Strategy Centre (EPSC)
Relevant Audits in a Bounded World
Public Forum
Kick-off by Annemie Turtelboom
CLOSING REMARKS
MODERATED BY
Manj Kalar
Kalar Consulting