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DESCRIPTION:The ESG Spring Conference is hosted by the CIBC Office of Susta
 inable Finance under the auspices of McGill’s Sustainable Growth Initiativ
 e (SGI) and McGill Business Law Platform. \n\nThis conference will unite b
 usiness school deans\, industry experts\, representatives from banking\, f
 inance\, and law firms\, as well as educational institutions including CEG
 EPs\, high schools\, and community organizations. Together\, they will eng
 age in discussions on the pressing challenge of enhancing the effectivenes
 s and universality of ESG practices through collaborative\, community-base
 d initiatives.\n\nRegister Here\n\n\n\n	08:20 -  Registration \n	08:40 - Wel
 come Remarks: Professor Peer Zumbansen\, Director McGill Business Law Plat
 form\, Academic Lead\, SGI CIBC Office of Sustainable Finance\, Desautels 
 Faculty of Management  \n	08:45 -  Panel I: Sustainability Activism and the
  Importance of Visibility – The Role of Law Firms\, Businesses and Stakeho
 lder Groups in promoting Climate Change Mitigation \n		\n			Panelists: \n				\n					Harr
 ison (“Harry”) Myles\, Goldblatt Partners\, LL.P. Toronto \n					Haley Czarnek\
 , Law Students for Climate Accountability (LSCA) [remotely] \n					Marie-Claire
  Cordonier Segger\, Chair in Sustainable Development Law and Policy\, Univ
 ersity of Cambridge [remotely] \n					Noah Stern\, CEO Mooseknuckles\, Canada 
 \n					Kevin Thomas\, Shareholder Association for Research and Education (SHARE
 ) \n				\n			\n			Moderator: \n				\n					Shivani Salunke\, DCL/PhD Candidate\, McGill Univer
 sity\, Faculty of Law\n				\n			\n		\n	\n	10:15 - Coffee Break \n	10:30 -  Panel II: S
 ustainability Finance\, Reconciliation and Indigenous Communities – Making
  Consultation and Consensus a Reality in Today’s Sustainable Finance Proje
 cts \n		\n			Panelists: \n				\n					Aaron White\, Vice President\, Sustainable Investme
 nts - CIBC Asset Management\n					Jaimie Lickers\, Senior VP\, Indigenous Marke
 ts\, CIBC [remotely] \n					Geordie Hungerford\, Chief Executive Officer of the
  First Nations Financial Management Board [remotely]  \n					Klaus Ludwig Schil
 ling Maciel\, Latin American Climate Lawyers Initiative for Climate Action
  (LACLIMA)\;  \n					Yvan Guy Laroque\, Larocque Business Law\, Winnipeg \n					Luis
 a Castañeda-Quintana\, DCL/PhD candidate\, Vanier Scholar\, McGill Faculty
  of Law [remotely] \n				\n			\n			Moderator:\n				\n					Peer Zumbansen\, Director\, Busines
 s Law Platform\, McGill Law\, CIBC Office of Sustainable Finance \n				\n			\n		\n	
 \n	12:15 - Lunch  \n	13:45 - Panel III: Sustainability Curriculum Design Acr
 oss Generations – Educating the Next Generation \n		\n			Panelists: \n				\n					Mark Mc
 Guire\, John Abbott College  \n					Gracie Diabo\, Loran Scholar\, McGill Unive
 rsity\, Faculty of Engineering  \n					Geoff Garver\, Law and Governance Lead\,
  Leadership for the Ezozoic  \n					Hannah West\, JD cand. ’24\, University of 
 Toronto\, Faculty of Law\, Member\, UofT Law Union  \n					Olaf Weber\, CIBC Ch
 air in Sustainable Finance\, Schulich School of Business\, York University
  Toronto  \n					Glen Dowell\, S.C. Johnson School of Business\, Cornell Univer
 sity \n				\n			\n			Moderator: \n				\n					Ella Johnson\, Editor in Chief\, McGill Sustaina
 ble Development Law Journal \n				\n			\n		\n	\n	15:15 - Coffee Break\n	15:30 - KEYNOT
 E ADDRESS: Climate Change\, Sustainability and 21st Century Business Schoo
 l Education \n		\n			Keynote Speaker: Dean Andrew Karolyi\, SC Johnson College 
 of Business\, Cornell University \n			Introduction: Daniel Tsai\, Adjunct Ass
 istant Professor\, Queens Smith School of Business\, Senior Fellow\, McGil
 l Business Law Platform \n		\n	\n	16:15 - DEANS’ Panel: “Sustainability as Edu
 cational Challenge' – The Place of Business Schools in Changing Mindsets a
 nd Training the Next Generation” \n		\n			Dean Wanda Costen\, Smith School of B
 usiness\, Queens University\n			Dean Detlev Zwick\, Schulich School of Busine
 ss\, York University\n			Dean Andrew Karolyi\, SC Johnson College of Business
 \, Cornell University\n		\n	\n	17:10 - Conclusions \n	17:15 - Closing \n\n
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LOCATION:Room 365/370\, Donald E. Armstrong Building\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\,
  H3A 3L1\, 3420 rue McTavish
SUMMARY:ESG Spring Conference - The sustainability challenge in law & busin
 ess: education\, amplification\, and collaboration
URL:/desautels/channels/event/esg-spring-conference-su
 stainability-challenge-law-business-education-amplification-and-355932
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