8:45
Are You Ready? Check in with Global Watch Parties
NextGen Hosts: Fatoumata Diane, Maria Lopez Conde, Hicham Agouzzal, IFC
9:00
Welcome
Morgan Landy, Senior Director Global Infrastructure, IFC
Denise Odaro, Head of Investor Relations & Sustainable Finance Coordinator, IFC
Katherine Koh, Climate Lead Infrastructure, IFC
Veronica Nyhan Jones, Global Manager, Sustainable Infrastructure Advisory, IFC
9:05
Communities Strong: Financing Resilience on the Front Lines
Honorable Mia Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados
Emmanuel Nyirinkindi, Vice President, Cross-Cutting Solutions, IFC
Infra Art Nexus Colombia
Latin Latas, Zero Waste Lab
9:15 AM
Creative Action 4 Africa
Idris Elba, Actor, Producer, Humanitarian & UN Goodwill Ambassador, IFAD
Sabrina Dhowre Elba, Model, Activist & UN Goodwill Ambassador, IFAD
Makhtar Diop, Managing Director, IFC
Gilbert Houngbo, President, IFAD
Vast Horizons: Eco-Engineering
Kadija Simboro, General Director, Farafina Eco-Engineering, Burkina Faso
9:35 AM
Bridging the Digital Divide: Data & Voice
Hassanein Hiridjee, CEO, Axian Group
Linda Munyengeterwa, Director, Middle East & Africa Infrastructure, IFC
Infra Art Nexus Côte d’Ivoire
Mounou Desire Koffi, Recycling Artist & Activist
9:40 AM
Humanizing Finance
Audrey Choi, Senior Advisor & CEO, Institute for Sustainable Investing, Morgan Stanley
Denise Odaro, Head of Investor Relations & Sustainable Finance Coordinator, IFC
9:50 AM
Sustainability-Linked Partnerships
Froydis Cameron-Johansson, Group Head, International Government & Sustainability Relations, Anglo American
Ignacio de Calonje, Sustainable Finance Lead, Infrastructure, IFC
First Nations Driving Net Zero
Mark Podlasly, Director, Economic Policy, First Nations Major Project Coalition
Infra Art Nexus Bolivia
Imilla Skate, Indigenous Female Skateboard Collective
9:55 AM
Learning Together: Financing Ambitious Green Energy in Asia
Eugene Cheng, Group Chief Financial Officer, Sembcorp Industries
Jing Li, Thoh, Head, Group Corporate and Treasury, Sembcorp Industries
Gwendolyn Loh, Vice President, Group Sustainability, Sembcorp Industries
Isabel Chatterton, Director, Asia Infrastructure, IFC
10:00 AM
Fresh Perspectives: Finance is for Everyone
Aisling McCaffrey, Assoc. Director Financial Services Advisory, Grant Thornton Ireland
Maya Burney, Founder, Womvest South Africa
Nomindari Enkhtur, CEO, Mongolian Sustainable Finance Association
10:10 AM
Greening Transport & Managing Water in Central America
Victor Vial, Chief Financial Officer, Panama Canal
Sanaa Abouzaid, Regional Manager, Central America, IFC
10:15 AM
Conflict & Gender Bonds
Sima Sami Bahous, Executive Director, UN Women
Regenerative Power Through Dance: A Refugee Perspective
Olena Shoptenko, Dancer & Choreographer from Ukraine
10:25 AM
Water 4 Equality in Turkey
Aysel Özkan, General Manager, Izmir Water and Sewerage Administration (IZSU)
Ozan Beser, Investment Officer, IFC
Infra Art Nexus Senegal
Beni Fadi, Singer, Songwriter, Water Activist
10:30 AM
Edutaining Climate-Conscious Kids
Alex Rendell, Actor & Producer, UNEP National Goodwill Ambassador for Thailand
Makhtar Diop, Managing Director, IFC
10:35 AM
Innovation for Impact: VC + Infratech
Katie Rae, CEO & Managing Partner, The Engine, MIT
Stephanie von Friedeburg, Senior Vice President, Operations, IFC
10:45
After Party: Live Meet Up with IFC & Global Youth Influencers
Anup Jagwani, Global Head of Climate Finance and Policy, IFC
Anna Maria Jaklitsch, Infrastructure Sustainable Finance Officer, IFC
Hema Vallabh, Partner, Five35 Ventures and Co-Founder, WomHub and WomEng, South Africa
Pratik Gauri, Founder & CEO of 5ire.org, India
Marie Josephine (Chouchou) Mpacko, Foreign Affairs Officer, Cameroon
Ahmed Samir Elbermbali, Managing Director, Clean Energy Business Council (CEBC), Dubai
Marc Alain Boucicault, Founder of Banj, Haiti
Edith Brou, Digital Entrepreneur, Côte d’Ivoire
