Objective:
To showcase the key elements that position Cali and Valle del Cauca as a platform for developing projects aligned with Sustainable Development Goals, aiming for carbon neutrality and sustainable use of biodiversity on the global stage of COP16, which will take place in Cali.
Target Audience:
Features:
Cali is the host of the COP16, the most important world Summit on biodiversity.
Surrounded by 7 rivers, ecosystems, wetlands and more than 500 species of birds, it is undoubtedly a biodiversity capital by excellence.
Valle del Cauca has the most diversified energy matrix in Colombia with 99% of renewable sources. It has the most sophisticated and diversified economy in the country. Origin of 12% of the country’s non-mining goods.
It is located in the nerve center of the Pacific Region and the Southwest of Colombia, an area recognized for its biodiversity and renowned for being one of the places with the highest endemism and biological diversity in the world.
Valle del Cauca is the third region of greatest economic relevance in Colombia, contributing 10% of the national GDP, concentrates 18% of the national industry and 22% of the agro-industry in just 2% of the Colombian territory.
7:30 – REGISTRATION
8:00 – OPENING SESSION
Valle del Cauca Governor’s Office
Dilian Francisca Toro
Governor
ProColombia
Carmen Caballero
President
Cali’s Chamber of Commerce
Luis Fernando Pérez
President
Mayor’s Office of Cali
Melissa Vergara
Secretary of Economic Development
Invest Pacific
Juan Carlos Castro
Executive Director
8:30 – KEYNOTE SPEAKERS | CONFERENCES
World Economic Forum
Cristina Gómez
Lead Sustainability and Resilience
DAGMA
Mauricio Mira
Director
Ellen MacArthur Foundation
Guilherme Suertegaray
Senior Project Manager Latin America
IÓmicas Institute
Andrés Jaramillo
Scientific Director
9:30 – CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE USE OF BIODIVERSITY
Smurfit Westrock
Cynthia Wolgien
Director of Communications
and Sustainability
Latin America
Natura
Sabina Zaffora
Sustainability Manager
for Latin America
Humboldt Institute
Felipe García-Cardona
Manager Center for Biodiversity, Economic
and Finance
Alliance Bioversity – CIAT
María Fernanda Álvarez
Director of Crops for Nutrition and Health
Prissma LLC
Moderator – Victoria Galeano
CEO
10:15 – CIRCULAR ECONOMY AND GREEN VALUE CHAINS
Esenttia
Manuel Felipe Leyva
Vice-President of Growth
Carvajal
Enrique Manuel Sarco
Sustainability Director
Manuelita
Harold Eder
President
Novo Nordisk
Alan Kadduri
Sustainability Director LATAM
WastetoWorth
Moderator – Joaquín Caraballo
Director
11:00 – FINANCING A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
WWF Colombia
Sandra Valenzuela de Narváez
Executive Director
IADB
Hilen Meirovich
Climate Change Head
Scotiabank Colpatria
María Sancho G.
Corporate General Secretary & Sustainability Head
Finance in Motion
Federico Sinisterra
Senior Investment Manager
FTI Consulting
Moderator – Juan Viana
Director
11:45 – SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL: FIELD ENERGY FOR THE SKIES OF THE WORLD
Asocaña
Johan Martínez
Director of Renewable Energy and New Business
LATAM Airlines Colombia
María Lara
Corporate Affairs Director
Ecopetrol
Sandra Ballén
Director of Products and Petrochemicals
Civil Aviation Authority
Sergio París
General Director
Fedebiocombustibles
Moderator – Carolina Rojas
President
12:30 – LUNCH BREAK (FEEL FREE TO EXPLORE LOCAL DINING FOR LUNCH)
14:30 – KEYNOTE SPEAKER
National Government
Andrés Camacho
Minister of Mines and Energy
14:45 – GREEN HYDROGEN AND NEW ENERGIES FOR DECARBONIZATION
Colombia Hydrogen
Mónica Gasca
Director
Fanalca
Eduardo Cando
Director of Electrification
Sumitomo
Juan Pablo Reyes
Andean Region Director
Celsia
Simón Pérez
Innovation Leader
ASDF
Moderator – Kevin De Cuba
Founder
15:30 – REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE
Nestlé
Rob Cameron
Global Head of ESG Engagement
Bayer Crop Science
Natasha Santos
Head of Sustainability & Strategic Engagement
Ingredion
Brian Nash
Vice President, Corporate Sustainability
Yara
Anke Kwast
VP Regenerative Agriculture & Climate Frameworks
Corpovalle
Moderator – Adrián Zamora
Director
16:15 – GREENING THE RULES: NAVIGATING THE FUTURE OF GREEN BUSINESS REGULATIONS
Holland & Knight
José V. Zapata
Partner
Ricardo Lozano
Former Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development of Colombia
Brigard Urrutia
Margarita Solorza
Director
Externado University
Milton Montoya
Director, Department of Mining-Energy Law
La FM
Moderator – Juan Lozano
Director and Former Minister
17:00 – CLOSING REMARKS
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