2019 Agenda

Monday, May 13

6:30 pm

Reception

Omni Hotel Chicago
Outside of Picasso Ballroom, 4th floor


7:00 pm

Welcome Dinner

Omni Hotel Chicago
Picasso Ballroom, 4th floor

Keynote: Spencer Glendon, Senior Fellow, Woods Hole Research Center


Tuesday, May 14

7:00 am

Breakfast and registration


8:30 am10:30 am

Welcome plenary

Chagall Ballroom, 3rd floor

8:30am – Welcome and introduction: Sustainability at a tipping point – Dickon Pinner and Rik Kirkland, McKinsey

8:50am – Keynote: Disruptive sustainability – Raman Nanda, Chairman and Founder Softbank Energy

9:10am – Panel: Sustainable investing – unlocking the new normal

  • Cary Grace, CEO, Global Retirement and Investment Business, AON
  • Maryanne Hancock, CEO, Y Analytics
  • Robert Antablin, Co-Head, Global Impact, KKR
  • Moderator: Vivek Pandit, McKinsey

9:50am – Fireside chat: Transitions in hard-to-abate industries – John Mingé, former Chairman and President, BP America and Matt Rogers, McKinsey


10:30 am11:00 am

Networking break


11:00 am12:30 pm

Concurrent breakouts

Participants select one of two theme tracks: Energy transitions OR Sustainable investing

1) Energy transitions

Chagall Ballroom, 3rd floor

11:00am – Introduction: Global energy perspective – Christer Tryggestad, McKinsey

11:25am – Panel: How the transition is playing out in different parts of the world

  • Camilo Serna, SVP Strategy, DTE
  • Saurabh Kumar, Managing Director, EESL
  • Hector Perea, SVP, Strategy & Business Development, CEPSA
  • Moderator: Kimberly Henderson, McKinsey

11:55 – Fireside chat: The evolution of carbon capture usage and storage – Aniruddha Sharma, CEO, Carbon Clean Solutions and Eveline Speelman, McKinsey

– or –

2) Sustainable investing

Van Gogh, 3rd floor

11:00am – Panel: Scaling the sustainable investing ecosystem – metrics, analytics and research

  • Matthew Levine, Partner and Head of EQT Mid Market US advisory team, EQT Partners
  • Bhakti Mirchandani, Managing Director, FCLT Global
  • Gim Huay, Managing Director, Sustainability, Temasek
  • Kyung Ah Park , Managing Director, Head of Environmental Markets Group, Goldman Sachs
  • Moderator: Aaron Bielenberg, McKinsey

11:45am – Panel: Investor influence – driving sustainability in portfolio

  • Rick Needham, Partner, Rise Fund, TPG
  • Allison Spector, Director, Sustainability, Nuveen Real Assets and Private Markets
  • Wal Van Lierop, President and CEO, Chrysalix Venture Capital
  • Barbara Zvan, Chief Risk & Strategy Officer, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan
  • Moderator: Sean Kane, McKinsey

12:30 pm

Lunch + Fireside chat

Picasso Ballroom, 4th floor

12:30pm – Lunch

1:00pm – Fireside chat: The CEO agenda for sustainability – Alan Murray, President and CEO, FORTUNE and Bob Sternfels, McKinsey


1:45 pm3:30 pm

Afternoon plenary

Chagall Ballroom, 3rd floor

1:45pm – Talk: What companies can and should do to address environmental challenges – Mark Tercek, CEO, The Nature Conservancy

2:05pm – Panel: Granularity of climate risk

  • Jeremy Oppenheim, Founder & Managing Partner, SYSTEMIQ
  • Rowan Douglas, Head of Capital Science & Policy Practice, Willis Towers Watson
  • Spencer Glendon, Senior Fellow, Woods Hole Research Center
  • Moderator: Hamid Samandari, McKinsey

2:50pm – Panel: Perspectives on the future of mobility

  • Alex Gruzen, CEO, WiTricity
  • Sterling Anderson, Co-founder, Aurora
  • Rohit T. Aggarwala, Head of Urban Systems, Sidewalk Lab
  • Moderator: Stefan Knupfer, McKinsey

3:35 pm

Networking break


4:00 pm6:00 pm

Concurrent breakouts

Participants select one of two theme tracks: Circular economy OR Future mobility

1) Circular economy

Van Gogh, 3rd floor

4:00pm – Panel: Transforming the plastic value chain

  • David Clark, Global VP of Sustainability, Amcor
  • Cyrus Wadia, former Vice President, Sustainable Business & Innovation, Nike
  • Sheila Bonini, Senior Vice President, Private Sector Engagement, World Wildlife Fund
  • Moderator: Eric Hannon, McKinsey

4:30pm – Talk: The future of the circular economy and retail – Andrew Ruben, Founder and CEO, Yerdle

4:40pm – Design thinking exercise: The power of co-design tools – Facilitators: Malin Orebäck, Andrew Whitcomb, and Gaëlle le Gélard, Lunar, McKinsey

– or –

2) Future mobility

Chagall Ballroom, 3rd floor

4:00pm – Panel: Urban mobility for people

  • Julia Steyn, (former) VP, Urban Mobility and Maven, General Motors
  • Nadeem Sheikh, VP, Autonomous Vehicle Programs, Lyft
  • Stefan Knupfer, Senior Partner, McKinsey
  • Moderator: Russell Hensley, McKinsey

5:00pm – Panel: E-mobility

  • Anders Karrberg, Head of Sustainability, Volvo Cars
  • Val Miftakov, Founder and CEO, eMotorwerks
  • Cathy Zoi, CEO, EVgo
  • Moderator: Russell Hensley, McKinsey

6:00 pm

Break


6:30 pm

Transfer to dinner locations

Meet in hotel lobby, 3rd floor


7:00 pm

Small group dinners

Various off-site locations, check App for assigned location


Wednesday, May 15

7:00 am

Breakfast and registration

Picasso Ballroom, 4th floor


8:30 am10:30 am

Morning plenary

Chagall Ballroom, 3rd floor

8:30am – Re-opening: Rik Kirkland, McKinsey

8:40am – Keynote: Utility of the future – Anne Pramagiorre, Senior EVP and CEO, Exelon Utilities

8:55am – Panel: Innovating business models to win in the energy transition

  • Anne Pramaggiore, Senior EVP and CEO, Exelon Utilities
  • Drew Murphy, Senior Vice President, Strategy and Corporate Development, Edison International
  • Cathy Zoi, CEO, EVgo
  • Moderator: Humayun Tai, McKinsey

9:20am – Fireside chat: Perspective on climate action in the US – Carl Pope, Principal, Inside Straight Strategies and Matt Rogers, McKinsey

9:45am – Panel: Urban infrastructure for shared, seamless autonomy

  • Harriet Tregoning, Director, NUMO, World Resources Institute
  • Marshall Chapin, President and CIO, Indigo Technologies
  • Nadeem Sheikh, VP, Autonomous Vehicle Programs, Lyft
  • Moderator: Eric Hannon, McKinsey

10:15am – Fireside chat: Trust but verify: Bold Ideas on Climate – Fred Krupp, CEO, Environmental Defense Fund and Dickon Pinner, McKinsey


10:35 am

Networking break


11:00 am12:30 pm

Concurrent breakouts

Participants select one of two theme tracks: Energy transitions OR Sustainable food and agriculture

1) Energy transitions

Chagall Ballroom, 3rd floor

11:00am – Panel: Creating market structures to support a strong transition

  • John Woolard, CEO, Meridian Energy
  • Arun Majumdar, Jay Precourt Provostial Chair Professor, Stanford University
  • Moderator: Anjan Asthana, McKinsey

11:45am – Panel: The state of play in the cleantech sector

  • Jorg Heinemann, Chief Commercial Officer, Primus Power
  • Manu Sial, CFO, SunPower
  • Raphael Declercq, EVP Distributed Solutions and Strategy, EDF Renewable Energy
  • Moderator: Giulia Siccardo, McKinsey

– or –

2) Sustainable food and agriculture

Van Gogh, 3rd floor

11:00 – Introduction: The lay of the land – David Fiocco, McKinsey

11:10am – Panel: Decommodifying food value chains in a digital era

  • Steve Swartz, Chief Strategy Officer, The Wonderful Company
  • Rod Snyder, President, Field to Market
  • Anna Jorun Aas, CEO, Farmforce
  • Alison Taylor, Chief Sustainability Officer, Archer Daniel Midland
  • Moderator: David Fiocco, McKinsey

12:30 pm1:30 pm

Lunch


1:30 pm3:30 pm

Afternoon plenary

Chagall Ballroom, 3rd floor

1:30pm – Inspiring ideas: Community-scale recycling – Shannon Bouton, Global Executive Director, Sustainable Communities, McKinsey.org

1:50pm – Panel: Getting to 100% carbon free utility sector

  • Will Gardiner, CEO Drax Group
  • Mac McFarland, Executive Chairman, GenOn
  • Mateo Jaramillo, CEO and Co-founder, Form Energy
  • Moderator: David Frankel, McKinsey

2:30pm – Panel: The role of policy in spurring climate action

  • Bob Weisenmiller, former Chair, California Energy Commission
  • Phil Duffy, President and Executive Director, Woods Hole Research Center
  • Måns Nilsson, ‎Executive Director, Stockholm Environment Institute
  • Moderator: Kimberly Henderson, McKinsey

3:00pm – Rapid-fire Q&A: Breakout highlights – Rik Kirkland, McKinsey

3:20pm – Closing remarks


3:30 pm

Early departures


3:30 pm6:30 pm

Site visits

Optional — departure from hotel lobby

Lunar Design Studio: How Generation Z and Millennials approach design differently

Energy Foundry: Working with the world’s leading energy companies to build and scale new ventures

The Rebuilding Exchange: Creating a market for reclaimed building materials and investing in the Chicago community


7:00 pm

Casual dinner

For those still present — Omni Hotel Chicago 676 Restaurant

Questions? Reach out to us at sustainability_summit@mckinsey.com