ReAssembly '24 - Sept 26th
Our systems are breaking down. It’s time to reassemble. The ReAssembly is where solutionists meet to put the pieces back together. A convergence point of ideation, innovation and investment. This year's event will gather hundreds of leaders from finance, business, policy, non-profits, academia, and more. We aim to convene solutionists to thoughtfully ReAssemble people and industry in harmony with planetary boundaries.
PROGRAM
Private Event/INVITE ONLY: Women Moving Markets: Evolving Capital Markets for Regenerative Growth
8:30AM-Breakfast & Networking | 9:00AM - 10:30AM - Circle
Description: In a world where financial systems hold the key to transformative change, this interactive session will focus on the critical role of capital markets in scaling regenerative business models, and economies. As we face the urgency of addressing climate change and biodiversity loss—where current investment in nature-based solutions falls short by over $4T annually—there's a significant opportunity to evolve investment mechanisms that can meet these global challenges while driving profitability.
Check-in & Arrivals
Time: 10:00AM
Morning Plenary
Time: 11:00AM
Session: One Small Planet: Framing the ReAssembly
Time: 11:05AM-11:15PM
Description: Justin Winters | One Earth, interviewed by Bradley Smith | One Small Planet
Panel: Philanthropic Innovation Changes the Game with Nat Simons & Niklas Adelberth
Time: 11:15AM - 11:35AM
Description: We will hear from two pioneering voices within philanthropy and impact investing on how they focused their time and resources to create meaningful and lasting systems change. Since the mid-2000s, Nat Simons’ Sea Change Foundation has focused on Climate Change & Clean Energy initiatives and led to the formation of Prelude Ventures, one of the leading investors in the climate innovation space. Niklas Adelberth is the co-founder of Klarna, one of Europe's fintech leaders and launched Norrsken, now the largest impact fund in Europe that has multiple funds, events and community houses in Europe & Africa. Insights from the lessons learned along the way will be shared to the various solution stakeholders present within innovation, business, government, philanthropy and community building.
Panel: Turning Emissions into Opportunity Across Hard to Abate Sectors
Time: 11:50PM - 12:15PM
Description: Explore the multi-trillion-dollar potential in decarbonizing heavy industries like steel, cement, chemicals, freight and manufacturing. This session will highlight cost-saving strategies, green financing, and cutting-edge climate innovations across hardware and software currently being adopted by countries and multinationals. The discussion will emphasize the strategic benefits of adopting low-carbon technologies across hard to abate value chains, and the essential role of public-private collaboration in driving the multi- trillion in annual investments needed to achieve net-zero targets by 2050.
Hosted by: CALSTART
Speakers:
Stephanie Kodish: Global Director, Drive to Zero, CALSTART
Ida Christine Brun: Climate Tech Investments & Corporate Startup Partnerships, Maersk
Panel: Unlocking scalable carbon propositions
oneUp will share their perspective on how innovation capabilities can be leveraged to unlock sustainable impact. The talk highlights the effectiveness of business model designs across sustainability portfolios of large corporations. The talk will expand on oneUp and Rabobank's work on building scalable carbon propositions, where sustainability also created new revenue streams, and emphasize the importance of translating ambitious goals into actionable strategies.
Time: 12:05PM - 12:20PM
Hosted by: OneUp & RaboBank
Speakers:
Mark Dijksman, CEO & Founder of OneUp
Anand Khandelwal - Lead, Carbon Desk at OneUp
Emma van de Ven - Head of Strategy, Knowledge, Networks at Rabo Carbon Bank
Panel: Fueling the Future: The Shift Towards Low-Carbon Transportation
Time: 12:20PM - 12:30PM
Description: Transportation choices significantly impact carbon emissions, with the sector being responsible for roughly a quarter of all greenhouse gas emissions. Most energy used in transport is derived from fossil fuels, making it challenging to decarbonize. However, solutions like electric and solar-powered vehicles, renewable aviation fuel, green public transportation systems, and measures like carbon pricing and low-carbon fuel subsidies can help create efficient, low-carbon transportation systems.
Hosted by: Elysian
Speakers:
Rohan Patel, Former VP Tesla & Climate/Energy at Obama White House
Daniel Rosen Jacobson: Elysian Aircraft
Sangita Sharma, Director Sustainability Lab, Delta Airlines
Session Title: Resource Security & Circular Supply Chains
Time: 12:40PM - 1:00PM
Description: Dive in with us as explore the critical topic of resource security and the development of circular supply chains, featuring insights from leading experts and industry pioneers. With the urgency to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions and transition to renewable or recycled materials, organizations worldwide are rethinking their value chains to support sustainable practices.We will look into the strategies that companies are employing to assess product circularity, impact business operations, and influence consumer behavior.
Hosted by: CruzFoam
Speakers:
Introduction: John Felts , CEO - Cruz Foam
Armchair:
Sarah Luisi - Vice President, Group Strategic Sourcing & Operations, LVMH Americas
Kaley Roshitsh, Editorial Director, Cascale
Lunch and Networking
Time: 1:15PM-2:15PM
Breakout Sessions 2:15-3:30pm, and 3:40-5:00pm: (**Note: these sessions have limited space and are on a first come, first served basis until full)
Breakout Session: Driving Change: Revolutionizing Air Travel for a Sustainable Future
Time: 2:15PM - 3:30PM
Description: This discussion will focus on achieving net zero and carbon-positive outcomes across various sectors. By exploring sustainable practices in aviation, transportation, construction, and supply chains, we will uncover innovative strategies for reducing carbon emissions and fostering a climate-positive future.
Speakers: Elysian, Jet Blue Ventures
Breakout Session: Accelerating Finance & Support for Green Enterprises
Time: 2:15 PM - 3:30PM
Description: This event series seeks to explore and support implementation of strategies to significantly increase access to diversified and appropriate financing and support mechanisms for green enterprises globally, especially in emerging markets and developing countries. By gathering key stakeholders and implementing organizations, this event aims to facilitate dialogue, collaboration, and actionable insights to support the growth and impact of green enterprises. We aim to:
Highlight Specific Challenges, Opportunities & Solutions for green enterprises working to access financing and support globally, and especially in the Middle East and Africa.
Foster Collaboration and Partnerships to drive financing and growth support for green enterprises.
Speakers: Bloom.pm, Goodwall.io, African Development Bank, One Small Planet, UNFCCC Climate Champion for Africa/Ambitionloop.earth
Breakout Session: Weaving Circularity Into the Future of Fashion & Textiles
Time: 2:15PM - 3:30PM
Description: Dive into the transformative power of sustainability within the fashion industry as we focus on emerging solutions to detoxify and decarbonize the textile and apparel industries. From new manufacturing methods and bio-based materials to enhanced recycling and the growth of rental / reuse economy, this workshop will convene industry leaders across the value chain of fashion & textiles.
Speakers: Fashion for Good, Pangaia, Colorifix, Brandix
Breakout Session: Building the Future - Decarbonizing the Built Environment
Time: 2:15PM - 3:30PM
Description: Join us for an insightful session that will delve into a systems-level strategy for decarbonizing the built environment—an industry responsible for over 40% of global greenhouse gas emissions. With approximately 75% of the infrastructure projected to be built by 2050 still in the planning stages, now is the critical moment to take action. As construction productivity has faced a decline in recent decades, addressing these challenges is essential for achieving our climate goals.
The panelists are all part of the Innovation Incubator (IN²) program, on a mission to decarbonize and digitize the built environment and highlight key investment opportunities, as well as dismantling the barriers hindering progress such as the adoption barrier, a key solution for ensuring portfolio success and investment insights. They will share insights around the significance of public-private partnerships, and innovative financing models that are paving the way for sustainable development.
Speakers: DOE/NREL, Overlay Capital, Galvanize Climate Solutions
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Breakout Session: Biodiversity The Keystone of Life - The Road to COP16
Time: 3:40PM - 5:00PM
Description: As negotiators from 196 countries prepare to gather at COP16 in Cali, Colombia this October, the paramount challenge on the agenda is addressing the staggering $200 billion annual funding gap for biodiversity protection and restoration. Join us to understand the strategies and solutions being implemented to protect and restore biodiversity in alignment with the Kunming-Montreal Protocol. We will focus on the intersection of policy, finance and innovation in accelerating multi-stakeholder action toward the 30X30 agenda. Various proposals are being considered - ranging from donations by wealthy nations to innovative financial mechanisms such as impact funds, bonds deploying private capital, and the establishment of a new international market for biodiversity credits—tradable instruments representing units of protected or restored nature, similar to carbon credits. In this session, we will discuss these solutions, exploring their potential and the collaborative efforts needed to achieve our shared goal of preserving our planet's biodiversity. We will also explore policy and market incentives, innovative AgTech solutions, and integration with existing indigenous and regenerative practices.
Speakers: Superorganism, Sound Future, ReWild
Breakout Session: Shifting Trillions: Blended Capital Solutions for the Global Goals
Time: 3:40PM - 5:00PM
Description: Join investors and allocators for a deep dive into the future of capital markets and Climate-Biodiversity Nexus. This session will focus on existing and emerging mechanisms, instruments and strategies needed to mobilize and direct trillions of dollars toward sustainable investments that address climate change and preserve biodiversity. Key discussions will center on innovative financing models, the integration of blended capital approaches, and the collaborative efforts across diverse allocators required between public and private sectors.
Facilitators: Metabolic, Regeneration VC
Speakers: Ethic
Breakout Session: Reimagining Waste: Scaling Circular Value Chains
Time: 3:40PM - 5:00PM
Description: A truly circular economy requires a reimagination of waste streams, of which currently less than 8% remain in circulation after use. The design, use and reuse of materials is critical to address the current waste crisis globally. This session will delve into diverse topics around the global waste crisis, and various policy, technological, and financial mechanisms that are advancing circularity and the bio-economy. Topics such as the upcoming INC-5 and global plastics treaty and policies in EU and other advanced markets, breakthroughs in biomanufacturing and synthetic biology creating alternatives to petroleum derived materials; the advancement of AI/ML tech for value chain management, recycling, upcycling and sorting to enhance end market development.
Speakers: Pentatonic, Grey Parrot
Emissions into Opportunity
Time: 3:40PM - 5:00PM
Description: Following the main stage conversation, this breakout session will provide an interactive, deep-dive exploration of the multi-trillion-dollar potential in decarbonizing hard-to-abate sectors such as logistics, freight, agriculture, and consumer verticals. Participants will engage in discussions with industry leaders on how to turn emissions into opportunities through cost-saving strategies, green financing, and innovative technologies. The session will focus on practical applications of low-carbon solutions, highlighting cutting-edge innovations and the role of private sector leadership in driving the transition. It will also explore how public-private collaborations can help unlock the significant investments needed to achieve net-zero targets by 2050.
Speakers: CALSTART, Maersk, Bezos Earth Fund
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Runway for Change: Fashion, Finance & Impact
Time: 5:00PM - 7:00PM
Description: Fashion and Finance: This event unites leaders from climate finance, sustainable fashion, and environmental activism to explore innovative solutions that bridge creativity and climate action. Attendees will engage in panel discussions, network with industry leaders, and enjoy fashion displays that blend art with sustainability. Central to the event is the Climate Investment Engine, developed in collaboration with UN Climate Champions and Capital for Climate, aiming to break down barriers to capital flow and boost investment in climate resilience projects, especially in the Global South, fostering global collaboration for sustainable change.
5:20PM Panel Session: Investing in the Climate Future: Sustainable Finance in Action
Description: This panel brings together leaders in sustainable finance and climate innovation to explore how strategic investments can accelerate the transition to a sustainable future. The session will delve into key topics such as the role of renewable energy in sustainable textile manufacturing, the potential of biomaterials in luxury fashion, and the importance of regional climate adaptation projects.
Speakers:
Moderator: Jacinda Njike, Ambition Loop - Finance Lead
Philip Osafo-Kwaako, Executive Director, Akosombo Industrial Company Limited
Sophia Yang, Founder & Executive Director, Threading Change
Sagarika Chatterjee, UN High-Level Climate Champions Team, Finance Lead
Timothy Afful-Koomson, Regional Director, Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ)
5:55PM Panel Session: Redefining Fashion: Innovations and Alternatives
Moderator: Gonzalo Muñoz, Ambition Loop CEO and Founder
Constanza Gomez, CEO and Founder, Sortile
Matthew Moroney, Head of Sustainable Finance, Metabolic
Marina Negrisoli, Sustainable Director of Suzano
Carmen Gama, Director of Circular Design at Eileen Fisher
6:20PM Panel Session: Refashioning the System
Description: The apparel industry could be a powerful force for positive change, but it's struggled to address its environmental impact from greenhouse gas emissions to plastic pollution. PANGAIA's Eva Kruse and Patagonia's Matt Dwyer discuss the hurdles holding the sector back and what needs to change to drive more action.
Speakers:
Moderator: Sarah Kent, Sustainability Editor at Business of Fashion
Matt Dwyer, Head of Product Impact & Innovation at Patagonia
Eva Kruse, Chief Global Engagement Officer at PANGAIA
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Private Event (INVITE ONLY): Orchestrated Connecting
Time: 5:30PM-7:30PM
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Evening Plenary | Flourishing Within Planetary Boundaries + Accelerating Collective Action
Time: 7:00PM - 9:00PM
7:00PM: Arrivals + Networking
7:15PM: Welcoming Keynote - Mia Amor Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados
7:50PM: Umbra Labs: Revolutionizing Remote Sensing Globally
8:00PM: Savia Ventures Lotus Award Announcements
8:30PM: Culture to Action: The Role of Entertainment and Narrative with Climate Basecamp
Moving Markets Cocktail Party
Time: 9:00PM - 10:30PM
9:00PM: Wesley Schultz of The Lumineers live acoustic performance presented by Sound Future with special guest James Felice
9:30PM - 10:30PM: Networking
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