IEN 2026 Annual Forum Agenda

Wednesday, November 18 Pre-Forum Day

10:00 am – 12:00 pm	By Invitation	IEN Steering Committee Meeting By invitation only
1:00 – 4:00 pm	Workshop	Investing in Climate Justice: Financial and Reputational Strategy for Endowments and Foundations Featuring leadership from UNCF, HBCUs, and mission-driven foundations.
2:00 – 4:00 pm	Tour	Sustainability Tour — University of Toronto
5:00 – 7:00 pm	Reception	Welcome Reception

Thursday, November 19

8:00 – 9:00 am	Breakfast	Breakfast (with Topical Breakfast Tables)
9:00 – 9:20 am	Opening	Opening Remarks Georges Dyer, Executive Director, Intentional Endowments Network
9:20 – 9:40 am	Fireside Chat	Opening Fireside Chat
9:40 – 9:55 am	Dialogue	Dialogue What brings you to these conversations? What resonated with you most from the opening keynote?
10:00 – 10:25 am	Fireside Chat	Fireside Chat Kevin Thomas, CEO, SHARE · Maggie Childe, University of British Columbia Investment Management
10:25 – 10:45 am	Dialogue	Dialogue in Breakouts
10:45 – 11:00 am	Break	Networking Break
10:55 – 11:35 am	Panel	Handbook of System-Level Investing William Burckart, CEO, The Investment Integration Project · Belissa Rojas, Chief Impact Officer, Fondaction Asset Management (FAM)
11:35 am – 12:00 pm	Dialogue	Dialogue — Conversations at Tables Led by panelists from the preceding session and Brian Minns, UPP
12:00 – 1:00 pm	Lunch	Lunch
1:00 – 1:30 pm	Panel	Responsible AI Johannes Lenhard, CEO, Reframe Venture · Mark Surman, President, Mozilla · Walter Vigiliouk, Chief of Staff & Managing Director, Sustainable Investing, Manulife
1:30 – 1:45 pm	Visionary Voices	Visionary Voices on AI Paul Fehlinger, Senior Director of Policy, Investment & Innovation, Project Liberty · Michael Kubzansky, CEO, Andaris · Scott Hobart, Mercator
1:45 – 2:25 pm	Dialogue	Dialogue Two table rotations
2:25 – 2:40 pm	Break	Networking Break
2:40 – 3:20 pm	Panel	Fiduciary Duty & Systemic Risk Maurits Dolmans, Senior Counsel, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP · Madison Condon, Professor, Boston University School of Law · Simon Archer, Partner, Goldblatt Partners
3:20 – 3:40 pm	Dialogue	Dialogue in Breakouts
3:45 – 4:10 pm	Panel	Climate Transition & Climate Adaptation Daniel Ingram, Partner, Head of Responsible Investing, Aon · Martin Grosskopf, AGF
4:10 – 4:30 pm	Dialogue	Dialogue in Breakouts
4:30 – 4:50 pm	Keynote	Keynote Carole Laible, CEO, Domini Impact Investments
4:50 – 5:00 pm	Wrap-Up	Wrap-Up, Reflections from the Day
5:00 – 7:00 pm	Reception	Networking Reception
6:00 – 8:30 pm	By Invitation	Sponsored Dinners
6:00 – 8:30 pm	Dinner	Dinner — On Own

Friday, November 20

8:00 – 9:00 am	Breakfast	Breakfast (with Topical Breakfast Tables)
9:00 – 9:30 am	Fireside Chat	State of the Global Carbon Markets Michael Azlen, CEO and CIO, Carbon Cap Management LLP · Philip Pothier, Partner, Senior Real Assets Analyst, Albourne Partners (Canada)
9:35 – 10:05 am	Panel	Panel Session Nikki Kwan, Senior Analyst, Responsible Investing, University of Toronto Asset Management (UTAM)
10:05 – 10:20 am	Dialogue	Dialogue
10:20 – 10:30 am	Break	Break
10:30 – 11:00 am	Panel	System-Level Investing in the Investment Policy Statement (IPS) Kristi Petrie, AJL Foundation · Akasha Absher, Syntrinsic
11:05 – 11:45 am	Panel	Policy Steven Rothstein, Chief Program Officer, Ceres · Delaney Greig, Senior Director, Stewardship and Government Relations, University Pension Plan Toronto (UPP)
11:45 am – 12:00 pm	Dialogue	Dialogue
12:00 – 1:00 pm	Lunch	Lunch
1:00 – 1:30 pm	Panel	Panel Lila Han, Director, Sustainable Investing, OMERS · CDPQ
1:30 – 2:00 pm	Visionary Voices	Investing in Climate Solutions Kelly Gauthier, President, Rally Assets · Drake Hicks, Variant
2:00 – 2:10 pm	Break	Break
2:10 – 2:30 pm	Dialogue	Dialogue
2:30 – 3:00 pm	Keynote	Closing Keynote Roy Swan, Head of Mission Investments, Ford Foundation

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