2026 Annual Forum
Agenda
November 18–20, 2026 · University of Toronto
All times listed in Eastern Time. Sessions subject to change.
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 | 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 | 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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