Date and Time
December 4-December 8, 2023
9:00 am-5:00 pm
GST
Location
Dubai, Madinat Jumeirah Conference Centre
BSR is delighted to be a partner of the Climate Action Innovation Zone - an inclusive platform for cross-sector collaboration at COP28.
From December 4-8 at the Madinat Jumeirah Conference Centre, it will bring together thousands of leaders and practitioners from business, finance, cities, governments and civil society to drive climate action at speed and scale. We hope you will join us in the Innovation Zone to help supercharge our collective climate action.
This year’s Innovation Zone includes the Climate Action Arena, the Climate Knowledge Hub - hosting Climate Action’s Flagship Forums including the Sustainable Innovation Forum on 4-5 December, Sustainable Finance Forum on 6 December, Hydrogen Transition Summit on 7 December and Agri-Food Systems Summit on 8 December. The Innovation Zone will also include the Island of Hope running a daily program focusing on accelerating climate adaption, resilience and ecosystem restoration in Small Island and vulnerable states and a lively evening program of climate cocktails, drinks receptions and dinners.
We are excited to announce we have 10 complimentary Climate Leader Passes for BSR members to attend the Climate Action Innovation Zone's Flagship Forums which you can register for here.
BSR's CEO and President, Aron Cramer, will be speaking on Tuesday, December 5 at the Sustainable Innovation Forum from 11:40 am - 12:20 pm on the Supply Chain Opportunity panel. The Sustainable Innovation Forum 2023 unites sustainability leaders from business, government, finance, and civil society to create the leading multi-stakeholder event during COP28.
Additional speakers include:
- Faustine Delaselle, Executive Director, Mission Possible Partnership Global
- Rhian Kelly, Chief Sustainability Officer, National Grid
- Sherry Madera, Executive Director, CDP
- Niki Mardas, Executive Director, Global Canopy
- Reece Whitby, Minister for Environment and Climate Action, Western Australia
- Zitouni Ould-Dada, Deputy Director, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Helen Mountford, President and CEO, ClimateWorks
- Honourable Danielle Smith, Premier of Alberta, Government of Alberta
- Mohamed Gouled - Vice President, Global Industries, International Finance Corporation
- Nicolas Peltier Thiberge – Global Director, World Bank
- Alexandra Bocșe – State Adviser on Climate and Sustainability, Romanian Presidential Administration
- Dr. Rebekah Shirley, Deputy Director, World Resources Institute
Scheduled Speakers
- Aron Cramer, President and CEO, BSR
