Day 3: UN Climate Change Global Innovation Hub Pavillon @COP26

10:00 -11:00 Session 1: System change and climate
innovation in the technology industry
• Mr. Liangzhou Fang, Global VP and CMO, Huawei
Digital Energy (remotely, with local support)

• Ahmed Essam, CEO, Vodafone UK (remotely)
• Liam Maxwell, Director, Digital Governance
Transformation, Amazon Web Services
Session 2: Subnational and city governments

11:00 – 12:00 Short-video presentation Minister of Environment, South Australia
Statements: City/Province/Country Champions Potential partners:
• Mayor Lee Jae Joon, Goyang (in-person)
• Mayor Doug McCallum, Surrey (recorded video)
• Mayor Anne McEnerny-Ogle, Vancouver (remotely)
• Susan Aitken, Leader of City Council, Glasgow (inperson)
Open discussion Moderator: Kirsten Dunlop, CEO, Climate KIC (tbc)

12:00 – 13:00 Statements: City/Province/Country Champions • Patricio Lombardi, Ministry of Climate Change Province
of Misiones, Argentina
• Marcos Penido, Secretary of Infrastructure and
Environment Government of Sao Paulo
• Valentino De Marco, Coordinator of International
Alliances, Argentinian Network of Municipalities
• Gustavo Paredes, Advisor Community of Madrid
Open discussion Moderator: Jennie Dodson, Head of Secretariat, Mission
Innovation. Head of International Energy Innovation
Engagement, SICE, UK

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch break
Session 3: Digital Innovation Hub for Climate Change

14:00 – 14:10 Opening remarks Ovais Sarmad, Deputy Executive Secretary, UNFCCC

14:10 – 15:00 Presentations/Panel discussions
The key objective of the event is to show case
programs that focus on the intersection
between the digital and green transformation
and to share best practices on the
transformational role of digital innovations for
climate action.
Moderator: Ilias Iakovidis, European Commission/
Almut, Nagel, European Commission, DG CONNECT
Speakers/Panelists
• Carla Montesi, Director for Green Deal and Digital
Agenda, DG INTPA, EC
• Dr. Tania Vorwerk, Dep. DG for Private Sector, Trade,
Employment and Digital Technologies, BMZ
• Nourdine Bihmane, CEO Growing Markets Region &
Decarbonization Business Line, ATOS
• Lacina Koné, Executive Director, Smart Africa
• Cecilia Scharp, Assistant Director General, Department
for International Organisations and Policy Support,
SIDA

15:00 – 15:30 Launch of the Digital for Climate Innovation
Challenge
Moderator: Massamba Thioye, UNFCCC
Speakers:
• Carla Montesi, Director for Green Deal and Digital
Agenda, DG INTPA, EC
• Dr. Tania Vorwerk, Dep. DG for Private Sector, Trade,
Employment and Digital Technologies, BMZ
• Frank Barz, Program Director, TechBoost at Deutsche
Telekom
• Alicia Lenze, Director of Sustainability, SAP
• Ovais Sarmad, Deputy Executive Director, UNFCCC
(tbc)
Navigating the finance/digital/climate intersection

15:30 – 16:30 Session 4: Role of SE in promoting innovative
climate solutions: financing, standards, and
education
Moderator: Tiffany Grabski, senior Specialist Climate
Action, UN SSE
Speakers:
• Caprioli Chiara, Senior Business Development
Manager, Luxembourg Stock Exchange
• Herry Cho, Head of Sustainability and Sustainable
Finance, Singapore Exchange
• Shameela Soobramoney, Chief Sustainability Officer,
Johannesburg Stock Exchange
• David Harris, Global Head of Sustainability Finance,
Data, and Analytics, London Stock Exchange Group
• Hideki Tomita, Chief Representative in Europe, Japan
Exchange Group
• David Colin, Mexico

16:30 – 17:30 Session 5: Innovative financial solutions for
need-based/solution-oriented approach to
climate action
Panelists:
• Antoine Sire, Global Head of Company Engagement
BNP Paribas
• Kampeta Sayinzoga, CEO, Development Bank of
Rwanda
• Henry Fernandez, CEO and Chairman of MSCI
• Vivienne Yeda, Director General, East Africa
Development Bank

17:30 – 18:00 Session 6: How do we accelerate climate
action? Digital innovation collaboration and the
path to net zero
Moderator: Mark Evans, Chief Marketing Officer at GeSI
Panelists:
• Florence Verzelen, Executive Vice President, Industry,
Marketing & Sustainability at Dassault Systems
• Tim Fleming, Director of Global Enterprise
Sustainability at AT&T