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Thank you for joining us for the second Global Sustainability Forum hosted by ADNOC, the CSO Network and the New York Stock Exchange.

The Forum in July 2024 at the Abu Dhabi Energy Center gathered leaders to discuss sustainable technologies, the role of AI in climate and nature, and how data can quantify the impact of climate risk.

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2024 Event Highlights

2024 Agenda

All times in GST

8:15 -8:50 a.m. – Registration and networking
9 - 9:10 a.m. – Welcome address
Ibrahim Al Zu’bi, Chief Sustainability & ESG Officer, ADNOC Group
9:10 - 9:50 a.m. – Keynote panel: The role of advanced technologies in achieving sustainability goals
Mayssoun Azzam, Political Anchor, Al Arabiya (Moderator)
Musabbeh Al Kaabi, Executive Director, Low Carbon Solutions & International Growth, ADNOC Group
Fernando J. Gomez, Head of Resources Systems and Resilience, Center for Nature and Climate & Member of the Executive Committee, World Economic Forum
HE Sheikh Fahim Al Qasimi, Co Founder & Chief Impact Officer, Seafood Souq
Dr. Sufyan Al Issa, Global Head Business Development, IFC, World Bank Group

9:50 - 10:20 a.m. – Announcement
10:20 - 10:55 a.m. – Fireside chat: Driving social sustainability in the age of AI
Mina Al Oraibi, Editor-in-Chief, The National (Moderator)
Eng. Hatem Dowidar, Group CEO, e&

10:55 - 11:25 a.m. – Coffee break and networking
11:25 a.m. - 12 p.m. – Harnessing technology to drive the carbon credits landscape
Gordon Bennett, Global Head of Environmental Markets, ICE (Moderator)
Dr. Chris Cooper, CEO, AIQ
Tommy Ricketts, CEO & Co-Founder, BeZero Carbon
Ehab Tasfai, Chief Technology Officer, 44.01

12 - 1 p.m. – Lunch soundbites
Gary King, President, ICE Futures Abu Dhabi (Moderator)
Dr. Pavel Entin, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, SynPlanet
1 - 1:45 p.m. – Leveraging big data to quantify climate risk impacts
Chris Edmonds, President, Fixed Income & Data Services, ICE (Moderator)
Kamran Khan, Head of ESG, Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa, Deutsche Bank
Christina Shim, Chief Sustainability Officer, IBM
Dr. Ramzi Ben Ouaghrem, Director of Research Development and Engagement, Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI)

Sabrin Rahman, Managing Director, Head of Sustainability Europe, Middle East, Africa and Turkey, HSBC

1:45 - 2:30 p.m. – Integrating technology with nature-based solutions
Samar Al Hameedi, Vice President, Climate Change, ADNOC Group (Moderator)
Laila Mostafa Abdullatif, Director General, Emirates Nature in association with WWF & Chair, AP25 - Asia Pacific, Emirates Nature, WWF
Dr. Murray Collins, CEO & Co-Founder, Space Intelligence Ltd
Dr. Lamya Al Haj, Associate Professor of Molecular Biology, Sultan Qaboos University

HE Ahmed AlHashmi, Executive Director of the Terrestrial and Marine Biodiversity Sector, Environment Agency Department (EAD) - Abu Dhabi

2:30 - 3 p.m. – Ted Talk: AI solutions for a greener future
Onur Elgun, CEO & Co-Founder, CarbonSifr
Jay Sadiq, Founder & CEO, FortyGuard
Jane Glavan, Co-Owner, Distant Imagery Solutions
3 - 3:30 p.m. – Coffee break and networking
3:30 - 3:45 p.m. – Keynote fireside chat: Sustainability in Small Island States
Ibrahim Al Zu’bi, Chief Sustainability & ESG Officer, ADNOC Group (Moderator)

HE Thoriq Ibrahim, Minister of Climate Change, Environment and Energy, Republic of Maldives

3:45 - 4:20 p.m. – Creating an enabling ecosystem for tech startups and SMEs in sustainability
Razan Salman, Senior Economy and Government Reporter, CNN Business Arabic (Moderator)
Abeer Al Ameeri, Head of Partnerships, Sharjah Entrepreneurship Center (Sheraa)
Amy Lehoczky, Director, Environmental, Social and Governance, G42
Orkhan Mustafayev, Advisor to the High-Level Champion on Business Engagement, COP29
Ivan Mozharov, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Offset8 Capital
Tammer Qaddumi, Co-Founder & General Partner, VentureSouq
4:20 - 4:35 p.m. – Forum wrap up and future outlook for technology and AI in sustainability

Dr. Yasar Jarrar, Managing Director, Posterity Institute

Emcees:
Azza Alraisi, Senior Sustainability Specialist, ADNOC Group

Shamma Al Romaithi, ESG Intelligence Specialist, ADNOC Group

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