Escola Superior de Biotecnologia
PROGRAMME
Sustainability and Regeneration are key areas for organizations today, in line with what is proposed by the European Green Deal. INSURE.hub is an initiative whose main objective is to create a vibrant international ecosystem of transdisciplinary knowledge that promotes business solutions with a circular, sustainable and regenerative scope, powered by disruptive technologies. It results from the mobilization of Universidade Católica Portuguesa, in Porto, through its Schools - Católica Porto Business School and Faculty of Biotechnology - and of Planetiers New Generation, along with a set of national and international entities that constitute themselves as thought leaders and agents of Transformation for Sustainability and Regeneration.
14:30 Opening Remarks
Isabel Capeloa Gil | Universidade Católica Portuguesa (Rector)
Isabel Braga da Cruz | Catolica Porto - CRP (President)
14:40 Brief presentation of INSURE.hub - “Innovation for Sustainability and Regeneration Hub”
Manuela Pintado | Católica Porto, Faculty of Biotechnology - Centre for Biotechnology and Fine Chemistry
João Pinto | Católica Porto (Vice-President) and Business School (Professor of Finance)
António Vasconcelos, Planetiers New Generation (Co-Leader)
15:05 European Survey Corporate: Sustainability, Innovation and Leadership
Edwin Janssen | Sustainable Growth Associates - The Natural Step Germany (Partner)
15:20 Backcasting from net-zero and from positive pursuits enabled by tech acceleration
Rüdiger Rohrig | Sustainable Growth Associates - The Natural Step Germany (Managing Partner)
15:40 Panel discussing the findings of the survey and the challenges ahead
Ana Salomé | Symington Family Estates (People and Sustainability Executive Board Member)
Micaela Cabral | Bondalti (Head of Strategy and Sustainability)
in dialogue with Edwin Janssen
16:00 NETWORK BREAK
16:30 Future-Fit Business as a navigation toolkit aligned with backcasting
Tom Bregman | Future-Fit Foundation, UK (Corporate)
16:50 Sustainable & regenerative financing and investing
João Pinto | Católica Porto Business School
Sofia Santos | Credito Agrícola (ESG expert advisor)
in dialogue with Tom Bregman
17:10 Regenerative business – the new wave
John Fullerton | Capital Institute, US (CEO)
17:40 An International Dialogue on Regenerative Business
Gunter Pauli | ZERI - Zero Emissions and Research Initiative (CEO and one of the Founders of Circular Economy)
in dialogue with John Fullerton
18:10 Case study of Circular and Sustainable Innovation: Alchemy
John Melo | CEO Amyris Inc, US (CEO)
introduced by Manuela Pintado (also Scientific Coordinator of the Alchemy Project)
18:30 Closing Words
Paula Castro | Escola Superior de Biotecnologia (Dean)
Rui Sousa | Católica Porto Business School (Dean)
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