Registration & Welcome Coffee

Opening Speeches

Navigating Sustainability in Romania: The Honest Overview. 

Local Perspectives on Sustainable Leadership from Key Executives

Top executives from companies active in Romania, express their thoughts, share their experiences, and reflect on the challenges and opportunities brought in by the transition from Business-as-Usual to Sustainable Business.

• Adela Jansen, Board & Advisory Board Member, Associated Professor Bucharest Business School, Angel Investor;
• Ștefan Buciuc, CEO BCR Social Finance & Head of Social Banking BCR;
• Valer Hancaș, Corporate Affairs & Communication Director, Kaufland Romania & Moldova;
• Nicolas Richard, Board member of Foreign Investors Council (FIC) & CEO ENGIE Romania.

Q & A Session

Coffee Break & Networking

The Global Perspective – Wayne Visser

Thriving: The Breakthrough Movement to Regenerate Nature, Society, and the Economy

The future will be better than you think! It all takes an innovation agenda to turn our biggest global societal challenges into opportunities to thrive.

Bestselling author and professor Wayne Visser challenges the concept and practice of “sustainability” and argues for more ambition by reframing the agenda in terms of “thriving” and net positive impacts.

Listen to an inspiring speech to understand how innovation can regenerate nature, society, and the economy by taking us from degradation to restoration of ecosystems, from depletion to renewal of resources, from disparity to responsibility in communities, from disease to revitalization of health, from disconnection to rewiring through technology, and from disruption to resilience of infrastructure and institutions.

In his presentation, Wayne will tackle these inspiring topics:

• From breakdown to breakthrough: turning inspiration into action and adding momentum to the growing regeneration movement;
• Powerful strategies for achieving system transformation;
• Pragmatic hope based on purpose-driven creativity and innovation;
• Rethinking innovation: goals for growing market opportunities

Fireside chat Wayne Visser
O&A Session

The Global Perspective – John Elkington 

Regenerative Capitalism and the Future of Sustainability. Looking Back to Move Forward!

Sustainability is going mainstream, but where did it all start? The traditional capitalist business model meant “growth at all costs” and business-as-usual only brought “unsustainability.” Those days are long gone.

Drawing on a half-century of experience, the “Godfather of Sustainability” John Elkington explains how a series of societal pressure waves have helped transform business, markets, and, ultimately, capitalism. Discover how John managed to encourage hundreds of leaders to embrace “once-unthinkable ways” of addressing new social, economic, environmental, and governance priorities.

Savor inspiration from John’s pioneering work to make business sense of sustainability! Listen to a manifesto for all those determined to make the global economy more responsible, more resilient, and, crucially, more regenerative.

In his presentation, John will tackle these inspiring topics:

• What does tomorrow look like? Rethinking the “Triple Bottom Line” concept;
• What are “Green Swans” and why they matter more than ever;
• Must-watch trends in sustainability and the social enterprise;
• The next stage in the Sustainability Revolution.

Fireside chat John Elkington
Q&A Session

Business Lunch & Networking