Program
P4G Copenhagen Summit 2018
On Friday 19 October, the Danish Prime Minister opened the Summit at the Confederation of Danish Industry. In the afternoon, participants were matched in working sessions with relevant potential partners from other countries, businesses, finance institutions, and international organizations committed to sustainable development in order to develop new partnerships or take existing partnerships to a new level. Global state of the art partnerships were showcased on the first day. The afternoon sessions took place at the Confederation of Danish Industry, Bloxhub and Eigtveds Pakhus.
The second day, Saturday 20 October took place at the Danish Radio Concert Hall. In prominent surroundings with participation of the Danish Royal Court, heads of state and governments, CEOs, leaders of civil society and organizations reviewed the outcome of the first day of the Summit, elevated crosscutting themes, and recognized the best partnerships at the P4G award ceremony.
Registration
Location: Confederation of Danish Industry
Welcome
Location: Confederation of Danish Industry
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Karsten Dybvad, Confederation of Danish Industry Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Prime Minister |
Harvesting the SDG Business Opportunities through Partnerships
Location: Confederation of Danish Industry
How can public-private partnerships accelerate sustainable growth? A cross-sectoral panel of global leaders discuss how business and the public sector can collaborate to acheive more sustainable cities and economies. Leaders share examples of how they are embracing the SDGs at all levels of their organisations to increase impact.
| Moderator | Melinda Crane, Anchor, Deutsche Welle |
| Panel |
Andrew Steer, CEO, World Resources Institute Søren Skou, CEO, Maersk Paul Polman, CEO, Unilever Isbrand Ho, Managing Director, BYD Europe Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for Economic and Social Policies, Singapore |
Break
Location: Confederation of Danish Industry
Financial Strategies for a Sustainable Transition
Location: Confederation of Danish Industry
What are the means to align the financial sector and the SDGs? Which finance models are needed for accelerating investments in sustainable solutions? Panel participants provide advice and concrete examples on the way forward, including pioneering partnerships between public and private finance, innovative financing models, and targeted initiatives aimed at increasing the global supply of investable projects.
| Moderator | Fiona Reynolds, CEO, Principles for Responsible Investment |
| Panel |
Philipp Hildebrand, Vice Chairman, BlackRock Peter Damgaard Jensen, CEO, PKA Naoko Ishii, CEO, Global Environmental Facility (GEF) Diwakar Gupta, Vice President, Asian Development Bank John Roome, Senior Director, World Bank Group |
Presentation of P4G Scale-Up Parterships
Location: Confederation of Danish Industry
Since P4G’s launch in January, more than 450 partnerships from 80 countries have applied to become a P4G Partnership. The 8 partnerships selected as finalists to receive scale-up funding of up to $1 million signal the emerging characteristics of what is a P4G partnership. These partnerships demonstrate innovative business and finance models to achieve sustainable growth with high potential for scaling and replication. P4G Global Director, Ian de Cruz, will discuss characteristics of a P4G partnership and how P4G’s approach and global network can accelerate their progress.
| Moderator | Melinda Crane, Anchor, Deutsche Welle |
| Panel |
Ian de Cruz, Global Director, P4G Wu Changhua, Executive Director, Value internet Academy Xuemei Gu, Chief Technology Officer, Cainiao Mark Watts, Executive Director, C40 Terri Toyota, Deputy Head of Centre for Global Public Goods, World Economic Forum |
Transportation and Lunch at Destination
Thematic Breakout Sessions: Partnership Showcasing and Facilitation
Participants will be escorted to one of the five P4G thematic tracks; food & agriculture, water, energy, cities and circular economy. The tracks have identical setups.
Thematic Breakout Session I: Food and Agriculture
| Hosts: |
Ministry of Environment and Food & The Sustainable Trade Initiative (IDH) |
| Themes: | The food and agriculture track focuses on global food issues including sustainable food systems, food security, prevention of food loss and waste, deforestation and yield improvements through effective harnessing of big data and mobile technologies. The overall purpose is partnership acceleration, feedback and development. |
| Moderator: |
Charlotte Ersbøll, Senior Advisor, UN Global Impact |
| Speakers: |
Joost Oorthuizen, CEO, The Sustainable Trade Initiative (IDH) Ben Valk, Director of Banking for Food Partnerships, Rabobank Lise Kingo, CEO, UN Global Compact Jakob Ellemann-Jensen, Minister for Environment and Food, Denmark Marie-Louise Appelquist, Managing Director & Partner, Nordic Consulting Group Matias Pollmann-Larsen, Principal, The Boston Consulting Group |
| State-of-the-Art Partnerships |
Courthauld Commitment 2025, Richard Swannel, Director, WRAP Global Tropical Forest Alliance 2020, Marco Albani, Director, Tropical Forest Alliance Green Growth Plan Lam Dong Province, Daan Wensing, Program Director for Landscapes, IDH |
| P4G Partnerships |
Indonesia Food Loss and Waste Action Partnership Food Delivery Companies for Reducing Single-Use Plastics Sustainable Food Platform The Sub-Saharan Africa Innovation Lab for Climate Finance Reducing Deforestation by Expanding |
Thematic Breakout Session II: Water
| Hosts: |
Ministry of Environment and Food, World Resources Institute (WRI) & International Water Association (IWA) |
| Themes: | Introduction to global challenges on water and the possibility that partnerships can help address these challenges and link to SDG objectives 6 and 17. |
| Moderator: |
Betsy Otto, Director, World Resources Institute |
| Speakers: |
Jakob Ellemann-Jensen, Minister for Environment and Food, Denmark
Kim Eun-kyung, Minister of Environment, Republic of Korea Kalanithy Vairavamoorthy, Executive Director, IWA Hak-Soo Lee, CEO, K-Water Ulla Tørnæs, Minister for Development Cooperation, Denmark Tom Ferguson, Vice President, Imagine H20 Victor Garnreiter, Senior Vice President International Development, SUEZ Christian Friis Bach, Secretary General, Danish Refugee Council Torben Huss, CEO, IFU |
| State-of-the-Art Partnerships |
PAMIGA, Renée Chao-Béroff, General Manager, PAMIGA Strategic Water Partners Network, Nicholas Kudakwashe, Senior Specialist, Strategic Water Partners Network Singapore - Four Water Taps, Tan Yok Gin, Deputy Chief Executive, Public Utilities Board |
| P4G Partnerships |
Business-Humanitarian Partnership Lab Partnership for Blended Finance on Water |
Thematic Breakout Session III: Energy
| Hosts: |
Ministry of Energy, Utilities and Climate & International Energy Agency |
| Themes: | The energy track looks at mobilising investment and transforming finance models at the international, national, and sub-national level to boost production and access to renewable energy, including for off-grid communities, and improving energy efficiency e.g. in big data centers. |
| Moderator: |
Helen Mountford, Director of Economics, World Resources Institute |
| Speakers: |
Lars Christian Lilleholt, Minister of Energy, Utilities and Climate, Denmark
Rodolfo Lacy Tamayo, Environment Director, OECD Robert Orr, Special Advisor to the Secretary-General on Climate Change, United Nations Christian T. Skakkebak, Senior Partner, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners Anjuli Pandit, UK Head of Corporate Sustainability, BNP Paribas Gabriel Mejia, Senior Partnerships Relations Manager, Ørsted Naoko Ishii, CEO, Global Environment Facility |
| State-of-the-Art Partnerships |
Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa, Joao Cunha, Division Manager, Energy Initiatives, African Development Bank The District Energy in Cities Initiative, Lily Riahi, Head of District Energy in Cities Initiative, UN Environment Lighting Global/ Lighting Africa, Dana Rysankova, Global Lead for Energy Access, World Bank |
| P4G Partnerships |
Clean Energy Investment Accelerator/National Renewable Energy Laboratory GreenCo/Africa GreenCo Energise Africa/ Lendahand Ethex Global Distributors Collective/Practical Action Green FIDC The Global Partnership for Energy-Efficient Data Centres |
Thematic Breakout Session IV: Cities
| Hosts: |
Copenhagen Municipality & C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group |
| Themes: | After welcoming remarks by Mark Watts, Executive Director of C40 and Lord Mayor Frank Jensen, Mayor of Copenhagen, this session will discuss how city and business partnerships can advance the Green Economy |
| Moderators: |
Jesper Nygard, CEO, Realdania |
| Speakers: |
Naoko Ishii, CEO, Global Environment Facility Frank Jensen, Mayor, Copenhagen Lars Fruergaard Jorgensen, CEO, Novo Nordisk Jens Birgersson, CEO, Rockwool Group James Raymond, Manager, Research & Analysis at Vancouver Economic Commission Erica Helson, Assistant VP, Smart & Sustainable Cities, New York City Lene Dammand Lund, Rector, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture, Design and Conservation Malou Aamund, Country Director, Google Denmark Solomon Kidane Zegeye, Deputy Mayor, Addis Ababa |
| State-of-the-Art Partnerships |
Key note: Kim Fausing, CEO, Danfoss
CFF: Financing low carbon mobility infrastructure development in Mexico City, James Alexander, Programme Director, City Finance & Head, C40 Cities Finance Facility Global Industry Partnership on Soot-Free Clean Bus Fleets, Drew Kodjak, Executive Director, ICCT |
| P4G Partnerships |
Building Efficiency Accelerator Green Logistics City Partnership Electrification of Buses |
Thematic Breakout Session V: Circular Economy
| Hosts: |
Ministry of Industry, Business and Financial Affairs & Ellen MacArthur Foundation |
| Themes: | The circular economy track will take a cross-sectoral approach to how we accelerate green growth and innovation for sustainability through new ways of designing, producing, using, reusing and remanufacturing. Focus will be on both industrial products and materials, as well as consumer products and packaging, within areas like plastics, machinery, electronics, industrial parks and special economic zones |
| Moderator: |
Peter Woodward, Director, Quest Associates |
| Speakers: |
Rasmus Jarlov, Minister of Industry, Business and Financial Affairs, Denmark Flemming Besenbacher, Chairman, Carlsberg Foundation and Carlsberg Siddharth Hande, Founder & CEO of Kabadiwalla Connect, India |
| State-of-the-Art Partnerships |
European Remanufacturing Council, David Fitzsimons, Managing Director, Oakdene Hollins Circular London, Wayne Hubbard, CEO, LWARB Next Wave Plastics, Dune Ives, Executive Director, Lonely Whale |
| P4G Partnerships |
Sustainable Special Economic Zones Circular Economy Retrofitting of Chinese Industrial Parks Partnership for a New Plastics Economy in Kenya Vietnam Materials Marketplace Race to the Top |
Thematic Opening
Ministers, CEOs, and sector experts will set the scene and discuss how market-driven partnerships can accelerate sustainable businesses in the particular field.
For all thematic breakout sessions.
State-of-the-Art Partnerships
Showcasing examples of public-private partnerships with impact.
For all thematic breakout sessions.
Coffee Break and Networking
Participants can use the P4G Copenhagen Summit app to meet and network withSummit participants, including representatives from young tech companies pioneeringthe sustainable tech-transition in countries such as Kenya, Ethiopia & Korea.
For all thematic breakout sessions.
Partnership Acceleration Workshop and Thematic Sessions
Through tailored, facilitated sessions led by experts within each thematic track, the acceleration workshop will support partnerships at different developmental stages andprovide them with concrete tools to move forward.
Round-up and Closing Remarks
Key learnings and insights are extracted and shared. To round up, each track will announce which state-of-the-art partnership will make its way to the pitch session on Saturday
Transport to Joint Networking Event
Joint Networking Event at the Copenhagen City Hall
After the thematic tracks, all summit delegates are escorted to Copenhagen City Hall Square where young people taking part in ‘next generation P4G’ activities will invite everyone to tour a sustainable Copenhagen home – in the form of a mega-sized apartment constructed on City Hall Square to showcase innovative sustainable solutions to some of the key challenges posed by increasing urbanisation. Topics such as provision, consumption and waste of water, food and energy and energy efficiency in buildings will come to life for visitors through physical and digital interaction within the apartment’s different rooms. An online calculator will allow guests to make estimates about the magnitude of global challenges in areas such as food loss, flooding in urban areas and health impacts of air pollution and see the positive effects of particular solutions.
From 17:45 delegates can enter the historic City Hall where a festive dinner reception begins 18:30.The program includes amble time for delegates from across the five thematic tracks to meet and greet.
| Moderator | Frank Jensen, Lord Mayor, Copenhagen |
| Keynote |
Rufus Gifford, Former U.S. Ambassador to Denmark, United States |
Registration
Location: The Danish Radio Concert Hall
Opening: Global Leadership for a Sustainable Future
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Lead Moderator |
Melinda Crane, Anchor, Deutsche Welle |
| Welcome | Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Prime Minister, Denmark |
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P4G Keynotes |
Moon Jae-In, President, Republic of Korea Mulatu Teshome, President, Ethiopia Nguyễn Xuân Phúc, Prime Minister, Vietnam Mark Rutte, Prime Minister, Netherlands |
| Speech on Sustainable Cities |
Wang Zhigang, Special Envoy for the Government, China |
| High-Level Dialogue |
Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Prime Minister, Denmark
Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bangladesh Børge Brende, President, World Economic Forum Ana Hajduka, Founder and CEO, Africa GreenCo Amy Jadesimi, CEO, Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics Base |
| Special Guest keynote |
Taro Kono, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Japan |
Next Generation Leadership - Charting the Way Forward
Location: The Danish Radio Concert Hall
Former Prime Minister of Norway and UN Special Envoy on Climate Change Gro Harlem Brundtland speaks to next generation leaders championing innovative market based solutions for a more sustainable future
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Moderator |
Melinda Crane, Anchor, Deutsche Welle |
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Panel |
Gro Harlem Bundtland, Former Prime Minister, Norway Samuel Rigu, CEO, SAFI Organics Hanny Mulugeta Semere, Co-Founder, Epov |
Coffee break and networking
Pitch Session: State-of-the-Art International Partnerships
Location: The Danish Radio Concert Hall
The State-of-the-Art partnership winners from each of the thematic tracks will pitch their partnerships to a panel of experts. The audience can ask questions via the Summit App and cast their vote for the winner.
| Moderator | Melinda Crane, Anchor, Deutsche Welle |
| Panel |
Strive Masiyiwa, Executive Chairman and Founder, Econet Group Hans Peter Lankes, Vice President, International Finance Corporation Birgitte Qvist-Sorensen, General Secretary, Dan Church Aid Lise Kingo, CEO, UN Global Compact Soo Young Lee, CEO, Kolon Eco One |
Breakouts: P4G Partnership Themes
Location: The Danish Radio Concert Hall
Panels will discuss cross-cutting themes and trends emerging across the P4G partnership applications in the five P4G focus areas.
Breakout Session I: Digital Platforms and New Technologies as Drivers of Sustainability
Location: The Danish Radio Concert Hall, Studio 4
How can advances in big data, machine learning, blockchain, mobile technologies, and mobile money be applied to accelerate solutions for green growth? A panel of experts will explore how these new technologies are expected to develop and will create new opportunities for partnerships across the SDGs.
| Moderator | Amanda Eichel, Executive Director, Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy |
| Panel |
Jim Hagemann Snabe, Chairman, Siemens Bo Øksnebjerg, Secretary General, WWF Denmark Erich Clementi, Senior Vice President, IBM Inhyok Cha, Executive Vice President, SK Telecom Ann Rosenberg, Senior Vice President, SAP |
Breakout Session II: Resource Efficient Solutions - Partnering Along the Value Chain
Location: The Danish Radio Concert Hall, Studio 2
How can a more circular economy be applied and more resource efficient solutions be scaled across sectors such as water, food and buildings, as well as emerging and developing countries experiencing rapid growth? Hear from thought leaders who are furthering the circular economy, our next frontier.
| Moderator | Ron Gonen, CEO, Closed Loop Partners |
| Panel |
Mark Rutte, Prime Minister, Netherlands Peder Holk Nielsen, CEO, Novozymes Claire Vyvyan, Senior Vice President, Dell Technologies Zhang Xianming, Vice President, Broad Group Thomas Carlsson, CEO, NCC |
Breakout Session III: Collaboration: Cities and Sustainable Industrial Parks for Innovation and Growth
Location: The Danish Radio Concert Hall, Studio 3
What are the good examples of approaches and lessons learned for cities to become successful hubs and innovation centers for green growth? Can sustainable innovation transform traditional industrial zones into commercial engines for the future in developing countries? A panel of experts will discuss the policies, financing models, and partnerships necessary for developing the ecosystem for cities to become SDG innovation centers.
| Moderator | Andrew Steer, CEO, World Resources Institute |
| Panel |
Amy Jadesimi, CEO, Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics Base Frank Rijsberman, Director General, GGGI Hongbo Chen, COO, TusHoldings Co Solomon Kidane Zegeye, Deputy Mayor, Addis Ababa [TBC] |
Breakout Session IV: Creating the Enabling Regulatory Framework for Financing Public-Private Partnerships
Location: The Danish Radio Concert Hall, Main Stage
What is the role of governments in terms of developing a framework for PPPs across venture, growth and infrastructure investments? Which regulatory and collaborative models are successful, such as green procurement, blended finance, green funds and bonds? Explore how policy, partnership, and investment strategies are increasing the adoption of green growth in thought-leading countries.
| Moderator | Melinda Crane, Anchor, Deutsche Welle |
| Panel |
Kristian Jensen, Minister for Finance, Denmark Seleshi Bekele Awulachew, Minister of Water, Irrigation and Electricity, Ethiopia Torben Möger Pedersen, CEO, PensionDanmark Hott Amadou, Vice President, African Development Bank Robert Orr, Special Advisor to the Secretary-General on Climate Change, United Nations |
Lunch
Location: The Danish Radio Concert Hall
Lunch at the panorama hall of the Concert Hall. Attended by HRH The Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark and HRH The Crown Princess Mary of Denmark.
P4G Awards Ceremony and Closing Remarks
Location: The Danish Radio Concert Hall
The session will start with the P4G Awards Ceremony. Award presenters will announce the P4G Partnerships to receive 2018 scale-up funding and facilitation, and the winner of the 2018 P4G Partnership Award
| Award presenter | HRH the Crown Princess of Denmark |
| Closing Remarks |
Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Prime Minister, Denmark [TBD] |
To achieve our ambitions as embodied in the SDGs and the Paris Climate Agreement, we must work in partnerships to promote inclusive, green growth. P4G Summit will be a significant contribution to making this happen. I look forward to participate
