Conference
Global Forest - Agriculture - Natural Capital Investment Conference
Including:
Welcome drinks and Networking Reception
and an Optional Financial Networking Reception to enable delegates to meet with invited Luxembourg executives from the financial community.
Wednesday 26 March 2025
Thursday 27 March 2025
| Time | Topic | Presenter |
| 730 | Registration Desk Open | |
| 0850-0900 | Conference Opens - Welcome and House Keeping | Dennis Neilson, Director, DANA NZ, New Zealand |
| 0900-0915 | Luxembourg Agribusiness Association: An introduction | Philippe Durey, President Luxembourg Agribuisness Association (LuxAA), Luxembourg |
| 0915-0930 | How domestic and international forestry and wood processing investment can enhance a country's economy and environment: A New Zealand Case Study | New Zealand Ambassador-designate to Belgium, Bulgaria, Luxembourg, Moldova and Romania; Deputy Head of Mission to the European Union. |
| 0930-1000 | The role of the European Investment Bank (EIB) in Agriculture and Natural Capital Investment | Mrs Vigliotti, Vice President, Agriculture and Natural Capital and Felipe Ortega Schlingmann, Head of Bioeconomy Division, European Investment Bank |
| 1000-1030 | Q&A Session | |
| 1030-1100 | Morning Coffee Break & Networking | |
| Theme | The Global Forest Investment Space | |
| 1100-1130 | International Forest Investment - An overview: 1. Where are institutional investors buying forests, 2. Return expectations, 3. Multi-country Country Forest Investment Attractiveness Ratings and Rankings | Dennis Neilson, Director, DANA NZ, New Zealand |
| 1130-1200 | How is the Emergence of Natural Capital Investments Reshaping the Forest Investment Asset Space | Portfolio for the Future | Dr. Chung-Hong Fu, Managing Director Economic Research and Analysis, Timberland Investment Resources, USA |
| 1200-1230 | Private Equity Investment Trends -- Including Agribusiness - Forestry | Raphaël Betti, Partner Assurance - Climate Change and Sustainability Services Leader, Ernst & Young S.A., Luxembourg |
| 1230-1400 | Lunch | |
| 1400-1430 | Sponsors Presentations | |
| 1430-1500 | The interest of a major International Bank in forestry investment | Sophie Dimopoulou, Head of Distribution Luxembourg & Eastern Mediterranean Countries, BNP Paribas Asset Management and Céline Claudon, Chief Commercial Officer, IWC. |
| 1500-1530 | The development of a forestry portfolio by a major European/International industrial company: Why does Europe feature so heavily? | Andriy Hrytsyuk, Forestland Portfolio Manager · Ingka Group (former IKEA Group) |
| 1530-1615 | Afternoon Coffee Break & Networking | |
| 1615-1645 | The attractiveness of Natural Capital to a major Global Insurance Group – Take-always of investing into forestry & agriculture for 15 years | Hans-Joachim Seyfarth, Head of Illiquid Assets Natural Capital, MEAG MUNICH ERGO Asset Management GmbH, Germany |
| 1645-1705 | What does a Private Family Office Business look to when making investment decisions? Does "sustainability" play a role? | Axel Oddo, Directeur Général, OBE and Partner chez Vasgos France |
| 1705-1725 | The Family Office Angle of Biodiversity Focused Forest Investments | Aleksandra Holmlund, CEO Qarlbo Biodiversity, Sweden |
| 1725-1745 | Q&A for the days presentations | |
| 1745 | Day 1 ends | |
| 1745-1915 | Networking Reception | |
Thursday 27 March 2025
| Time | Topic | Presenter |
| 0730 | Registration Desk Open | |
| 0850-0900 | Conference Opens - Welcome & House Keeping | Dennis Neilson, Director, DANA NZ, New Zealand |
| Theme | Agriculture and Forestry | |
| 0900-0930 | The Role of Forests and Agriculture in an Investment Portfolio | Carl Atkin-House, Head of Natural Capital Strategy, Climate Asset Management, UK |
| Theme | Global Forest Investment - by Regions | |
| 0930-1000 | North America - the largest investible forest market in the World: SE, NE and PNW regions) and its role in growing Natural Capital | Troy Harris, Director, Jamestown, USA |
| 1000-1020 | Europe (Nordic/Scandinavia-Baltics, UK and Iberia) | Tapani Pahkasalo, Partner DASOS Capital, Finland |
| 1020-1040 | France | Lionel Kiesmann, Ingénieur Forestier, Racines, France |
| 1040-1100 | The untapped potential of South East Europe as a forest investment region | Daniel Paul Dima, Managing Partner, Porini Log Oy, Finland |
| 1100-1130 | Coffee Break & Networking | |
| 1130-1200 | Forest investing in Latin America | Esben Brandi, Head of Business Development, BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group, Denmark |
| 1200-1230 | What attracts so many international Companies, Asset Managers and Private Family interests to invest in Forestry (and in Agriculture) in Oceania? | David Gardner, Chief Investment Officer, Forestry Gresham House, UK |
| 1230-1300 | Forest investing in Africa: Is a Different Approach Required? | Ole Sand, Managing Partner, Criterion Africa Partners, USA |
| 1300-1400 | Lunch | |
| Theme | Secondary Markets | |
| 1400-1420 | The opportunity to invest in (Global) forest fund markets through "Secondary Offerings" | Stephen Addicott, Managing Partner, Stafford Capital Partners, UK |
| Theme | Forests and Sustainability/Carbon Offsets/Credits | |
| 1420-1445 | A Legal/Investor perspective of the new EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), and other EU legislation that forest investors and wood importers should be aware of | Sara Nordin, Partner, White Case LLP, Brussels |
| 1445-1515 | Climate change risks and opportunities for European timberland investment | Darius Sarshar, Principal, Europe SLM Partners, UK |
| 1515-1540 | The opportunities to invest in forestry for carbon credits - A major Asset Managers perspective | Arnaud Filhol, CEO, France Valley Asset Management, France |
| 1540-1600 | Forestry 3.0: Preparing for the 3rd age of forestry | Keith Lamb, Senior Associate Margules Groome and Lecturer, Scottish School of Forestry, UK |
| 1600-1615 | New Products-Funds-Projects Panel | Claudio Braidotti, Chief Investment Officer, CarbonPool, Switzerland |
| 1615 | End of Conference | |
| 1615-1700 | Delegates tour of the nearby Palace of the Duke of Luxembourg | |
| 1700-1830 | Optional: Financial Networking Reception - Delegates and invited guests from the Luxembourg financial community | |