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Abstract

At the 8xav�������� of Luxembourg Inclusive and Sustainable Finance Research Conference, research and network partners with an interest in inclusive and sustainable finance present current edge research and policy initiatives. Participants include practitioners, policy leaders, and academics with an interest in inclusive and sustainable finance.

Language

English.

This is a free hybrid event. Registration is mandatory.

Programme

• 9.00 – 09.30

  Words of Welcome

  • Mathilde Bauwin, ADA
  • Nicoletta Centofanti, Luxembourg Sustainable Finance Initiative
  • Prof. Dirk Zetzsche, ADA Chair in Financial Law and Inclusive Finance, 8xav�������� of Luxembourg

• 9.30 – 10.00

  Keynote Presentation – The Use of Climate Scenarios for the Assessment of Climate risks: Towards Scenario-contingent Climate Regulation (online)

  Prof. Thom Wetzer, Associate Professor of Law and Finance, 8xav�������� of Oxford

• 10.00 – 11.40

  First Session: Impact Investing

  Chair: Assist. Prof. Julia Sinnig, 8xav�������� of Luxembourg

  Discussants:

  • Regulation of Impact Investing? – Marian Unterstell, Doctoral researcher, ADA Chair in Financial Law (inclusive finance) & Prof. Zetzsche
  • Blended Finance – Prof. Dirk Zetzsche & Pedro Vilanculo, Doctoral researcher, ADA Chair in Financial Law (inclusive finance)
  • AIFs for Impact – Laetitia Duren, Counsel – Impact Finance Team, Arendt & Medernach

• 11.40 – 12.00

  Coffee break

• 12.00 – 13.15

  Second Session: Sustainable Finance Markets

  Chair: Dr Marco Bodellini, Research scientist, 8xav�������� of Luxembourg

  Discussants:

  • Datafication of Sustainable Finance – Prof. Dirk Zetzsche & Marian Unterstell
  • How to monetise the value of gender equality – Stephan Rudolph, Founder, EVITY S.A.
  • Paper presentation: Pham/Halling/Paulus/Hale, “Country-level Carbon Budgets and Economic Development” – Han Pham, Doctoral researcher, Chair in Sustainable Finance, 8xav�������� of Luxembourg

• 13.15 – 14.15

  Lunch break

• 14.00 – 14.45

  Third Session: Regulation of Sustainable Finance

  Chair: Prof. Dirk Zetzsche, ADA Chair in Financial Law and Inclusive Finance, 8xav�������� of Luxembourg

  Discussants:

  • “Greenwashing” in investment intermediation: investor protection and the difficult role of enforcement – Prof. Eugenia Macchiavello, Associate Professor in Economic Law, 8xav�������� of Genoa
  • Green Gatekeepers (online) – Prof. Alessandro Romano, Assistant Professor of Law, Bocconi 8xav��������
  • The EU’s Corporate Sustainability Disclosure Directive: A role model for the world? – Prof. Julia Sinnig, Assistant Professor in Commercial Law, 8xav�������� of Luxembourg

• 15.30 – 15.45

  Coffee break

• 15.45 – 17.00

  Fourth Session: Measurement and Impact of Financial Inclusion

  Chair: Dr Marco Bodellini, Research scientist, 8xav�������� of Luxembourg

  Discussants:

  • Aguilar/Frost/Guerra/Kamin/Tombini, Digital payments, informality and economic growth (online) – Rafael Guerra, Macroeconomic Analyst, Bank for International Settlements
  • Environmental impact of inclusive finance – Lessons learnt from practice – Mathilde Bauwin, Head Knowledge Team, ADA
  • Measuring Financial Inclusion – Prof. Julia Sinnig, Assistant Professor in Commercial Law, 8xav�������� of Luxembourg & Carmen Preda, Doctoral researcher, ADA Chair in Financial Law (inclusive finance)

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