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1. Welcome and IntroductionKarl Vella, Climate Policy Manager, WBCSD2. Opening KeynoteIndustry Vision for 2050 – Science-based business action leading the wayPaul Simpson, CEO, CDP 3. Industry Leadership to 1.5°C Fireside Chat Format - Informal conversation between Moderator and 4 speakers. Session contextThe session will showcase the climate leadership of key industrial players who have already pledged to align business operations to achieve 1.5°C, including through their investment in innovation and research aimed at developing smarter and more effective solutions for mitigation, and building resilience. Increasingly industrial are taking the steps to recognise what these impacts may be on their workforce, and work with their unions and workers to ensure their industry makes a just transition.  Representatives from industrial sectors will bring messages and practical examples of bold commitments and action to reduce emissions, drive innovation, growth, manage risks within their businesses. ModeratorJen Austin, Policy Director, We Mean BusinessSpeakers Carlos Sallé Alonso, Chief Energy Policies Officer, IberdrolaCarol Blázquez, Head of Innovation & Sustainability, EcoalfVanessa Perez Cirera, Global Deputy, Climate & Energy, WWF InternationalOla Göransson, Deputy Director, Climate Division, Ministry of Environment, Sweden4. TED TalkImplementing industry commitments to Net ZeroMaria Mendiluce, Managing Director, WBCSD 5. Innovation to 1.5°C - Leveraging key technologies and solutionsFireside Chat Format - Informal conversation between Moderator and 4 speakers. Session contextThe transformation of our economies must accelerate to deliver the 1.5°C objective. Industrial transformation lies at the core of driving this change across markets. Digitalization and other technological advancements (such as Hydrogen, Batteries etc) are revolutionising industrial processes across entire industries, with massive potential across supply and demand value chains and geographies.  What are the key technologies that will shape the new industrial revolution? What key challenges lie ahead for heavy emitting and hard to abate sectors to move towards net zero while ensuring a just transition? ModeratorMajda Dabaghi, Director Inclusive & Green Growth, ICCSpeakers Javier Bonaplata, Head of Strategic Projects, Arcelor MittalAntoine Badinier, Deputy Vice-President, EDF Hydropower Generation and Engineering Division, EDF Gayle R. T. Schueller, Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer, 3MSamantha Smith, Director, Just Transition Centre 6. TED TalkFinance to drive systems transformation in industry  Benoît Felix, Managing Director, Global Head of Structured Finance, Banco Santander 7. Transformation enablers to 1.5°C:  Carbon Pricing & TCFD Fireside Chat Format - Informal conversation between Moderator and 3 speakers. Session contextThe transformation of our economies must accelerate to deliver on the goals of the Paris Agreement – and industrial transformation lies at the core of driving this change across markets. Investments in the energy systems transformation, guided by a carbon price can help efforts to reach net-zero emission globally over the course of the century and support the near-term acceleration needed whilst supporting societies’ development. The session will highlight the role of carbon pricing and international markets in helping accelerate systems transformation. It will also demonstrate how companies are leveraging the TCFD recommendations to deliver better financial information to drive corporate change and financial reporting on climate risks and opportunitiesModeratorShari Friedman, Senior Strategist, IFC – International Finance CorporationSpeakers Anirban Ghosh, Chief Sustainability Officer, Mahindra GroupRamiro Fernandez, Director of Climate Change, Avina Foundation, and Advisor High Level Champion of ChileWade Crowfoot, California Secretary for Natural Resources8. Concluding RemarksKarl Vella, Climate Policy Manager, WBCSD9. The Road to 2020Gonzalo Muñoz Abogabir, High-Level Champion, Chile

An opportunity to unpack the FACT Roadmap - an historic collaborative plan to tackle deforestation via sustainable global trade in agricultural commodities. Ministers, business leaders, activists and innovators will highlight how they are rising to the challenge of keeping 1.5°C alive by protecting and restoring forests and carbon rich ecosystems.