Brett McDowell
Chair at Hedera's Board of Directors
Brett brings over 20 years of IT industry coalition experience, and is the Chair of the Hedera Governing Council. He has had founding executive roles at the Kantara Initiative, IDESG, DMARC.org, and FIDO Alliance. In addition, he has extensive multi-stakeholder governance experience, having served on the board or advisory board of MAAWG, NCSA, StopBadWare, and PCI SSC, among other industry coalitions.
Council Cocktail Reception @ Hedera Haus
Light Bites & Drinks @ Hedera Haus (Monday)
Cocktail reception with drinks, hors d'oeuvres, and representative Council members.
Future of Regenerative Finance @ Hedera Haus
12:30 - 12:45 Bringing the Balance Sheet of the Planet to the Public Ledger
- Wes Geisenberger
12:45 - 1:15 Credible & Open Innovation: 30 Minutes
Focusing on Financial Inclusion w/ Standard Bank - Ian Putter
1:30 - 2:00 Making Sustainable Finance Auditable
- Moderator: Katherine Foster (CH)
- Alexey Shadrin - Evercity (Germany)
- Anete Garoza - Founder, 1MTN (Estonia)
- Stenver Jerkku - Solid World DAO (Estonia)
2:05 - 2:35 Digitizing & Open Sourcing Methodologies
What is dMRV - What are methodologies? Why should they be digitized? Largest Open Source Digitized Methodologies on Hedera
- Moderator: Anna Lerner, Climate Collective (USA)
- Daniel O’Halloran - CEO Tymlez (Australia)
- Dr. Vincent Peikert - Founder, Noumena Digital (CH)
- Max Song - Founder - Carbonbase & CarbonBlock (Hong Kong)
2:35 - 3:00 Networking Break
3:00 - 3:30pm Scaling Validation & Verification
- Moderator: Hania Othman (Netherlands)
- Jheroen Muste - Co-Founder & Board Member - KrypC (Netherlands)
- Raphael de Ry - Allcot.io (UK)
- Gregory Landua - Regen Network
3:35 - 4:05pm Liquidity in Climate Markets & Discovering a Global Carbon Price
- Moderator: Kristina Lucrezia Corner - CoinTelegraph EIC (Italy)
- Matthew Porter - Tolam Earth (MO, USA)
- Ana Karen Zapata - ClimateTrade (Spain)
- Neil Cohn - Co-founder, CodeGreen (USA)
4:05 - 4:30 Networking Break
4:30 - 5:00pm Making ESG Reporting Credible
- Moderator: Jonathan Rackoff (WA, USA)
- Alasdair Were - IETA (CH)
- Dr. Nisha Kohli - Founder & CEO, CorpStage (Singapore)
- Dr. Alan Ransil - Sustainability Lead, Filecoin (WA, USA)
5:05 - 5:30 Beyond Carbon: Biodiversity & Nature Markets
- Revathi Kollegala - Exec Director Regen Foundation
- Simon Zadek - Exec Director, Nature Finance
- Frederic Degret - CEO, NOAH Regen
6:30 - 7:00 Climate & ESG Innovation in Enterprise: Hedera Governing Council Perspectives
- Andy Gastwirth - Chief Innovation Officer, DLA Piper
- Tasker Generes - ServiceNow
- Nilmini Rubin - Chief Policy Officer, Hedera
- Paolo Tasca - UCL
Council Cocktail Party @ Hedera Haus
Cocktail party with drinks, hors d'oeuvres, and representative Council members.
Greek House (Sponsored by Hedera)*
Panel: the Emergence of Breakthrough Technologies: New Ways to Mobilize Finance for Sustainable Investments.
* This is an invite-only, private event.
Light Bites & Drinks @ Hedera Haus (Tuesday)
Cocktail reception with drinks, hors d'oeuvres, and representative Council members.
Council Cocktail Reception @ Hedera Haus
Cocktail reception with drinks, food, and representative Council members.
Light Bites & Drinks @ Hedera Haus (Wednesday)
Cocktail reception with drinks, hors d'oeuvres, and representative Council members.
Swedish Lunch @ Schatzalp Hotel (Sponsored by Hedera)*
Panel: the Agility of Leadership.
* This is an invite-only, private event.
Africa House @ Hedera (Wednesday)*
Africa House is a platform to spearhead Africa's rising by bringing the best and brightest entrepreneurs, initiatives, and opportunities to leaders across industry and government attending Davos. Africa House is powered by The Giving Back Fund as a non-profit project and supported by a team of experts that bring together a combined 30+ years of experience on the continent and leading African initiatives.
* This is an invite-only, private event.
6th annual Arabian Nights Davos - an SDG Gala (Sponsored by Hedera)*
Experience unparalleled networking, high-profile branding, and the opportunity to engage our guests at the Hedera Partner Lounge while building relations with exceptional individuals, organisations, and projects at the 6th annual Arabian Nights – an SDG Gala for 2023.
* This is an invite-only, private event.
Light Bites & Drinks @ Hedera Haus (Thursday)
Cocktail reception with drinks, hors d'oeuvres, and representative Council members.
Africa House @ Hedera (Thursday)*
Africa House is a platform to spearhead Africa's rising by bringing the best and brightest entrepreneurs, initiatives, and opportunities to leaders across industry and government attending Davos. Africa House is powered by The Giving Back Fund as a non-profit project and supported by a team of experts that bring together a combined 30+ years of experience on the continent and leading African initiatives.
* This is an invite-only, private event.
POLITICO Davos Party (Sponsored by Hedera)*
POLITICO is back in Davos for an evening of great conversation, drinks and entertainment. The event is invitation-only and will take place on January 19 convening leaders from the Davos political, business and media community. Continuing the growing tradition, we will host a reception atop the mountain at the Hotel Schatzalp ending the evening with our signature sledge run to Davos Platz.
For more information, visit: https://www.politico.eu/event/politico-davos-party/
* This is an invite-only, private event.
Council Open Tea @ Hedera Haus
Afternoon tea with drinks, hors d'oeuvres, and representative Council members.