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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

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

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

4:05 - 4:30 Networking Break

4:30 - 5:00pm Making ESG Reporting Credible

5:05 - 5:30 Beyond Carbon: Biodiversity & Nature Markets

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
Andrew Gastwirth

Andrew Gastwirth

Chief Innovation Officer at DLA Piper

As Chief Innovation Officer for DLA Piper, one of Andrew Gastwirth’s primary responsibilities is to create new, alternative, and exciting revenue businesses for the firm outside the traditional legal services model. One of those innovations is TOKO, a digital asset creation platform. Gastwirth joined Zenobia Godschalk to provide details on this new territory DLA Piper, and the Hedera council have carved out.

Wes Geisenberger

Wes Geisenberger

VP, Sustainability & ESG at The HBAR Foundation

Wes Geisenberger is the Vice President of Sustainability and ESG at The HBAR Foundation.

Tasker Generes

Tasker Generes

VP, Vision & Innovation at ServiceNow

As a driven digital transformation leader, Tasker developed value added business and technology experiences that delivered measurable revenues as well as savings and ROI. He modernized IT and Enterprise infrastructures, optimized processes, maximized resources, and elevated service delivery in complex global environments. Tasker holds an MC in Project Management from George Washington University and a BA in Economics from the University of California San Diego.

Hania Othman

Hania Othman

Director, Systems Innovation for Sustainability at The HBAR Foundation

Hania Othman is the Director of Systems Innovation for Sustainability at The HBAR Foundation.

Ian Putter

Ian Putter

Head of Blockchain, Center of Excellence at Standard Bank Group

With over 26 years’ experience in the banking industry and over 5 years’ experience working and collaborating with blockchain companies around the world, Ian brings an immense blockchain knowledge and expert guidance to the team. Ian holds a Master’s Degree in Banking and Economics from the University of Pretoria and a Honours and CTA from University of Johannesburg and is also a qualified Chartered Accountant.

Jonathan Rackoff

Jonathan Rackoff

VP, Global Policy & Sustainable Impact Fund at The HBAR Foundation

Jonathan Rackoff is the Vice President of Global Policy and the Sustainable Impact Fund at The HBAR Foundation.

Nilmini Rubin

Nilmini Rubin

Chief of Staff and Head of Global Policy at Hedera

Nilmini Rubin has over 20 years of experience in international technology, energy, and democracy policy and acts as both the Chief of Staff and Head of Global Policy of Hedera. Previously, she lobbied on cybersecurity for the Information Technology Industry Council and contributed to Meta’s policy programs team. Nilmini led Tetra Tech’s global division implementing energy and internet projects that resulted in millions of people gaining access to electricity for the first time.

Paolo Tasca

Paolo Tasca

Founder & Executive Director at University College London Centre for Blockchain Technologies

Dr. Tasca is a digital economist, specialising in distributed systems, and served as special advisor on blockchain technologies for the EU Parliament, the United Nations, and numerous Central Banks worldwide. He is a serial entrepreneur and is the Founder and Executive Director of the world’s largest research centre on blockchain technologies at the University College London. Before that, he was the Lead Economist on digital currencies and P2P financial systems at Deutsche Bundesbank.