Speakers
World Climate Summit 2015
World-Class speakers
2015’s World Climate Summit was historic and we celebrated this accordingly.
Therefore, in addition to its sponsor CEOs, the World Climate Summit invited high-level speakers from all its past events including: Sir Richard Branson, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Al Gore, Ted Turner, President Zuma, President Calderon, Christiana Figueres, Laurent Fabius (Minister of Foreign Affairs, France), Mary Robinson, Nicolas Hulot (Advisor to the French President), Anne Hidalgo (Mayor of Paris), global celebrities, CEOs and VIPs from Sustainia.
Meet Our Speakers
CEOs, Leaders and VIPs
Anders Runevad
CEO, Vestas
Andre Schneider
Chairman, World Climate Ltd
Anne Simpson
Investment Director, CalPERS
Anthony Hobley
CEO, Carbon Tracker Initiative
Barend Verachtert
Deputy Head of Unit Biotechnologies, European Commission
Bruno Cercley
CEO, Rossignol
Chip Comins
CEO, AREI
Christopher Knowles
Head of Climate Change & Environment, European Investment Bank
David Heurtel
Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and the Fight against Climate Change, Québec.
Dr. Elizabeth Farina
President & CEO - Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA)
Dr. James Philp
OECD Secretariat
Dr. Paul Bunje
Principal Scientist, Xprize
Elizabeth Burakowski
Postdoctoral Researcher at University of New Hampshire and Visiting Scientist at National Center for Atmospheric Research
Eva Halvarsson
CEO, AP2
Felipe Calderon
Chairman, New Climate Economy
Géraldine Kutas
Head of International Affairs Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA)
Gérard Moutet
Vice-President, Climate-Energy, Total
Gerard Ostheimer
Global Lead for Sustainable Bioenergy Sustainable Energy for All, UN Sustainable Energy
Glen Murray
Minister of the Environment & Climate, Ontario
Gregor Robertson
Mayor, Vancouver
Guy Rickard
Consultant, Business Advice, Carbon Trust
H.E. Hakima El Haite
Minister of Environment, Morocco.
H.E. Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer
Vice Chairman of the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy, and MD & CEO of the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority
Huang Ming
CEO, Himin Solar
Hugh Jones
Managing Director & Advisory, Carbon Trust
Ian G McKay
CEO, Vancouver Economic Commission
Ignacio Galan
CEO, Iberdrola
James Cameron
Chairman, Overseas Development Institute
Jean-Bernard Levy
CEO, EDF
Jean-Pierre Clamadieu
CEO, Solvay
Jens-Peter Saul
CEO, Ramboll
Jeroen van Campen
Global Lead, Cellulosic Ethanol Licensing, Dupont
Jo Scheuer
Director, Climate Change & Disaster Risk Reduction at UNDP
Joan MacNaughton
Executive Chair, WEC Energy Trilemma
Joel Makower
Chairman & Executive Editor, Greenbiz Group
John Bryant
CEO, Kellog
John Kornerup
Group Climate Officer, Maersk
Jonathan Taylor
Vice-President, European Investment Bank
Ken Berlin
CEO, Climate Reality Project
Liza Garay de Vaubernier
Sustainable Reporting & Environmental Management, AXA Group
Manuel Pulgar Vidal
Minister of Environment, Government of Peru
Marcel Wubbolts
Chief Technology Officer, DSM
Maya Ormazabal Herrero
Director of Sustainability, Telefonica
Michael Brune
Executive Director, The Sierra Club
Morten Engelstoft
CEO for Services & Other Shipping, A.P. Møller Mærsk
Myles McCarthy
Managing Director, Implementation Services, Carbon Trust
Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson
President of Iceland
Paul Fisher
Executive Director for Supervisory Risk & Regulation Operations, Bank of England
Philippe Joubert
Executive Chairman, Global Electricity Initiative
Pierre Ducret
Chair, Caisse des Depots
Porter Fox
Editor, Nowhere Magazine
Rachel Kyte
VP & Special Envoy for Climate Change, World Bank
Robert Wright
Secretary General, ePURE
Sally Ranney
President, AREI
Seth Wescott
Olympic Gold Medalist
Sir David King
Foreign Office Special Representative for Climate Change, Government of the UK
Stephan Ouaknine
Founder & Managing Partner, Inerjys
Stephanie Batchelor
Director, State & International Policy Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO)
Steve Skadron
Mayor, Aspen
Sylvain Vanston
CSR Manager, AXA Group
Todd Edwards
Programme Officer for Climate Change, Stanley Foundation
Tony Seba
Lecturer, Stanford University
Torben Moger Pedersen
CEO, PensionDanmark
Yvo de Boer
Director General, Global Green Growth Institute