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April 30th – May 1st // Doubletree Hilton, Houston, TX // North America 2015

Our comprehensive agenda and key issues being addressed

Day One Day Two

THEMES

  • Implementing social responsibility in the business strategy
  • Heightening engagement & improving stakeholder relations
  • Reducing impacts and risks i.e. delay / shutdown/ reputation)
  • Attracting investors and increasing trust

DATE: DAY 1 CONFERENCE PROGRAM

7:30-9:00am REGISTRATION, EXHIBITION & WELCOME COFFEE

9:00am-9:10am Implement your Social Strategy: Interactive voting session

SW WELCOME, CBI INTROS, AND VOTING SESSION MGMT / / TRANSITION TO CBI AGENDA REVIEW AND EVENT GROUND RULES

The interactive voting session sets the scene for the conversation throughout this block of sessions. Questions are designed to give speakers an idea of who they are talking to and what issues need to be discussed. The data from these sessions will be provided to participants post event.

9:10am-9:40am Integrate social performance into operations to minimize external risk

Social responsibility is no longer just an “outside the fence” issue. Reduce the risks of protests, violence and litigation by understanding how the industry leaders have embedded social performance into their business culture.

How can you better:

  • Build internal support and utilize technical skills and knowledge across your business?
  • Benefit both business and the local community when building local capacity?
  • Integrate social performance into the wider business culture with increased training?
  • Improve collaboration with internal stakeholders and increased efficiency in social performance?
The United Nations
Gerald Pachoud
Principal Officer
The United Nations
Rio 2016 Organizing Committee of The Olympic and Paralympic Games
Tania Braga
Head of Sustainability and Legacy
Rio 2016 Organizing Committee of The Olympic and Paralympic Games
Super Bowl 50
Neill Duffy
Chairman of The Sustainability Committee
Superbowl 50

9:40am-10:40am Build a responsible supply-chain to guard against supplier-related risk and improve local development

Learn how to work with suppliers to promote social performance before risks emerge and maximize the benefits of using local suppliers by building their capacity

  • Most effective tools for procurement that enable social responsibility in your supply chain?
  • Improving economic development sustainably throughout the product life cycle and commodity cycles?
  • Embedding the human rights agenda into the procurement function and building better supply chain champions?
ConocoPhillips
James Viray
Senior Sustainability Advisor, Supply Chain
ConocoPhillips
Pyxera Global
Harry Pastuzek
Vice President, Enterprise & Community Development
Pyxera Global
Inter-American Development Bank Group
Elizabeth Boggs Davidsen
Principal Specialist, Multilateral Investment Fund, member of the, Inter-American Development Bank Group

10:40-11:00am EXHIBITION & NETWORKING COFFEE BREAK

11:00am-11:30am Mitigate future risk by incorporating life-cycle assessment into your social responsibility activities

This session will teach you how to improve your implementation of social performance across the entire asset lifecycle.

  • Effectively managing expectations of communities, suppliers and local employees?
  • Key indicators for future risk that can help formulate future social strategies for the asset?
  • How to improve the social performance from exploration through to decommissioning? (i.e. Implementing better due diligence, contracting requirements, codes of conduct and auditing procedures within your sphere of influence
Bechtel
Mellissa Case
Head of Sustainability, Oil, Gas and Chemicals
Bechtel

11:30am - 12.30pm Social responsibility and low commodity prices: Improve social performance with reduced budgets

Manage the social performance function with reduced costs by looking at other companies’ practices

  • Identifying projects that will provide the best returns to company and communities?
  • Using the CSR function to identify risky projects and assist the investment decision-making process?
  • Practical techniques to increase social performance with little or no cost?
New Gold Inc
Dr. Silvana Costa
Senior Advisor, Environment and Social Responsibility
New Gold Inc
GranTierra Energy Inc
Adam McEniry
Corporate Social Responsibility Director
GranTierra Energy Inc

12:30-1:30pm EXHIBITION & NETWORKING LUNCH BREAK

The Summit is over for 2015

Take a look at full agenda and speaker line up version

1:30pm-1:40pm Deepen Engagement: Interactive voting session

The interactive voting session sets the scene for the conversation throughout this block of sessions. Questions are designed to give speakers an idea of who they are talking to and what issues need to be discussed. The data from these sessions will be provided to participants post event.

Track 1: North America Track 2: Emerging economies
1:40pm-2:40pm Guarantee active support for your operations by mastering engagement with North American local communities and indigenous peoples 1:40pm-2:40pm Prevent the risk of disruption and closure of operations by understanding how to effectively engage with local communities in emerging markets
  • How to define, inform and involve stakeholders to minimize risk?
  • Applying lessons from Australia and Africa ti North American operations ?
  • Obtaining Free Prior and Informed Consent when engaging with North American indigenous communities?
Triple R Alliance
Luc Zandvliet
Director
Triple R Alliance
Transcanada Corporation
Art Cunningham
Senior policy advisor on aboriginal and Tribal relations
Transcanada Corporation

Rio-Tinto
Chris Anderson
Americas Director, Communities and Social Performance
RioTinto
  • Applying best engagement methods for operations in emerging economies; including stakeholder mapping?
  • Understand the needs of the silent minority to guarantee safer operations?
  • Overcoming cultural and language barriers that lead to community tensions?
Shell
David Atkins
Group Social Performance Advisor
Shell
The United Nations
Gerald Pachoud
Principal Officer
The United Nations

Tahoe Resources
Guillermo Monroy
Director of Sustainability
Tahoe Resources
2.40pm-3:40pm Prevent grievances for your North American operations snowballing by improving your mechanisms for recording areas of social risk 2.40pm-3:40pm Improve the sensory function of your grievance mechanisms in a developing nation
  • Improving sensory function of grievance mechanisms for North American operations?
  • Reacting earlier to prevent issues from snowballing?
  • Understanding materiality of operational impacts on operations?
RioTinto
Chris Anderson
Americas Director, Communities and Social Performance
RioTinto

  • Guarding against external risks for operations with emerging economies?
  • Understanding different regional approaches to grievance mechanism implementation?
  • Overcoming common problems with grievance mechanisms?
  • Incorporating culturally sensitive approaches when interacting with local and indigenous communities?
  • Understanding materiality of grievance mechanism data?
The United Nations
Gerald Pachoud
Principal Officer
The United Nations
Frazer Lanier
Environmental and Social Risk Project Manager, Energy Team
Task Force on Business and Stability Operations (TFBSO), US Department of Defense, Afghanistan

3.40pm-4.00pm EXHIBITION & NETWORKING COFFEE BREAK

4.00pm-5.00pm Working with Indigenous people: A good practice guide to Free Prior Informed Consent

Improve your competitive advantage by obtaining land access and social support for operations through deepened engagement with indigenous people

  • Defining land ownership and good practice for engaging with all members of the community?
  • Understanding needs and expectations of indigenous people and how they work together?
  • Understanding sacred ground challenges and practical solutions for avoiding them?
RioTinto
Chris Anderson
Americas Director, Communities and Social Performance
RioTinto
Transcanada Corporation
Art Cunningham
Senior policy advisor on aboriginal and Tribal relations
Transcanada Corporation
First Peoples Worldwide
Nick Pelosi
Head of Corporate Engagement
First Peoples Worldwide

5pm - 6.30pm EXHIBITION & NETWORKING DRINKS RECEPTION

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DATE: DAY 2 CONFERENCE PROGRAM

9:00am-9:10am impacts and reduce risks: Interactive voting session

The interactive voting session sets the scene for the conversation throughout this block of sessions. Questions are designed to give speakers an idea of who they are talking to and what issues need to be discussed. The data from these sessions will be provided to participants post event.

9:10am-9.30am Prevent external risk to operate through water management innovation

Developing a coherent water management approach is essential to community support. Poor water stewardship results in projects being shut down, or being severely delayed.

  • Identify and evaluate water risk of operations and identify high-risk projects?
  • Proven techniques for managing water access, usage and quality?
  • Benchmarking yourself against industry leaders in water stewardship to mitigate external risk?
Josh Garrett
Director of Shale Programs
Equitable Origin

9:30am-10.45am Decrease impacts and increase business opportunities

The impacts of relocation, waste, land and air quality are a major source of community tensions. Boost your ability to obtain permits by reducing your footprint on the local area.

  • Improving company reputation and minimize stakeholder risk by investing in programs that increase biodiversity?
  • Lessons about handling community concerns with hydraulic fracturing activities?
  • Latest innovations to minimize operational impact?
Shell
David Atkins
Group Social Performance Director
Shell (Video phone)
Caterpillar
Tom Fisher
Sustainable Development Manager
Caterpillar

10.45-11.10 Networking coffee break

11:10am-12.10pm Creating shared value through social investment

Investing in social projects is one of the most effective ways of building community support, mitigating external risks and providing value to the business.

  • Understanding the power of good partnerships for sustainable prosperity?
  • Key business drivers are for social investment projects?
  • Avoiding playing the role of the state in development by managing local expectations?
FSG
Kyle Peterson
Managing Director
FSG
Noble Energy
Laura Johnson
EHS & Social Performance Advisor
Noble Energy

12:10pm-1.10pm Managing Socio-Economic impacts in local communities

Your operations will have substantial impact on the local economy.This session will discuss the best ways to stimulate positive improvement and avoid the risk of a resource curse

  • Understanding long-term economic impact of operations, and d manage them effectively?
  • Mitigating risk, maximizing shared value and preventing disruption at a time of low commodity prices?
  • Supporting community by promoting sustainable development through local content and social projects that create shared value?
Vale
Rafael Benke
Former Global Head of Corporate Affairs
Vale
University of Massachusetts
Michael Keating
Program Director
University of Massachusetts
Inter-American Development Bank Group
Anita Fiori
Lead Specialist, Multilateral Investment Fund, member of the, Inter-American Development Bank Group

1.10pm-2.10pm Networking Lunch

The Summit is over for 2015

Take a look at full agenda and speaker line up version

2.10pm-2.20pm Attract Investors and Increase Trust: Interactive voting session

The interactive voting session sets the scene for the conversation throughout this block of sessions. Questions are designed to give speakers an idea of who they are talking to and what issues need to be discussed. The data from these sessions will be provided to participants post event.

2.20pm-3.00pm Generate trust through transparent external communications

Obtain a social license to operate by building trust with the local community

  • Generating competitive advantage for land access by increasing your trust through transparent sustainability reporting?
  • Managing expectations of all stakeholders and joining the fight against corruption through honest and transparent practices?
  • Benchmarking transparency of your external communications and understand how transparent you are?
USEiTi
Danielle Brian
Project on Government Oversight & Co-Chair
USEiTi
USEiTi
Veronika Kohler
National Mining Association & Co-Chair
USEiTi
USEiTi
Greg Gould
Department of the Interior & Co-Chair
USEiTi

3.00pm-3.45pm ESG Compliance: Driving financial growth with sustainability practices

Uncertainty over the outcome of Paris 2015, the threat of stranded assets and increased expectation from investors’ about social issues means that good ESG performance will result in financial viability

  • Materiality of ESG metrics from an investor’s perspective?
  • Implications of stranded assets and how it can affect your sustainability activities?
  • Top 5 community indicators that investors use when deciding to invest or divest?
  • How investors interpret your data to improve your performance?
The World Bank
Javier Aguilar
Senior Economist
The World Bank

3:45pm-4.30pm Quantifying sustainability: Materiality, Benchmarking and Identifying risk

Learn how to quantify the social performance of your company and understand the materiality of social impacts and risks of operations

  • Developing a social risk management process that can be easily followed by internal stakeholders?
  • Benchmarking social performance of your operations and identify areas for improvement?
  • Understanding materiality of issues and identifying patterns across different geographies, cultures and in operations of varying sizes and lifespans
  • Identifying social indicators for future risks and operations at an early stage to aid critical business decisions?
Halliburton
Alex James
Global Manager of Sustainability
Halliburton

4:30 END OF CONFERENCE

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Sorry that you missed it!

The Responsible Extractives Summit North America is finished for 2015, hopefully we will see you next year.

Don't miss out on the chance to join Anglo American, BP, Shell, GoldCorp, StatOil and many more in London for Europe's top extractives CSR conference.

The strategically focused event will concentrate on:

  • Finance and social responsibility
  • Building local capacity and local content
  • Human Rights strategy
  • Water and Biodiversity management

Participants include:

  • Vedanta Resources - CEO - Tom Albanese
  • GoldCorp - CEO - Chuck Jeannes
  • Royal Dutch Shell - Former Chairman - Sir Mark Moody Stewart
  • Anglo American - Global Lead for Enterpise Development - Christian Spano
  • Bechtel - Global Head of Sustainability - Tam Nyugen
  • BP - Human Rights Specialist - Nilli Safavi
  • Calvert Investments - Senior Vice President Sustainability Research and Policy - Bennett Freeman
  • BG Group - Group Head of Social Performance - Raminee Kunanayagam,
  • BP - IPIECA Local Content Working Group - Jill Douglas,
  • StatOil - Vice President Sustainability - Charlotte Wolff-Bye
  • JP Morgan - Executive Director of Global Environmental and Social Risk Management - Paul O'Connor
  • GoldCorp - Executive Vice President of Sustainability - Brent Burgeron
  • MN - Senior Advisor Responsible Investment & Governance - Narina Mnataskanian
  • WWF - Head of Water Stewardship - Stuart Orr
  • MOL Group - Group Sustainable Development Coordinator - Gergely Jancsar
  • Caterpillar - Sustainable Development Manager - Tom Fisher
  • EITI - Deputy Head and Regional Director for Africa and Middle East - Eddie Rich

...plus many more senior speakers, and a further 200 of your corporate peers.

Visit the RES15 website here

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