North America 2015 April 30th - May 1st
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:
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
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.
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
12:30-1:30pm EXHIBITION & NETWORKING LUNCH BREAK
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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 |
Luc Zandvliet
Director Triple R Alliance Art Cunningham
Senior policy advisor on aboriginal and Tribal relations Transcanada Corporation |
David Atkins
Group Social Performance Advisor Shell Gerald Pachoud
Principal Officer The United Nations |
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 |
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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
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.
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.
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.
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
1.10pm-2.10pm Networking Lunch
The Summit is over for 2015
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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
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
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
4:30 END OF CONFERENCE
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The Responsible Extractives Summit North America is finished for 2015, hopefully we will see you next year.
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