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A Forum on Climate Change, Climate Finance: Current Experience and Future Directions, Sydney, Australia, 2023
The purpose of this Forum was to highlight some of the challenges and opportunities facing policy makers, the business community and other participants at COP28 and also to briefly share a few highlights of the recently published book by the Institute of Global Finance and the Asian Development Bank on climate change and climate finance, transition to cleaner sources of energy, global governance of climate change, the role of central banks and issues related to ESG
Opening Remarks:
Karin Sanders, Professor HRM and Organisational Psychology, Senior Deputy Dean (Research & Enterprise), UNSW Business School
The keynote speakers:
Professor Tim Flannery (who is one of Australia's leading writers on climate change. An internationally acclaimed scientist, explorer and conservationist, Professor Flannery was named Australian of the Year in 2007.)
Cyn-Young Park, Director of Trade Division in the Climate Change and Sustainable Development, the Asian Development Bank
Fariborz Moshirian, Director of the Institute of Global Finance, UNSW Business
International Forum on Climate Change and Climate Finance , 2022
The Institute of Global Finance, in collaboration with the Asian Development Bank organised a major international forum on climate change and climate finance.
As a follow up to COP27, an international forum on climate change and Climate finance was held within the AFBC conference program to analyse and discuss various issues associated with the environment, climate change and climate finance, considering the outcomes of this summit.
The keynote of this international forum was:
Keynote: Nobel Laureate, Professor Robert Engle from NYU
Speaker: Dr Cyn-Young Park, Head of Research and Engagement of the Asian Development Bank
An International Forum on FinTech and Central Bank Digital Currencies , 2022
A major international forum was held in Sydney on the above theme.
There were over 20 major research policy papers presented by senior officials and researchers from the IMF, the US Federal Reserve and others at this major international forum.
Keynote Speaker: Stijn Claessens, Head of Financial Stability Policy and Deputy Head of the Monetary and Economics, at Bank for International Settlements ( Switzerland)
International Forum on Climate Change and Climate Finance, Sydney, Australia, 2021
The Institute of Global Finance, in collaboration with the Asian Development Bank organised a major international forum on climate change and climate finance, as part of the Australasian Finance and Banking Conference. The keynotes of this international forum included:
William Nordhaus, Yale University (Nobel Laureate in Economics)
James Skea, Professor of Sustainable Energy, Imperial College London, Co-Chair of IPCC Working Group on Energy, and Chair of Scotland’s Just Transition Commission
Bambang Susantono, Vice President, Asian Development Bank John Tomac, Partner at PwC, (ESG and sustainability) Christopher Whitehead, CEO of FINSIA
A Special Forum on the Future of the Banking Industry-Post-COVID-19, 2021
The Institute of Global Finance organised a major forum on global banking, as part of the AFBC. This Forum was a follow up to the successful publication of a special issue of the Journal of Banking and Finance (A*) on COVID-19 and the future of global banking. The keynote speakers of this Forum were:
Dr Jonathan Kearns, The Head of Financial Stability, Reserve Bank of Australia
Professor Allen Berger, University of South Carolina
International Forum on ESG, Green Finance and Global Cooperation for Financing SDGs, 2021
As part of the IGF commitment to contributing to the G20 to be hosted in Indonesia, with a focus on the overall objectives of the UN SDGs by 2030, the IGF and the ADB organised the following forum as part of the AFBC. Many people with great interest in green finance and SDGs participated from around the globe.
Albert Park, Chief Economist, the Asian Development Bank
Pak Bambang Brodjonegoro, University of Indonesia, Lead Co-Chair of T20
Fariborz Moshirian, Director, Institute of Global Finance, UNSW
Warwick Schneller, Vice-President, Dimensional Fund Advisors
Ulrich Volz, Centre for Sustainable Finance, SOAS University of London
Conference: Fintech to Enable Development, Investment, Financial Inclusion, and Sustainability (22–24 September 2020)
The IGF, in partnership with the Asian Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), the Asian Bureau of Finance and Economic Research (ABFER) and the National University of Singapore Business School (NUS Business School), organized a specialty conference with the theme of Fintech to Enable Development, Investment, Financial Inclusion, and Sustainability which was held in September 2020.
Some of the Keynote speakers included:
Sopnendu Mohanty
Chief FinTech Officer
Monetary Authority of Singapore
Andrew Rose
Dean and Distinguished Professor
NUS Business School, National University of Singapore
Yasuyuki Sawada
Chief Economist and Director General
Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department, Asian Development Bank
Tetsushi Sonobe
Dean, Asian Development Bank Institute
ADB-IGF International Business Forum on AI, FinTech, Innovation, Financial Stability, and Prosperity, December 2020
The aim of the international forum is to explore opportunities, issues and challenges in the financial technology industry. This forum is sponsored by The Asian Development Bank (ADB), The Institute of Global Finance-University of New South Wales (IGF-UNSW), the Asian Bureau of Finance and Economic Research (ABFER) and the National University of Singapore (NUS).
Keynote Addresses:
Leveraging Fintech for a Strong Post-COVID-19 Recovery in Asia
Dr Bambang Susantono Vice President for Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development Asian Development Bank
An International Forum on Global Financial Stability during COVID, 2020
The IGF has been promoting policies and measures that could increase the resilience of the national and global financial stability. An international forum was held to discuss the role of interconnected forces that could influence both global systemic risks and also individual and global financial security and global prosperity, taking into account issues related to global pandemic.
Keynote: Dr Jonathan Kearns, Head of Financial Stability, The Reserve Bank of Australia
A Forum on Climate Finance, Decarbonisation, and Green Industry Development 3 October, 2024
The Institute of Global Finance at UNSW Business School and the UNSW Institute for Industrial Decarbonisation would like to warmly invite you to attend this Forum on Climate finance, Decarbonisation, and Green industry development.