2014 Event Highlights

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2014 Event Highlights

In 2014 over 2,000 people applied to attend the Sustainable Innovation Forum, making this year's forum the most popular to date. With standing room only the largest business side event on the margins of COP20, attracting 500 attendees, was a huge success. Attendees enjoyed thought provoking speeches, dynamic debate, unparalleled networking, interactive exhibitions and even a lunch provided by Think.Eat.Save principles.

Delegates were treated to a lunch banquet with a 'rescued-food-theme' twist. Peruvian based celebrity chef, Diego Munoz, and Head Chef from Lima's 5-star Westin Hotel, Wilfred Dass, designed a lunch menu for the Forum using a selection of surplus produce saved from landfill and sourced from local farmers and suppliers. Providing the lunch under these auspices saved 242 million tonnes of CO2 emissions.

2000+

Registrations

521

Pre-approved Attendees

Speakers

Sponsors
& Partners

Keynote Addresses From

Achim Steiner

Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Under-Secretary-General, United Nations

President Felipe Calderon

Former President of Mexico and Chair of the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate

Lord Nicholas Stern

Chair of the Grantham Research Institute

Sir David King

UK Special Envoy for Climate Change

Carbon Savings

Rescued Lunch served to delegates delivered 242 MTCO2e saving

BMW providing UNEP with 100% electric vehicles saved 71kg of tail pipe emissions

Attendee Breakdown

Attendees by Geography

43 nations were represented at the Sustainable Innovation Forum, making it the most diversely attended business event on the margins of COP20. Nearly 75% of the audience were Latin American, but the remaining 25% included coverage from every continent except Antartica.

Attendees by Industry Sector

Being the largest business event on the sidelines of the COP, we ensured just over 50% of attendees joined us from the private sector. Government and NGO made up just under 35% over the audience and the remainder of the delegates represented UN agencies, press, academia, civil society and celebrities.

Testimonials

''The 2014 SIF event brought together a diverse group of stakeholders; a most interactive and engaging conference.''

Ron Cotterman Vice President, Sustainability, Sealed Air

"I found the Sustainable Innovation Forum to be a stimulating, informative and practical window into business perspectives on climate solutions - engaging and enlightening!"

Carl Pope Special Advisor to Michael Bloomberg & Principal, Inside Straight Strategies

“The Sustainable Innovation Forum is my favourite event at the COP. Positive, practical and inspiring.”

Jane Burston Head, Centre for Carbon Measurement, National Physical Laboratory

“The Sustainable Innovation Forum brought together different perspectives in a very stimulating way”

Karsten Löffler Manging Director, Allianz Climate

“The event was outstanding. From the themes discussed, learnings from the speakers to the agenda and schedule. The event organization and support to attendees was very special.”

Carlos d’Arce Junior Marketing Director, New Holland Agriculture LatAm

‘‘I always appreciate our opportunity to come together with Climate Action and to have this Forum alongside the conference, this is now a long standing tradition.’’