- Keynote Speaker (October 29)
- Workshop I facilitator (October 30)
MIT Sloan School of Management | Professor Emerius
Asia School of Business | Distinguished Visiting Professor
Professor Emeritus at the MIT Sloan School of Management and Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Asia School of Business (ASB), Kuala Lumpur. Donald Roy Lessard focus on green infrastructure and sustainable business strategy, drawing on his extensive experience in global strategic management, major engineering projects, and international finance.
Has developed and lead Integrative Management at ASB; led the MIT-Bain Executive Education Program on Sustainability in Action and launch of online course for MIT Professional Education on Sustainable Competitive Strategy. Has led the development of the five-school energy minor and the MIT Sloan Executive MBA.
Has been teaching, advising, and publishing extensively in academic and professional journals on a variety of topics including risk management and diversification, mega-project shaping and management, and capabilities and global strategy.
- Workshop II facilitator (October 30)
Co-founder & CEO of Future-Fit Foundation
Sustainability and impact specialist
Martin Rich, Co-founder & CEO of Future-Fit Foundation, is a sustainability and impact specialist with nearly 30 years’ experience in both mainstream and social investment.
Following a successful career in international finance working for UBS, JPMorgan, HSBC and Social Finance Ltd, he co-founded Future-Fit Foundation with a vision to create a truly sustainable future for all. He now works on the cutting-edge of sustainability, helping companies and financial institutions of all sizes address the radical transformation that the future demands of their business models.
Martin is a member of various investment and advisory committees, including for WHEB Asset Management and Vivensa Foundation, and is formerly Senior Independent Trustee for Access Foundation and a member of the Asset Allocation Working Group for the G7 Social Investment Task Force. He holds two Master’s degrees with First and Distinction in Engineering from Queens’ College, Cambridge University.
- Round Table | From Knowledge to Action: Linking Science, Policy, and Innovation ((October 30)
Ecologist from FCUL, with postgraduate degrees in Territorial Planning and Management from NOVA FCSH and in Strategic Sustainability Management from INDEG-IST. He is CEO and co-founder of NBI – Natural Business Intelligence, where he leads projects that integrate ecological value and ecosystem services into business, financial and territorial strategies. He is a guest lecturer in Natural Economics, Ecosystem Services Assessment and Finance for Sustainability in executive and postgraduate programmes at ISEG, INDEG-ISCTE, Porto Business School and Católica Porto.
- Round Table | From Knowledge to Action: Linking Science, Policy, and Innovation (October 30)
Lawyer, Partner at Telles Advogados, responsible for the Energy & Natural Resources and Environment & Climate Change Practice areas, providing legal advisory services to public and private entities, with a focus on the development of renewable energy projects, with direct involvement in the entire contractual framework, issuing opinions, hydrogen projects, carbon market, circular economy, water efficiency and water, emission licences, maritime resources, Environmental Impact Assessments and urban mobility.
She is a founder and member of the executive committee of the European Federation for Energy Law (EFELA), founder and vice-president of the Energy Law Association, President of the Plataforma para o Crescimento Sustentável (PCS), co-author of the book Chance to Change, on the impact of the Paris Agreement, and author of several articles and academic publications on energy, as well as a speaker at various conferences on the subject.
- Round Table | From Knowledge to Action: Linking Science, Policy, and Innovation (October 30)
Executive Board Member at INEGI. Vice-President of the Data Science Portuguese Association (DSPA). She is a guest lecturer at Católica Porto Business School, PBS - Porto Business School and ISEG. Isabel has a degree from FEUP and a PhD in Industrial Engineering and Management from FEUP & LUMS - Lancaster University Management School. She has a Post-Doc in Data Science from FEUP & Imperial College London.
Isabel is the author of several publications in the field of machine learning and analytics. She has received several scientific and pedagogical awards and, in 2024, she won the Chief Data & Analytics Officer (CDAO) of the Year award in an initiative that brings together the largest public and private companies in Portugal. He is a speaker at numerous conferences and panels in the area of Data and Artificial Intelligence.
