Unlocking Innovative Finance, Powering Resilient Growth
Wednesday | 6 May 2026 | Rhodes House | University of Oxford
Preliminary Programme with confirmed and requested speakers
09:00
Opening Remarks and Keynotes
Prof Andreas Klasen (Chairman), Professor, Brunel, and HRA, University of Oxford
The Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP, UK Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
Wopke Hoekstra, Commissioner, DG CLIMA, European Commission
Ibrahima Cheikh Diong, Executive Director, FRLD
10:00
Panel 6 | Unlocking Innovative Finance for the Green Transition
Maria Kozliski, SVP Innovative Finance, Rockefeller Foundation
Beatriz Reguero Naredo, COO, CESCE
Dan Riordan, Head PR&C, MSIG NA
Romina Ventura, Global Head of Structuring, Santander
Dr Anupama Sen, Head of Policy Engagement, Oxford Smith School (Moderator)
10:45
Break
Time for Networking
11:15
Academic Interventions
Prof Sam Fankhauser, Professor, Oxford Smith School, University of Oxford
Dr Nina Seega, Director CISL, University of Cambridge
12:00
Panel 7 | Future of Global Climate Governance
Silvia Gavornikova, Head of Division, OECD
Prof Thomas Hale, MPP Director, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford
Eric Usher, Head, UNEP Finance Initiative
Antha N. Williams, Environment Lead, Bloomberg Philanthropies
Mariane Søndergaard-Jensen, Senior Director, EIFO (Moderator)
12:45
Closing Remarks
Prof Andreas Klasen (Chairman), Professor, Brunel, and HRA, University of Oxford
13:00
Lunch and End of Symposium
Time for Networking