Agenda

09:30 Registration & Breakfast

10:00 Welcome remarks
Giordano Sassaroli, Head of ELITE Product Development & Management, ELITE – EURONEXT GROUP

10:15 Keynote speech – SMEs as a vector to bring impact into the real economy
Margarida Couto, Partner Vieira de Almeida and Chairwoman of GRACE, Association of Responsible Businesses

11.00 Challenges for Sustainable Finance
Luis Castro e Almeida, CEO BBVA Portugal

11:30 Accessing future-proof capital through Sustainable Finance
Letícia Bueno, Director of Sustainable Finance Advisory – Sustainable Capital Partners

12:15 SME’s Sustainability Journey: where to start?
Pedro Wilton, Manager – Systemic

13:00 Lunch

14:15 Roundtable with Investors and Financial Stakeholders: How to unleash capital pools to fund transformational projects
Massimo Catizone, Head of ESG Advisory – Advisory and Financing Solutions, Unicredit
Pedro Correia da Silva, Founding Partner – ActiveCap

15:00 In conversation with ELITE Sustainability Managers: learnings, skills and how to get ready
Nicola Camurri, Strategy Director - ETT SpA

15:45 Group Discussion: Setting the 2025 agenda – The voice of ELITE companies
Table discussions moderated by experts and entrepreneurs

16:45 Ceremony: ELITE Sustainability Certificates & Closing Remarks

17:30 Networking cocktail at Rossio Gastrobar, Rua Primeiro de Dezembro 118 – Lisbon 1150-125