Verra Staff at Events

Please find below a list of events featuring Verra staff. If you’re interested in inviting a Verra staff member to speak at your event, please contact us at events@nullverra.org.

Upcoming

Date	Event Organizer and Title	Location	Verra Staff
August 23	ReFi Podcast – regenerative finance Hosted by Climate Collective and Refidao	virtual	Benoît Clément, Director, Financial Innovation
August 24-26	4ta Cumbre Clima Colombia Latinoamerica Hosted by Asocarbono and USAID	Medellin, Colombia	Angelo Sartori, Director, Stakeholder Engagement, Susana Velez Haller, Senior Manager, Auditor and Accreditation Body Engagement, Claudia Milena Agudelo Palacio, Senior Program Officer, Agriculture
August 28	International Forestry Students Symposium Chile 2022 Hosted by IFSA, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Universidad de Chile and Universidad de Concepción	Santiago de Chile, Chile	Angelo Sartori, Director, Financial Innovation
August 28-September 1	Africa Climate Week 2022 Hosted by UNFCCC (RCC Kampala)	Libreville, Gabon
September 1	Green Blockchain Summit Hosted by Polygon Technologies	virtual	Benoît Clément, Senior Manager, Auditor and Accreditation Body Engagement
September 6-7	Mexico Carbon Forum Hosted by MexicO2	Guadalajara, Mexico & virtual	Angelo Sartori, Director, Stakeholder Engagement, Liz Guinessey, Manager, Food and Blue Carbon Innovation, Javier Gonzalez, Senior Program Officer, International Climate
September 9-10	COP Jujuy Verde 2022 Hosted by the Gobierno de Jujuy	Argentina	Susana Velez Haller, Senior Manager, Auditor and Accreditation Body Engagement
September 12-14	Argus North American Biofuels, LCFS & Carbon Markets Summit Hosted by Argus Media	Monterey, CA, USA & virtual	Andrew Howard, Senior Director, Climate Policy and Strategy
September 13-14	Voluntary Carbon Markets - A Gold Rush Hosted by Climate Transformed	virtual	David Antonioli, Chief Executive Officer, Verra
September 19-25	New York Climate Week Hosted by the Climate Group	New York City, NY, USA
September 20	Zero Waste Summit Hosted by Companies for Net Zero	Newark, NJ, USA	Sinclair Vincent, Director, Sustainable Development Innovation & Markets
September 20-21	North America Climate Summit (NACS) Hosted by IETA	New York City, NY, USA
September 20-21	Carbon Capture Canada	Edmonton, AL, Canada	Ian Kuwahara, Director, Energy and Industrial Innovation
September 27	2nd Annual Conference on Carbon Removal Law and Policy: The Role of Domestic Law in Regulating and Facilitating Carbon Dioxide Removal Hosted by Northwestern University	Evaston, Illinois, USA	Liz Guinessey, Manager, Food and Blue Carbon Innovation,
October 3-5	SPC Advance 2022 Hosted by Sustainable Packaging Coalition	Atlanta, GA, USA	Sinclair Vincent, Director, Sustainable Development Innovation & Markets
October 11-12	The Future of Plastics and Packaging Hosted by Innovation Forum	Amsterdam, The Netherlands	Komal Sinha, Director, Plastic and Sustainable Development Policy and Markets
October 12-14	Carbon Forward 2022 Hosted by Carbon Pulse	London, UK	Robin Rix, Chief Legal, Policy and Markets Officer, Andrew Howard, Senior Director, Climate Policy and Strategy, Sinclair Vincent, Director, Sustainable Development Innovation & Markets, Christina Irven, Senior Program Officer, Events
October 17	Future of ESG Data 2022 Hosted by Environmental Finance	London, UK	Sinclair Vincent, Director, Sustainable Development Innovation & Markets
October 25-27	VERGE 22 Hosted by Greenbiz Register here for 10% off your VERGE 22 All-Access Pass with the code V22VERRA	San Jose, CA, USA
November 2	Energy and Mines Summit Hosted by Energy and Mines	Toronto, Canada	Robin Rix, Chief Legal, Policy and Markets Officer
November 6-18	COP 27 Hosted by the UNFCCC	Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt

Previous Events

2022

Date	Event Organizer and Title	Location	Verra Staff
August 8-11	2022 North American Biochar and Bioenergy Conference Hosted by US Biochar Initiative (USBI)	Morgantown, USA	Stefan Jirka, Senior Manager, Agriculture Innovation
July 18-22	Latin America and the Caribbean Climate Week 2022 Hosted by the UNFCCC	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Angelo Sartori, Director, Stakeholder Engagement, Susana Velez Haller, Senior Manager, Auditor and Accreditation Body Engagement
July 13	Roundtable Effective Carbon Emissions Trading and Markets-Pricing Mechanisms in the Asia-Pacific Region Hosted by APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC), Asia-Pacific Financial Forum (APFF) Sustainable Finance Development Network (SFDN)	virtual	David Antonioli, Chief Executive Officer, Verra
July 12	EDB Carbon Markets webinar 2022 Hosted by Singapore Economic Development Board	virtual	Heather McEwan, Senior Manager, Project Developer Engagement
July 6-7	Expert Panel on Peak Plastics Scenarios Hosted by The Economist Group	virtual	Sinclair Vincent, Director, Sustainable Development Innovation & Markets
July 6-9	Climate Action Congress Hosted by Enterprise & Climate Foundation	Santander, Spain	Heather McEwan, Senior Manager, Project Developer Engagement
June 30 – July 1	Argus Carbon Markets and Regulation Conference 2022 Hosted by Argus Media	Lisbon, Portugal	Robin Rix, Chief Legal, Policy and Markets Officer
June 30-July 1	Ho Chi Minh City’s Low Carbon City program: From concept to action Hosted by the Ho Chi Minh City & World Bank Group	Ho-Chi-Minh-City, Vietnam & virtual	Angelo Sartori, Director, Stakeholder Engagement
June 28-July 1	IDB Invest Sustainability Week 2022 Hosted by IDB Invest	Miami, FL, USA & virtual	Susana Velez Haller, Senior Manager, Auditor and Accreditation Body Engagement
June 28-29	GreenFin22 Hosted by Greenbiz	New York City, NY, USA	Jessica Herfurth, Senior Program Officer, Sustainable Development Policy
June 27- July 1	UN Ocean Conference / Reef Action Hub Side event on Marine Biodiversity Credits hosted by Conservation Finance Alliance (CFA) and UNDP	Lisbon, Portugal	Sinclair Vincent, Director, Sustainable Development Innovation & Markets Amy Thom, Manager, Sustainable Development Innovation
June 24	Carbon Market event Hosted by the Embassy of Brazil in London	London, UK	Andrew Howard, Senior Director, Climate Policy and Strategy
June 23-25	Green Sports Alliance Summit 2022 Hosted by Green Sports Alliance	Minneapolis, MN, USA	Jessica Herfurth, Senior Program Officer, Sustainable Development Policy
June 23	1t.org Summit Hosted by American Forests	Washington, DC, USA	Steve Zwick, Senior Manager, Media Relations
June 22-23	Sustainable Wine Roundtable Global Conference 2022 Hosted by Sustainable Wine Roundtable (SWR)	virtual	Stefan Jirka, Senior Manager, Agriculture Innovation
June 10	Día Mundial de la Acreditación “Sostenibilidad en el Crecimiento Económico y el Medio Ambiente” Hosted by Organismo Nacional de Acreditación de Colombia (ONAC)	Bogota, Colombia & virtual	Angelo Sartori, Director, Stakeholder Engagement, Susana Velez Haller, Senior Manager, Auditor and Accreditation Body Engagement
June 9	APAC #WAD2022 World Accreditation Day: Accreditation: Sustainability in Economic Growth and the Environment Hosted by APAC (Asia Pacific Accreditation Cooperation)	virtual	Sinclair Vincent, Director, Sustainable Development Innovation & Markets
June 9	Singapore Sustainable Investing & Financing Conference (SSIFC) Hosted by Blackrock, the International Finance Corporation, and Temasek	Singapore & virtual	David Antonioli, Chief Executive Officer, Andrew Howard, Senior Director, Climate Policy and Strategy
June 8	CEO Roundtable “Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS)” Hosted by The Al-Attiyah Foundation	virtual	Ian Kuwahara, Director, Energy and Industrial Innovation
June 7-9	Future of Climate Action Hosted by Innovation Forum	virtual	Jonathon Alcock, Manager, Supply Chain Innovation
June 7	Workshop on Article 6.2 Readiness of Uganda Hosted by UpEnergy Group	Kampala, Uganda & virtual	Andrew Howard, Senior Director, Climate Policy and Strategy
June 6-16	UNFCCC SB 56 Hosted by UNFCCC	Bonn, Germany	Andrew Howard, Senior Director, Climate Policy and Strategy, Payal Ghosh, Manager, Technological and Industrial Solutions
June 6-9	Economist Sustainability Week US 2022 Hosted by The Economist	Washington, DC, USA	Steve Zwick, Senior Manager, Media Relations, Cai May Tan, Senior Program Officer
June 6	4 per 1000 meeting of the Scientific and Technical Committee Hosted by International 4 per 1000 Initiative	Montpellier, France	Viridiana Alcantara-Shivapatham, Senior Program Officer, Agriculture Innovations
June 5-7	ACF National Conference Hosted byAssociation of Consulting Foresters (ACF)	Austin, TX, USA	Spencer Plumb, Manager, Forest Carbon Innovation
June 2	Expanding Carbon Credit Capacity Across the Sector Hosted by American Forest Foundation / The Nature Conservancy	virtual	Spencer Plumb, Manager, Forest Carbon Innovation
June 2	CFTC Workshop on the VCM Hosted by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)	Washington DC, USA	David Antonioli, Chief Executive Officer, Verra Tracey Sharkey Collins, Legal Analyst
June 1	Forest Carbon Symposium Hosted by the Virginia Department of Forestry	Staunton, VA, USA	Spencer Plumb, Manager, Forest Carbon Innovation
June 1	TIC Summit 2022: Journeying Towards Sustainable Supply Chains: is Greenwashing Avoidable? Hosted by TIC Council	Brussels, Belgium	Candace Vinke, Senior Director, Nature-based Innovations
May 26	Sustainable Asia podcast Hosted by Sustainable Asia Listen	virtual	Maggie Lee, Lead Plastic Program Global Markets
May 26	Re\|Focus Sustainability & Recycling Summit Hosted by Re\|focus	Cincinnati, OH, USA	Hannah Robinson, Manager, Plastic Program
May 24-26	Innovate4Climate (I4C) Hosted by Worldbank & IETA	virtual	David Antonioli, Chief Executive Officer, Verra, Robin Rix, Chief Legal, Policy, and Markets Officer, Toby Janson-Smith, Chief Program Development and Innovation Officer, Steve Zwick, Senior Manager, Media Relations
May 24-25	European Climate Summit – ECS 2022 Hosted by IETA	Barcelona, Spain & virtual	David Antonioli, Chief Executive Officer, Verra, Andrew Howard, Senior Director, Climate Policy and Strategy, Steve Zwick, Senior Manager, Media Relations
May 24-25	Prosperity from Climate Smart Agribusiness with and for Africa Hosted by Agri-Business Facility for Africa (ABF)	virtual	Viridiana Alcantara-Shivapatham, Senior Program Officer, Agriculture Innovations
May 24	Business Sector Carbon Workshop Hosted by Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), the Caribbean NDC Finance Initiative (NDCFI), the German Corporation for International Cooperation GmbH (GIZ) and MÉXICO2-Mexican Carbon Platform	virtual	Susana Velez Haller, Senior Manager, Auditor and Accreditation Body Engagement
May 19-20	Article 6 Technical Workshop Hosted by IETA	Bogota, Colombia	Susana Velez Haller, Senior Manager, Auditor and Accreditation Body Engagement
May 19	International Partnership for Blue Carbon (IPBC) knowledge exchange session Hosted by IPBC	virtual	Amy Schmid, Manager, Blue Carbon Innovation
May 17-19	Circularity22 Hosted by GreenBiz	Atlanta, GA, USA	Sinclair Vincent, Director, Sustainable Development Innovation & Markets Kristen Linscott, Program Officer, Plastics
May 17	FCQC Summer Workshop Hosted by University of Idaho	Raleigh, NC, USA	Candace Vinke, Senior Director, Nature-based Innovations
May 10-12	2022 Food Waste Solutions Summit Hosted by ReFed	Minneapolis, MN, USA	Elizabeth Guinessey, Manager, Food and Blue Carbon Innovation
May 10-12	The Future of Food Hosted by Innovation Forum	virtual	Christopher Chapman, Manager, CCB & SD VISta Programs
May 5	IETA Live Carbon Market Virtual Series – I4C 2022 Teaser Hosted by IETA	virtual	Toby Janson-Smith, Chief Program Development and Innovation Officer
May 3	Workshop on Standards for SDGs and Gender Responsive Standards Hosted by UNECE	virtual	Sinclair Vincent, Director, Sustainable Development Innovation & Markets
May 2-6	World Forestry Congress Hosted by Korea Forest Service and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations	Seoul, Korea & virtual	David Antonioli, Chief Executive Officer, Verra
April 25-27	City Week 2022 Hosted by City and Financial	London, UK & virtual	Robin Rix, Chief Legal, Policy, and Markets Officer Steve Zwick, Senior Manager Media Relations
April 21	Powering Circularity & Sustainability through Recyclates & EPR Hosted by Pashupati & All India Plastic Manufacturers Association (AIPMA)	virtual	Maggie Lee, Lead Plastic Program Global Markets
April 7	Foro Dominicano de Carbono (FDC) Hosted by CNCCMDL, Ministerio de Ambiente, MEPyD	virtual	Susana Velez Haller, Senior Manager, Auditor and Accreditation Body Engagement
April 6-8	North American Carbon World (NACW) Hosted by Climate Action Reserve (CAR)	Anaheim, CA, USA	David Antonioli, Chief Executive Officer, Verra, Robin Rix, Chief Legal, Policy, and Markets Officer, Amy Schmid, Manager, Blue Carbon Innovation Christina Irven, Senior Program Officer, Events, Max Grigri, Program Officer
April 6	Buzzword or green business model: how can carbon farming contribute to Europe’s climate goals? POLITICO Live event	virtual	Candace Vinke, Senior Director, Nature-based Innovations
April 4-6	2022 ECOS Spring Meeting Hosted by The Environmental Council of the States	Asheville, NC, USA	Javier Gonzalez, Senior Program Officer, International Climate Policy
March 31	Webinar: Deep Dive into Proposed Revisions to Avoiding Unplanned Deforestation Methodologies Watch the Recording		Manuel Estrada, Director, REDD+ Technical Innovation
March 30-31	Asia Energy Transition Conference Hosted by S&P Global Platts	virtual	Angelo Sartori, Director, Stakeholder Engagement
March 30	Webinar: Overview of Proposed Revisions to Avoiding Unplanned Deforestation Methodologies View the Recording	virtual	Manuel Estrada, Director, REDD+ Technical Innovation
March 29	World in Transition global webinar series: “Can carbon credits help to save the world?” Hosted by White & Case Listen	virtual	David Antonioli, Chief Executive Officer, Verra
March 29	The Story of Software podcast Listen	virtual	Benktesh Sharma, Senior Director, Technology Solutions
March 28	Methodology for Improved Forest Management Through Targeted, Short-term Harvest Deferral Webinar Watch the recording	virtual	Julianne Baroody, Senior Director, Program Development & Forest Carbon Innovation Candace Vinke, Senior Director, Nature-based Innovation
March 28-31	Middle East and North Africa Climate Week (MENACW 2022) Hosted by the Government of the United Arab Emirates	Dubai, UAE & virtual	Heather McEwan, Senior Manager, Project Developer Engagement
March 28-31	IFA Global Sustainability Conference 2022 Hosted by the International Fertilizer Association (IFA)	virtual	Susana Velez Haller, Senior Manager, Auditor and Accreditation Body Engagement
March 24	Climate Investment Forum 2022 Hosted by Climate Lead Africa	Nairobi, Kenya	David Lubanga, Senior Program Officer
March 23	LAC Task Force Training Hosted by IETA	Bogota, Colombia	Susana Velez Haller, Senior Manager, Auditor and Accreditation Body Engagement
March 22	Blue Carbon Webinar Hosted by SeaAhead & Innovacorp	virtual	Amy Schmid, Manager, Blue Carbon Innovation
March 22	Ipieca Blue Carbon Meeting Hosted by Ipieca Climate Change Group	Houston, TX, USA	Amy Schmid, Manager, Blue Carbon Innovation
March 19	Demystifying the Carbon Markets podcast series Hosted by SmarterMarkets Listen	virtual	David Antonioli, Chief Executive Officer, Verra
March 17	Soil Carbon Removal Think Tank Hosted by Climate Farmers	virtual	Stefan Jirka, Senior Manager, Agriculture Innovations
March 17	South Africa Carbon Markets Workshop Hosted by IETA/ICROA	Cape Town, South Africa	Heather McEwan, Senior Manager, Project Developer Engagement
March 16-17	Private Sector Dialogue: COP26 debrief on the role of Article 6 and VCM activities in Eastern Africa Hosted by the East African Carbon Alliance (EACA)	Kampala, Uganda	Andrew Howard, Senior Director, Climate Policy and Strategy, Heather McEwan, Senior Manager, Project Developer Engagement, Hellen Nansikombi, Senior Program Officer
March 16	Verra Standards for Sustainability, Resilience, and Carbon Webinar Hosted by Open Communications for the Ocean (OCTO) Watch the Recording	virtual	Sinclair Vincent, Director, Sustainable Development Innovations & Markets, Anna Mortimer, Senior Program Officer, Kristen Linscott, Program Officer, Plastics
March 11	Webinar on Article 6 Hosted by Asocarbono	virtual	Andrew Howard, Senior Director, Climate Policy and Strategy
March 9	Webinar Series: Additionality in the Context of NDCs Hosted by Natural Capital Partners/Climate Care	virtual	Andrew Howard, Senior Director, Climate Policy and Strategy
March 9-10	Natural Capital Investment Conference Hosted by Environmental Finance	virtual	Sinclair Vincent, Director, Sustainable Development Innovations & Markets
March 1	Presentation on Pending VCS Updates for AUDD Projects Hosted by Shell NBS Team	virtual	Manuel Estrada, Director, REDD+ Technical Innovation
March 1	Podcast: My Climate Journey Hosted by MCJ Collective Listen	virtual	David Antonioli, Chief Executive Officer, Verra
March 1-4	9th World Ocean Summit Virtual Week	virtual	Sinclair Vincent, Director, Sustainable Development Innovations & Markets Amy Schmid, Manager, Blue Carbon Innovations
February 24-25	USDA 98th Annual Agricultural Outlook Forum	virtual	Stefan Jirka, Senior Manager, Agriculture Innovations, Carina Bracer, Manager, USA and Canada, Viridiana Alcantara-Shivapatham, Senior Program Officer, Agriculture Innovations
February 23-24	Corporate Investments into Forestry & Biodiversity Summit 2.1 (CIFB) Panel: Third Party Certification and Standards	virtual	Julianne Baroody, Senior Director, Forest Carbon Innovations
February 22	Blue Carbon Trailblazers “Farm-to-Table” Discussion Panel: A discussion of the first registered blue carbon conservation project – Colombia’s Cispata Mangroves	virtual	Amy Schmid, Manager, Blue Carbon Innovations
February 22-23	Wenercon 2022	Tunis, Tunisia	Heather McEwan, Senior Manager, Project Developer Engagement
February 15-17	GreenBiz22	Scottsdale, AZ, USA	Carina Bracer, Manager, USA and Canada
February 16	Verra Webinar: VCS Program Update Consultation Webinar (Public Consultation Open 7 February-8 April) Watch the Recording	virtual	Candace Vinke, Senior Director, Nature-based Innovations, Stefan Jirka, Senior Manager, Agriculture Innovations, Amy Schmid, Manager, Blue Carbon Innovations
February 15	UpLink Nature-Based Solutions series Session 1: Carbon Markets 101	virtual	Julianne Baroody, Senior Director, Forest Carbon Innovation
February 8	Stifel Carbon Conference Hosted by Stifel GMP	virtual	David Antonioli, Chief Executive Officer, Verra
February 9	ESG Conference Hosted by Bank of America	virtual	Susana Velez Haller, Senior Manager, Auditor and Accreditation Body Engagement
February 2	Verra Webinar: Public consultation on a proposed long-term monitoring system for reversals in VCS projects Watch the Recording	virtual	Toby Janson-Smith, Chief Program Development and Innovation Officer, Benktesh Sharma, Senior Director, Technology Solutions, Candace Vinke, Senior Director, Nature-based Innovations, Rishi Das, Manager, Technologies for Natural Climate Solutions
February 2	Clean Tech Forum San Francisco Panel: “The Development of Efficiency and Transparency in the Voluntary Carbon Markets”	San Francisco, CA, USA & virtual	Robin Rix, Chief Legal, Policy, and Markets Officer
January 25	Webinar: Demystifying Carbon Offsets Host: Green Story	virtual	Naomi Swickard, Chief Program Officer
January 13	Carbon Culture: Quality Standards in the Voluntary Carbon Markets Hosted by Carbon Transformed Watch the Recording	virtual	Naomi Swickard, Chief Program Officer

2021

Date	Event Organizer and Title	Location	Staff
December 17	Jornada Internacional Sobre Mercado de Carbono Panel I	virtual	Angelo Sartori, Director, Stakeholder Engagement
December 9	Webinar informativo: Programa de financiamiento climático en el sector agricultura, forsteria y otros usos del suelo (AFOLU) en América Latina	virtual	Angelo Sartori, Director, Stakeholder Engagement
December 9	World Ocean Summit Asia-Pacific Virtual private roundtable: “Improving governance: A discussion around the findings of the Plastics Management Index”	virtual	Maggie Lee, Lead, Plastic Program
December 8	The Business of Biochar Online Symposium “Session 4: Carbon Marketplaces”	virtual	Stefan Jirka, Senior Manager, Agriculture Innovations
December 7	Carbon Offset and Clean Power Strategies Virtual Training Course	virtual	Robin Rix, Chief Legal, Policy, and Markets Officer
November 30 – December 3	World LNG Summit	Rome, Italy	Andrew Howard, Senior Director, Climate Policy and Strategy
November 17	Cocoa and Carbon “Cocoa & carbon: How to link private sector net-zero commitments towards a Healthy Planet”	virtual	Naomi Swickard, Chief Program Officer
November 16	MIT Water Summit	virtual	Amy Schmid, Manager, Blue Carbon Innovations
October 31 – November 13	COP26 Details available on our COP26 webpage	Glasgow, UK
November 10	Achieving 30×30 for Our Coasts, Oceans, and Communities "Building Private Sector Support” Watch the Recording	virtual	Amy Schmid, Manager, Blue Carbon Innovations
November 9	Innovations in the Forest Carbon Market Webinar hosted by 1t.org and Forest Trends’ Ecosystem Marketplace	virtual	Julianne Baroody, Senior Director, Forest Carbon Innovations
November 3-5	Southern African Energy Efficiency Confederation 16th Annual Conference “Voluntary Carbon Markets 101”	virtual	Heather McEwan, Senior Manager, Project Developer Engagement
November 2	Timberland Investment Conference “The Next Generation of Forest Carbon”	Amelia Island, FL, USA	Amy Schmid, Manager, Blue Carbon Innovations
October 28	From Research to Resilience Webinar Series CGIAR: “Innovations in soil health monitoring for nature and people”	virtual	Viridiana Alcantara-Shivapatham, Senior Program Officer, Agriculture Innovations
October 27	VERGE21 Greenbiz: “Making Sense of the Headlines Questioning Forest Offsets”	virtual	Naomi Swickard (Chief Program Officer
October 21	The Road to 2050: Navigating the ESG Landscape TD Securities: “Developing the Voluntary Carbon Markets”	virtual	Robin Rix, Chief Legal, Policy, and Markets Officer
October 19	How Can Verra’s Plastic Standard Promote Circularity in Latin America and the Caribbean? Webinar hosted by Verra Watch the Recording Slides (in English) Slides (en Español)	virtual	Susana Velez Haller, Senior Manager, Auditor and Accreditation Body Engagement, Maggie Lee, Lead Plastic Program Global Markets, Kristen Linscott, Program Officer, Plastics
October 7	Launch of Observatorio TierraPura Fundación TierraPura	virtual	David Antonioli, Chief Executive Officer, Verra
October 7	Carbon Forward Carbon Pulse: “Trust and transparency: how to take the VCM mainstream”	virtual	David Antonioli, Chief Executive Officer, Verra
October 7	Latin America and the Caribbean Climate Summit IETA, Asocarbono: “Article 6.4 – Global perspectives for carbon markets: Additionality, permanence, environmental integrity, safeguards, and nesting”	Cartagena, Colombia	Angelo Sartori, Director, Stakeholder Engagement
October 7	Latin America and the Caribbean Climate Summit IETA, Asocarbono: “CORSIA and sectoral carbon markets’ perspectives: State, next steps, goals, and challenges”	Cartagena, Colombia	Susana Velez Haller, Senior Manager, Auditor and Accreditation Body Engagement
October 6	“Offsetting and/or finance contributions? Pros and cons of use cases under the voluntary carbon markets” Zurich Carbon Market Association	virtual	Naomi Swickard (Chief Program Officer)
October 1	Prifysgol Bangor University Panel “Voices from the Forest: Putting local people at the heart of decisions about tropical forests’ contribution to tackling climate change“	virtual	Naomi Swickard (Chief Program Officer)
September 26-29	UNFCCC Africa Climate Week IETA, World Bank	virtual	Heather McEwan, Senior Manager, Project Developer Engagement
September 28	Innovation Forum Panel: “How is the Offset Market Evolving?”	virtual	David Antonioli, Chief Executive Officer, Verra
September 22	Climate Week NYC IETA panel: “Where are Market & Tech Innovations Leading Us?”	virtual	Benktesh Sharma, Senior Director, Technological Innovations
September 22	Climate Week NYC IETA plenary: “Voluntary Market and Net Zero Pathways”	virtual	David Antonioli, Chief Executive Officer, Verra
September 22	ERCST Article 6 Community Center Panel: “Voluntary Carbon Markets and Article 6 of the Paris Agreement“	virtual	David Antonioli, Chief Executive Officer, Verra
September 21	Climate Week NYC Watch the Recording	virtual	David Antonioli, Chief Executive Officer, Verra, Robin Rix, Chief Legal, Policy, and Markets Officer, Jerry Seager, Acting Chief Program Management Officer, Candace Vinke, Senior Director, Nature-based Innovations
September 15	State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets 2021 Insights Event	virtual	Robin Rix, Chief Legal, Policy, and Markets Officer

2020

Date	Event Organizer and Title	Location	Staff
November 17	IETA Webinar Series on Carbon Markets: Sessions with Verra Staff The Future of Nested REDD+: The State of Play Watch the Recording	virtual	Manuel Estrada, Director, REDD+ Technical Innovation
September 23	IETA Webinar Series on Carbon Markets: Sessions with Verra Staff Unpacking the “NET” in Net Zero: Role of Markets & Removals at Scale Watch the Recording	virtual	Toby Janson-Smith, Chief Program Development and Innovation Officer
August 26	IETA Webinar Series on Carbon Markets: Sessions with Verra Staff Rewilding the Planet – Can Carbon Markets Help Solve the Finance Gap for Natural Climate Solutions (NCS) Watch the Recording	virtual	Manuel Estrada, Director, REDD+ Technical Innovation
August 25	Webinar: The VCS Program in South Africa Watch the Recording	virtual
August 20	Webinar: The Role of International Standards in the Colombian Carbon Market (en Español) Watch the Recording	virtual	Angelo Sartori, Director, Stakeholder Engagement, Susana Velez Haller, Senior Manager, Auditor and Accreditation Body Engagement
August 4	Greenbiz Webinar with Verra Staff: “Innovation in Forest Carbon Solutions” GreenBiz, World Resources Institute, Pachama, Microsoft Watch the Recording	virtual	Toby Janson-Smith, Chief Program Development and Innovation Officer
July 9	IETA Webinar Series on Carbon Markets: Sessions with Verra Staff Business Leadership on Climate Action: Accelerating the Global Transition to a Net Zero World Watch the Recording	virtual	Naomi Swickard, Chief Program Officer
June 19	IETA Webinar Series on Carbon Markets: Sessions with Verra Staff Informes de Negocios del Mercado de Carbono y Mesa Redonda de Analistas PARTE 3: América Latina Watch the Recording	virtual	Angelo Sartori, Director, Stakeholder Engagement,
June 18	IETA Webinar Series on Carbon Markets: Sessions with Verra Staff Carbon Market Business Briefs & Analyst Roundtable PART 3: Latin America & South Africa Watch the Recording	virtual	Angelo Sartori, Director, Stakeholder Engagement,

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