Verra staff speaking: Heather McEwan, Verra’s Regional Representative for Africa and the Middle East. Heather will contribute to a high-level discussion on unlocking investment in the voluntary carbon market, highlighting how high-integrity standards, Core Carbon Principles (CCPs), and digital innovation are helping build trust and scale impact across the market.

Verra staff speaking: Janice O’brien, Director, Auditing and Accreditation. Fostering advancements in the field, the inaugural ACAS will bring together the entire ANAB conformity assessment community—including ANAB clients, assessors, stakeholders, standardization professionals, and others in all conformity assessment fields—for dynamic discussions, collaboration, knowledge sharing, and networking.  

Verra staff speaking: Spencer Plumb, Senior Manager, Forest Management Innovation. Carbon Unbound West Coast is a convening dedicated solely to carbon removals, bringing together market leaders to accelerate innovation, investment, and impact. The program explores practical strategies for scaling high-integrity removal solutions, with Verra contributing to a collaborative campfire session on the opportunities and challenges

Verra staff speaking remotely: Liz Guinessey, Manager, Food and Blue Carbon Innovation. Verra will participate in the session on “Navigating the Standards,” where Liz will speak to our role in enabling high-integrity blue carbon projects through robust methodologies, rigorous MRV, and regional engagement across Latin America.

Verra staff speaking: Mandy Rambharos, CEO. The International Society of Tropical Foresters (ISTF) Conference brings together researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to discuss equitable, science-based solutions for tropical forest conservation and climate action.