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Valuing Nature: Unlocking the Market That Sustains Life
Leaders on Purpose CEO Summit
Location: Nexus Club, New York, NY
Date: September 23, 2025
This year’s theme is Leadership for the Intelligent Future – Market Transitions through Innovation, Capital, and Nature. How can wealth be redefined to include ecosystems can expand fiscal space, strengthen resilience, and unlock new markets? Panelists include Gene Leon and Nisaa Jetha.
Resilience and Sustainability: How will ESG impact BCM?
Location: DRI ASEAN 2025, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (virtual)
Date: July 21, 2025
Exploring the current trends and challenges among Business Continuity, Sustainability, and ESG.
2025 Commencement Speech
Location: Bard College at Simon’s Rock, Great Barrington, Massachusetts
Date: May 17,2025
Watch the video and read the blog post here.
How does the sustainability function build resilience—and how must it evolve?
Location: AccountAbility Symposium, University Club of New York
Date: April 30, 2025
Moderator: Chloe Demrovsky and Panelists: Ann Tracy, Chief Sustainability Officer, Colgate-Palmolive; Stewart Lindsay, Chief Sustainability Officer, The Campbell’s Company; Charlotte Peyraud, Director and Co-Head, Sustainability Advisory Services, Houlihan Lokey
What’s Next for Climate Action Post-COP28?
CFR Salon Dinner (presider)
Location: Council on Foreign Relations, New York
Date: March 18, 2024
Since nations began holding COPs approximately thirty years ago, carbon emissions have continued to rise to higher levels—likely the highest in three million years, when trees were in the polar region and sea levels were some twenty meters higher. Given this, should nations continue to invest in the COP process? Is this process working?
Climate Change: The Critical Role the Media, Business, and Other Stakeholders Play in Shaping the Narrative
Paley International Council Summit 2023
Location: The Paley Center for Media, New York
Date: July 21, 2023
The 2023 Summit features world dignitaries, CEOs, and other leaders from today’s top companies from the fields of media, government, finance, news, technology, advertising, entertainment, music, sports, and gaming. Chloe Demrovsky will present on “Climate Change: The Critical Role the Media, Business, and Other Stakeholders Play in Shaping the Narrative.” Link
Partnering for people-centred and future-ready disaster resilient infrastructure
Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure
Location: National Press Club, Washington DC
Date: October 30, 2023
Chloe Demrovsky presented on the panel, “Partnering for people-centred and future-ready disaster resilient infrastructure: Strengthening the DRI Agenda through Infrastructure Resilience Academic Exchange (IRAX)”.
COP28 and Beyond—Does Multilateral Climate Diplomacy Work?
CFR Term Member Conference Plenary Session (presider)
Location: Council on Foreign Relations, New York
Date: October 27, 2023
The discussion will focus on the salience of multilateral climate change efforts by the UN and its members states (especially since COP21), what to expect for COP28, and the future of climate change and policy reactions to it more broadly. Featuring Jay L. Koh, Cofounder and Managing Director, The Lightsmith Group & CFR Member, Jennifer Schuch-Page, Senior Advisor, Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, U.S. Department of State & CFR Term Member, and David Kanter, Associate Professor of Environmental Studies, New York University & CFR Term Member.
Virtual Roundtable on Insurance and Climate Adaptation
CFR Virtual Roundtable (presider)
Location: Council on Foreign Relations, New York
Date: June 27, 2023
As climate change increases the reach and severity of natural disasters like hurricanes, fires, and floods, new and emerging insurance tools could provide innovative adaptation solutions. Please join us for a conversation on climate-driven disaster recovery and resilience, the opportunities and drawbacks of disaster, parametric, and microinsurance, and how government and the private sector can work together to support communities most at risk. Speakers include Butch Bacani, program leader, Principles for Sustainable Insurance Initiative, UN Environment Program; Carolyn Kousky, associate vice president for economics and policy, Environmental Defense Fund; and Eleonora Sharef, partner, McKinsey & Company.
Leveraging Business Continuity for Climate-Related Financial Disclosure
RISKWORLD 2023
Location: Atlanta, GA
Date: May 3, 2023
Chloe Demrovsky will present on Leveraging Business Continuity for Climate-Related Financial Disclosure at the largest annual gathering of global risk professionals from RIMS.
How Philanthropy Can Respond to Crisis Location: webinar
Date: March 16, 2023
This panel, moderated by Chloe Demrovsky, will explore how philanthropists and fundraisers have been – and should be – approaching recovery efforts. How can we center community needs in our support? How do we make sure recovery efforts remain relevant to our donor communities once the disaster moves out of the news cycle? What lessons can nonprofits learn in scaling up to meet these needs when dollars quickly pour in? They’ll discuss the role of philanthropy, as well as recommendations for nonprofits seeking to deepen partnerships with philanthropists in these areas.
Logistics’ Role in Global Disaster Relief
BGSA Supply Chain Holdings Conference
Location: The Breakers Hotel, West Palm Beach, FL
Date: January 18-20, 2023
This one-of-a-kind event is designed to bring together top industry leaders from all segments of the supply chain and provides an intimate and candid setting where CEOs and leaders can privately network and explore ideas with their peers. In addition, the conference offers a unique focus on strategic ideas driving change in the supply chain marketplace, such as new technologies, consolidation, global expansion, and innovative growth strategies. Chloe Demrovsky will be part of a panel discussion on Logistics’ Role in Global Disaster Relief.
Tactical Insight: Re-evaluating the Risk and Resilience Status Quo
AFP 2022 Executive Programming
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Date: October 23, 2022
The Association of Financial Professionals’ 2022 conference will be held in-person in Philadelphia, PA. Chloe Demrovsky is among the featured speakers, presenting Tactical Insight: Re-evaluating the Risk and Resilience Status Quo.
CFR Hybrid Meeting: Daughters and Sons Event—Working to Save the Planet
Council on Foreign Relations (panelist)
Location: Council on Foreign Relations, New York
Date: June 22, 2022
This meeting will focus the dire consequences of climate change, our work in addressing it, and what governments, companies, and individuals can do to help save the planet. This meeting is part of CFR’s Daughters and Sons Series, in which members are encouraged to bring their high school and college-aged children or
grandchildren. Moderated by Richard Haass.
Reflecting Sunlight to Cool the Planet
Council on Foreign Relations (presider)
Location: Council on Foreign Relations, New York
Date: June 7, 2022
With the planet warming at an alarming pace, there are currently three main approaches to managing risks from the changing climate: reducing emissions, removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, and adapting to build resilience and minimize the effects of the increase in temperature. CFR senior fellow Stewart Patrick discusses a potential fourth approach, known as solar geoengineering, that reflects sunlight back into space to reduce rising temperatures on Earth. Drawing on findings and recommendations from a recent Council Special Report Reflecting Sunlight to Reduce Climate Risk: Priorities for Research and International Cooperation, Patrick also discusses the need for strong international cooperation to determine the feasibility and potential consequences of sunlight reflection, to ensure collective decision making regarding any deployment of such techniques, and to manage the geopolitical risks of this untested enterprise. Speaker Stewart M. Patrick James H. Binger Senior Fellow in Global Governance and Director of the International Institutions and Global Governance Program, Council on Foreign Relations.
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Risk-!n 4th Edition
Location: Zurich, Switzerland
Date: May 19, 2022
Risk-!n’s fourth event is a multidisciplinary, transverse and interactive conference bridging Enterprise Risk Management, Security, Insurance and Resilience. The conference model, supported by various innovative formats, world café, workshops, round table, moderation and debate, reinforce the links between all the stakeholders. Chloe Demrovsky will be among the featured presenters.
ARISE-US Symposium: Strategies for Flood Risk Reduction
Location: webinar
Date: January 27, 2022
ARISE-US is hosting a web-based symposium on “Strategies for Flood Risk Reduction”. It will feature public and private sector experts in the field and, with active participation from the audience, will discuss the challenges and solutions to them. The symposium will take the form of two linked panels, and will maximize discussion and dialog, one addressing the issues and the other, potential solutions. As with other ARISE-US symposiums, the Symposium will initiate a program of actions as applicable from discussion in the symposium itself. Chloe Demrovsky will be on hand as a panel moderator.
Resilience in the Built Environment
French-American Innovation Day
Location: Houston, TX United States
Date: September 17, 2021
The French American Innovation Days are organized by the Office for Science & Technology of the Embassy of France in the United States in partnership with the Harte Research Institute (CorpusChristi, USA), CEEBIOS (France) and Myceco (France). This online event brings together prominent American and French experts to discuss the latest research advances and innovation in the environmental field in order to foster transatlantic connections. Chloe Demrovsky will be introducing and moderating Friday’s discussion of Resilience in the Built Environment.
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ON Security
Location: Sao Paolo, Brazil
Date: June 25-26, 2021
Featuring more than 10 hours of top-rated presentations on business continuity, security, crisis management, and other major issues in resilience, the ON Security event, June 25-26, is a free online event featuring speakers including Chloe Demrovsky.
Resilience & Response
Action on Disaster Relief 2021 (ADR2021)
Location: Panama City, Panama (virtual)
Date: February 24-25, 2021
Chloe Demrovsky will be chairing a panel on resilience and response. Panelists will also assess the need for clear requirements of what is needed, emphasizing the need for renewable sustainable solutions, whilst supporting existing capabilities to build capacity for better resilience. What factors has the Covid-19 pandemic highlighted that may not have been previously considered? Panel: Donna Callejon, Executive Lead – Disaster Response of GlobalGiving Greg Cormier, Humanitarian Team Leader of Mercy Corps Bekah Curtis-Heald, Deputy Director at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) of Clinton Foundation Frank Ford, Chief of Readiness & Contingency Operations (RCO) of USACE – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sam Tidwell, Volunteer Partner to the Director – Americas Region of American Red Cross.
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Operational Resilience and Disaster Recovery Planning
GARP Virtual Risk Convention
Location: virtual
Date: February 22-24, 2021
Hear actionable insights in executive forums on climate risk, diversity, cyber security, the evolution of risk management, innovation, and more. Chloe Demrovsky will be delivering plenary presentations on operational resilience and disaster recovery. With Roland Chai -Chief Risk Officer, Nasdaq and DeLisa White -VP, Multi-Media Content Producer, GARP.
Keynote: Tactics to future-proof your company
CAN DO Innovation Summit
Location: Glasgow, Scotland (virtual)
Date: February 3, 2021
As a focal point for business innovation in Scotland – the national CAN DO Innovation Summit will explore how businesses can build sustainable growth and resilience after the global impact of COVID-19. SMEs will meet the innovators, entrepreneurs, academics and investors that can help them adopt new technologies, build progressive working cultures and access the right support to enable innovation-led recovery and growth. Chloe Demrovsky will be a keynote speaker, presenting on resilience for small and medium sized businesses.
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Navigating Risk in Uncharted Waters
2021 Corporate Directors Forum Annual Conference
Location: virtual
Date: February 1-3, 2021
Chloe Demrovsky will be part of the panel “Navigating Risk in Uncharted Waters”. One of the board’s top priorities is oversight of company risk management strategies. Recent events have underscored the need for Boards and management teams to reassess how they fulfill this obligation. This panel will discuss the Board’s role in risk oversight and will examine whether an increased role for directors in this process could (and/or should) upend the traditional balance of responsibilities between boards and management teams. Copanelists include Holly Gregory, Partner & Co-Chair, Global Corporate Governance & Executive Compensation Practice, Sidley Austin LLP; and David Tehle, Director and Audit Committee Chair for Jack in the Box Inc., National Vision, Inc., and US Foods
Rethinking Readiness
Location: Earth Institute at Columbia University (webinar)
Date: August 11, 2020
An expert introduction to human-made threats and vulnerabilities, with a focus on opportunities to reimagine how we approach disaster preparedness. Introduction by Ruth Defries, University Professor; Denning Family Professor of Sustainable Development in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology; Chair of the Faculty, the Earth Institute. Speaker: Jeff Schlegelmilch, Director for the National Center for Disaster Preparedness, the Earth Institute.
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5 Questions with Sherif Barsoum and Chloe Demrovsky
Location: NYU Alumni webinar
Date: July 23, 2020
Join us for 5 Questions with Sherif Barsoum, Associate Vice President of Global Services and Chloe Demrovsky, Instructor at the School of Professional Studies, as they discuss the impact of COVID-19 on the impact of support of international students at NYU and worldwide.
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Closing the Insurance Protection Gaps
High Level Political Forum 2020
United Nations, New York, NY United States
July 6-7, 2020
BJD Reinsurance Consulting, Organization in Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations hosted a side-event. Chloe Demrovsky presented on the side event’s theme, “Closing the Insurance Protection Gaps: From enhanced relevance to increased resilience”.
Business continuity in the era of Covid-19
UNDRR WHO Webinar
Date: May 7, 2020
Chloe Demrovsky is among the presenters for the UNDRR’s Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic webinar series: Tools for business continuity in the era of COVID-19: howe businesses could prepare for reopening?
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Climate Resilience: Turning the Tide
Location: Twitter Live Chat
Date: May 6, 2020 On the Web, United States
This Twitter Chat using the hashtag #RMSClimateChats will address the big themes of climate resilience. The focus will be on what it takes to build climate-resilient communities, economies and financial systems. Chloe Demrovsky will be among those discussing the topic with Daniel Stander, Kathy Baughman McLeod, Alice Hill, Andrew Revkin.
Women Leading with Impact
ISACA Metro NY’s SheLeads Tech Event
New York, NY
Date: November 21, 2019
The SheLeads Tech Committee is a newly created committee for the ISACA NY Metropolitan Chapter. Chloe Demrovsky who will be one of the panel speakers at this first SheLeadsTech event addressing the topic: WOMEN LEADING WITH IMPACT: I AM Fearless, Innovative and Inspiring.
Business Continuity and Emergency Preparedness for Real Estate Managers
Institute of Real Estate Management Greater New York Chapter
Location: Union League Club
Date: November 13, 2019
Chloe Demrovsky will be part of a discussion panel on Business Continuity and Emergency Preparedness for Real Estate Managers. Joining her will be Thomas Currao, FDNY Chief of Counterterrorism and Disaster Preparedness and Dmitri Dits. Assistant Commissioner of the NYC Department of Buildings.
La importancia de la capacidad de resiliencia en los entornos construidos
El Foro ARISE México
México
Fechas: 29 y 30 octubre de 2019
El Foro ARISE México, promoverá la Resiliencia como uno de los valores más representativos de la sostenibilidad en los negocios y en el que se darán cita actores clave pertenecientes a instituciones del Sector Privado, Público, Académico y otros organismos de México y América Latina. Chloe Demrovsky presentará el siguiente tema: La importancia de la capacidad de resiliencia en los entornos construidos
Stronger Together: deploying cross-sectoral collaboration to overcome the global preparedness gap
UNDRR Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction
Location: Geneva, Switzerland
Date: 13-17 May 2019
Chloe Demrovsky will present “Stronger Together: deploying cross-sectoral collaboration to overcome the global preparedness gap”. This session will discuss avenues for weaving together a comprehensive resilience strategy using examples of how the private sector integrates their cyber and business continuity programs.
The Role of the Private Sector in Disaster Risk Reduction
Fifth Global Biennial Conference on Small States
Location: Apia, Samoa
Date: March 25. 2019
Chloe Demrovsky will present on Examining the Role of the Private Sector and Non-Governmental Organisations in Disaster Risk Reduction.
Inter-Company Collaboration to Advance Sustainability Goals
Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity
Location: Baruch College
Date: October 24, 2018
Many business leaders have realized that embracing sustainability concepts is vital to their growth and survival. These companies are creating strategies to address market conditions such as climate change, globalization, resource constraints, poverty, world health, and security to enhance their brand equity, stock price and profits, improve their products and services, create more resilient systems and infrastructure, and a better quality of life for their stakeholders. Leaders also understand the importance of establishing working groups to represent intra-company operational silos, as well as executive board oversight, as key elements in developing and implementing a successful sustainability strategy. Though the UN SDG’s have more performance indicators tied directly to business and the workplace, multi-nationals based in the US find themselves with less policy support and government motivation to improve their environmental and social performance and move their sustainable development goals forward. Instead, these business leaders are exploring ways to advance sustainability goals through inter-company strategic partnerships, multi-stakeholder initiatives, task forces, and sustainability focused membership networks.
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Crisis Conference 2018
Location: London, England
Date: 16 & 17 October 2018
The first major international conference to embrace both aviation and hotel crisis management because: Similar people dynamics, Similar crisis consequences to manage, and We can learn from each other. The Aim of CrisisConf 2018 is to assist the hotel and aviation industries to be better prepared and resourced for the challenges of modern crises and emergencies affecting people, property or reputation. The Aim will be achieved by review of the following: Prioritising resilience on the strategic business agenda, Case studies reflecting different crisis challenges, Lessons learned and how they are applied, Effectiveness of plans, procedures and training, Use of systems, technology and information management, Partnerships within industry, with other industries and with civil organisations, and Communication in the modern era. Chloe Demrovsky will be a keynote speaker speaker presenting on the evolving crisis landscape.
Risk Taisaku
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Date: September 26, 2018
Seven years since the Great East Japan Earthquake. BCP has become established in many companies, but damage caused by disasters will not decrease in any way. Many precious lives were deprived by the northern Osaka Earthquake and heavy rain in the western Japan this year, and a lot of damage also occurred to corporate activities. To what extent do we have lessons learned in 3.11? On the other hand, the risks surrounding the organization become diversified and complicated, not only natural disasters but also countermeasures against system outages due to large-scale accidents and cyber attacks, as well as preparations for the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2020 There is a need for efforts.
The Integration of Risk Management
UNISDR Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Americas
Location: Cartagena, Colombia
Date: June 20-22, 2018
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