ICCR 2026 Fall Conference

Dates: October 6–9, 2026
Venue: The Interchurch Center, 475 Riverside Dr, New York, NY 10115

This is the current meeting — visit the registration page to secure your place.

Schedule

Tuesday, October 6, 2026

Sessions on Tuesday, October 6, 2026
Time	Session
9:30 AM – 10:40 AM	Session Welcome and Keynote on "AI and the Influence on Democracy" by Zaid A. Zaid Chapel Zaid A. Zaid
10:50 AM – 11:50 AM	Session Forced Labor Bans: Can Trade Policy Improve Conditions for Workers in Global Supply Chains? Chapel Dr. Martin Buttle, Laura Murphy, Carolina Rudnick, Anasuya Syam
12:10 PM – 1:10 PM	Lunch Lunch - Day 1 Cafeteria
1:10 PM – 1:40 PM	Session Reclaiming Free Enterprise: Stakeholder Governance Through a Shareholder Advocacy Lens Chapel Tynesia Boyea-Robinson, Tammy Halevy
1:50 PM – 2:50 PM	Session Issuer and Investor: The Leverage of State and Local Public Finance Offices Chapel Ruth Ducret, Allison Glansberg, Karen Imas, Roraj Pradhananga, Lucas Schoeppner
3:10 PM – 4:25 PM	Session Public Policy Challenges facing Responsible Investment Chapel Andrew Collier, Sanford Lewis, Natalia Renta, Beth Young
4:35 PM – 5:15 PM	Session Corporate Political Spending - A New Deluge of Dollars Leading Upto Elections Chapel Jason Teed
5:15 PM – 7:15 PM	Reception Welcome Reception (In Person Only) Riverside Lobby

Wednesday, October 7, 2026

Sessions on Wednesday, October 7, 2026
Time	Session
9:15 AM – 10:15 AM	Session Centering Humanity in the Age of AI: Lessons from Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas Chapel Susan Francois, Ricky Manalo, CSP
10:35 AM – 11:50 AM	Session Navigating a Crisis of Conscience, Capital, and the Techno-Industrial Complex: Faith- and Values-Based Responses to Investment in Defense and Surveillance Technologies Chapel Katie Carter, Matthew Guariglia, Branka Marijan, Katie McCloskey, Meagan Tenety, Airwars Research One, Airwars Researcher Two
12:10 PM – 1:10 PM	Lunch Lunch - Day 2 Cafeteria
12:10 PM – 1:10 PM	Lunch SIDE LUNCH: Changing Landscape of Investor Engagement on Human and Labour Rights Orthodox Room
1:10 PM – 2:10 PM	Session The Closed-Loop Illusion: Water, Energy, and the Hidden Costs of AI Infrastructure Chapel Benjamin Jacobson, Shama Perveen, Ph.D., Kelly Poole, Elena Schlossberg, Tenzing Tashishar, CFA
2:30 PM – 3:45 PM	Session Health and AI – How to move beyond the extractive nature of AI? Chapel Luis Gil Abinader, Raymond Burnell, Lydia Kuykendal, Rohit Malpani
4:05 PM – 5:05 PM	Session An AI Safety Accord: The Role of Investors Chapel Vincent Dupont, Christina Krawec, Christopher LaRoche, Paul Rissman, Hadley Spadaccini

Thursday, October 8, 2026

Sessions on Thursday, October 8, 2026
Time	Session
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM	Session Platform Worker Solidarity in the Age of AI Chapel Alejandra A de la Rosa, Pía Garavaglia, Erin Markiewitz, Maria Orozco, James 'Mojez' Oyange , Tatiana Parrott, Natalie Wasek
10:50 AM – 12:20 PM	Session Just Resilience in a Warming World: Heat, Worker Safety, and Investor Action on Climate Risk Chapel Juanita Constible, Steven Demarest, Jason Judd, Kate Monahan, Tripti Poddar, Mike Powers, Lucas Schoeppner, Marina Severinovsky
12:40 PM – 1:40 PM	Lunch Lunch - Day 3 Cafeteria
1:40 PM – 2:40 PM	Session Nature on the Balance Sheet: Biodiversity, Climate Risk, and Investor Priorities Chapel Caroline Boden, Adam Kanzer, Elizabeth Levy, Alexandra McPherson, Julie Tanner
3:00 PM – 4:15 PM	Session ICCR Annual General Meeting for Members Chapel

Friday, October 9, 2026

Sessions on Friday, October 9, 2026
Time	Session
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM	Meeting Social Impact Deposits as a way to Further Align Investments with Mission and Values East Harlem People's FCU 2285 2nd Ave, New York, NY 10035 *East Harlem Branch of Lower East Side People’s Federal Credit Union

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