Sharla Halvorson
Ingka Centres Espana SL
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ULI Europe Sustainability Product Council Day – 26 November 2025
26th November - Product Council Day
26th November 18:45-23:00 - Awards for Excellence Dinner. Please note there are no separate council dinners the evening before. If you can attend the Awards Dinner you must confirm your place when you register for your council meeting.
27th November - C Change Summit
Meeting venue - 12 Av. D'Italie, 75013, Paris Hej!Workshop
8:30 Welcome Coffee
9:00 Welcome from the Chairs
9:15 Ingka Session and IKEA site tour (Joint Session with the ULI Europe Retail and Entertainment Council)
Sharla Halvorson, Head of Sustainability, Ingka Centres
10:30 Coffee Break (Retail and Entertainment Council depart)
11:00 Sustainability and AI
Paul Stepan, Head of Sustainability Consultancy Europe, JLL
Dr. Evan Petkov, Co-founder and CEO, Optiml
12:00 Green Financing
Hélène Guo, Sustainable Investment Banking, Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank (CACIB)
1:00 Lunch
2:15 Travel to site tour
Please note this this transfer will be via metro
3:00 Site Tour – Bergere, 14 rue Bergère, 75009 Paris
Max Walmsley, Senior Portfolio Manager, LaSalle Investment Management
4:30 Close
6:45 ULI Awards for Excellence Dinner
Pavillion Royal, Paris
This event is open to product council members. Please note you must have indicated your intention to attend when registering for your council day.
If you are interested in attending as a guest to a Product Council meeting, please email your request along with a copy of your CV to [email protected]
Kindly supported by
TBC Paris x FRANCE
Speakers
Max Walmsley
Senior Portfolio Manager, LaSalle Investment Management
Paul Stepan
Head of Sustainability Consulting, UK and EMEA, JLL
Evan Petkov
Co-Founder & CEO, Optiml
Dr. Evan Petkov is the Co-Founder & CEO of Optiml - the next generation of AI-powered software for intelligent cost and CO₂-conscious decision support for real estate management. Our ETH Zurich Spin-off enables real estate owners and consultants to generate sustainable returns with their portfolio on the pathway to Net Zero.
Evan finished his PhD at ETH Zurich, with an interdisciplinary background spanning from energy engineering, product development, to policy consulting. The ambition of our start-up is of a similar breadth: to give real estate stakeholders the power to make long-term decisions amid complexity in the most cost-effective and decarbonized manner.
- PhD in Management, Technology, Economics (D-MTEC) from ETH Zurich (Group for Sustainability and Technology)
- MSc from Stanford University in Renewable Energy engineering.
- BSc’s from University of Wisconsin-Madison in Economics and Environmental Science.
- 10+ years experience in energy engineering, policy, and sustainable buildings