On April 20, 2026 Collins led a roundtable discussion on envisioning a resilient future for key economic sectors, including water, energy and agriculture. The breakfast session kicked off the GARI Summit in New York.
On December 3, 2025 Collins spoke at the MaRS Climate Impact conference in Toronto for the launch of the AdapTech Accelerator program. The session explored how emerging technologies, ventures, and investors are shaping a growing adaptation economy.
On September 25, 2025 Collins moderated a panel of leading insurance companies to discuss innovations and strategies to help attract capital to investment in resilience. The session was part of Resilience Finance Day at New York Climate Week.
In June 2025 Collins facilitated a high-level roundtable at London Climate Action Week in collaboration with Zurich Insurance, Pollination, GARI and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).
On November 18, 2024 Collins moderated a panel of corporate CEOs and Board members as part of a National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) regional meeting. The program was designed to better equip board members with the knowledge and tools necessary to champion sustainability.
On November 6, 2024 Collins spoke to the Georgetown University International Law Institute on emerging opportunities in mobilizing private sector capital for climate resilience solutions.
On June 14, 2024 Collins served as a panelist at a roundtable hosted in New York by the World Bank and the Asia Society Policy Institute to identify emerging solutions to mobilize financing for resilience in South Asia.
On March 29, 2024 Collins spoke at the Arizona State University (ASU) Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory on investment opportunities in climate resilience solutions, and shared her career journey from fintech entrepreneur to climate finance.
Collins spoke on climate finance in December 2023 at the United Nations Conference of the Parties (COP28) in Dubai, UAE.
Collins participated in a panel on August 23, 2023 at the Global Environmental Fund (GEF) Seventh General Assembly in Vancouver, Canada. She highlighted the role of private sector investors in accelerating innovation in climate resilience and adaptation technologies.
Collins spoke at the International Women's Forum global conference in Helsinki, Finland on June 14, 2023. IWF member experts from around the world discussed what ESG means for leadership and corporate governance.
Collins led a workshop on "Scenario Analysis Upacked: Vision for Risk-Managed Investments" on April 4, 2023 at the GFMI conference on Climate Risk for Financial Institutions industry meeting in New York City.
Collins co-produced two sessions at the United Nations Conference of the Parties (COP29) global climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan in November 2024. Investing in Climate Resilience in Emerging Markets: The Unavoidable Opportunity featured panelists from BlackRock, USAID, Lightsmith, GEF, Climate-KIC and UNEP-FI. The second event Mobilizing Private Sector Investments for Climate Adaptation: A World Café on Innovation and Learning was a rotational listening session with climate finance leaders.
Collins hosted this panel discussion on March 28, 2023 in her role as Strategic Advisor for GARI. Panelists explored how new climate data sources and tools are helping to facilitate investments in resilience.
Collins hosted this panel discussion on November 10, 2022 in her role as Strategic Advisor for GARI. Panelists explored new accounting methods for valuing resilience to help catalyze investments.
Collins hosted this global discussion on May 12, 2022 in her role as Strategic Advisor for GARI. Panelists included Aon, United Nations Capital Development Fund and the United Nations Insurance and Risk Finance Facility, moderator by Tata Consultancy Services. View recording here.