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Americas: September 22 & 23, 2020, 5:30-7:30PM, PDT
Asia: September 23 & 24, 2020, 8:30-10:30AM, CST
California-China Climate Institute and Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB) held an inaugural Energy, Climate & Sustainable Investment Symposium in September 2020--- connecting global business leaders with renowned thought leaders, policymakers and practitioners who are transforming the future of energy, climate policy and sustainable investment and development throughout the world.
Designed to amplify today’s most urgent energy and climate challenges and opportunities, and accelerate global collaboration on solutions through network development, this 2-day Virtual Symposium offered actionable energy and investment strategies to define your sustainable future.
Session 1: Our Global Energy & Climate Imperative
Jerry Brown, Chair, California-China Climate Institute, Former Governor, State of California
Bing Xiang, Founding Dean CKGSB and Professor of China Business and Globalization
David Hochschild, Chair, California Energy Commission
Chengyu Fu, Professor of Management Practice of Governance and Innovations at Large Corporations, CKGSB, Former Chairman and CEO of CNOOC and Former Chairman of SINOPEC
Moderator: Daniel Kammen, Distinguished Professor of Energy, UC Berkeley
Founding Director, Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory (RAEL)
Co-Director, Berkeley Institute of the Environment
Session 2: Sustainable Investment and Clean Energy Innovation
Max Auffhammer, Professor of International Sustainable Development and,
Associate Dean in the Division of Social Sciences UC Berkeley
National Bureau of Economic Research, Energy and Environmental Economics Group
Kate Gordon, Director Governor’s Office of Planning and Research
Chair, California Strategic Growth Council
Senior Policy Advisor to the Governor on Climate
Jianping Mei, Professor of Finance, CKGSB
Consultant and Financial Advisor to large financial institutions worldwide
Danny Kennedy, Chief Energy Officer, New Energy Nexus
Moderator: Aimee Barnes, Senior Advisor, California-China Climate Institute
Senior Advisor to Governor Jerry Brown
Former Deputy Secretary CalEPA
Closing remarks by David Ackerly, Dean of the Rausser College of Natural Resources, UC Berkeley