• Symposium on Global Climate Governance and Trustworthy Algorithms

    November 29, 2020, Shanghai

Program

Symposium on the Global Climate Governance and Trustworthy Algorithms
Date and time: 20:30-22:45, November 29 (Beijing time). Link to join (Zoom meeting)
20:30-20:40 Welcome and symposium overview:
Xiliang Zhang, Director of Institute of Energy, Environment, and Economy at Tsinghua University
20:40-21:00 Presentation: Trustworthy algorithms and their applications
Andrew Yao, Dean of IIIS, Tsinghua University & Shanghai Qi Zhi Institute
21:00-21:30 Panel: Building trust in climate governance with the support of information technology
Susan David Carevic
, Business Management Officer, Carbon Markets and Innovation, the World Bank
Andreas Löschel, Professor, Centre of Applied Economic Research Münster (CAWM), University of Münster
Xuedu Lu, Lead Climate Change Specialist, East Asia Department, ADB
Karsten Neuhoff, Professor, Climate Policy Department, DIW Berlin
21:30-21:40 Break
21:40-22:10 Panel: Carbon pricing and data science
Dirk Forrister, President and CEO, IETA
Suzi Kerr, Chief Economist, EDF
Michael Mehling, Deputy Director, Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research (CEEPR), MIT
William Pizer, Professor, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University
22:10-22:40 Panel: Artificial intelligence in climate change governance
Michael Davidson
, Assistant Professor, School of Global Policy & Strategy UCSD
Joanna Lewis, Associate Professor, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
Sergey Paltsev, Deputy Director, Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, MIT
Christian Stoll, Strategy consultant, Bain & Company
22:40-22:45 Concluding remarks: Prof. Xiliang Zhang
22:45-22:50 Concluding remarks: Prof. Andrew Yao