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Technology, Sustainability, and Business Forum

Nov. 20, 2019
9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

9:30 to 10:30 a.m. | Tepper Quad Room 4242

Student Breakfast

Linda Rega
Manager Financial Services Energy
Siemens

This portion of the conference is by invitation only.

11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. | Scott Hall, Bosch Spark Conference Room 5201

Distinguished Lecture: The Future of Energy is Distributed, Sustainable and Personalized

Mark Mesler, MBA 2001
Vice President of Finance and Investor Relations
Bloom Energy

Presented in partnership with Carnegie Mellon's Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation. Lunch and refreshments will be provided at 11:15 a.m.

1 to 2:30 p.m. | Tepper Quad Room 4242

Panel Discussion

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Dr. Harrison Hong
John R. Eckel, Jr. Professor of Financial Economics
Columbia University

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Kasia Snyder
Senior Adviser to the president of UNFCCC COP 24, Head of the Polish Negotiating Team to the Paris Agreement
Chief Expert, Ministry of Environment, Poland

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Grant Ervin
Chief Resilience Officer and Assistant Director
Department of City Planning, City of Pittsburgh

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Marisa Buchanan
Head of Sustainability
JP Morgan Chase

Mark Mesler, MBA 2001
Vice President of Finance and Investor Relations
Bloom Energy

2:30 to 3 p.m. | Tepper Quad Room 4242

Coffee Break

3 to 4 p.m. | Tepper Quad Room 4242

Research Lecture: The Effect of Environmental Policy on Municipal Budgets

Steve Karolyi
Assistant Professor of Finance and Accounting
Tepper School of Business
Carnegie Mellon University

4 to 5 p.m. | Tepper Quad Room 4242

Keynote Lecture: Collaboration for Sustainability