The Princeton University Energy Conference is a unique event designed to shape the conversation on energy across all sectors of the economy. This year’s theme is “The Defining Decade: Building a Sustainable Future.” We hope to inspire the next generation of energy leaders as the world undergoes one of the most significant social, economic and technological transformations.
The conference will have three moderated panels, along with two Keynote speakers and a career fair. Past speakers have included David W. Crane (director of the Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations in the Department of Energy and former CEO of NRG), Eduardo Bhatia (former Senate President of Puerto Rico), and Kara Mangone (Head of Sustainable Investment Group at Goldman Sachs). This year’s speakers can be found in the conference agenda link above.
Students, faculty, and members of the Princeton Community interested in energy policy, sustainable finance, climate research, green technology or clean-tech start-ups are encouraged to register and attend this event.
One of this year’s speakers, moderating the panel on Financing the Energy Transition, is Lin Peng, a visiting professor at Princeton and affiliated with the Bendheim Center for Finance and the Department of Economics.
Lin Peng is the Krell Chair Professor of Finance at Baruch College, City University of New York. Her expertise includes ESG and sustainability and social finance. Professor Peng’s research has been published in top journals and featured by the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, and Reuters. She has been named an honoree of AACSB’s 2024 Influential Leaders for her research advancing new knowledge and creating impact in business and society. Professor Peng has delivered seminars at global regulatory agencies such as the SEC, Federal Reserve, European Securities and Markets Authority, Bank of England, and leading universities worldwide. She serves as an associate editor for Management Science and the Journal of Empirical Finance and is a member of the management committee for the Keynes Fund for Applied Economics at Cambridge. Professor Peng holds an MA in Biology from Wesleyan and a Ph.D. in Finance from Duke.