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Powering the Future, Financing the Great Energy Transition

September 13 - September 14, 2024

UBC Robson Square and UBC Point Grey

UBC Sauder’s Centre for Climate and Business Solutions is hosting the 9th IWFSAS conference, titled "Powering the Future, Financing the Great Energy Transition" 

The International Workshop on Financial System Architecture and Stability (IWFSAS) provides a forum for academic researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to discuss critical issues related to the structure and design of financial systems and their impact on macro-financial stability and sustainable and inclusive economic growth.

The 9th IWFSAS conference offers a unique opportunity to bring together thought leaders, academics, practitioners, and policymakers to advance the dialogue on one of the most pressing issues of our time: financing the great energy transition and managing the associated risks and opportunities for investors, businesses, and other socioeconomic actors.

By exploring the intersection of finance, economics, and the energy transition, we aim to stimulate further research and action to accelerate the transition to a sustainable, inclusive, and climate-resilient future. Your expertise and involvement will be crucial in enriching these discussions and driving meaningful change.

Conference Highlights:

  • September 13: Industry Day (UBC Robson Square, Downtown Vancouver) 
    • Engage in expert-led discussions with top industry figures, such as Jill Earthy, Jennifer Coulson, ICD.D, Jonathan Fowlie, and keynote speaker Barbara Zvan, President and CEO of the University Pension Plan Ontario.
  • September 14: Academic Day (UBC Sauder School of Business, Point Grey Campus) 
    • Delve into cutting-edge research with select paper presentations and a keynote address by Kelly Shue, Finance Professor at Yale School of Management.

The event is organized in collaboration with Peter B. Gustavson School of Business, Bayes Business School, Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University, and the Euro-Mediterranean Economists Association (EMEA). Our local organizing partners include the Canada Climate Law Initiative, Zero Emissions Innovation Centre, Canadian Climate Institute, UVic Impact Investing Hub, and, of course, UBC Sauder's Centre for Climate and Business Solutions (CCBS).

Join for one or both days of the conference. 

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First Nations land acknowledegement

We acknowledge that UBC’s campuses are situated within the traditional territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh, and in the traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of the Syilx Okanagan Nation and their peoples.

Climate Solutions Research Collective

UBC receives support for managing its research enterprise from the federal Research Support Fund.

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