Moderators: Wei Liu, ESG Strategy Leader of Alibaba Group United Nations, World Adaptation Science Programme Science Committee member; Randy Xu, Sr. Research Expert, Luohan Academy
13:45-15:10
Session 1: Digitalization for the sustainability challenge
· Lars Peter Hansen (Remote) (Professor of Economics at U Chicago, 2013 Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics) - The climate challenge, uncertainty, and digitalization
· Shijin Liu (Vice Director of the National Committee of the CPPCC Economic Committee, Former Deputy Director of the Development Research Center of the State Council) - The twin transformations: digital and green
· Albert Park (Chief Economist of Asian Development Bank) - Digitalization for sustainable and resilient development
· Patrick Bolton (Professor of Finance and Economics at Imperial College London, Former President of American Finance Association) - Digital circular economy for net-zero
Discussion
15:10-15:25 Coffee break
15:25-16:55
Session 2: The digital circular economy - innovative
solutions in practice
Moderator: Wei Liu (ESG Strategy Leader of Alibaba Group United Nations, World Adaptation Science Programme Science Committee member)
· Jun Ma (President of IFS) - Harmonizing and digitalizing standards for a greener world
· Yonggang Wen (Associate Dean of College of Engineering
Nanyang Technological University) - AI and digital infrastructure for a sustainable future
· Peter Evans (Chief Strategy Officer of McFadyen Digital) - Spurring circular economies through digital platforms
· Ming Xu (Professor of School of Environment at Tsinghua) - Data space-enabled trustworthy carbon footprint for
demand-side mitigation
· Wei Liu (ESG Strategy Leader of Alibaba Group United Nations, World Adaptation Science Programme Science Committee member) - Scaling innovation for decarbonization: theory to
practice with Scope 3+
16:55-17:20
Panel Discussion:
Moderator: Randy Xu (Sr. Research Expert, Luohan Academy)
Discussant: Peter Evans, Yonggang Wen, Ming Xu and Wei Liu
17:20-17:30
Concluding remarks
Martin Reeves
Chairman (BCG Henderson Institute)
