Breakfast
9:45 am–10:00 am
Welcoming Remarks
10:00 am–10:30 am
- Mindy Engle-Friedman, Professor of Psychology, Weissman School of Arts and Sciences
- Lin Peng, Krell Chair Professor in Finance, Zicklin School of Business
- Linda Essig, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
Research and Teaching: Climate and Sustainability
10:30 am–11:30 am
Moderator: Anna D’Souza, Associate Professor, Marxe School of Public and International Affairs
Local Waterways and Coastal Ecosystems
Chester Zarnoch, Professor of Environmental Studies and Biology, Weissman School of Arts and Sciences
Bringing Oysters Back to NYC: Research, Education, and Outreach Working with the BOP
Stephen Gosnell, Associate Professor of Environmental Science, Weissman School of Arts and Sciences
Food Production, Factory Farming, Environmental Impacts
Valerie Watnick, Professor and Chair, Department of Law, Zicklin School of Business
Climate Impacts and Environmental Justice
Shelly Eversley, Professor of English and Interim Chair, Black and Latino Studies, Weissman School of Arts and Sciences
Break
11:30 am–11:45 am
Research and Teaching: Climate and Sustainability Part II
11:45 am–12:45 pm
Moderator: Terrence Martell, Saxe Distinguished Professor of Finance and Director Emeritus of the Weissman Center for International Business, Zicklin School of Business
Developing Leaders to Save the Planet: The Case of the Zicklin School of Business
Cynthia Thompson, Professor, Narendra Paul Loomba Department of Management, Zicklin School of Business
Climate Change, Real Estate Markets, and Teaching Initiatives at the Newman Institute
Yildiray Yildirim, Professor and Chair, William Newman Department of Real Estate, Zicklin School of Business
ESG, Energy, Incentives, and Regulation
Nizan Geslevich Packin, Professor, Department of Law, Zicklin School of Business
Retrofitting Social and Behavioral Sciences to Address Questions Related to Climate Change Impact
Frank Heiland, Professor, Marxe School of Public and International Affairs
Lunch
12:45 pm–1:45 pm
Deans’ Panel: Interdisciplinary Collaboration
1:45 pm–2:30 pm
Moderator: Raquel Benbunan-Fich, Interim Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs, Research, and Innovation, Professor of Information Systems and Statistics, Zicklin School of Business
Dean Jessica Lang, Weissman School of Arts and Sciences
Interim Dean Paquita Davis-Friday, Zicklin School of Business
Dean Sherry Ryan, Marxe School of Public and International Affairs
Break
2:30 pm–2:45 pm
Climate Change, Disclosure, and Firm Outcomes
2:45 pm–3:45 pm
Moderator: Jun Wang, Professor and Chair, Bert W. Wasserman Department of Economics and Finance, Zicklin School of Business
Role of Political Beliefs in Investor and Firm Attitudes Toward CSR
Leonard Kostovetsky, Associate Professor, Bert W. Wasserman Department of Economics and Finance, Zicklin School of Business
Corporate Governance and Sustainability
Yao Shen, Assistant Professor, Bert W. Wasserman Department of Economics and Finance, Zicklin School of Business
ESG Disclosure and Corporate Investment
Joonsung Won, PhD student, Bert W. Wasserman Department of Economics and Finance, Zicklin School of Business
ESG Disclosure, Performance, and Stock Returns
Mehmet Ozbilgin, Assistant Professor, Stan Ross Department of Accountancy, Zicklin School of Business
Break
3:45 pm–4:00 pm
Collaborating for a Sustainable Future: Perspectives from the Public and Private Sectors
4:00pm–5:00pm
Moderator: Lin Peng, Krell Chair Professor in Finance, Zicklin School of Business
NYC’s governmental and corporate partners:
John Adler, Chief ESG Officer, NYC Comptroller’s Office
Sonay Aykan, Associate Director ESG and Sustainability, Colgate-Palmolive
Salome Makharadze, Millennium Fellow, the Atlantic Council; Managing Director, Alternatives Capital Markets and Strategy Group at Goldman Sachs
Julie Santoro, Partner and ESG Reporting Lead, Department of Professional Practice, KPMG
Closing Remarks
5:00 pm–5:15 pm
Professors Mindy Engle-Friedman and Lin Peng