The 2024 International Conference on Sustainability, Environment, and Social Transition in Economics and Finance (SESTEF 2024)
Conference Program – Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Registration and Welcome Coffee: 8:30 – 9:30, Hall Saint-Jacques, Panthéon Building; Welcome coffee in Appartement DECANAL, Panthéon Building
Opening Speech: 9:30 – 11:00
Prof. Stéphane Zuber, Director of the Sorbonne Center for Economics
Keynote Speech: 9:30 – 11:00
Prof. Katheline Schubert, Paris School of Economics, France
Moderator: Prof. Catherine Sarlandie de La Robertie, University of Paris 1, France
Parallel Sessions A – 11:00 – 12:30
Session A1: Corporate Climate Finance
Chair: Samir Saadi, Paris School of Business, France
Session A2: ESG Risk and Performance
Chair: Renatas Kizys, University of Southampton, UK
Session A3: Environmental Misconduct
Chair: John Goodell, The University of Akron, US
Session A4: Pollution Reduction
Chair: Khaled Guesmi, CRECC – Paris School of Business, France
Lunch Break: 12:30 – 13:45, Appartement DECANAL, Panthéon Building
Parallel Sessions B – 13:45 – 15:45
Session B1: Sustainable Lending
Chair: Hirofumi Nishi, University of Texas at Dallas, US
Session B2: ESG/CSR
Chair: Salma Ben Amor, Université du Québec en Outaouais, Canada
Session B3: Green Energy Markets
Chair: Gunther Capelle-Blancard, University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne & Paris School of Business, France
Session B4: Governance and Diversity
Chair: Almudena Maria García Sanz, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
Coffee Break: 15:45 – 16:15, Hall Saint-Jacques, Panthéon Building
Optional Guided Tour of La Sorbonne: 16:00 – 17:00 (limited to 35 persons, first-come, first-served)
Parallel Sessions C – 16:15 – 18:15
Session C1: Financial Markets
Chair: Khaled Guesmi, CRECC - Paris School of Business, France
Session C2: Renewable and Clean Energy
Chair: Maria Tselika, IESEG School of Management, France
Session C3: Sustainability in the Hospitality Industry
Chair: Şebnem Yücel, Selçuk University, Konya, Türkiye
Session C4: Climate Mitigation Strategies
Chair: Ramzi Benkraiem, Audencia Business School, France
Thursday, December 12, 2024
Registration and Welcome Coffee: 8:30 – 9:30, Hall Saint-Jacques, Panthéon Building; Welcome coffee in Appartement DECANAL, Panthéon Building
Meet the Editors: 9:30 – 10:30, Sorbonne Room D306, Sorbonne Building
Parallel Sessions D – 10:30 – 12:30
Session D1: Environmental Policies
Chair: Fruzsina Siger, University of Debrecen, Hungary
Session D2: Fintech and Artificial Intelligence
Chair: Larisa Yarovaya, University of Southampton, UK
Session D3: Spillovers and Connectedness
Chair: Chitrakalpa Sen, O.P. Jindal Global University, India
Session D4: Natural Disasters
Chair: Beatriz Manotas-Hidalgo, Universidad Internacional de la Rioja & Universidad Pública de Navarra, Spain
Lunch Break: 12:30 – 14:00, Galerie Soufflot, Panthéon Building
Parallel Sessions E – 14:00 – 15:30
Session E1: Green Bonds
Chair: Vanja Piljak, University of Vaasa, Finland
Session E2: Sustainable Investments
Chair: Rania Kaffel, University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France
Session E3: Renewable Energy Adoption
Chair: Krisztina Kádár, University of Szeged, Hungary
Session E4: Policies and Trade
Chair: Anna Hillingdon, SOAS, UK
Coffee Break: 15:30 – 16:00, Hall Saint-Jacques, Panthéon Building
Parallel Sessions F – 16:00 – 18:15
Session F1: Corporate Social Responsibility
Chair: Jeremie Lefebvre, IESEG School of Management, France
Session F2: Employment and Migration
Chair: Patricia Crifo, Ecole Polytechnique, France
Session F3: Impact Investing
Chair: Belinda Laura Del Gaudio, University of Naples "Parthenope", Italy
Session F4: Technology and Sustainability
Chair: Jean-Michel Sahut, IDRAC Business School & University of Paris-Saclay, France
Gala Dinner: 19:30 – 23:30, Escales de Grenelle, Metro line 6 – Bir Hakeim, RER C – Champs de Mars Tour Eiffel
Friday, December 13, 2024
Registration and Welcome Coffee: 8:30 – 9:30, Hall Saint-Jacques, Panthéon Building; Welcome coffee in Appartement DECANAL, Panthéon Building
Keynote Speech: 9:30 – 11:00
Prof. Nuno Fernandes, IESE Business School, Spain
Moderator: Prof. Ariane Dupont-Kieffer, University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France
Parallel Sessions G – 11:00 – 12:30
Session G1: Energy Transition
Chair: Franziska Hoffart, University of Kassel & Sociological Research Institute Göttingen e.V., Germany
Session G2: Machine Learning
Chair: Ethan Eslahi, IESEG School of Management, France
Session G3: Debt Markets
Chair: Carmela D'avino, IESEG School of Management, France
Session G4: Climate Risks 1
Chair: Marine Kohler, CentraleSupélec, University Paris-Saclay, Laboratoire Genie Industriel & Greenly, France
Lunch Break: 12:30 – 14:00, Appartement DECANAL, Panthéon Building
Parallel Sessions H – 14:00 – 15:30
Session H1: Energy Markets
Chair: Kyriaki Tselika, Energy Systems, SINTEF Energy Research, Norway
Session H2: Climate Risks 2
Chair: Ender Demir, Reykjavik University, Iceland
Session H3: ESG Performance
Chair: Marcel Dohrmann, IQS School of Management, Spain
Session H4: Business Models and Consumers
Chair: Jean-Yves Le Corre, Audencia Business School, France
Coffee Break: 15:30 – 16:00, Appartement DECANAL (Panthéon Building) & Room D306 (Sorbonne Building)
Parallel Sessions I – 16:00 – 17:30
Session I1: Transition to Carbon-Neutral Energy Systems
Chair: Ting Liu, Centre for Environmental Policy, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Imperial College London, UK
Session I2: Climate and Economic Uncertainty
Chair: Ingrid Emilie Flessum Ringstad, Norwegian School of Economics, Norway
Session I3: Employment and Biodiversity Finance
Chair: Modeste Tarwobgo, University of Paris 1 & Crédit Agricole
Session I4 (online): Sustainability
Chair: Marc-Arthur Diaye, University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France
Closing Remarks and Best Paper Award: 17:30, Sorbonne Amphitheater Richelieu, Sorbonne Building