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5th Annual Oxford Business Law Blog Conference

Business Law and the Transition to a Net Zero Carbon Economy

Tuesday, 25 May 2021 | 13:00 – 15:00 BST
Wednesday, 26 May 2021 | 13:00 – 15:00 BST
Thursday, 27 May 2021 | 13:00 – 15:00 BST
(14:00 – 16:00 CEST | 08:00 – 10:00 EDT | 20:00 -10:00 SGT)

Day 1: Tuesday 25 May 2021, 13:00 (BST)
Climate Change Disclosures and Net Zero Commitments
Hosted by: University of Oxford Faculty of Law and Sustainable Law Programme
Chair: Geneviève Helleringer, University of Oxford, ESSEC Business School and ECGI

Corporate Climate: A Machine Learning Assessment of Climate Risk Disclosures
Presenter: Eric Talley, Columbia Law School and ECGI
Discussant: Madison Condon, Boston University School of Law

Making Corporate Carbon Commitments Credible
Presenter: John Armour, University of Oxford and ECGI
Discussant: Jill Fisch, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and ECGI

Day 2: Wednesday 26 May 2021, 13:00 (BST)

Climate Change: Exit or Voice?
Hosted by: Universität Hamburg Faculty of Law, Freie Universität Berlin Department of Law and Freie Universität Empirical Legal Studies Center
Chair: Andreas Engert, Freie Universität Berlin and ECGI

Exit vs Voice
Presenter: Oliver Hart, Harvard University and ECGI
Discussant: Laura Starks, McCombs School of Business and ECGI

Panel Discussion
Moderator: Georg Ringe, Universität Hamburg and ECGI
Ann-Kristin Achleitner, TUM School of Management Clemens
Fuest, Ifo Institute for Economic Research
Rajna Gibson, University of Geneva and ECGI
Jeffrey N. Gordon, Columbia Law School and ECGI

Day 3: Thursday 27 May 2021

Climate Change in the Boardroom
Hosted by: National University of Singapore Faculty of Law, EW Barker Centre for Law & Business and Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Law
Chair: Luh Luh Lan, National University of Singapore and ECGI

Green Boardrooms?
Presenter: Brett McDonnell, University of Minnesota Law School
Discussant: Martin Gelter, Fordham University School of Law and ECGI

Panel Discussion
Sarah Barker, Minter Ellison
Ernest Lim, National University of Singapore Faculty of Law
Ellie Mulholland, Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative

Closing remarks
Luca Enriques, University of Oxford and ECGI
Umakanth Varottil, National University of Singapore and ECGI
Thom Wetzer, University of Oxford

*schedule subject to change.

Event website: https://ecgi.global/content/business-law-and-transition-%C2%A0net-zero-carbon-economy