Conference Programme
It is possible to participate in selected parts of the conference.
Thursday, April 25
All sessions on Thursday will be held in the SEB Lecture Theatre, with coffee breaks held outside. The venue is located on the fourth floor.
12:30 – 13:00: Registration (Outside SEB Lecture Theatre, fourth floor)
13:00: Conference Opening and Welcome
13:15 – 14:00: Keynote 1. Prof. Rosie Campbell, Director of the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership, King’s College London
14:00 – 14:20: Coffee Break
14:20 – 15:20: Session 1. Sustainability and Financial Innovation
Chair: Prof. Arun Upadhyay, College of Business, Florida International University
- Papers:
- Financial Innovation via Sustainable Lending. Presenter: Anya Kleymenova, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
- Sustainability-Linked Loan Contracting. Presenter: Al Ghosh, Belk College of Business, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
- When do women directors serve as a catalyst for innovation in established firms? Presenter: Arun Upadhyay, College of Business, Florida International University
15:30 – 16:30: Session 2. Gender Diversity in Finance
Chair: Prof. Claudia Girardone, Dean of Essex Business School, University of Essex
- Papers:
- Women in the Financial Sector. Presenter: Spyridon Lagaras, Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh
- Gender composition and conflicts of interest in the financial industry: Evidence from analysts’ target price optimism. Presenter: Karin Shields, The Open University Business School
- Women’s lived career experiences: Evidence from female managers in Sweden and the UK. Presenter: Jina Zachrisson, Managing Director Goldman Sachs and Author
16:30 – 16:45: Coffee Break
16:45 - 17:30: Panel Discussion 1. Women in Finance
Panelists: Prof. Rosie Campbell, Director of the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership, King’s College London, Maria Janson, Chair Swedish Securities Markets Association and Head of Institutional Banking Swedbank, Jina Zachrisson, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs and Author, Urban Funered, CEO of the Swedish Securities Markets Association.
Moderator: Dr Ylva Baeckström, King’s College London
18:00: Pre-dinner drinks at Hyllan in the E-building, located on the fourth floor of the School of Buisness, Economics & Law
18:30: Dinner at Hyllan in the E-building, located on the fourth floor of the School of Business, Economics & Law
Friday, April 26
All sessions on Friday will be held in Hall B33, with coffee breaks held outside. The venue is located on the third floor. Lunch will be served in the Göteborgsrummet (Handelsrätten) on the third floor of the E-building.
08:45: Conference Day 2 Opening and Welcome (Hall B33, third floor)
9:00 – 9:45: Keynote 2. Prof. Claudia Girardone, Dean of Essex Business School, University of Essex
9:45 – 10:30: Panel Discussion 2. Sustainability in the Financial System
Panelists: Prof. Claudia Girardone, Dean of Essex Business School, University of Essex. Birgitte Baptiste, Chancellor of Universidad Ean, Bogota. Cecilia Sjögren, ESG Specialist, Swedbank. Sara Lindahl, Sustainable Finance, Danske Bank.
Moderator: Dr Viktor Elliot
10:30 – 10:45: Coffee Break
10:45 – 11:45: Session 3. Sustainable Finance and Economic Development
Chair: Wendi Huang, Alliance Manchester Business School, Manchester University
- Papers:
- The Role of Government Contracting in Corporate Environmental Policies. Presenter: Wendi Huang, Alliance Manchester Business School, Manchester University
- Climate Change Education Effects on Climate Risk Attitudes and Financial Investment: Experimental Evidence. Presenter: Bin Chang, Ontario Tech University
- Multi-dimensional impact of leadership diversity: TMT composition and private equity fund performance. Presenter: Yilmaz Bekyol, HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management
11:45 – 12:45: Session 4. Sustainability preferences in Finance
Chair: David Shkel, University of Hagen
- Papers:
- Positive versus negative ESG portfolio screening and investors' preferences. Presenter: Anna Agapova, College of Business, Florida Atlantic University
- Drivers of Sustainable Investment in Central and Eastern Europe: A Note on the Role of Education, Family, and Gender. Presenter: Zsuzsa R. Huszár, Institute of Finance, Corvinus University of Budapest
- How can sustainability preferences be explained? A comparison of common measures. Presenter: David Shkel, University of Hagen
12:45 – 13:45: Lunch – Göteborgsrummet (on the third floor of the E-building of the School of Business, Economics & Law)
13:45 - 14:45: Session 5. ESG Integration in the Nordics
Chair: Akanksha Jalan, Rennes School of Business
- Papers:
- Perceptions of sustainability and ethics of crypto assets and their roles in future crypto holding Evidence from three Nordic countries. Presenter: Akanksha Jalan, Rennes School of Business
- ESG adaptability in the Nordic financial market: evidence from the field. Presenter: Yanqing (Callie) Wang, King’s Business School, King’s College London
- The impact of the EU Taxonomy on investments in green energy projects; a case study of district heating in Sweden. Presenter: Burcu Unluturk, IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute
14:45 – 15:00: Best Paper Award and Concluding Remarks
