Innovation and energy for a sustainable future
Speakers
Chair
Transforming the energy system is one of the defining challenges of the twenty-first century. Meeting growing energy needs while tackling climate change will require not only new technologies, but also innovation across the energy system. From clean energy, storage, and smart grids to artificial intelligence and energy efficiency, innovation is reshaping how we generate, manage, use energy. Yet technological advances alone are not enough: their impact depends on the policies, institutions, markets, and incentives that enable new ideas to be developed, deployed, and adopted at scale.
This public event explores how innovation can accelerate the transition to a cleaner, more secure, and sustainable energy future. It considers how governments, businesses, researchers, and communities can create the conditions for innovation to flourish, while ensuring that its benefits are widely shared. Drawing on examples from academia and industry, the lecture will explore both the opportunities and challenges of turning promising innovations into real-world solutions.
Meet our speakers and chair
Praveer Sinha is the CEO & Managing Director of The Tata Power Company Limited, one of India's oldest and largest integrated power utilities. With a career spanning almost four decades, Dr. Sinha has held several leadership positions across the power sector value chain. Dr Sinha is a qualified electrical engineer and has also completed his master's in business law. He received his PhD from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, and is a visiting research associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Boston, USA.
Anna Valero is Professor in Practice at the LSE's Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) and Global School of Sustainability. She is Director of the Growth Programme, Deputy Director of the Programme on Innovation and Diffusion (POID) and an Associate of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change.
John Van Reenen is Ronald Coase School Professor at LSE and Digital Fellow, Initiative for the Digital Economy at the Massachusetts Institute for Technology (MIT). Since July 2024 he has served as a senior economic advisor to the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves. He is a fellow of the British Academy, the Econometric Society, the NBER, CEPR and the Society of Labor Economists.
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