Achieving net zero across all sectors requires not only innovative technological solutions for carbon removal and reduction, but also the ability to finance and scale solutions quickly, affordably, and equitably.

Market-based finance through tools plays a vital role in creating the demand-pull needed to unlock private capital and accelerate deployment. These mechanisms align financial incentives with climate objectives. Yet, despite growing momentum, major gaps remain. Many technologies with high impact potential are stuck in demonstration stages due to affordability constraints, and limited visibility into market readiness.

This panel event will explore how artificial intelligence can help overcome these barriers. AI can provide timely, market intelligence to guide both policy and investment decisions. It can support the development of more targeted finance instruments, adaptive policy frameworks and scalable deployment strategies. Come and hear from speakers working at the forefront of AI, the intersection of AI and climate finance, and the emerging field of AI-enabled market-based finance where innovation meets investment for a net zero future.

You do not need any prior knowledge of AI to enjoy this event. This event may appeal particularly to those working in or interested in the financial sector, sustainability in business, and the transition to Net Zero.

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Speakers

Dr Gbemi Oluleye is a Lecturer at The Grantham Institute for Climate Change in the Faculty of Natural Sciences, Imperial College London. She is also a Visiting Lecturer in the Centre for Process Integration at the University of Manchester. Her research spans Engineering, Policy, Finance and Economics. She leads a research group on Green Industrial Interventions and has worked as lead researcher in a range of projects in both academia and industry.

Professor Carmine Ventre is Professor of Computer Science, Chair in Computational Finance, Director of the Informatics Finance Hub and Interim Director of the Department of Informatics in the Faculty of Natural, Mathematical & Engineering Sciences, King’s College London. He is also Director of the King’s Institute for Artificial Intelligence. His research interests include algorithmic game theory, microeconomics and the internet, AI for algorithmic trading and finance and cryptography and security.

Chair: Professor Raúl Rosales is Professor of Practice in Net Zero Asset Management and a Director of the Net Zero Centre, in the Faculty of Natural, Mathematical & Engineering Sciences at King’s College London. He also serves as a Senior Executive Fellow at Imperial College Business School and is on the management committee of the Singapore Green Finance Centre. His background in the financial industry spans 30 years.

Further panellists will be announced in due course.

King's Festival of Artificial Intelligence

This event is part of the King’s Festival of Artificial Intelligence. Running from Tuesday 20 May to Saturday 24 May, the free, five-day festival brings together a diverse line-up of experts to consider critical questions about artificial intelligence in the context of healthcare, education, sustainability, policy, and creativity.

If you are interested in this event, you may also want to join us for:

• AI and Sustainability in Business: Balancing Opportunity and Risk
• Will AI Make Geoengineering a Viable Response to Climate Change?
• Building Awareness Towards Greener AI
• Building the Data Infrastructure to Help Us Achieve Net Zero

Festival events will take place across several King’s venues, so please check carefully where the event is taking place. Festival event times may be subject to change. Any changes will be communicated to attendees via Eventbrite emails.

Please note, King's events are free, which means we routinely overbook to allow for no-shows and avoid empty seats. Admission is on a first come, first served basis, so please arrive in good time to avoid disappointment. We will not be able to admit those without tickets or latecomers.