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

Alex Baker joined Orchard Global in its London office in November 2019 as Chief Technology Officer. Prior to joining Orchard Global, Alex Baker spent over twelve years working at Cheyne Capital Management LLP as Head of Quantitative Credit Analytics. In conjunction with this role, he spent time managing the Cheyne Capital investment in Novus Partners LLP, a platform that measures trading acumen; defining and extending the existing Novus platform to support fixed income and credit analytics. Alex also worked to launch the first ever Credit derivative based ETF on the London Stock Exchange as advisor to the Tabula Investment Management team. Alex Baker career has also included quantitative analyst roles at Morgan Stanley.

Af Malhotra is the founder, CEO of ReN, a game changing GenAI-native ESG intelligence platform - funded by the UK Government. He is the Founder and Chair of Diversity Economics Institute, focused on quantifying and championing DEI. Af is a serial entrepreneur- having built and exited tech startups. Prior to his entrepreneurial career, Af was a senior executive at Gartner Inc, and Fujitsu, having started his career at Lord Alan Sugar’s computer business - Viglen. He’s an Anthropology major from Goldsmiths College, MA from Kingston Business School, an executive education alum of Harvard. Af is an active philanthropist, featured on the BBC News, CNBC, The Times and HuffPost. He also hosts a popular podcast - StraightTalk with Af.

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 Co-Director of the Net Zero Centre in the Faculty of Natural, Mathematical & Engineering Sciences at King’s College London. He is the Carbon Markets Lead at the Centre and also serves as a Senior Executive Fellow at Imperial College Business School. He sits on the management committee of the Singapore Green Finance Centre, with a focus on ASEAN. His background in the financial industry spans 30 years.

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.