Sustainable Finance, Artificial Intelligence, and the Future of ESG

About the conference

Global financial markets are changing rapidly. The unprecedented advances in AI, increasing regulatory expectations, climate-related risks, and debates over the future of ESG are changing how capital is allocated, how risk is measured, and how sustainability is incorporated into financial decisions.

Meanwhile, important questions are emerging among both academics and industry experts on how AI transforms sustainable investment; can machine learning improve the credibility and transparency of ESG metrics? And what is the future of ESG in a world with evolving regulations and increasing scrutiny from investors and policymakers?

The SFiC annual conference brings together academics, policymakers, practitioners, early-career researchers and PhD students to explore the evolving relationship between sustainable finance, artificial intelligence, and the future of ESG through cutting-edge interdisciplinary research.

Who is this conference for? 

We welcome theoretical, empirical, methodological, and policy-oriented contributions across a wide range of topics, including:

• Sustainable investing
• ESG integration and measurement
• Green and transition finance
• Climate-related financial risk
• Corporate governance
• Responsible banking
• Fintech innovation
• AI-driven financial analytics
• Regulatory developments
• Ethical implications of intelligent systems in finance

If your work falls under any of these areas, we would love to have you join us! 

Why should you attend? 

A distinctive feature of this conference is its developmental research format, designed to improve the quality and impact of submitted papers. The conference incorporates a pre-conference feedback process in which selected papers for conference presentations will receive comments from senior academics and subject experts prior to presentations. This will benefit early-careers and PhD students during their academic journey.

Paper submission procedure

We invite you to submit your paper to the Sustainable Financial Innovation Centre (SFiC) conference by sending it directly to our email.

Please use the subject heading Paper Submission: Sustainable Finance, Artificial Intelligence, and the Future of ESG. In your submissions, please indicate whether you want your paper to be considered for The International Journal of Finance & Economics or Journal of Sustainable Finance & Investment.

Contact for logistics

For all queries about conference logistics in the UK please email us.

Tickets

• £250
• £150 for PhD students