The real estate sector’s vulnerability and its contribution to climate change call for innovative research at the intersection of climate change and real estate. The Climate Initiative is organizing a symposium on Climate Change and Real Estate Economics and Finance to bring together leading researchers in the world working on this topic, hosted by the Center for Real Estate at MIT.

• Event Program
• Keynote Speakers
• Presenters
• Discussants
• Industry Panelists

Speakers

Keynote Speakers

Joe Aldy

Harvard University

Matthew Kahn

University of Southern California

Christopher Knittel

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Johannes Stroebel

New York University

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Presenters

Matteo Benetton

University of California Berkeley

Judson Boomhower

University of California San Diego

Yichun Fan

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Glen Gostlow

University of Zurich

Lu Han

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Seunghoon Lee

University of Missouri

Yanjun (Penny) Liao

Resources for the Future

Dongxiao Niu

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Abigail Ostriker

Harvard University

Lyndsey Rolheiser

York University

Masashi Takahashi

Pennsylvania State University

Charles Taylor

Harvard University

Dayin Zhang

University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Discussants

Simon Buechler

Miami University of Ohio

Steve Choi

Rochester Institute of Technology

Phuong Ho

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Bram van der Kroft

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Chyi Lin Lee

University of New South Wales

Jasdeep Mandia

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

William McClain

Fannie Mae

Vinicios Sant’Anna

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Walter Torous

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Nitzan Tzur-Ilan

Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Bill Wheaton

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Xue Xiao

Virginia Tech

Siqi Zheng

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Industry Panelists

Jill Brosig

Senior Managing Director and Chief Impact Officer

Harrison Street

Denise DeLorey

Industry Liaison/Head of MIT Sustainable Urbanization Lab

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Rachel Horwat

Director of Sustainable Investments

CDPQ

Timothy Judge

SVP, Head of Modeling & Chief Climate Officer

Fannie Mae

Bram van der Kroft

MIT Postdoc Sustainable Finance, Impact Fellowship

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Carlos Martín

Project Director of the Remodeling Futures Program

Harvard University

Jessica Shui

Associate Director

Federal Housing Finance Agency

Luis Claudio Garcia de Souza

Co-Founder & Chairman

FINVEST

Katherine Taylor

Director of Climate Risk

Freddie Mac

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Event Program

Click the session titles in the program below to view paper abstracts.
Download the full abstract PDF.

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