

Promises and Reality: The Energy Demand of AI
Event organised in collaboration with Alumni MBA Università di Pavia
This panel will examine AI's actual energy demands, followed by a discussion of impact investing and the implications of AI-driven energy demand for capital allocation in financial markets.
The panel will be preceded by welcome remarks from Emanuel Bagna and Nicole Cutrufo, followed by an introduction by the moderator, Giuditta Perinelli, in conversation with panelists Gita Rao, Marta Zava, Gianfranco Butera and Francesca Coloni.
To close, the speakers will reflect on their career paths, and on what could make their sectors more inclusive.
Speakers
Giuditta Perinelli - PhD Candidate in Finance at MIT Sloan
Emanuel Bagna - Associate Professor in Economics of Financial Intermediaries at the Department of Economics and Management, University of Pavia
Gita Rao - Senior Lecturer in Finance, and Associate Faculty Director of the Master of Finance program at the MIT Sloan School of Management
Marta Zava - SDA Bocconi Assistant Professor of Practice (Alumni Bocconi)
Gianfranco Butera – Bocconi Alumni Boston, Managing Director FTI Consulting – Corporate Finance - Power, Renewables and Energy Transition
Francesca Coloni - COO Citibank, Chapter Leader Bocconi Alumni New York
Nicole Cutrufo - Chapter Leader, Bocconi Alumni Boston