EUI-FSR and MIT-CEEPR announce an Annual Conference on Energy and Climate Policy
Starting in October 2026 in Florence
The European University Institute (EUI)’s Florence School of Regulation (FSR) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)’s Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research team up on the organisation of a high-level academic conference, addressing the most pressing energy and climate issues. As the first instalment of an annual joint event, the 2026 CEEPR-FSR Conference on the Future of Energy and Climate Policy will take place in Florence at EUI premises in October 2026 to engage with public and private decision makers as well as global thought leaders.
Building on the well-established network around the Florence School of Regulation, the CEEPR-FSR conference will include high-level policy makers and regulators from European and national institutions, senior representatives of companies supporting the work of CEEPR or donors at FSR, as well as leading scholars from the two academic institutions and intellectual partners around the world. The conference will focus on the latest developments in energy and climate policy.
“We are truly excited about this collaborative effort,” says Christopher R. Knittel, CEEPR’s faculty director and the George P. Shultz Professor of Energy Economics at the MIT Sloan School of Management. “It has never been more important to strengthen transatlantic dialogue on the most pressing challenges we face in energy and climate policy, and we couldn’t imagine a better partner for this endeavour than our colleagues at the FSR.”
The FSR Director, Leonardo Meeus, comments: “After many years of successful collaboration, with this conference, we are institutionalizing the excellent relations between our teams. We look forward to welcoming the CEEPR experts in Florence every year in Autumn to discuss the latest developments on energy and climate policy.”
As a lead-up to the first edition of the conference in 2026, over the next year, FSR and CEEPR will intensify the cooperation on a number of initiatives, including joint online debates, interviews, newsletters and blogs.
This initiative builds on both institutions’ longstanding commitment to thought leadership and policy impact in the energy and climate field.
For more information, visit: https://fsr.eui.eu/mit-conference/
For media inquiries: chiara.canestrini@eui.eu
