FSR – MIT CEEPR Annual Conference on energy and climate policy

The first edition of the conference will take place in Florence in October 2026, bringing together leading scholars, policymakers, regulators, and industry experts from both sides of the Atlantic.

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 (CEEPR) 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.

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.