BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN URL:https://lectures.london/london-school-of-economics/smarter-than-the-st orm/calender.ics NAME:Lectures London X-WR-CALNAME:Lectures London TIMEZONE-ID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:23a80bea-dad6-40e6-992f-d622fb0bacbc SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260621T073414 DTSTART:20260624T173000 DTEND:20260624T190000 SUMMARY:Smarter than the storm LOCATION:London School of Economics: In-person public event (Hong Kong The atre\, Clement House) DESCRIPTION:Wednesday 24 June 2026 6.30pm - 8pmSpeakersAmitabh KantSiddhar th SinhaDiscussantsEmma Howard BoydDr Ruth KattumuriChairProfessor Lord St ernThis public event marks the global launch of Smarter Than the Storm\, a new book by Amitabh Kant and Siddharth Sinha\, and explores its core idea s in conversation with Nicholas Stern.Drawing on global case studies and l ived realities\, the discussion will examine how AI can act as a force mul tiplier to counter climate risks\, while addressing challenges such as ene rgy intensity\, data concentration\, and sovereignty. The conversation wil l explore ideas ranging from sovereign AI and future-ready data centres to digital public infrastructure and the systems\, policy\, and finance leve rs needed to turn disruption into opportunity and shape a smarter\, cleane r\, and more resilient future.Meet our speakers and chairAmitabh Kant is w idely regarded as a key architect of India’s modern economic and brand i dentity. He has served as India's G20 Sherpa\, CEO of NITI Aayog and the S ecretary of Tourism and Secretary of Industry for India. He has driven fla gship national initiatives including Startup India\, Make in India\, Incre dible India\, the National Green Hydrogen Mission and the National EV Miss ion. He currently serves as a senior adviser to Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Co rporation\, Fairfax\, and Warburg Pincus\, and sits on the boards of Larse n & Toubro\, HCLTech\, ITC\, and IndiGo.Siddharth Sinha specializes in the interplay of AI and climate. He has previously worked at NITI Aayog\, the G20 Secretariat and Google\, where he helped accelerate AI-enabled climat e interventions and co-conceptualized a global air quality management solu tion. An electrical engineer from Vellore Institute of Technology with an MPA from the London School of Economics\, he was a Climate Fellow at Yale and a Chevening Fellow at Oxford. He currently works at Greenko.Emma Howar d Boyd is the Chair of the independent National Heat Risk Commission\, bas ed at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environmen t at LSE\, where she is also a Professor in Practice. She served as Chair of the Environment Agency for England from 2016 to 2022 and was an ex offi cio board member of the Department for Environment\, Food and Rural Affair s during the same period. Currently\, Emma chairs ClientEarth’s Group Bo ard and ClimateArc\, and is a co-Chair of HERA (formerly Climate Resilienc e for All).Ruth Kattumuri is Senior Director for Economic Development\, Tr ade and Investment Directorate at the Commonwealth of Nations. She provide s vision\, technical and strategic leadership across economic development\ , debt management\, climate change\, trade and investment for resilient de velopment across the 56 member countries. At LSE\, Ruth is Co-Chair of Ind ia Observatory and was formerly a director of Asia Research Centre. She is Fellow of Academy of Social Sciences\, is a Cambridge Commonwealth Fellow and has her PhD from LSE.Nicholas Stern is IG Patel Chair of Economics an d Government and the inaugural Chair of the Global School of Sustainabilit y at LSE. 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