Vijay Vaitheeswaran
Global Energy and Climate Innovation Editor, The Economist

“Energy and Innovation in a Disruptive World”
October 27, 2022
7 – 8:15 p.m. (EST) | An in-person lecture and moderated Q&A
Main Campus Student Center Ballroom, 501 E. 10th St., Greenville, NC 27858

Vaitheeswaran is an award-winning writer and a leading authority on China, global health, international trade, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology. He led the editorial team that launched the Global Business Review, a successful app that is the first bilingual product offered by The Economist in its 175-year history. As editor at The Economist, he covers the energy and utility industries, the clean energy transition, climate innovations and low carbon technologies. He delivers an incisive perspective on America’s climate and green infrastructure efforts and keeps a watchful eye on trends and corporate pledges of net-zero emissions, looking for signs of promise as well as greenwashing.

His opinion pieces have appeared in leading publications, including The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, The New York Times and Foreign Policy, and he frequently appears on CNBC, Bloomberg, MSNBC, BBC and NPR.

*ECU faculty, staff, and students may request a FREE lecture ticket (does not include receptions). To receive a free ticket, an individual must go to the ECU Central Ticket Office, located in the Main Campus Student Center, and present an ECU 1 Card.
 

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