Innovation and the Sustainable Energy Transition: The Role of the Private Sector

Open to the Public

Please join the Environment and Natural Resources Program (ENRP) for our next Global Energy Transition Talk featuring Ernesto Ciorra, Enel's Chief Innovability Officer. Ciorra will discuss the role of the private sector in driving innovation and facilitating the sustainable energy transition. ENRP Senior Fellow Nicola De Blasio will moderate the discussion.

Q&A with students to follow. Buffet lunch will be served.

Attendance: This event is open to Harvard ID holders; no RSVP required. Room capacity is limited and seating will be on a first come, first serve basis. Members of the public may attend virtually; for the Zoom link, register using the button below.

Accessibility: Persons with disabilities who wish to request accommodations or who have questions about access, please contact Elizabeth Hanlon (ehanlon@hks.harvard.edu) in advance of the session.

Date: Wed, Oct 26, 2022 Time: 12:15pm - 01:15pm Location: Room 102, Marc Heng and Family Conference Room

Ernesto Ciorra was born in 1971, graduated in Business Economics at Bocconi University in Milan, magna cum laude, after many years of consultancy, he joined Enel on October 2014 as Chief Innnovability Officer. Founder of Ars et Inventio (2003), a consulting firm focused only on innovation and creativity, he has supported many companies at designing and launching innovative products and services that have become popular worldwide. Nokia, Telecom Italia, Vodafone, Poste Italiane, Eni, GDF, Edison, the P&G Fater and Fameccanica joint-ventures, Unilever, RCS, Sole24Ore, BNP, Unicredit and American Express are some of the firms he cooperated with. Lecturer of Innovation Management in Italian and Spanish universities and business schools (director of the “Programa Avanzado de Gestión de la Innovación” at Istituto de Empresa de Madrid, professor and member of the Scientific Committee of the “Master in Innovazione Strategica” at Cà Foscari), he has also authored three collections of verses and a theatrical play acted in several theatres in Italy (in Milan, Bologna, Taormina and Siracusa). Top tier Business Schools have written cases on His activity as Chief Innovability Officer at Enel and on the Group’s transition towards a sustainable business model: Prof. Kramer – Harvard – The future of Energy; Prof. Chesbrough - Berkeley – Enel: from Monopoly to Open Power; Prof. Monteiro – INSEAD – Enel’s Innovability; Prof. Birkinshaw – LBS - Enel S.p.A.: A traditional utility embraces the digital revolution