- Sep 20th 2023
- Sep 21st 2023
Registration & refreshments
Keynote Opening Session
Chair: Charles Hendry, BIEE President
Speakers:
- Minister, TBC
- Jonathan Brearley, Chief Executive Officer, Ofgem
Q&A
Plenary Session: International
Chair: Felicity Hannon, Head of Climate Change Macroeconomics, Oxford Economics
This year the UK’s interrelation with global energy flows and constraints has become visible as never before. In this session we explore potential future global energy scenarios and investigate some key questions: whether we are on track to meet our climate goals; how geopolitical tensions or a global recession could affect the transition pathway; the necessary investment to meet net zero; and the tension between our energy security, economic and net zero goals.
Speakers:
- Sam Fankhauser, Professor of Climate Economics and Policy, University of Oxford
- Tatiana Mitrova, Research Fellow, Centre on Global Energy Policy
- Mallika Ishwaran, Chief Economist, Shell International
Q&A
Lunch
Parallel Sessions
Details to be announced
Movement break
Parallel Sessions
Details to be announced
Refreshments
Plenary Session: Debate
Topic and speakers to be announced
Conference Dinner
After dinner speaker:
- Beverley Gower-Jones OBE, CEO & Founder, Carbon Limiting Technologies
Registration & refreshments
Diversity & Skills Breakfast Session
Speakers to be announced.
Plenary Session: National / Local
The UK may have a national energy policy but it is not an energy island. We are a key part of Europe’s gas market and our growing links with Europe and other jurisdictions present new opportunities for managing our system with its growing proportion of weather-dependent renewables. What is the short and long term future for these links and how can they best be used? What are the potential market options that will enable us and our linked neighbours to make use of offshore grids connecting multiple regions?
Speakers:
- Richard Druce, Managing Director, NERA Economic Consulting
- Alice Larkin, Professor of Climate Science and Energy Policy, University of Manchester
- Rebecca Sedler, Managing Director, Interconnectors, National Grid Ventures
Q&A
Refreshments
Parallel Sessions
Details to be announced
Movement break
Student & Young Professional Session
Details to be announced
Lunch
Parallel Debate Sessions
The economics of low-carbon hydrogen
Chair: bp
Panellists:
- Clare Jackson, Chief Executive, Hydrogen UK
- Bryony Livesey, Director, Industrial Decarbonisation Challenge UKRI
- Kofi Mbuk, Senior Cleantech Analyst, Carbon Tracker
Further panellists to be announced.
Q&A
TBC
Topic and panellists to be announced.
Plenary Session: Consumers
UK consumers have been badly hit by the energy crisis. They have also to bear the brunt of much of the investment cost needed for the energy system transition and to deliver the low cost, low carbon system of the future. We will discuss how we can protect those who can least manage the cost burden now and explore the investment structures that will allow investment to be delivered in a way that is least cost, least risk and most predictable for consumers. New consumer goods like domestic PV and batteries can have dramatic aggregate effects: what are the tools consumers need to make decisions on these technologies?
Speakers:
- Richard Hall, Chief Energy Economist, Citizens Advice
- Rebecca Willis, Professor in Energy and Climate Governance, Lancaster University
- TBC
Q&A
End of conference and refreshments
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