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Registration closes September 13th 2023
20th September - 21st September 2023
Worcester College, Walton Street, Oxford, UK

Energy matters for all: from global actors to active consumers - Programme

Registration closes September 13th 2023

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  • Sep 20th 2023
  • Sep 21st 2023
Time
9:30 am

Registration & refreshments

10:00 am

Keynote Opening Session

Chair: Charles Hendry, BIEE President

Speakers:

  • Minister, TBC
  • Jonathan Brearley, Chief Executive Officer, Ofgem

Q&A

Jonathan Brearley Chief Executive Officer, Ofgem
Chair
Charles Hendry BIEE President
11:00 am

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

Sam Fankhauser Professor of Climate Economics and Policy, University of Oxford
Mallika Ishwaran Chief Economist, Shell International
Tatiana Mitrova Research Fellow, Centre on Global Energy Policy
Chair
Felicity Hannon Head of Climate Change Macroeconomics, Oxford Economics
12:15 am

Lunch

1:15 pm

Parallel Sessions

Details to be announced

2:45 pm

Movement break

2:50 pm

Parallel Sessions

Details to be announced

4:20 pm

Refreshments

4:50 pm

Plenary Session: Debate

Topic and speakers to be announced

7:15 pm

Conference Dinner

After dinner speaker:

  • Beverley Gower-Jones OBE, CEO & Founder, Carbon Limiting Technologies
Beverley Gower-Jones OBE CEO & Founder, Carbon Limiting Technologies
Time
7:45 am

Registration & refreshments

8:00 am

Diversity & Skills Breakfast Session

Speakers to be announced.

9:00 am

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

George Anstey 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
10:15 am

Refreshments

10:45 am

Parallel Sessions

Details to be announced

12:15 am

Movement break

12:20 am

Student & Young Professional Session

Details to be announced

1:15 pm

Lunch

2:15 pm

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

Clare Jackson Chief Executive, Hydrogen UK
Bryony Livesey Director, Industrial Decarbonisation Challenge
Kofi Mbuk Senior Cleantech Analyst, Carbon Tracker

TBC

Topic and panellists to be announced.

3:15 pm

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

Richard Hall Chief Energy Economist, Citizens Advice
Rebecca Willis Professor in Energy and Climate Governance, Lancaster University
4:30 pm

End of conference and refreshments

4:45 pm

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