- 23 Sep 2025
- 24 Sep 2025
Registration & refreshments
Keynote opening session
Speakers:
- TBA Minister
- Emma Pinchbeck | CEO, Climate Change Committee
Plenary session: The context for electrification
This session will look at some of the factors that are shaping the direction and pace of the move toward a more electric economy. It is expected that the speakers will examine the positive and countervailing forces arising from the international geopolitical and climate context. They will address to cover the state of the UK economy and positions taken by UK political parties on the overall need for increased electrical generation and transmission capacity, and smarter, more flexible consumptions.
Speakers:
- Richard Druce | Senior Managing Director, NERA
- Mallika Ishwaran | Group Chief Economist, Shell International
- Akshay Kaul | Director General, Infrastructure, Ofgem
Q&A
Lunch & BIEE AGM
Parallel sessions
Abstract presentations
Refreshment break
Parallel sessions
Abstract presentations
Refreshment break
Plenary session: Solutions and innovation
This session will address the expected demand evolution for different uses, sectors of the economy and types of consumer, including residential, commercial and industrial. Topics include the pace and impact of electric transportation across all sectors and levels, including electric vehicles, freight, planning issues and charging infrastructure. Speakers are expected to address the contributions that will be made by demand flexibility, battery solutions, and long-duration storage. It will discuss the role of fossil fuels, electricity, renewables, carbon capture and storage, different types of generation including combined heat and power, energy-from-waste, and the role of hydrogen as energy sources.
Chair:
- Richard de Caux | Head of End Use Energy Demand, bp
Speakers:
- Craig Lucas | Development Director – Energy Systems, Mott MacDonald
- Jon Saltmarsh | Chief Technology Officer, Energy Systems Catapult
- TBA
Poster session and drinks reception
Conference dinner
After dinner speaker
Jean-Baptiste Fressoz | Historian of Science, Technology and the Environment, CNRS & Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées
Author of More and more and more. An All Consuming History of Energy, (Penguin, 2024)
Diversity & skills breakfast session
An interactive breakfast session hosted by POWERful Women
POWERful Women is working for a gender-balanced, diverse and inclusive energy sector. We challenge and report on progress, support and connect women to advance their careers and provide practical support to companies to achieve their diversity and inclusion goals. Find out more about our “40% by 2030” ambition: www.powerfulwomen.org.uk
Debate: Making market arrangements work
Chair:
- Michael Grubb | Professor of Energy and Climate Change, University College London
Panel members:
- George Anstey | Senior Managing Director, NERA
- Rebecca Beresford | Director of Markets, National Energy System Operator (NESO)
- Rebecca Sedler | Managing Director, Interconnectors, National Grid Ventures
Refreshment break
Student & young energy professional session
Lunch
Parallel sessions
Abstract presentations
Refreshment break
Plenary session: Transition and investment
This session will explore critical role investment and finance plays in the energy system transition including the role of international cooperation, funding growth, and government roles. It will address the possible evolution of the UK electricity market, examining the status and pace of progress on market design, locational pricing, transmission access, and grid queue arrangements. Speakers will also examine the system evolution including the issues surrounding the maintenance of legacy infrastructure, funding for decommissioning as well as the build out of new infrastructure.
Chair: Donna Leong | Director of Analysis and Chief Economist, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Speakers:
- Sheer Khan | Chief Impact Officer and Chief Economist, National Wealth Fund
- Zoisa North-Bond | CEO, Octopus Energy for Business & Octopus Energy Generation
- TBA
Q&A
BIEE Conference close
Oxford Energy Day 2025 – panel discussion, drinks reception and poster sessions
The Oxford Energy Network, organisers of the 13th Oxford Energy Day 2025, would like to invite conference delegates to attend the final plenary session at the Oxford Energy Day from 4.10pm until 5pm, on 24 September at the Mathematics Institute, Radcliffe Observatory, Woodstock Road, OX2 6GG (approximately 10 minute walk from Worcester College).
The session will include a panel discussion led by Paul Shearing, Director of the ZERO Institute, University of Oxford. The panel will be sharing their insights on the Energy Day, and a brief overview of the BIEE conference will be given by the BIEE organisers. This is followed by a drinks reception and poster session, from 5pm until 6.30pm, offering the opportunity to network with academics, early career researchers and other energy experts.
Please indicate your attendance to this co-located session/reception during registration.
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