THE AGENDA
Last year's event was a resounding success with 96% of delegates highly satisfied and 95% of delegates rating the speaker line-up as exceeding expectations!
Building on this success, you can expect a packed agenda exploring cutting-edge decarbonisation technologies and the emergence of new industrial clusters driving the energy transition. Explore the full agenda below!
*Please note this programme is subject to change.
This opening session will be delivered by joint chairs Jesse Scott and Robin Nelson
Energy security is driving European policy makers to secure supplies of renewable energy and sustainable fuels that are affordable, reliable, and low carbon. Our keynote panel will provide a critical assessment of the state of policy frameworks and investment and what action must look like, at both a policy and industry level.
• What more can policy makers do to fast track the development of high capacity, long duration technologies to meet net zero targets and decarbonisation plans?
• What lessons can the UK and Europe policy agenda learn from the US IRA?
• How can we overcome long-term financing costs acting as an initial barrier to viability associated with innovation and scale?
• Is enough being done to clarify the existing planning system as “too slow and too fragmented”, in context with the time span for granting development consent orders?
Moderated by Jesse Scott
This session looks at progress with leading examples of " industrial clusters” a term used to describe the formation of new cross-industry collaborations which can drive the energy transition in a local context. The UK’s Hynet NW cluster, marks one of the first new energy networks, including e.g. the supply of hydrogen for the steel and glass sector.
What progress have government investments, planning, permitting and coordination amongst the myriad of stakeholders made?
The Andalusian Green Hydrogen Valley, as well as HyNet, is a member of the WEF initiative on “Transitioning Industrial Clusters towards Net Zero”.
Who are the key players driving innovation in the energy transition?
How to exploit synergies between the fuels industry and the waste management industry, leading to lower amounts of waste going to landfill, while contributing to lower carbon fuels, to progress a transition to carbon circularity?
Moderated by Robin Nelson
This session will focus on case studies showing progress in the transition of refineries in Europe and the UK
Join a discussion where your expertise is relevant or where you’d like to gain deeper insight and perspective on a topic. Choose a topic and a table and get connected. Each table will bring together 10-12 engaged delegates. Hosted by experts who will facilitate discussion
Hosted topics include:
• Decarbonising assets by 2030
Facilitator: TBC Petronas
• The role of AI technology in decarbonisation
Facilitators: AI Build
• Investing in net zero assets
• Decarbonisation of the construction/building industry
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), is focused on the energy portfolio from the former Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). This includes managing the £1 billion Net Zero Innovation Portfolio which provides funding for low-carbon technologies and systems and aims to decrease the costs of decarbonisation, helping enable the UK to end its contribution to climate change.
This session will showcase some of the innovative projects funded by the Net Zero scheme and cover:
• How do we scale, deploy, and accelerate the uptake of breakthrough climate innovations?
• What legal, regulatory and policy structures are needed to build new markets, reduce investment risks and accelerate net zero roadmaps
• Which industrial sectors face science and technological innovations challenges? How can the government and private investors collaborate to accelerate the UK adoption of low carbon technologies?
Moderated: Damitha Adikaari, Head of Energy Science and Innovation, DESNZ
Full session description to be confirmed
Can strong industry engagement with government support, further spur investment in CCSU technology? Learn how carbon capture can buck the financial headwinds and deliver a competitive solution for achieving net-zero targets. Where are we seeing CCSU work and what more can be done to enable the infrastructure of transport and storage?
Full session description to be confirmed
Our conference joint-chair Jesse Scott shares key takeaways from Day 1 and looks forward to Day 2
This session will be delivered by a representative from Shell
Full session description to be confirmed
Enabling and making low carbon intensity hydrogen vision a reality for the European market: How can the value chain share the risks and technologies to speed up the development of affordable, low carbon intensity hydrogen?
Renewable electricity, hydrogen, e-fuels and biofuels will all contribute to the decarbonisation of transport across the marine, aviation and road sectors. The e-fuels industry is currently nascent. What is needed for the development and deployment at-scale of e-fuels? How can government policy encourage and support the development of e-fuels?
Full session description to be confirmed
Full session description to be confirmed
This closing session will be delivered by joint chairs Jesse Scott and Robin Nelson
INTRODUCING OUR SPEAKERS
Our industry-leading expert of speakers will deliver thought-leadership presentations, panel discussions and debates designed to provide insights and knowledge to those involved in energy intensive industries, energy providers, equipment manufacturers, and suppliers, delivering actionable insights and ready-to-implement solutions for the next steps in energy transition.