Programme
Tuesday 14 October 2025
9 – 9.30am
Registration and coffee
9.30 – 9.35am
Compères’ welcome address
- Shauna Dubler, Public Affairs Manager, Energy UK
- Max McFarland, Stakeholder Relationship Executive, Energy UK
9.35 – 9.45am
Welcome speech
Dhara Vyas, Chief Executive Officer, Energy UK
9.45 – 10am
Headline sponsor’s speech
Chris Norbury, Chief Executive Officer, E.ON Next
10 – 11am
Panel discussion: Delivering clean power
The panel will consider how to unleash the UK’s clean energy potential in an era of evolving markets, investment challenges, and connection backlogs.
As the UK embarks on a rapid transition to clean power in 2030, it is also undergoing the most significant electricity market reforms in a decade and fundamental changes to the role of gas in energy. Our panellists will discuss the challenges of attracting increased investment, diverging perspectives on market reforms and how these should be approached considering wider uncertainty, how connections and planning reforms will impact physical delivery, and how innovation can create opportunities for broader economic growth.
Speakers:
- Yselkla Farmer, Chief Executive Officer, BEAMA
- Steve Scrimshaw CBE, Non-Executive Director, Windward
- Marisa Steyn, Partner, Gardiner & Theobald (Chair)
- Lorna Walker, Co-founder and Partnerships, Camion
This panel is sponsored by Gardiner & Theobald
11 – 11.30am
Coffee and networking break
11.30 – 11.45am
Keynote speech
Isabell Poppelbaum, Deputy Head of the EU Delegation to the United Kingdom
11.45am – 12.15pm
In conversation with the regulator
Jonathan Brearley, Chief Executive Officer, Ofgem
Juliet Davenport, Founder, Good Energy, and advisor in the energy transition
12.15 – 1pm
Panel discussion: Decarbonising demand
The panel will consider the critical role that households and business customers have to play in decarbonising the energy system.
Buildings account for nearly one-fifth of UK emissions and consumers are still grappling with expensive energy bills. Low-carbon technologies could resolve both these issues, but there are several barriers to adoption, including upfront investment and high electricity prices. Our panellists will discuss the policy and regulatory changes required to ensure switching to these products reduces bills, and how to raise consumer engagement in the transition.
Speakers:
- Gillian Cooper, Director of Energy, Citizens Advice
- Rachel Fletcher, Director of Regulation and Economics, Octopus Energy
- Ravi Gurumurthy, Group Chief Executive Officer, Nesta
- Sam Hollister, Head of UK Market Strategy, LCP Delta (Chair)
This panel is sponsored by LCP Delta
1 – 2pm
Networking and lunch break
2 – 2.15pm
Keynote speech
The Rt Hon Claire Coutinho MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
2.15 – 2.45pm
In conversation with NESO
- Fintan Slye, Chief Executive Officer, National Energy System Operator (NESO)
- Dhara Vyas, Chief Executive Officer, Energy UK
2.45 – 3pm
Future energy leaders – The Young Energy Professionals Forum
- Connor Innes, Chair, YEP Forum
- Isabella Oratore, Vice Chair, YEP Forum
Energy UK’s Young Energy Professionals Forum gives people with up to 10 years’ experience in the industry opportunities to connect with others, develop skills, and inspire others working in energy.
It is free to join and has over 3,000 members from analysts to engineers, representing more than 350 organisations.
The Forum’s Chair and Vice Chair will present findings from its Future Leaders’ survey – what do people at the start of their career in energy really think?
3 – 3.20pm
Coffee and networking
3.20 – 3.50pm
Lightning Bolt Talks
In the style of Energy UK’s regular Lightning Bolt Talks, this session, hosted by Energy UK’s Chief Communications Officer, Juliette Sanders, will see three, prominent speakers deliver five minute “lightning talks”. Each talk is intended to bring an external perspective to a current challenge, and with only five minutes each speaker is required to tell their story succinctly.
Speakers:
- ‘How real is the reset?’ – Professor Anand Menon, Director, UK in a Changing Europe
- ‘Behind the headlines’ – Dr Simon Evans, Deputy Editor and Senior Policy Editor, Carbon Brief
- ‘The public perception’ – Rachel Wolf, Founding Partner, Public First
Lightning Bolt Talks are sponsored by Engage Consulting
3.50 – 4.05pm
Keynote speech
The Rt Hon Sir Ed Davey MP, Leader of the Liberal Democrats
4.05 – 4.25pm
Keynote speech
The Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP, Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
4.25 – 4.35pm
Closing remarks
The Rt Hon David Laws, Chair, Energy UK