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 Time Duration Session/Topic Speaker Room
 08:45  45 mins  Registration and networking  N/A Main Hall

 0930

  5 mins  Host welcome Roger Harrabin Main Hall
Plenary Session 1 | The Government’s first 100 days
 09:35  10 mins A welcome from ADE  Caroline Bragg | CEO | ADE  Main Hall
 09:45  15 mins Headline sponsor address | Empowering Energy Demand  Greg Jackson | CEO | Octopus Energy Main Hall
 10:00  15 mins Headline sponsor address | Decarbonising British Heat  Tamsin Lishman | CEO | Kensa Group Main Hall

BREAK | 10:15 - 10:45

During tea and coffee, hear from the groundbreaking Heatropolis project who will be presenting their initial findings and ambitions for the newly announced large-scale trial in our Innovation Hub.

This presentation will take place in the Eliot Room, presented by Ian Rose, Passiv UK. 
SESSION 2 | MISSIONS FOR THE NEW GOVERNMENT 
Track 1 | Empowering Energy Demand
10:50  35 mins Update from DESNZ: Working with industry to decarbonise Olivia Absalom | Deputy Director for Buildings & Electrification | DESNZ Main Hall 
11:25  35 mins
A National Energy System Operator for the net zero transition
Julian Leslie | Director of Strategic Energy Planning and Chief Engineer |  National Energy System Operator  Main Hall
Track 2 | Decarbonising British Heat
 10:50  35 mins Panel: How can we use heat decarbonisation to create economic opportunity for the UK's regions? 
  • Alex Sobel | MP for Leeds Central and Headingley, Chair of the Net Zero APPG
  • Eve McQuillan | External Affairs Manager, Land, Planning and Development Federation
  • Richard Warren | Director of External Affairs, Kensa
 Eliot Room 
 11:25  35 mins Is a new approach needed to regulation to support economic growth from heat decarbonisation?

Sam Richards | CEO | Britain Remade 

 Eliot Room

LUNCH | 12:00 - 13:30

Innovation Hub - The Energy Exchange - Eliot Room
Hear from 4 cutting edge innovators on their newest ideas for how we can bring together heat decarbonisation and flexibility towards a lower cost, smarter system overall.

SESSION 3 | MISSIONS FOR THE GOVERNMENT CONTINUED... 
Track 1 | Empowering Energy Demand
 13:30  35 mins Panel: Is there a role for demand-side flexibility within a new social tariff for energy customers? 
  • Chaitanya Kumar | Senior Economist, New Economics Foundation
  • Alexander Belsham-Harris | Head of Energy Consumer Markets | Citizens Advice 
  • Madeleine Gabriel | Mission Director | nesta
  • Emma Burns | Market Design Manager | Octopus
 Eliot Room 
 14:05  35 mins Panel: What is the role of trade unionism in the context of decarbonising industry?
  • Andy Prendergast | National Secretary for the Private Sector, GMB
  • Mika Minio-Paluello | Climate and Industry Lead, TUC
 Eliot Room 
Track 2 | Decarbonising British Heat
 13:30  35 mins What will Project SWAN teach us about the future of zoning? 
  • George Robinson | Head of Finance & Investment for Heat Networks | DESNZ 
  • Charlotte Owen | Growth Director | Hemiko
 Main Hall
 14:05  35 mins Panel: Barriers and Opportunities for heat decarbonisation in Scotland
  • Markus Ronde | CEO | Exergy3
  • Ian Meyer | Regional Director | Vattenfall 
  • Beata Blachut | Head of Strategic Business Development | SAV Systems
  • Mark Tarry | CEO | AMP Clean Power
 Main Hall
BREAK | 14:40 - 15:00
Plenary session – Closing thoughts
15:00 5 mins Welcome back

Roger Harrabin

 Main Hall
15:05  10 mins TBC TBC Main Hall 
15:15  20 mins  Keynote Address  Minister Miatta Fahnbulleh  Main Hall
15:35 20 mins Reflections on progress in the energy transition to date and the opportunities and risks facing the new Government

Lord Deben | Former Chair | Climate Change Committee (CCC) 

 Main Hall
15:45 15 mins Thanks Caroline Bragg Main Hall
Drinks reception | 16:00 - 17:00 

Innovation Hub with UK Power Networks

In addition to talks at the event, we are very pleased to announce the Decentralised Energy conference’s first Innovation Hub, in partnership with UK Power Networks (UKPN).

As the energy system decarbonises, heat and electricity infrastructure and flexibility will become ever more closely intertwined. However, these interactions and the potential they hold to reduce the cost of decarbonisation for all remain poorly understood and even more poorly made use of.

UKPN is one of the leading Distribution System Operators pushing innovation forward – working with many of the ADE’s members across heat decarbonisation and demand. Join us to: 

  • Lend your vote to leading innovators during The Energy Exchange
  • Hear from Heatropolis, a leading innovation project bringing heat and electricity network infrastructure together in Kings Cross London and which has just secured further Strategic Innovation Fund finance to move their project into large-scale trials
  • Immerse yourself in the cutting edge of enabling flexibility in our local places for local people with our exhibition showcasing the role of customer participation in local flexibility, the latest in cross-vector strategic area planning and demonstrations of leading innovations in flexifying domestic and business heat