Expert speakers for 2026 include:

Yselkla Farmer
Chief Executive
BEAMA

Tony Ballance
Chief Strategy and Regulation Officer
Cadent

Rosie Pearson
Chairman
Community Planning Alliance

Matt Mace
Editor
edie

Dr Rose Chard
Senior Advisor
Energy Systems Catapult

Dhara Vyas
Chief Executive
Energy UK

Bill Rees
MD
Enso Energy

Daire Casey
Strategic Manager (Energy Services)
Environment and Public Protection Directorate, West Sussex County Council

Thomas Day
Head of Energy and Low Carbon Programme
Essex County Council

Dr Nina Skorupska CBE
Non-Executive Director
GB Energy

Laura Sandys CBE
Chair
Green Alliance & Energy Digitalisation Taskforce

Ed Birkett
New Projects Director
Low Carbon

Simon Harrison
Clean Power Commissioner & Fellow
Mott MacDonald

Peter Knott
Chief Risk Officer
National Wealth Fund

Marian Spain
Chief Executive
Natural England

Julian Leslie
Strategic Energy Planning Director and Chief Engineer
NESO

Rachel Fletcher
Director of Regulation and Economics
Octopus Energy

Johnny Gowdy
Director
Regen

Ana Musat
Executive Director of Policy and Engagement
Renewable UK

Dr Steve Mannings
Head of Ecology
Sizewell C

Alana Cairns
Transmission Customer Liaison Manager
SP Energy Networks

Sol Anitua
Executive Director, Infrastructure & Energies
The Crown Estate

Lucelia Rodrigues
Chair in Sustainable and Resilient Cities
University of Nottingham

James Wallin
Editor in Chief
Utility Week