Ardent is one of the UK and Irelands leading providers of land, consent, and engagement services, supporting major projects across transport, renewables, utilities, and regeneration. We help deliver vital infrastructure, from roads, rail, and wind farms to housing and employment regeneration projects. Our team is dedicated to partnering with clients and stakeholders who share our purpose in delivering life-improving change for communities and future generations. Proud to work on some of the most significant infrastructure and regeneration projects, we pride ourselves on going beyond the process to deliver strategic advice that adds value throughout the project life-cycle.

BFY Group is one of the UK’s fastest-growing management consultancies, trusted by leading organisations in Energy, Utilities, and Private Equity. They build strong partnerships with their clients, working practically to tackle their toughest challenges, realise opportunities, and achieve lasting results.

They work with a wide range of organisations, including leading energy retailers - where they support 75% of the UK market - as well as emerging firms. They also support companies throughout the broader energy value chain and utilities sector, covering water, energy services, infrastructure, and more.

BMA is a leading UK software and AI-powered Decision-Intelligence company. BMA provides the most advanced ‘whole systems’ and ‘adaptive’ planning capabilities, including composite AI, data management and governance, and breakthrough analytics methodologies, through a single interface. This user experience enables decision-makers across organisations to define and manage the ‘decisions to be made’, based on their individual roles and requirements. BMA developed the Decisio™ decision intelligence platform to harness AI and other ground-breaking cloud technologies to help organisations across the water, energy and waste-to-energy industries make better, faster and more connected decisions to unlock hidden financial potential and reduce risks.

CGI is a pioneer of technological innovation in the utilities sector. With nearly 6,000 utilities experts worldwide, we provide the solutions to transform the operations, improve the customer experience and drive cost efficiencies to utilities clients across the globe.

In the UK, we have been at the heart of every major change in the energy and utility markets since privatisation, with decades of experience and expertise in the electricity, gas and water sectors.

Economic Insight is a leading economics consultancy that provides an unrivalled level of service. Our unique proposition is that we combine the rigour of technical economics with exceptional consulting skills to help you make great decisions.

We are at the forefront of economic regulation, advising companies and regulators across the water, energy, telecoms, and transport sectors. From board-level engagement to the finer details of regulatory decisions, we provide a full-service offering. This can include areas such as: regulatory strategy; financeability and the cost of capital; cost assessment and efficiency benchmarking; incentive and uncertainty mechanism design; tariff design; and risk analysis.

Since 1961, NERA has provided unparalleled guidance on the most important market, legal, and regulatory questions of the day. Our work has shaped industries and policy around the world. Our field-leading experts and deep experience allow us to provide rigorous analysis, reliable expert testimony, and data-powered policy recommendations for the world’s leading law firms and corporations as well as regulators and governments. Our experience, integrity, and economic ingenuity mean you can depend on us in the face of your biggest economic and financial challenges.

Working across the world as a single united team, PA Consulting are the only firm with the range of expertise – strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers, and technologists – to enable clients to innovate and transform.

They accelerate new growth ideas from concept, through design and development to commercial success. And they revitalise organisations with the leadership, culture, systems and processes to make transformation a reality.

They deliver great work because of our brilliant people who live our purpose every day.

Vyntelligence (Vyn®) is a market-leading Work Experience Platform, designed for customers, contractors and colleagues. It accelerates workflow efficiencies with short video data capture and Agentic Video Intelligence.

Top 80% of UK utilities, telecoms, and retail clients trust Vyn® , creating trusted engagement by simplifying and speeding up work to optimise asset lifecycles.

Vyn® powers collaboration across billions of dollars in assets, thousands of teams, and millions of consumers. By reducing field visits, upskilling workers, and enhancing safety, Vyn balances profit with sustainability.

Vyn® turns field videos — captured before, during, and after work — into automated workflows, such as invoicing and work instructions. Its AI-driven insights help businesses improve pricing accuracy, speed up delivery, ensure safety, and maintain compliance.

As a pioneer in Video Intelligence, Vyn has the largest expertly-curated short-video knowledge base, integrating advanced Generative AI models across video, vision, and speech.

Vyn® is proud to partner with game changer clients, such as EDP, Total Energies, Cadent Gas, Scotia Gas, Suez, Northumbrian Water, Severn Trent, Openreach, Vodafone, and UK Power Networks.

Horizon Water Infrastructure specialises in water resource management, delivering end-to-end metering and data solutions for water companies. Backed by KKR and part of a group of industry-leading companies, including Horizon Energy Infrastructure and Smart Metering Systems (SMS), we bring over 30 years’ experience in large-scale rollouts. Our smart infrastructure expertise and innovative financing models spread programme costs over 10 to 20 years. Through our Metering-as-a-Service (MaaS) model, we mitigate risks, enabling utilities to focus on service while meeting UK Government and Ofwat mandates. Recently appointed to replace over one million meters for Southern Water, HWI is setting a new benchmark for efficiency, sustainability and impact.

Grayce provides an innovative consulting model empowering high-quality early talent to support change and transformation delivery.

With over a decade’s expertise in selecting and developing digitally native, naturally curious talent, Grayce provides the world’s most ambitious organisations with a low-risk, scalable solution to deliver lasting change. Our AI-enabled Analysts are supporting multiple sectors to deliver excellence, from digital transformation to regulatory change. Our Accelerated Development Programme has enabled thousands of talented individuals to launch successful careers.

Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT, BSE: 507685, NSE: WIPRO) is a leading technology services and consulting company focused on building innovative solutions that address clients’ most complex digital transformation needs. Leveraging our holistic portfolio of capabilities in consulting, design, engineering, cybersecurity and operations, we help clients realize their boldest ambitions and build future-ready, sustainable businesses. With over 230,000 employees and business partners across 65 countries, we deliver on the promise of helping our customers, colleagues, and communities thrive in an ever-changing world. For additional information, visit us at www.wipro.com.

CCW is the independent voice for water consumers in England and Wales. Since 2005, we have helped thousands of consumers resolve complaints against their water company, while providing free advice and support. All of our work is informed by extensive research, which we use to champion the interests of consumers and influence water companies, governments and regulators.

Founded in 1905, the Energy and Utilities Alliance (EUA) is a not-for-profit trade association that provides a leading industry voice to help shape the future policy direction within the sector.

EUA membership consists of a variety of companies operating across the gas network, wider utilities and supply chain and supports circa 270 member companies across seven divisions in working towards a sustainable, energy secure and efficient future. We do this through providing representative industry responses to Government consultations; representing members at meetings with Government departments, senior civil servants, MP’s and policy makers and keeping members abreast of the latest sector developments via member forums, meetings and events as well as information outputs.
https://www.eua-utilitynetworks.org.uk/

National Energy Action (NEA) is the national fuel poverty charity. They've worked across England, Wales, and Northern Ireland for over 40 years, to ensure that everyone can afford to live in a warm, healthy home.

Together with frontline practitioners, companies, regulators and the government, National Energy Action works to support vulnerable clients, raise awareness and achieve enduring change.

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

LEADING THE WATER RESEARCH AGENDA

UKWIR has been positively shaping the UK water industry's future for over 25 years.

We facilitate, manage & deliver a strategic programme of research projects for our members, the Water Companies of the UK and Ireland, to address the key challenges they face. We do this by providing leadership in shaping the future water research agenda.

BIG QUESTIONS

The focus of our research is captured in our Big Questions. These questions cover many Research Themes and activities of work and represent the key challenges they face, now and in the future.

Utilities have an increasingly high-profile role in delivering net zero, protecting the environment and supporting customers. There is now a clear expectation that these providers of lifeline services go beyond their regulatory requirements in all of these areas. Utilities know they have a duty to demonstrate efficiency, innovation, ambition and a genuine commitment to their customers and their communities. These are long-term responsibilities and require energy and water companies to develop a diverse and inclusive workforce that is fit for future challenges.

The Utility Week Awards are a celebration of achievement across all of these areas – highlighting the hard work, dedication and creativity at the heart of the industry.

Utility Week Live is a premier pan-utility exhibition uniting policy makers, asset owners and operators, delivery partners and innovators under one roof. As commitment to net zero and decarbonisation targets are accelerated under a new government, the pressure for the supply chain to deliver the major infrastructure and asset management required is unprecedented. There is an urgent need for utilities to work effectively with their partners in the supply chain; and for construction to be delivered at pace. 

UWL brings leading energy and water companies together with hundreds of industry innovators to showcase their latest developments alongside an action-packed content programme, running across multiple stages for two days. 

Visit for https://www.utilityweeklive.co.uk/ more information.

The Water Industry Awards offer an unparalleled opportunity to showcase how the UK water sector is driving forward and delivering change.

In 2025 water companies will kick off their biggest ever investment programme, with more than £100 billion being spent up until 2030. Delivering this investment as effectively and as efficiently as possible will require innovation and fresh ways of working. And this is exactly what we are celebrating with the Water Industry Awards 2025.

The 2025 scheme sees a refresh of the categories and criteria to reflect the challenges facing the modern water company and their supply chain partners.

WUN was started in 2018 when a group of likeminded women, working in utilities, united around a common cause. The five founders were not only passionate about the industry they worked in, but also passionate about the contribution women were making and could continue to make in the future.

The Utilities sector still lacks diversity and with many women still being underrepresented. Women make up only 28% of the Utilities workforce & 29.6% of leadership roles – Source Energy & Utility Inclusion Measurement Framework, 2025.

WUN has now created quite a movement. With over 10,000 members and followers and providing a variety events for members to attend as well as a free mentoring service. WUN goes from strength to strength due to our ambitious plans & in January 2025 we won Network of the Year at The Great British Businesswoman Awards.
https://thewun.co.uk/

We'd be delighted to investigate potential speakers for WUN particularly around themes linked to attracting and retaining diverse talent, supporting women into leadership and using data and tools, such as mentoring, to drive real progress in inclusion. We'd be happy to explore how we can add value to the agenda as well as discussing the possibility of hosting a stand, if this is suitable for this event, to showcase our work and connect with delegates.

WWT delivers events in the water and wastewater treatment industry as part of the Utility Week group. 

Details of upcoming WWT events can be found at: