Building an affordable, resilient energy system for the future 

Utility Week’s Future Networks Conference returns on 3 March 2027 and for the first time will take place at a brand-new venue in Manchester, just a stone’s throw from Manchester Piccadilly.

The event will once again feature high quality content covering network strategy, policy, asset management and resilience, investment and innovation, uniting 150+ senior leaders from electricity and gas distribution and transmission networks as well as regulators, policy makers and external stakeholders.
 

Brand new for 2027 - we’ll be hosting intimate roundtables throughout the day covering the future of gas,  capital delivery, innovation and more. These sessions will unite 8-10 decision-makers to hash out industry challenges in a boardroom-style setting, helping industry to progress their internal strategies. 

Location:

📍Venue: etc. venues, 11 Portland Street, Manchester
 

More information can be found here.

By Train:

Manchester Piccadilly station (approx. 5 minutes walk)

Manchester Victoria station (15 minute walk)

By Bus and Tram:

Piccadilly Gardens (approx. 2 minutes walk) This is a main transport hub for Metrolink trams and buses and is a 2 minute walk from the venue.

Parking:

The venue is close to a number of car parks:

Manchester Minshull Street (operated by SIP) - Minshull Street, M1 3ED

Manchester Piccadilly Gardens (operated by Manchester City Council) - Chatham Street, M1 3AY

Manchester Chorlton Street (operated by NCP) - Chorlton Street, M1 3FY

 

Who attends?

Electricity and gas network directors, head and managers responsible for:

  • >> Distribution/Transmission/Generation 
  • >> Networks/Grid
  • >> Asset management/resilience
  • >> Strategy/Policy/Regulation
  • >> Investment/Price control/funding/price review
  • >> Whole systems
  • >> Transition/Just transition/decarbonisation/net zero
  • >> Transformation/Optimisation/efficiency
  • >> Renewables
  • >> Operations/Infrastructure
  • >> Customer engagement/communications
  • >> Local energy
  • >> Smart grid/flexibility
  • >> Heat/heat pumps/heat network
  • >> Connections/charging/storage/electrification 
  • >> Systems planning/strategic planning  
  • >> Clean power/green energy  
  • >> Hydrogen 
  • >> Low carbon tech

Job function

Business activity

Meet the brand new Future Networks Advisory Board members

Alongside our award-winning editorial team, the new Advisory Board - with industry giants including Paul Glendinning, (Director of Energy Systems, Northern Powergrid), Nia Lowe (Head of DSO, SP Energy Networks), Catherine Winning (Head of Future Networks, SSEN Distribution) and others have helped shape the strategic direction of the agenda.