DAY ONE: 17 March 2021
Event opens
Welcome from the chair
- Housekeeping
- Introduction to Jamboard
Speaker
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James Wallin
Editor - Utility Week
Speed networking
Connect with fellow attendees in our roulette-style speed networking session
CREATING INVESTOR CONFIDENCE IN UNCERTAIN TIMES
Policy keynote: promoting investment in green infrastructure
Speaker
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Rt Hon Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP
Minister for Business, Energy and Clean Growth - BEIS
Keynote: economic trends and shifts in lending and investment in UK utilities after covid-19 and the Brexit talks
Speaker
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Dermot Nolan
Director - Fingleton
Panel discussion: executing resilient planning and creating investor confidence in uncertain times
- Putting in place resilient planning in light of covid-19
- How are investors evaluating risk post-covid-19 and post-Brexit talks?
- The investor landscape – how is it changing?
- Investor appetite for M&A – are we likely to see a resurgence post-covid-19?
Speakers
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Peter Antolik
Partner - Arjun Infrastructure Partners -
Dominic Nash
Head of European Utilities Research - Barclays Investment Bank -
Philippe Busslinger
Senior Managing Director and Head of Europe - OMERS Infrastructure
Speed networking
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Take a break
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE
Keynote: encouraging investment in the expansion and modernisation of infrastructure
Speaker
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James Richardson
Chief Economist - National Infrastructure Commission
Keynote: balancing current customer needs with long-term infrastructure and service resilience
Speaker
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Liz Barber
Chief Executive Officer - Yorkshire Water
Keynote: attracting investment into emerging low carbon technologies
Speaker
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Will Gardiner
Chief Executive Officer - Drax Group
Speed networking
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Panel discussion: perspectives on stimulating innovation and the finance required to achieve net zero
- Addressing the level and scale of innovation required to achieve net zero – how can we ramp up innovation given the financial constraints?
- Are you a fast adopter or a copier? Does the regulatory regime support or stifle innovation? What changes would be beneficial?
- How do you attract new talent into utilities, given the change in people capability requirements?
Speakers
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Julia Pyke
Director of Finance and Economic Regulation for Sizewell C - EDF in the UK -
Bill Castell
Chief Financial Officer - OVO Energy -
Suleman Alli
Director of Strategy & Customer Services - UK Power Networks