2025 speakers
We are delighted to welcome the following speakers at our 2025 conference.
Keynote speakers
Warren East
CBE, IET Past President
Chris Stark
Head of Mission Control, Clean Power 2030, UK Government
Renewable Power Generation and Future Power Systems
Stuart Okin
Director of Cyber and AI Regulation, Ofgem
Dr Diptargha Chakravorty
Head of Grid Analysis and Planning, Siemens Energy
Will Drury
CEO PNDC, University of Strathclyde
Simon Gallagher
Managing Director, UK Networks Services
Rob Rome
Director of Commercial, Customer & Regulation. National Grid
Ines Tunga
Practice Manager Renewables, Energy Systems Catapult
Dr Changjing Zhan
Deputy Chief Engineer, NR Electric, China
Sebastiaan Van Dort
Director of Sustainability and Energy, BSI
Energy Storage
Gioia Falcone
Director, Glasgow Centre for Sustainable Energy
Rosie Madge
Analyst Energy Storage, Energy Systems Catapult
Leah Swan
Geothermal Engineer, Townrock
Sandy Kelly
System Planning Engineer, UK Power Networks
Ray Arrell
Associate Director, Regen
Hydrogen
Mercedes Maroto-Valer
Deputy Principal for Global Sustainability, Heriot-Watt University
Dr Priya Bhagavathy
Research and Development Engineer, Strathclyde University
Asif Ansar
Head of Department Energy System Integration, German Aerospace Center, Germany
Tolulope Osinibi
Senior Cost Analyst, Ofgem
Temoc Rodriguez
Global Technical Expert, Ricardo Plc
Nuclear
Richard Deakin
Board Director and Trustee, Nuclear Institute
Michael Drury
Managing Director, Lucid Catalyst
Tim Parkes
Regulation Lead, Office for Nuclear Regulation
Margaret Graham,
Fusion Technologies Section Leader, ITER, France
Tom Greatrex
CEO, Nuclear Industry Association
Richard Bradfield
Managing Director, Nuclear Services, EDF
Zara Hodgson
Director, Dalton Nuclear Institute
Tim Erskine
Senior Electrical Engineer, Tokamak Energy
Paul Beynon
Technical Principal, Nuclear, Defence and Civil Division, Energy Unit, Mott MacDonald
Ming Tan
Global Practice Leader Nuclear, Mott MacDonald
Plenary sessions
Sam Matthew
Director, Industry Lead - UK Energy & Utilities, Microsoft
Dr. André Thess
Director of Institute of Engineering Thermodynamics, DLR German Aerospace Center, Germany
Mark Goudie
Head of DSO Strategic Projects & Optimisation,
SP Energy Networks. Trustee. IET
Kuri Bless
Director of Strategic Energy Planning, SSEN Transmission
Dr. Kirsty Hewitson
Director Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Collaboration, Atomic Energy Authority
Victor Lough
Cyber Security and Advanced Digital Services Business Lead, Schneider Electric Systems