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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
R&D Team Leader, PNDC, University of Strathclyde

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

Will Bowling
Hydrogen Systems Engineer, Energy Systems Catapult

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

Paul Foster CBE, FNucl
Chief Executive Officer, Community Nuclear Power.

Jack Acres
Head of Engineering. Power and Cooling. UK Industrial Fusion Solutions Ltd

Andy Storer
Founder. Nuc Col

Dr Iain Darby
Head of Strategic Research for the United Kingdom National Nuclear Laboratory

David Malley
Senior Analyst. Alten

Robert Alford
Delivery and Engagement Lead for Nuclear Energy Application, United Kingdom National Nuclear Laboratory

Plenary sessions

Dr. André Thess
Director of Institute of Engineering Thermodynamics, DLR German Aerospace Center, Germany

Mark Goudie
IET Trustee, IET

Dr Bless Kuri
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

Dr. Simon Stromberg
Innovation Development and Strategy Manager for SSEN-Transmission.