Energy Convergence Conference
Energy Convergence
Bringing energy strategies & technologies together for best results
The headline conference, Energy Convergence, will centre on how energy is converging across efficiency, sustainability, procurement and flexibility, exploring the benefits end-users could reap through tactical partnerships, novel strategies and new technology.
The crux of the sessions is the debate that deliberates the most effective approach to managing energy in an energy market where disciplines are converging changing old methodologies. Each session has a chair and 3 to 5 panellists. An independent keynote speaker sets the scene, followed by a case study showing that this can happen now and isn’t just a pipe dream. Together these will last about 15 -20 minutes framing the debate that will follow.
Day 1 – Energy Convergence
Energy outlook: The impact of incoming change
How the shifting policy and regulatory landscape will affect your energy strategy – consumption, generation and flexibility.
Speaker
- Kyle Martin – LCP
- Rob Williams – BT/Energy Institute
- Paul Sheffield – Haven Power
- Caroline Bragg – ADE
Theatre : Energy Convergence
Is onsite generation an effective strategy?
To be a prosumer or not? How much generation should you have onsite, how best to use it, where PPAs can add benefits and will storage enable better returns?
Speaker
- Simon Mitchell – Ylem
- Stephen Jones – ABB
Theatre : Energy Convergence
Energy-as-a-service: What’s working and what’s not?
Are Esco models evolving, is the Nirvana of energy-as-a-service any closer to reality?
- Session will outline where Esco/service models are delivering benefits,
- where hurdles remain, and the implications of the end of support mechanisms (e.g. RHI)
Speaker
- Lisa Akeroyd – Sixt
- Michael Kenefick – Bloomberg New Energy Finance
Theatre : Energy Convergence
Procurement – Appetite for disruption?
Have the fundamentals of buying power and gas actually shifted?
How should purchasing take account of flexibility?
What are the no-regrets options in volatile times?
Session chair
- Jeremy Nicholson – IFIEC Europe
Theatre : Energy Convergence
Energy efficiency rebooted
As the most cost effective method of saving money and lowering carbon emissions, how you increase the adoption of energy efficiency?
Potential options include making it a dynamic tradable resource, finance it more effectively, link a building’s actual energy performance to financial incentives?
Speaker
- Dr Steven Fawkes – EnergyPro
- Brian Cairns – Tesco
Theatre : Energy Convergence
Day 2 – Energy Convergence
Harnessing data to unlock energy savings
How energy managers with tough challenges extract the signal from noise to deliver substantial energy benefit.
Speaker
- Lisa Gingell – 3-Eight Communications
- Julie Allen – King’s College London
- Dinker Bhardwaj – The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Theatre : Energy Convergence
Maximising onsite generation, storage and flexibility
How shifting markets affect flexibility strategies and how businesses can maximise the value of their generation and consumption patterns.
Speaker
- Vincent de Rul – EDF
- James Johnston – Piclo
- Stewart Reid – Scottish & Southern Energy Networks (SSEN)
Theatre : Energy Convergence
Powershift: The impact of EVs on your energy strategy
The roadmap from early adoption and installation of EV charging infrastructure through smart charging and vehicle to grid services. And why businesses should think about EVs sooner rather than later.
Copies of Energyst Media’s new EV Report will also be made available.
Speaker
- Andy Kershaw – Marston’s PLC
- Peter White – Western Power Distribution
- Filippo Gaddo – Arup
- Chris Rimmer – Cenex
Theatre : Energy Convergence
2019: The year of the PPA
Are PPAs finally coming of age; are buyers and sellers on the same page; and what are the emerging opportunities to lock in clean power?
Speaker
- James Brabben – Cornwall Insight
- Chris Bowden – Squeaky Clean Energy
- Anthony Browne – Northumbrian Water
Theatre : Energy Convergence