Leakage continues to be a priority for gas, power and water networks as utilities seek to maximise supply and meet demand. Join this session to discover the latest innovation projects exploring new ways to prevent, detect and fix leaks across utilities networks.    

Chair
Ben Hargreaves, Head of Content - Utility Week

Case study: Dark Fibre
Darius Bristow, Project Manager - Severn Trent Water

Tech enabled leakage reduction for gas networks
Chris Rison, Head of Smart Network - Cadent

Case study: Managing Background Leakage Project
Anna Taliana, Project Manager - Dwr Cymru/Welsh Water

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As we move towards Net Zero and Clean Power 2030, the pace of connection of distributed generation is rapidly increasing. This requires innovative thinking, industry partnerships and deep collaboration, while meeting high standards of affordability and resilience in order to effectively serve communities.  

Join this session to explore practical innovations and approaches to accelerate the transition and avoid the innovation doom loop. 

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Chair and scene setting
Ellen Bennett, Managing Director - Utility Week

Product-based & data driven approach in delivering customer value at pace
Tim Manandhar, DSO Solutions Manager - UK Power Networks

Leveraging digitalisation and cloud to unlock network capacity
Ben Scowen, Vice President - UK & Ireland Cloud & Core Leader - Kyndryl

Connections 360: Providing data transparency and helping customers to self-serve
Sangeeta Agrawal, Head of Technology Delivery - NESO
 

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Identifying novel innovations in the water sector is critical to ensuring water companies deliver on net zero targets, clean rivers and build infrastructure at pace. Join this session hosted by UW sister brand Springwise to unearth impact-driven innovations you never knew you needed. Stay ahead of the companies and technologies leading the change and disrupting the utilities industry. 

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Chair introduction
Matthew Hempstead, Commissioning Editor - Springwise

Onunda offers energy self-sufficient and closed-loop treatment of biosolids via hydrothermal carbonisation and rotary kiln technologies
James Meyer, CTO & Co-founder - Onunda

Wizso is a small pellet that you drop into the toilet after you pee to avoid the need to flush, saving water, carbon and money
Arthur O'Brien, Founder & Director - Wizso

Tova is supporting utilities with its proprietary machine learning hydrologic model that forecasts water availability anywhere
Alexa Bruce, Chief Executive - Tova

 

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Innovation and investment will be key to building the energy future. The benefits of transforming the energy system are huge, resulting in increased economic growth, more jobs, lower bills in the long-term, and increased security of supply.    

Discover how National Grid is utilising innovative approaches and technology to maximise the potential of current assets, whilst driving the development and evolution of new solutions to enable the energy transition.  

​Chair and scene setting
Ruth Williams, Chief Correspondent - Utility Week

Panel
Gary Stockdale, Net Zero Innovation Manager - National Grid
Steve Smith, Chief Strategy and Regulation Officer - National Grid
Amjad Karim, Founder and CEO - Keen AI

To achieve Clean Power 2030 and ambitious AMP8 targets water, gas and power need to do things differently. Utilities must innovate and change their way of working to drive the UK’s net zero ambition, improve operational resilience and champion sustainability and clean waterways. Discover how Ofwat and Ofgem are supporting and championing innovation in the industry.  
 

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Eric Brown, Director - Energy Geeks thinktank and Grid Scientific

The Secret to unlocking innovation across Utilities… Is being open about the need to change!
Jodie Giles, Programme Director - Strategic Innovation Fund - Ofgem
Dimosthenis Kaldis - Ofgem

Change through innovation – the time is now!!
Marc Hannis, Principal, Innovation Fund - Ofwat

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With a view towards the 2030s, gas networks provide an opportunity to drive down emissions through the scaling of biomethane. Come and find out about the action being taken, some complimentary solutions, the size of the prize and the rapid progress in France.
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Chair and scene setting
Oliver Lancaster, Chief Executive - IGEM

The Green Gas Task Force: Maximising biomethane
Nic Crowe, Co Chair - Green Gas Task Force

Vision to reality: Creating more capacity for the green gas
Matt Hindle, Head of Net Zero and Sustainability - Wales and West Utilities

Experiences from the continent and the French biomethane journey
Annette Kroll, Head of Regulation and Advocacy Renewable Gas - ENGIE
 

National Grid, SSEN and SPEN are working together on an innovation-funded project to develop a consistent approach and methodology for assessing the biodiversity impacts, risks and dependencies of their global supply chains. Join this session to learn more about Project Nature, and what it means for the UK transmission and distribution sectors.

Chair
Jane Gray, Content Director - Utility Week

Panel
Chris Plester, Net Gain Technical Lead - National Grid Electricity Transmission

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This session will explore how UK energy networks and innovators are collaborating to accelerate the deployment of innovation. Through real-world case studies and expert insights, attendees will gain practical advice on progressing solutions to business-as-usual deployment.

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Chair Introduction
Stewart Reid, Head of Future Networks - SSEN Distribution

Panel
Ruth Babbington, Principal Policy Expert – Innovation - Ofgem
Kat Lennox, Managing Director - Rawwater Applied Technology
Chris Carter, Head of Innovation - SP Energy Networks
Paul Cuttill, Director - TSAFET Ltd
Alan Greig, Innovation Lead - APK Industries

Ambitious delivery targets in AMP8 and to achieve Clean Power 2030 combined with a national competition for resource, requires the industry to embrace novel technologies and ways of working to unlock efficiencies and maximise productivity. Join this session to discover the latest learnings from innovation projects exploring new ways to drive deliverability, improve network resilience and increase asset management efficiency.  

Chair
Ellen Bennett, Managing Director - Utility Week

Case study: Sub-Seasonal Forecasting
Michael Angus, Industry Consultancy Scientist - Met Office

Case study: Safe Smart Systems
Reece Cook, Principal Data Scientist - Anglian Water

Case study: Phase Switch System Project
Stuart Fowler - National Grid

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Identifying novel energy innovations is critical if we are to meet net-zero targets, enable UK decarbonisation, and build infrastructure at pace. Join this session hosted by UW sister brand Springwise to unearth impact-driven innovations you never knew you needed. Stay ahead of the companies and technologies leading the change and disrupting the utilities industry. 

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Matt Hempstead, Commissioning Editor - Springwise

AssetCool automates grid uprating and maintenance with power line robotics and materials science
Niall Coogan, CEO - AssetCool

Rendesco is pioneering and scaling heat as a utility and asset in the UK
Tim Delport, Head of Energy Innovation - Rendesco Ltd

Gridraven delivers dynamic line ratings with precision weather forecasting
Tuuli Jevstignejev, Chief Communication Officer - Gridraven

Looking at decarbonisation at a local level is critical to planning and achieving net zero in different regions. Collaboration between distribution networks and local government has never been more critical to achieve net zero targets. Join this session to discover the work being done to engage with all stakeholders when planning for Clean Power 2030. 

Chair introduction
Christopher Hammond, Chief Executive - UK100

Net zero by 2030 – what can a London government do (and not do)?
Tim Pryce, Head of Clean Energy - London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham

Where energy and communities meet - lessons from two years of collaboration between DSO and Local Authorities
Lynne McDonald, head of local net zero - UKPN

DSO for good
Paul Auckland, Head of Economic Regulation and DSO - Electricity North West

With approximately 34 million smart meters connected to the smart meter network and 2.3 billion messages transmitted monthly, smart meter data plays a pivotal role in supporting the transition to Net Zero. It can help build a more flexible and sustainable energy system. For utilities, like other sectors, meeting the Net Zero challenge is going to require a shift in thinking than has been the norm in the past, and moving towards innovative solutions and strategies. Join us for a session exploring how utilities can securely and safely unlock access to smart meter data and foster innovation that drives the transition to Net Zero, while delivering tangible benefits to consumers 


Chair opening remarks
Paul Clark, Partnerships & Projects Director - Smart DCC

Panel
Jo Lomax, Consumer Vulnerability Manager - UKPN
Dimitrios Stefanoglou, Sustainable Innovation Analyst - Utilita
Simon Tricker, Co-founder & CDO - Urban Tide