Annual Conference: One Industry

08.45	Registration
09.30	Welcome and Opening Address David Tomkin, IGEM President
09.40	Keynote Speech A shared endeavour - the role of gas on the path to net zero Dan Micklethwaite, Director of Energy Security and Resilience, DESNZ
10.00	Session 1 – One Chance: Ensuring Safety Across the Gas Industry Chaired by Duncan Lawton, Network Integrity & Compliance Lead, Northern Gas Networks
	The impact of Artificial Intelligence in business Karl Simons OBE, Co-founder and Chief Futurist, FYLD
	Learning from Incidents (or is it Relearning?) Mike Johnson, VP Senior Principal Consultant, DNV
	Panel Question and Answer
11.10	Refreshments and Exhibition
11.40	Session 2 – One Customer: Meeting the Needs of End Users Chaired by Victoria Mustard, Head of Gas & Whole System Market Development, NESO
	Net Zero- A People’s Perspective Dr Catharine Skinner, Head of Customer Insight, Cadent
	The End User Marketing funnel at Bosch Thermotechnology Ian Swindlehurst, Head Of Marketing, Bosch Thermotechnology Ltd
	Hydrogen Transition for End Users Dr Navdeep Singh Eng D, Principal Engineer – Materials Lead, Progressive Energy Ltd
	Flex Gen Journey at WWU Helen Fitzgerald CEng MIGEM, System Operation Support Manager, Wales & West Utilities
	Panel Question and Answer
13.05	Lunch and Exhibition
14.05	Session 3 – One System: Aligning Gas with the Energy Landscape Chaired by Carly Evans, Head of Regulation, Wales & West Utilities
	NESO - Strategic Whole Energy System Planning Angus Paxton, Head of Gas and Whole Energy Network Development, NESO
	The importance of delivering a multi-energy system in support of a cost-effective transition to net zero Professor Goran Strbac, Professor of Energy Systems, Imperial College
	Joint Infrastructure Planning for TSOs and DSOs: Gas, Hydrogen and Electricity Eva Hennig, Head of Department for EU Energy Policy, Thüga AG
	Panel Question and Answer
15.15	Refreshments and Exhibition
15.45	Session 4 – One Future: Innovating and Collaborating for Tomorrow’s Challenges Chaired by Corinna Jones, Head of Clean Power & Innovation, National Gas Transmission
	Collaborative Strategies for Achieving Net Zero Matt Hindle, Head of Net Zero and Sustainability, Wales & West Utilities
	Maximising Green Gas Nic Crowe, Government Affairs & Development Director, Grissan Renewable Energy
	Fuelling the Future: Collaborating on Skills and Education for the Evolving Gas Sector Sayda Lees-Manning, Policy Manager, IGEM
	Panel Question and Answer
	Closing Remarks Oliver Lancaster, Chief Executive Officer, IGEM