Overview of the Westminster Energy Forum

The Westminster Energy Forum (WEF), founded 2004, is an established Knowledge Exchange Programme and Senior Leadership Network comprising over 150 organisations from the UK government, regulators, industry, NGOs and diplomats. The WEF aims to:

Deliver expert risk analysis, early warning and strategic guidance for senior leaders in support of a resilient low carbon transition.

In pursuit of this strategic goal, the WEF Secretariat delivers a series of high-level meetings throughout the political year which have the following operational focus:

The evaluation of risks found at the intersection of dynamic and disruptive energy markets, climate change and (geo)political uncertainty.

AGENDA

Session One: System Transformation, Risk and Resilience - The Evolving Landscape

Chair: Chris Lambert, Director – Westminster Energy Forum

Update on Current Contexts and Key Challenges for Transitioning the UK Energy System
Samuel Pachoud, Partner - Energy Transformation Leader, EY

The Strategic Spatial Energy Plan – Addressing Great Britain’s Long-Term Energy Needs
Alice Etheridge, Head of Strategic Spatial Energy Planning, National Energy System Operator

Strategic Challenges to Systemic Change within the UK Energy System
Jake Tudge, Corporate Affairs Director, National Gas
Josh Buckland, Director of Strategy and Policy, EDF Energy

Session Two: Network Risk and Resilience

Incorporating Innovation into System Transformation
Jonathan Thurlwell, Head of Emerging Technologies, Ofgem

Chair: Chris Lambert, Director – Westminster Energy Forum

Delivering Systemic Change to Power Networks
Mandy Martin, Head of Strategy, Smart DCC
Neil Madgwick, Head of Service Delivery, UK Power Networks

Energy from Waste Supersites: Integrating Power, Heat, and Carbon Capture
Tess Bridgman, General Counsel & Company Secretary, CORY Energy