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NETWORK / 12 / FEBRUARY 2020 CONFERENCES Future Networks 2020 The only event where all UK energy networks meet to address RIIO2 and Net Zero challenges The Future Networks 2020 Conference will be held 25th February, Birmingham and will allow you to gain insight from Ofgem on RIIO2 and network CEOs on overcoming the Net Zero Carbon challenge. The event will feature 26+ leading speakers, exclusive debate on the impacts of RIIO2 and Net Zero on the operation of networks, a rare opportunity to network with over 100+ network and energy system specialists and exclusive access to post- show presentations and reports. AGENDA RIIO-2 – Responding to the 2050 net zero target Speaker: Akshay Kaul, director of network price controls, Ofgem ➤ Identifying where baseline investment plans may impede the efficient achievement of decarbonisation pathways ➤ Developing business plan flexibility to address the impediments and facilitate timely investments ➤ Creating long-term certainty by tailoring expectations around 'well justified' projects specifically intended to support Net Zero. Net Zero, RIIO-ED2 and reliability, an unprecedented opportunity for change? Speaker: Chris Watts, director, regulatory affairs, S&C Electric Company ➤ What should Net Zero mean for the networks? ➤ Understanding the price of change: investing in new technology ➤ Offering more reliability and resilience to extremes. Joining the dots – Smart flexibility on the residential network Speaker: Dr Conor Maher-McWilliams, head of flexibility, Kaluza ➤ Optimising smart domestic devices to help support the decarbonisation of the grid ➤ Utilising untapped flexibility for the benefit of the customer and the wider energy ecosystem. The Conversation – Delivering Net Zero Speakers: Basil Scarsella, chief executive, UK Power Networks; Rob McDonald, managing director of transmission, SSEN; Lord Deben, chair Committee on Climate Change; Fintan Slye, director of the system operator, National Grid. ➤ Avoiding a repeat of the summer blackout in a low carbon, renewable reliant system ➤ Tackling uncertainty Net Zero has created within RIIO ED2, T2 and GD2 ➤ Delivering the extra 20% to get to Net Zero ➤ Overcoming the funding challenge in a tight price control environment ➤ Ensuring customers are brought along on the green journey ➤ Joining up the policy, regulatory, and operational thinking. BREAKOUT SESSIONS Preparing for and dealing with regionalisation Speakers: Helen Boyle, strategic decarbonisation manager, Electricity Northwest; Peter Chandler, ReStart project lead, National Grid System Operator; Christianna Logan, director of customers and stakeholders, SSE. ➤ Each speaker will give a short introductory speech, before the debate is opened to the audience. It will tackle the following questions: ➤ How is the decentralised 'anti-grid' affecting the operation of the existing energy system? ➤ What does the future of the transmission system look like in a regionalised system? ➤ How will resilience by impacted by the growth of local energy systems? Creating a flexible energy system now Speakers: Jonathan Berry, innovation director, Western Power Distribution; Phil Sheppard, director of gas, National Grid; Prof Zhong Fan, academic director of SEND, Keele University; Randal Gilbert, head of network strategy, NIE Networks; John Hayling, business development consultant, AMT-Sybex. ➤ How far along the flexible and smart energy transition are we now? ➤ What are the key learnings from projects that have been completed or are being implemented now? ➤ Preparing for low carbon transport: is smart really the answer? ➤ What is being done to ensure the blackout risk is minimised. Decoding the data conundrum Speakers: Dan Hopkinson, director of data and transformation, Electralink; Sophie Adams, service owner, data services, Ofgem; Melanie Bryce, Oxfordshire programme director, SSEN; Ross Catley, CTO, SmartDCC. ➤ How will energy networks cope with the growth in the volume of data they are collecting? ➤ How will the energy networks overcome and comply with GDPR rules whilst maximising the data's potential? ➤ What needs to be done to create a smart energy system by harnessing the power of data, AI and machine learning? Working with retailers to bring customers along Speakers: Matt Clemow, CEO and founder, Igloo Energy; Maxine Frerk, consumer engagement group chair, SGN; senior representative, UK Power Networks. ➤ How can networks capitalise on the work retailers are doing to get consumer buy-in to smart systems? ➤ What is the role for customer engagement of the networks in a smart, flexile system? ➤ How can the low carbon transition as easy as possible of customers? Underpinning the implementation of a smart energy system Speaker: Chris Clarke, energy systems director, Wales & West Utilities ➤ Developing and translating smart energy system models into the real world ➤ Working through the pain points of hybrid systems ➤ Understanding the changing role of the gas network as it becomes an 'energy battery' Changing the face of gas distribution to get to net zero Speaker: Ed Syson, chief safety and strategy officer, Cadent ➤ Realising the Benefits of Smart Gas Distribution ➤ Developing a world-leading, whole systems approach ➤ Making the most of innovation to decarbonise. Panel: The death of the DNO (and GDN) has been greatly exaggerated Speaker: Stewart Reid, head of future networks, SSE Networks ➤ Outlining the future role of the DNO and GDN in the future energy system ➤ Developing an effective asset owner-system operator relationship at distribution level ➤ Ensuring EVs and low carbon solutions can 'plug-in and play' to the future energy system. REGISTER To register please contact Harry King T: +44 (0)1342 332115 E: harryking@fav-house.com