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Agenda
| 8:30 AM | Registration, networking and coffee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:05 AM | Introduction Maurice Button, Chief Executive Officer, City & Financial Global | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:10 AM | Morning Chair’s opening remarks Jonathan Maxwell, Founding Partner & CEO, Sustainable Development Capital LLP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:15 AM | Keynote Address - How the Green Finance Strategy can help deliver sustainable infrastructure Baroness Penn, Treasury Lords Minister, HM Treasury; Co-Chair of the Transition Plan Taskforce | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:35 AM | Panel discussion The opportunities and challenges involved in delivering the government’s sustainable infrastructure plans - an industry perspective
Moderator Julia Prescot, Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer (CSO), Meridiam Infrastructure and Commissioner, UK National Infrastructure Commission Panellists Ionna Trofimova Elliot (Eng., The Baroness), Director, Borderless Renewables, The Policy Club Keith Anderson, Chief Executive, Scottish Power Amar Qureshi, Joint Managing Director and Co-Founder, Agilia Infrastructure Partners | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10:15 AM | The UK Infrastructure Bank’s key investment priorities in sustainable infrastructure John Flint, Chief Executive, UK Infrastructure Bank | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10:35 AM | Panel discussion Latest innovations in finance: Developing new partnership models to harness the required private sector investment to deliver the government’s plans Moderator Jonathan Maxwell, Founding Partner & CEO, Sustainable Development Capital LLP Panellists Alison Fagan, Partner, DLA Piper Matthew Vickerstaff, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Infrastructure and Projects Authority, and Head of Government’s Project Finance Profession Dr Fred Amonya, Infrastructure Policy Advisor, Lyciar; External Panel on PPP, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Nathan Wicks, Director, Local Partnerships Juliet Flamank, Charging Infrastructure Lead, Green Finance Institute | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11:25 AM | Morning coffee and networking | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11:45 AM | The criticality of decarbonising electricity generation in the context of the government’s net zero targets Rt Hon The Lord Deben, Chairman, Sancroft International, and former Chair of the Climate Change Committee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12:05 PM | The case for reforming planning rules to accelerate the energy transition Sharon Darcy, Chair, The Linear Infrastructure Planning Panel (LIPP) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12:25 PM | Panel discussion Delivering new nuclear in the UK – investment opportunities Moderator Tom Greatrex, CEO, Nuclear Industry Association Panellists Dr Gareth Headdock, Vice President of Government and New Build, NNL Anurag Gupta, Chief Risk Officer, Sequoia Investment Management Company Kristina Schaferova, ESG Lead, Sizewell C Joanna Fic, Senior Vice President, Infrastructure Finance | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1:05 PM | Lunch and networking | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1:55 PM | Afternoon Chair’s opening remarks Ben Foulser, Managing Director, Infrastructure Advisory Group, KPMG | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2:00 PM | A roadmap for achieving a net zero energy system in the UK Akshay Kaul, Director-General, Infrastructure, Ofgem | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2:20 PM | Infrastructure and Net Zero – the second National Infrastructure Assessment James Heath, CEO, National Infrastructure Commission | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2:40 PM | Fireside chat I Offshore, onshore and floating platform wind – can the industry scale up to meet the government’s expectations? Moderator Speakers Andrew Elmes, Head of Net Zero Business Development, UK & Ireland, Siemens Gamesa James Robottom, Head of Onshore Wind, RenewableUK Sarah Merrick, Chief Executive, Ripple Energy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3:10 PM | Fireside chat II Creating new business models for successful exploitation of carbon capture & storage Moderator Olivia Powis, UK Director, Carbon Capture and Storage Association (CCSA) Speakers Jon Gibbins, Professor of Carbon Capture and Storage; Director, UK CCS Research Community Network+, University of Sheffield Albena Vassileva, Executive Director Infrastructure, IFM Investors | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3:40 PM | Afternoon tea and networking | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4:00 PM | Panel discussion EV infrastructure investment: new models and investment opportunities Moderator Ben Foulser, Managing Director, Infrastructure Advisory Group, KPMG Panellists Judith Hayton, Strategy and Planning Manager, Transport for London Luca Gatto, Managing Director, Head of Infrastructure, Transport and Islamic Finance, SMBC Bank International Daniel Lyons, Managing Director, IMPROVED Corporate Finance | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4:40 PM | Chair’s closing remarks Ben Foulser, Managing Director, Infrastructure Advisory Group, KPMG | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4:45 PM | Close of proceedings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
