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29th & 30th April 2025 | Olympia London

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2025 Working Groups

Innovation Zero 2024 Main Stage

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Curated by Innovation Zero World’s event partners, the Working Groups Theatre will feature intimate, high-impact roundtable discussions, with topics ranging from encouraging value creation in a shifting landscape to climate tech’s role in promoting sustainability.

This is your opportunity to collaborate and network with the people shaping the future of net zero: investors, policymakers, sustainability leaders, and the brightest innovators. Please ensure you RSVP to the working groups you'd like to attend, so we can reserve your place. 

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Working Groups Theatre (1 & 2)
  1. Driving Climate Solutions: UK-Middle East Innovations and Partnerships
    Working Groups Theatre (1 & 2)
    Register to attend: https://share-eu1.hsforms.com/1h-tWS0-WSICiqNhdGAlmkQfjb3q
    Confirmed Speakers
    Alex Haynes
    Alex Haynes, Head of Business Development, New Energies - Petrofac
    Bradley Jones
    Bradley Jones, Executive Director - UAE-UK Business Council
    Nikunj Panchal
    Nikunj Panchal, Global Vice President of Energy, Infrastructure Transition - Ricardo
    The Rt Hon The Lord Udny-Lister
    The Rt Hon The Lord Udny-Lister, UK Co-Chair - UAE-UK Business Council
  2. Canada Lunch
    Working Groups Theatre (1 & 2)
     
  3. Reconciling net zero and net profits – dss+
    Working Groups Theatre (1 & 2)
    With global affairs in flux, urgent action is crucial as we approach the midpoint of this decisive decade for climate action. Despite rising climate risks, progress on reducing greenhouse gases remain ...
    Moderator
    Paul McNeillis
    Paul McNeillis, Director - dss+
    Confirmed Speakers
    Dana Barsky
    Dana Barsky, Global Head of Sustainability Strategy and Net Zero - Standard Chartered
    Jay Ham
    Jay Ham, Group Director of Corporate Responsibility - FirstGroup Plc
    Alan Matthews
    Alan Matthews, Director - Earth Capital
    Wessel Schevernels
    Wessel Schevernels, Operating Partner - Patrizia Infrastructure
    Lamé Verre
    Lamé Verre, Director of Net Zero - The Crown Estate
Working Groups Theatre (3)
  1. Safe as Houses? Putting Local Leaders at the Centre of the Warm Homes Plan
    Working Groups Theatre (3)
    Britain's housing crisis demands urgent action, but who can deliver future-proof, affordable homes at the pace and scale required? Drawing on the evidence of place-based delivery, this interactive wor ...
    Confirmed Speakers
    Helen Burridge
    Helen Burridge, Manager - Hertfordshire Climate Change and Sustainability Partnership
    Stew Horne
    Stew Horne, Group Head of Sector Intelligence - Energy Saving Trust
    Cllr Ryan Jude
    Cllr Ryan Jude, Built Environment Programme Director / Cabinet Member – Climate, Ecology & Culture - Green Finance Institute / Westminster City Council
    Emily O'Brien
    Emily O'Brien, Cabinet Member for Climate, Nature & Food Systems - Lewes District Council
  2. Tony Blair Institute Working Group
    Working Groups Theatre (3)
     
  3. Building Resilience: How Climate Tech Empowers Accountants to Drive Sustainable Change
    Working Groups Theatre (3)
    This session will bring together industry leaders, finance professionals, and sustainability experts to discuss how climate technology is transforming business strategy, financial decision-making, and ...
    Moderator
    Emmeline Skelton
    Emmeline Skelton, Professional Insights, Head of Sustainability - ACCA
  4. Session Three
    Working Groups Theatre (3)
     
Working Groups Theatre (1 & 2)
  1. Session One
    Working Groups Theatre (1 & 2)
     
  2. Session Two
    Working Groups Theatre (1 & 2)
     
  3. Scaling a flexible, consumer-focused grid
    Working Groups Theatre (1 & 2)
    Delivering Clean Power 2030 (CP2030) requires full electricity system mobilisation. The ‘big stuff’ is going well: expanding renewable energy generation, investing in energy storage, decarbonising pow ...
    Confirmed Speakers
    Laura Sandys CBE
    Laura Sandys CBE, Chair - Green Alliance
  4. Session Four
    Working Groups Theatre (1 & 2)
     
Working Groups Theatre (3)
  1. Mission-led economic policy: how do we get the public and private sector working together effectively for delivery?
    Working Groups Theatre (3)
    This Policy & Industry working group, delivered in collaboration with Aldersgate group, will discuss opportunities to galvanise private sector action behind the mission-led economic approach laid out ...
    Chair
    Rachel Solomon Williams
    Rachel Solomon Williams, Executive Director - The Aldersgate Group
    Confirmed Speakers
    Professor Piers Forster
    Professor Piers Forster, Chair - Climate Change Committee
  2. Making the energy transition inclusive and affordable for all – E.ON Next
    Working Groups Theatre (3)
     
  3. Promoting Flagship Projects from the Southern Provinces of Morocco: Renewable Energy and Sustainable Development
    Working Groups Theatre (3)
    Opening (10 minutes) Opening Speeches: o His Excellency Hakim HAJOUI, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco to the United Kingdom o Representative of the United Kingdom o Mr. El Khattat YANJA, Presiden ...
  4. Regulating for Overshoot. How to Plan for a Post 1.5° World
    Working Groups Theatre (3)
     
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