International Energy Week 2025 Conference Programme

International Energy Week 2025 Conference Programme

Global energy and policy environment
Tuesday 25 February 2025
09:00 - 12:45

QEII Centre, London, and online

Opening Remarks | Navigating the world’s energy transitions
09:00 - 09:15 GMT

  • Andy Brown OBE FEI, Deputy Chair, Ørsted & President, Energy Institute
  • Jim Skea CBE FRSA FEI, Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Pre-recorded content piece.

Global energy, climate and net zero scenarios scenarios
09:15 - 09:45 GMT

From COP to action, delivering as promised?
09:45 - 10:15 GMT

  • Moderator: Rachel Kyte CMG HonFEI, UK Special Representative for Climate
  • Dr Fatih Birol HonFEI, Executive Director, International Energy Agency (IEA)

Geopolitics shaping the energy landscape
10:15 - 10:40 GMT

  • Moderator: Dr Nick Wayth CEng FEI FIMechE, CEO, Energy Institute

The challenges and opportunities within the renewables market
10:40 - 11:05 GMT

  • Andy Brown OBE FEI, Deputy Chair, Ørsted & President, Energy Institute
  • Markus Krebber, CEO, RWE AG

Navigating the journey to net zero
11:20 - 11:45 GMT

  • Zoë Yujnovich, Integrated Gas and Upstream Director, Shell

Decarbonising oil and gas at speed and scale
11:45 - 12:45 GMT

  • Moderator: Bjørn Otto Sverdrup, Chair Executive Commitee, OGCI & Head, OGDC
  • Eirik Wærness, Senior VP & Chief Economist, Equinor
  • Elchin Ibadov, CEO, SOCAR Türkiye
  • Graham Henley, Chief Executive Officer, IOGP

Unlocking net zero opportunities
Tuesday 25 February 2025
13:45 - 17:00

QEII Centre, London, and online

Unlocking the net zero energy transition
13:45 - 14:10 GMT

  • Moderator: Sandra Sancier-Sultan, Senior Partner, McKinsey
  • Patrick Pouyanné, CEO, TotalEnergies

Clean molecules – emerging low carbon fuels
14:10 - 14:55 GMT

  • Moderator: Daria Nochevnik, Hydrogen Task Force Expert, UN Economic Commission for Europe
  • Fabian Zeigler, CEO, DCC Energy
  • Lara Naqushbandi, CEO, ETFuels
  • Clare Harris, EVP Investments and Portfolio and EVP NW Europe & Nordics, Power2X

Driving net zero with high integrity carbon markets
15:00 - 15:45 GMT

  • Moderator: Gordon Bennett, Non-Executive Director of ICE Futures, ICE
  • Rachael Nutter, Director of Project Development, Climate Impact Partners
  • Andrea Bonzanni, International Policy Director, IETA

Derisking energy transition uncertainties
15:45 - 16:10 GMT

  • Rowan Douglas CBE, CEO, Climate Risk & Resilience, Howden

Sustainable investment to accelerate net zero
16:10 - 16:55 GMT

  • Moderator: Seb Henbest, Group Head of Climate Transition, HSBC
  • Alex Michie, Head, GFANZ
  • Ian Brown, Head of Banking and Investments, UK Infrastructure Bank
  • Olukorede Adenowo, CEO, First Bank
  • Lydia Rainforth, Managing Director, Energy and Energy Transition Equity Research, Barclays

Closing Comments | Insights
16:55 - 17:00 GMT

Once in a generation societal energy opportunity
Wednesday 26 February 2025
09:00 - 12:45

QEII Centre, London, and online

Opening Address
09:00 - 09:05 GMT

  • John MacArthur FREng FEI, Director, Highland Sustainability | Chair of the International Energy Week Board, Energy Institute

UK Government address – Once in a generation mission
09:05 - 09:20 GMT

  • Chris Stark, Head of Mission Control, Clean Power 2030, UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Sustainable energy for all
09:20 - 09:45 GMT

  • Damilola Ogunbiyi HonFEI, CEO, Sustainable Energy for All

Equitable climate action
09:45 - 10:30 GMT

  • Moderator: Lamé Verre FEI, Sustainability Director Net Zero, Crown Estate
  • Dr Liesbet Steer, Senior Advisor, The Rockefeller Foundation
  • Dean Cooper, Global Energy Lead, WWF

Powering tomorrow's energy workforce
10:30 - 11:15 GMT

  • Moderator: Anna MacLaren, Communications & Marketing Manager, Energy Transition Zone & Chair, Energy Institute YPN Aberdeen, Highlands & Islands Branch
  • Chris Norbury, CEO, E.ON UK

CCC Announcement
11:30 - 11:55 GMT

  • Senior speaker, Climate Change Committee

Tripling smart, resilient clean energy systems
12:00 - 12:45 GMT

  • Moderator: Dr Jemma Green, Co-Founder & Executive Chairman, Powerledger
  • Abbie Badcock-Broe, Head of Corporate, UK & Decarbonisation Strategy, National Grid
  • Monica Collings, Chair, Plug-N-Go & Non-Executive Director, Cornwall Insight
  • Dhara Vyas, CEO, Energy UK

Decarbonising power and industry
Wednesday 26 February 2025
13:45 - 17:55

QEII Centre, London, and online

Global renewables acceleration
13:45 - 14:15 GMT

  • Moderator: Timothy Pick MBE FEI, Chair, Offshore Wind Growth Partnership & VP, Energy Institute
  • Mohammed Jameel Al Ramahi, CEO, Masdar
  • Greg Jackson FEI, CEO, Octopus Energy

Transforming industrial decarbonisation
14:15 - 15:00 GMT

  • Rachel Armstrong, Director, Industrial Decarbonisation & Emissions trading
  • James Schofield, Deputy Director, Mission Possible Partnership (ITA)
  • Kanan Mirzayev, Head of Refinery and Petrochemicals Business Unit, SOCAR Türkiye
  • Nancy Gillis, Senior Director Industrial Decarbonisation, WBCSD

Petronas keynote
15:00 - 15:25 GMT

  • Tan Sri Tengku Taufik, CEO, Petronas

Net zero and the role of carbon capture and storage
15:25 - 16:10 GMT

  • Moderator: Andy Cox, Head of Energy Transition, Howden
  • Olivia Powis, CEO, CCS Association
  • Pavan Chilukuri, Vice President / Group Head of CCUS, Holcim
  • Omer Ahmad, Senior Policy & Commercial Development Manager, Low Carbon Contracts Company

LNG - the fuel powering transitions
16:10 - 16:55 GMT

  • Andrew Walker, Vice President of Strategy, Cheniere
  • Mark Davis FEI, CEO, Capterio
  • Cristian Signoretto, Director Global Gas & LNG Portfoilio, Eni
  • Alessandro Agosta, Senior Partner and Gas Service Line Leader, McKinsey

Closing Remarks| Decarbonising power and industry
17:10 - 17:55 GMT

  • John MacArthur FREng FEI, Director, Highland Sustainability | Chair, International Energy Week Board

International transition insights
Thursday 27 February 2025
09:00 - 13:45

QEII Centre, London, and online

Opening Remarks | International transition insights
09:00 - 09:10 GMT

  • Aliko Dangote, Founder & President, Dangote Group

Energy transition insights: Europe
09:10 - 09:50 GMT

  • Moderator: Raphael Vermeir CBE, Board Director, Eni
  • Dev Sanyal, CEO, VARO Energy
  • Julia Pyke FEI HonFNucl, Managing Director Finance and Development, Sizewell C

Energy transition insights: Sub-Saharan Africa
09:50 - 10:30 GMT

  • Osten Olorunsola FEI, Chairman, Energy Institute Nigeria
  • Dr Sheila Addo, Director, Policy Coordination, National Petroleum Authority
  • Ahmad Damcida, Founder & Principal, Energy Culture

Energy transition insights: Asia
10:30 - 11:10 GMT

  • Moderator: Melody Wong, Senior Consultant, Arup
  • Peter Godfrey, Managing Director Asia Pacific, Energy Institute
  • Victor Kwong, Chairman of Environmental Committee, Institute of ESG & Benchmark
  • Charlotte Wolffbye, Chief Sustainability Officer, PETRONAS

Energy transition insights: Middle East & North Africa
11:25 - 12:05 GMT

  • Moderator: Dr Carole Nakhle, CEO, Crystol Energy
  • Dr Waddah Ghanem FEI, Senior Director, Fellow Board Directors Institute & Honorary Chair, Energy Institute Middle East
  • Ibrahim Al-Zu'bi, Group Chief Sustainability & ESG Officer, ADNOC

Energy transition insights: Latin America
12:05 - 12:45 GMT

  • Moderator: Ieda Gomes FEI, Visiting Fellow Oxford Institute for Energy Studies & FGV Energia, Member of the Board of International Energy Week
  • Luz Stella Murgas, President, Columbian Natural Gas Association
  • Javier Vaquerizo, Chief Commercial Officer, Contour Global

Innovation for a bright energy future
Thursday 27 February 2025
13:45 - 17:00

QEII Centre, London, and online

Leading edge innovation in energy
13:45 - 14:30 GMT

  • Rani Koya, CEO, OGL Geothermal
  • Professor Sir Ian Chapman, CEO, UKAEA
  • Professor Nigel Brandon OBE FREng FRS, Dean of Engineering, Imperial College London

Investment in energy ventures
14:30 - 15:15 GMT

  • Moderator: John MacArthur FREng FEI, Director, Highland Sustainability & Chair, International Energy Week Board, Energy Institute
  • Pratima Rangarajan FEI, CEO Climate Investments
  • Claude Letourneau, CEO, Svante

Industrial emissions: transforming industrial heat
15:15 - 16:00 GMT

  • Ken Hunnisett Head of Public Sector, Triple Point Investment Management
  • Mark Meldrum, Global Head of Business Development, Rondo Energy
  • Tamsin Lishman FEI, CEO, Kensa Group
  • Christophe Williams, CEO & Founder, Naked Energy
  • Céline Le Goazigo, Energy Lead, WBCSD

Innovations in climate change science
16:00 - 16:30 GMT

  • Moderator: Dr Nick Wayth CEng FEI FIMechE, CEO, Energy Institute
  • Prof Emily Shuckburgh OBE FRMetS, Director, Cambridge Zero
  • Dr Radhika Khosla, Associate Professor, University of Oxford & Programme Leader, ZERO Institute

Bright energy future career opportunities
16:30 - 16:55 GMT

  • Andy Brown OBE FEI, Deputy Chair, Ørsted & President, Energy Institute
  • Michael Howie, Head of Strategy and Business Development Services, Global E&C
  • Lisa Pardini, International Renewable Energy Specialist, Ion Ventures

Closing Remarks | Conference summary thoughts
16:55 - 17:00 GMT

  • Dr Nick Wayth CEng FEI FIMechE, CEO, Energy Institute