International Energy Week 2026 Conference Programme

International Energy Week 2026 Conference Programme

Energy Policy & Energy Security
Tuesday 10 February 2026
09:00 - 12:40

QEII Centre, London, and online

Opening Remarks | President’s welcome
09:00 - 09:05 GMT

  • Andy Brown OBE FEI, Deputy Chair, Ørsted & President, Energy Institute

In conversation with Wael Sawan
09:05 - 09:30 GMT

  • Moderator: Andy Brown OBE FEI, Deputy Chair, Ørsted & President, Energy Institute
  • Wael Sawan, CEO, Shell

International updates: divergent strategies to attain energy sovereignty
09:360 - 10:15 GMT

  • Moderator: Rt Hon Prof Charles Hendry CBE PC HonFEI, Former Energy Minister, UK Government
  • Dev Sanyal FEI, Group CEO, VAROPreem
  • Youssef Qabalawi, CEO, Syrian Petroleum Company
  • Dr Michal Meidan, Head of China Energy Research, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies
  • Heather Bell, Director and Energy Attaché, US Department of Energy, US Embassy to London

In conversation with Patricia Espinosa
10:15 - 10:30 GMT

  • Moderator: Dr Nick Wayth CEng FEI FIMechE, CEO, Energy Institute
  • Patricia Espinosa Cantellano, CEO and Founding Partner, Onepoint5

Break: refreshments & networking
10:30 - 11:10 GMT

Senior CEO Session
11:10 - 11:35 GMT

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

What shifts to prepare for in the 2026 UK Energy landscape
11:35 - 12:05 GMT

  • Melissa Stark FEI, Former Senior Advisor to Deputy Asst. Sec. Operations, Fossil Energy and Carbon Management, U.S Department of Energy
  • Fintan Slye FEI, CEO, NESO

In conversation with Stella Li
12:05 - 12:30 GMT

  • Moderator: Andy Brown OBE FEI, Deputy Chair, Ørsted & President, Energy Institute
  • Stella Li, Senior Vice President, BYD

What do we need from future energy leaders?
12:30 - 12:40 GMT

  • Moderator: Lydia Malley, Director of Professional Development, Energy Institute
  • Tania Moreira, Senior Vice President – Technical & Innovation, Masdar

Lunch break: refreshments & networking
12:40 - 13:45 GMT

Lunch & Learn: Africa’s energy transition on African terms - gas, power and pragmatism
12:40 - 13:45 GMT

  • Moderator: Didi Akinyelure, Head of Corporate Communications, Amni International Petroleum Development Company
  • Dr Layi Fatona, Chairman, Renaissance Africa Energy Company
  • Elliot Olaniyan, Deputy General Manager, Strategy and Supply Chain, NewcrossEP
  • Ahmad Damcida, CEO, Energy Culture

Energy system evolution
Tuesday 10 February 2026
13:45 - 17:30

QEII Centre, London, and online

Keeping the lights on: ensuring grid flexibility
13:45 - 14:30 GMT

  • Moderator: Monica Collings OBE, Chair, Plug-N-Go
  • Dhara Vyas FEI, CEO, Energy UK
  • Chris O’Shea, CEO, Centrica
  • Cordi O'Hara OBE FEI, President, Electricity Distribution, National Grid

Reducing clean energy costs to supercharge UK industrial competitiveness
14:30 - 15:00 GMT

  • Moderator: Laura Sandys CBE FEI, Chair, Green Alliance; VP, Energy Institute
  • Greg Jackson, CEO, Octopus Energy
  • Henrik Pedersen, CEO, Associated British Ports

Special update on Ukraine’s energy system
15:00 - 15:15 GMT

  • Moderator: Cordi O'Hara OBE FEI, President, Electricity Distribution, National Grid
  • Maxim Timchenko, CEO, DTEK

Break: refreshments & networking
15:15 - 15:45 GMT

Senior Government Keynote
15:45 - 16:00 GMT

  • Moderator: Tim Pick MBE FEI, Chair, Offshore Wind Growth Partnership & VP, Energy Institute
  • Martin McCluskey MP, Minister for Energy Consumers, HM Government

From capture to credits: finding the right business model for your technology
16:00 - 16:45 GMT

  • Moderator: Laura Hardiman CEng FEI, Chair of the Professional Development Committee & Council Member, Energy Institute
  • Rich Denny, Managing Director, Northern Endurance Partnership
  • Professor Mercedes Maroto-Valer OBE FEI, Director, Industrial Decarbonisation Research and Innovation Centre (IDRIC)
  • Steve Kelly, President and GM of 1PointFive International, Occidental
  • Olivia Powis, CEO, The Carbon Capture & Storage Association

Great British Energy - Nuclear Keynote
16:45 - 16:55 GMT

  • Simon Bowen, Chair, Great British Energy - Nuclear

Small in size, nuclear in impact: the application of small modular reactors
16:55 - 17:30 GMT

  • Moderator: Lisa Rebora FEI, Senior Vice President of Emerging & Future Business, Equinor
  • Michael Jenner, CEO, Last Energy
  • Desirée Comstedt, Head of New Nuclear, Vattenfall
  • Alan Woods, Business Development Director, Rolls-Royce SMR

Reskilling the workforce of the future
17:30 - 17:40 GMT

  • Moderator: Karolina Zieba, Senior Offshore Wind Associate, The Carbon Trust
  • Amer Hittini, Asset Strategy Advisor, Petrofac & Secretary, Energy Institute Aberdeen, Highlands & Islands Young Professionals Network

Closing Comments | Energy system evolution
17:40 - 17:45 GMT

  • Tim Pick MBE FEI, Chair, Offshore Wind Growth Partnership & VP, Energy Institute

Perspectives on world energy
Wednesday 11 February 2026
09:00 - 12:30

QEII Centre, London, and online

In conversation with Zoë Yujnovich
09:00 - 09:25 GMT

  • Moderator: Andy Brown OBE FEI, Deputy Chair, Ørsted & President, Energy Institute
  • Zoë Yujnovich, Chief Executive, National Grid

Innovating to keep Ukraine’s lights on 
09:25 - 09:55 GMT

  • Moderator: Trevor Hutchings FEI, CEO, Renewable Energy Association
  • Olga Michelot, Co-Owner, Helios Strategia
  • Kit Guest, CEO, Swanbarton

Strengthening APAC’s energy security through offshore wind innovation
09:55 - 10:40 GMT

  • Moderator: Lisbeth Norup Frømling, Senior Vice President QHSE, Ørsted and Chair, G+
  • Sayuri Watanabe, Co-Head Asia Pacific and Japan Representative, World Forum Offshore Wind
  • Rebecca Williams, Deputy CEO, Global Wind Energy Council
  • Aman Wang, Vice President - Global Strategy and Investment & UK CEO, Ming Yang

Break: refreshments & networking
10:40 - 11:10 GMT

Masdar at 20: perspectives on powering the new energy reality
11:10 - 11:35 GMT

  • Moderator: Tim Pick MBE FEI, Chair, Offshore Wind Growth Partnership & VP, Energy Institute
  • Mohammed Jameel Al Ramahi HonFEI, CEO, Masdar

Broadening the energy pool: Ensuring security in a fragmented global landscape
11:35 - 12:00 GMT

  • Moderator: Amy Bowe, Director Oil Research, LSEG
  • Mark Thomas, Group CEO, Bapco Energies

Lunch break: refreshments & networking
12:00-13:30 GMT

Lunch & Learn: Let’s scrap EDI Hosted by POWERful Women
12:30 - 14:00 GMT

  • Moderator: Monica Collings OBE, PfW Chair
  • Martin Pibworth, CEO, SSE
  • Melissa Stark, Former Senior Advisor to Deputy Asst. Sec. Operations, Fossil Energy and Carbon Management, U.S Department of Energy & PfW Ambassador
  • Lee Salisbury, Project Engineer, Wood

Technology & innovation
Wednesday 11 February 2026
13:30 - 17:35

QEII Centre, London, and online

In conversation with Claire Coutinho
13:30 - 13:45 GMT

  • Moderator: Tim Pick MBE FEI, Chair, Offshore Wind Growth Partnership & VP, Energy Institute
  • Claire Couthino, Shadow Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero

In conversation with Bayo Ojulari
13:45 - 14:00 GMT

  • Moderator: Andy Brown OBE FEI, Deputy Chair, Ørsted & President, Energy Institute
  • Bayo Ojulari, Group CEO, NNPC

Africa’s energy transition on African terms: Gas, power and pragmatism
14:00 - 14:40 GMT

  • Moderator: Dr Carole Nakhle, Founder, Crystol Energy
  • Tony Attah, MD & CEO, Renaissance Africa Energy Company
  • Effiong Okon, Director New Energy, Seplat Plc
  • Silvia Macri, Middle East and Africa Lead, Power and Renewables, S&P Global
  • Dapo Segun, Group Chief Financial Officer, NNPC Limited

US Energy Outlook
14:40 - 15:10 GMT

  • Moderator: Melissa Stark, Adjunct Professor, Electricity and Energy Transition, Rice University & former U.S Department of Energ
  • Online: Tristan Abbey, Administrator, EIA

Break: refreshments & networking
15:10 - 15:45 GMT

Building assets for today whilst preparing for a rapidly developing tomorrow
15:45 - 16:10 GMT

  • Moderator: Michael Birshan, Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company
  • Martin Pibworth, CEO, SSE

Servicing AI demand growth: will efficiency outperform consumption?
16:10 - 16:35 GMT

  • Moderator: Michael Liebreich FEI, CEO, Liebreich Associates and Managing Partner, EcoPragma Capital
  • Hilde Tonne, Chair, Arup
  • Dr Anand Verma, Founder & CEO, Expect AI

Tech update: Scaling storage across continents
16:35 - 17:20 GMT

  • Video Address: The Honourable Malcolm Turnbull AC, Former Prime Minister, Australia
  • Moderator: Ieda Gomes, Senior Advisor, FGV Energia (Brasil)
  • Eddie Rich, CEO, International Hydropower Association
  • Bruce Douglas, CEO, Global Renewables Alliance
  • Richard Scott, Vice President Operations, Jera Nex
  • Dr Theodor Borsche, Managing Director, VPI FlexKraft GmbH

Closing Remarks
17:20 - 17:30 GMT

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

Methane Matters: Measurement, Market and Mitigation Hosted by EI YPN London
18:00 - 19:00 GMT

  • Umesh L, Process Engineer, SLB
  • Dr Yousef M. Alshammari FEI Csci, President, London College of Energy Economics
  • Odinakachi Umunna, Group Strategy Consultant, Shell

Methane Matters: From Strategy to Action – Interactive Workshop & Networking Reception Hosted by EI YPN London
18:00 - 19:00 GMT

Project finance & insurance
Thursday 12 February 2026
09:00 - 17:35

QEII Centre, London, and online

Opening Remarks | Finance & investments
09:00 - 09:15 GMT

  • Jon Moore, CEO, Bloomberg New Energy Finance

Making markets financially viable for growth
09:15 - 09:35 GMT

  • Moderator: Dr Jennifer Coolidge, CEO, CMX Caspian Gulf
  • Russell Hardy, CEO, Vitol

Where is the money going?
09:35 - 10:15 GMT

  • Moderator: Olukorede Adenowo, CEO, First Bank UK
  • Steve Page, CFO, Elexon
  • Dr Wang Zhen, Deputy Chief Economist, CNOOC Group
  • Jon Moore, CEO, Bloomberg New Energy Finance

Building at Scale: Masdar’s Long-Term Commitment to UK Offshore Wind
10:15 - 10:45 GMT

  • Moderator: Holly Pattenden, Vice President, Political and Public Affairs, Equinor; Member, International Energy Week Board
  • Martin Ferreria, SVP Global Business Development, Masdar

Break: refreshments & networking
10:45 - 11:15 GMT

Senior CEO Keynote
11:15 - 11:40 GMT

  • Nadia Carolina Plazas Fajardo, Vice President of Promotion and Allocation of Areas, National Hydrocarbons Agency of Columbia (ANH)

Case study: Banking on energy transition investments
11:40 - 12:05 GMT

  • Moderator: Dr Jennifer Coolidge, CEO, CMX Caspian Gulf
  • Oliver Holbourn, CEO, UK National Wealth Fund

Financing clean/community energy to ensure tomorrow’s transition
12:05 - 12:45 GMT

  • Moderator: Tamsin Lishman FEI, Independent Advisor
  • Charles Perry, Director, Sustainable Future For All
  • Andrew Sissons, Deputy Director, Sustainable Future Mission, Nesta
  • Gemma Grimes, Director of Policy and Delivery, Solar Energy UK

    • Lunch break: catering & networking
    12:45 - 13:45 GMT

    Skills spotlight: Ensuring success through inclusive leadership
    13:45 - 13:55 GMT

    • Mark Freed, Managing Director, Men for Inclusion

    Innovations in scaling up renewable energy delivery and network integration
    13:55 - 14:40 GMT

    • Moderator: Nicole Payne, Senior Consultant, Energy & Resources, Baringa; International Energy Week Board Member
    • Jamie Airnes, CEO, Cornish Lithium PLC
    • Irina Gorbounova, Head of XCarb Innovation Fund, Arcelor Mittal
    • Abbie Badcock-Broe, Head of Corporate & UK Strategy, National Grid
    • Chris Fox, Head of Policy & Regulation, UK Power, Equinor

    How can we guarantee the energy transition’s success?
    14:40 - 15:20 GMT

    • Moderator: Dr Nick Wayth CEng FEI FIMechE, CEO, Energy Institute
    • Emma Pinchbeck, CEO, Climate Change Committee
    • Lord Adair Turner, Chair, Energy Transitions Commission
    • Kristina Skierka, Founder, Power for All

    Closing Remarks | Finance & investments
    15:20-15:30 GMT

    • Andy Brown OBE FEI, Deputy Chair, Ørsted & President, Energy Institute

    International Energy Awards Ceremony and Dinner
    Thursday 12 February 2026
    18.30 – 00.00

    QEII Centre, London

    Energy Institute & LSEG | Market Close and International Energy Week opening – by invitation only
    24 February 2025, 15:00 – 19:00


    An engaging afternoon to inaugurate International Energy Week in London, where leading industry experts, innovators, and professionals will converge to discuss and shape the future of energy.

    After the Market Close ceremony, there will be a networking reception, where you will engage with like-minded professionals, exchange ideas, and explore new opportunities in the energy sector.

    FirstBank UK exclusive drinks and canapés reception - by invitation only
    24 February 2025, 17:30 – 22:00


    Join FirstBank UK for an exclusive reception featuring drinks and canapés, supported by International Energy Week and the Energy Institute.

    This event will take place at a Michelin-starred venue located in one of London’s top luxury hotels. Industry leaders, policymakers, and key stakeholders will meet for an evening of meaningful conversations, strategic networking, and insights into the future of energy.

    Enjoy a carefully curated selection of fine drinks and exquisite canapés in an elegant setting designed to foster collaboration and innovation in the evolving global energy landscape.

    Please contact [email protected] for more details.