Step into the future of energy leadership with the Generation 2050 Programme
Designed exclusively for early-career professionals, this series of events offers a unique opportunity to learn, connect, and lead. From an inspiring Leadership Masterclass on making the shift from expertise to impact, to interactive sessions tackling real-world challenges like methane mitigation, Generation 2050 is your chance to gain practical insights, sharpen your strategic thinking, and build powerful networks with industry leaders and peers.
Whether you’re looking to boost your leadership skills, explore cutting-edge technologies, or shape the energy system of tomorrow, this is the programme you don’t want to miss.
Details for the 2027 programme will be confirmed shortly. View the 2026 programme below.
10:00-11:30 - EI Academy Leadership Masterclass
Leading without the title: Emotional intelligence for emerging energy leaders
Whittle Room, QEII Conference Centre
This interactive leadership masterclass will help you broaden your understanding of leadership by experiencing how emotional intelligence and identity shape impact, both personally and professionally.
Through storytelling, focused micro-learnings, and facilitated dialogue, participants reflect on real challenges they face today, build greater self-awareness, and identify one clear, actionable shift to increase their leadership impact.
The session is designed for those motivated to make a difference, regardless of title or career path, and supports development that carries across roles, organisations, and communities.
- Yorik Tisseau MEI, Founder, Ignis Leadership
12:00-13:30 - Generation 2050 Committee Meeting
This annual session brings Young Professional Committee members together, both in person and online to step back from delivery, look at the bigger picture, and shape the Generation 2050 calendar for the year ahead.
Designed to be collaborative and practical, the meeting is a chance to come together as a community to workshop new ideas, explore cross-regional and cross-network collaboration, and align activity so Generation 2050 remains connected, relevant, and impactful throughout the year.
16:30-18:00 - POWERful Women x Generation 2050 Handshake
The event brings together early-career professionals, POWERful Women members and EI Fellows in break-out & conversational forums to discuss their journeys, aspirations, concerns, and reflect on what it means to build the energy system of the future, together.
- Hosted by POWERful Women and Aberdeen YPN
18:00-19:00 - Generation 2050 Panel Discussion
Methane Matters: Measurement, Market and Mitigation
Whittle Room, QEII Conference Centre
Methane is emerging as a critical battleground in the global energy transition. As the second-most potent greenhouse gas with 25 times the heat-trapping power of CO₂ over a 100-year timescale, methane emissions from the energy sector represent both a climate risk and a market opportunity for decarbonization strategies. With the government, regulators, and energy majors tightening compliance requirements, action is no longer optional. Yet detection and mitigation technologies are evolving rapidly, creating unprecedented opportunities for competitive differentiation.
What does the future of methane management look like? How are energy companies balancing emissions reduction with operational efficiency? And what role can emerging technologies play in transforming how we detect, monitor, and eliminate methane leaks?
- Moderator: Philippa Davidson, Senior Associate, Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
- Umesh L, Process Engineer, SLB
- Dr Yousef M. Alshammari FEI Csci, President, London College of Energy Economics
- Izabela Pawlic-Seymour, Senior Policy Advisor for Emissions Reduction, North Sea Transition Authority
- Odinakachi Umunna, Group Strategy Consultant, Shell
19:00-21:30 - Generation 2050 Interactive Workshop & Reception
Methane Matters: From Strategy to Action
Whittle Room, QEII Conference Centre
Following an expert-led panel exploring the future of methane management, join us for an engaging, hands-on workshop designed for young professionals to put theory into practice. Acting as operators, participants will work in small teams to evaluate and select technologies to reduce methane emissions and leaks, balancing factors such as facility age, production rates, carbon pricing, cost, and risk. This dynamic exercise will challenge you to think strategically about investment decisions in a rapidly evolving regulatory and technological landscape.
Drinks and canapés will be served throughout the workshop, creating a relaxed and collaborative atmosphere where you can network with peers and industry experts while tackling real-world decarbonization challenges.
- Hosted by EI YPN London