The Programme
Two days. One deployment journey.
29-30 Septembre 2026
IET Savoy Place, London
Building the evidence to scale
Registration, morning coffee and breakfast
Bridging the Gap
Many deployment barriers sit outside any one organisation’s control. By collaborating across the ecosystem, we can expand our collective locus of control and accelerate the deployment of the low-carbon energy system.
Sam Jones
Market Manager, Project Assurance · DNV Energy Systems
Mohamad Kantar
Managing Director · Kantar Advisory Partners
Energy Transition and Investment Context
A two-part session setting the scene on the energy transition and investment landscape, followed by a collaborative discussion.
Dr Sarah Kimpton
Energy Transition Director · DNV
Seb Henbest
Global Head of Climate Transition · HSBC
Erikka Askeland
Moderator · News Editor, Energy Voice
The Energy Technology Deployment Blueprint
In complex systems, trust is the currency that enables progress. The Blueprint is a framework for systematically generating the evidence required to create that trust.
Sam Jones
Partner, Low Carbon Markets · DNV
Darwish Noureldin
Director · Kantar Advisory Partners
Tom Andrews
Energy and Cleantech
Richard Riley
Chief Commercial Officer · New Energy Risk
Paula Naoufal
Moderator · Senior Reporter, CNN Business Arabic
Coffee and Networking
Lab to Pilot Readiness: Proving the Technology
What evidence proves a technology is ready to leave the lab? This session explores the technical, commercial and financial foundations required to justify pilot development.
Seamus Garvey
Research Institute · University of Nottingham
Maia Khitarishvili
Technology Start-up · H2Earth
Jay Russell
Scale Up Partners · CPI
Rowan Bird
Venture Capital · BGF
Callum McGuinn
Legal and IP Partner · Mewburn Ellis
Edward Pollock
Moderator · TechX
How to De-risk Deployment of AI in the Energy Sector
Why digital trust is the foundation for safe AI innovation and how to de-risk the deployment of digital energy technology.
Daniel Gibson
DNV
Lunch and Networking
Pilot to Demonstration Readiness: Operating Under Real Conditions
What evidence demonstrates that a technology is ready to progress from pilot to demonstration? This session explores performance under real operating conditions, early commercial traction and the support required to scale.
Cinzia Porcedda
Government and Policy · Innovate UK
Natalia Ruiz
Venture Capital · Suma Capital
Thomas Ladrak
Pilot-scale EPC · Zeton
Trishan Sharma
Moderator · Praxis Engineering
The Proving Ground: Demonstrating Performance Under Operational Conditions
Independent validation and field testing to bridge technical verification with commercial bankability.
George Colcomb
EMEC
Coffee and Networking
Commercial Offtake: The Elusive Path to Bankability
A first-hand account of the first offtake agreement from the buyer and developer perspectives.
Jason Breslaw
Offtaker · Trafigura
Ishan Rao
Project Developer and Operator · Syzygy, SP Developments
Tom Andrews
Moderator · Energy and Cleantech
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Innovator Traps and How to Avoid Them
Founder stories on sourcing and deploying early capital, including grants, innovation loans, venture debt and equity. The panel explores the realities of funding R&D and capital-intensive innovation, what early capital providers look for, and how to avoid structuring and term-sheet traps.
Lauren Sautour
Climate Tech Ecosystem · Sustainable Ventures
Matt Jolley
Finance · HSBC
Rob Hemsley
Developer · Firefly
Michael Byrd
Legal · Philip Lee
Fadl Saadi
Moderator · Science for America
Technology Performance Insurance in Practice
How performance insurance de-risks novel technology, unlocks capital and protects cashflows through a worked example.
Richard Riley
Chief Commercial Officer · New Energy Risk
Maikel Van Loo
Project Developer · Yilkins
Mahesh Roy
Moderator · GFI
Day One Reflections
A senior voice draws together the day’s journey from lab-scale innovation through pilot development to demonstration readiness.
Erikka Askeland
News Editor · Energy Voice
Drinks Reception
Continue the day’s conversations and connect with innovators, investors, industry leaders and deployment partners.
Crossing the deployment gap
Breakfast and Coffee
Day Two Opening
Day One explored the first half of the deployment journey. Day Two focuses on crossing the deployment gap, from demonstration to FOAK and commercial scale, alongside the markets, capital and partnerships required to deploy globally.
Mohamad Kantar
Managing Director · Kantar Advisory Partners
Sam Jones
Market Manager, Project Assurance · DNV Energy Systems
UK Government Address
How the UK can accelerate the journey from energy innovation to large-scale deployment, framed around energy security and economic growth. The address examines the role of finance, assurance and policy in creating internationally competitive industries and export opportunities.
Paula Naoufal
Moderator · Senior Reporter, CNN Business Arabic
Demonstration to FOAK Readiness: The Most Challenging Transition?
What must be integrated, evidenced and prepared before stakeholders can confidently proceed with a first commercial project?
Richard Marsh
Developer · LanzaJet
Krista Sutton
Insurance · New Energy Risk
Chris Jones
Low Carbon Contracts Company
Finance
Speaker TBC
Chet Biliyok
EPC · Low Carbon Engineering
David Phillips
Moderator · The Oxford Institute for Energy Studies
Coffee and Networking
Sullom Voe: From Oil Terminal to Energy Hub
A case study of demonstration success and the path to securing the first-of-a-kind commercial project.
Gavin Templeton
Chief Executive Officer · Veri Energy
The UK Modern Industrial Strategy: Crowding in Private Capital
A conversation exploring the UK Government’s Modern Industrial Strategy and the blended public finance model designed to catalyse and crowd in investment across the commercialisation and scale-up gaps.
Emma Slater
DESNZ
UK Export Finance
Speaker TBC
Ingrid Edmund
National Wealth Fund
Luke Blackaby
Ofgem
Ed Reed
Moderator · Energy Voice
FOAK to Mass Commercial Deployment: Building a Bankable Pipeline
Moving from the successful delivery of a single project to repeatable, commercially sound deployment.
Tim Lord
Corporate Finance · HSBC
Sean Hanafin
Blended Finance · GFI / New Energy Risk
Mike Cork
Insurance · Howden
William Muzollo
Project Developer · Centrica Energy
EPC · BCECA
Speaker TBC
Paula Naoufal
Moderator · Senior Reporter, CNN Business Arabic
Lunch and Networking
Market Entry in Action
Scottish Enterprise, Abu Dhabi Investment Office and Kantar Advisory Partners discuss the Scottish innovators soon to embark on a strategic market entry initiative with KEZAD Group in Abu Dhabi.
Murray Bainbridge
Scottish Enterprise
Jack Paravicini
Advisor UK · Abu Dhabi Investment Office
Mohamad Kantar
Middle East Adviser · Kantar Advisory Partners
Paula Naoufal
Moderator · Senior Reporter, CNN Business Arabic
Latvia Innovation Ecosystem
A session highlighting innovation within Latvia, its export potential and Latvia as a destination for energy technology deployment.
Imants Martinsons
Greentech Latvia
Hyrogas
Innovator
Armands Jurjevs
Innovator · ArtuPower
Coffee and Networking
Innovators Pitch and Showcase
Shortlisted innovators present to investors.
Trishan Sharma
Praxis Engineering
Closing: Bridging the Gap: First Step Complete
A recap of both days and the deployment journey so far, followed by what comes next: international expansion, national deployment competitions and solution matching on a global scale.
Mohamad Kantar
Kantar Advisory Partners
Sam Jones
DNV
Programme and speakers are subject to final confirmation.