NetZero Week 2024 | Net Zero Week™ | 5 July 2024 | Online

The legislation committed the nations of the UK to reduce all greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050. Net zero means any remaining emissions would be offset by schemes to remove an equivalent amount of greenhouse gases. The EU and many other nations have now agreed to do the same, meaning net zero has been adopted as the best strategy to protect us and the natural world from rising global temperatures.

This events differs from ‘carbon neutral’ as this can be achieved by simply offsetting the carbon emissions of a business or home; whereas net zero, in spirit, means reducing emissions to their lowest amount through energy efficiency measures and then using offsetting as a last resort to balance remaining hard to remove emissions.

2024 Speakers

KEYNOTE:

Lucy Allis
Local Authorities Climate Action Coordinator, York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority

Tim Bevan
Head of Standards Operations, Building with Nature (Sintali)

Lora Brill
Head of Sustainability for Buildings UK, Ramboll

Jocelyne Fleming
Policy & Public Affairs Officer – Scotland, Chartered Institute of Buidling

Mike Foster
Chief Executive, Energy and Utilities Alliance

Andrew Gladstone-Heighton
Policy Manager, Association for Consultancy and Engineering

Sam Hall
Director, Conservative Environment Network

Ruth Herbert
Chief Executive, Carbon Capture and Storage Association

Steve Jermy
Chief Executive, Celtic Sea Power

Peter Lazell
Senior Business Development Manager, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

Damien Lee
Director of Engineering and Green, Manpower

Lydia Malley
Head of EI Academy, Energy Institute

Josh Matthews
Activist Analyst and Founder, cMass

Mike Nugent
Chief Revenue Officer, Hitachi ZeroCarbon

Antoine Pellet
Head of Retrofit Credits, Housing Associations’ Charitable Trust

Raya Peterson
Head of Offshore Wind Advisory, Ramboll

Johan Pretorius
Founder, Toco

Chris Smith MSc
Lead Consultant Resource Efficiency and Circularity, Beyondly

Chris Thackeray
Global CCS Lead, Baringa

Robin Tucker
Co-chair, Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel

Dr Emma Wilcox
Chief Executive, Society for the Environment

SPEAKERS:

Dr Charlotte Adams
Director, UK National Geothermal Centre

Thomas Billam
Programme Officer, Scotland’s International Environment Centre, University of Stirling

Adam Catchpole
Lead Contract Manager - BECCS and ICC, Low Carbon Contracts Company

Andy Farquhar
Senior Heat Pump Product Manager, Ideal Heating

Professor Seamus Garvey
Professor of Mechanical, University of Nottingham

Apostolos Gkrimpas
Energy & Carbon Management Lead, Energy Institute

Nerea Martinez Hipolito
Hydrogen Intelligence Service Research Manager, LCP Delta

Paul Hodgson
Rail professional, senior engineering and management

Andy Holt
Sustainability Manager, GlaxoSmithKline

Jeff House MCIBSE MCIPR
External Affairs & Policy Director, BAXI

Belinda Humphrey
Energy Services Manager, Gateshead Council

Dr Mark Ireland
Senior Lecturer in Energy Geoscience, Newcastle University

Ian Jackson CEng FSOE FIPlantE
IPlantE Sector Chair, Society of Operations Engineers

Susanna Jackson PIEMA
Lead Consultant – Sustainability and ESG, Beyondly

Chris Johnson CNZ, PGDipEDM(open), DipNEBOSH
Group Environment & Energy Manager, Volac International

John-Josepth Marie
Principal Analyst for Energy Storage, The Faraday Institution

Michelle Mitchell
Business Engagement and Innovation Officer, Scotland’s International Environment Centre, University of Stirling

Chinedu Nevo
Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) associate, The Open University

Stephen Potter
Professor emeritus of Transport Strategy, The Open University

Professor Keith Pullen
Chief Executive, Levistor

Megha Shah
Head of CCUS and H2, Low Carbon Contracts Company

Chris Smith
Energy and Renewables Manager, Lanchester Wines

Miguel Valdez
Lecturer in Technology and Innovation Management, The Open University

Andrew Varnava
Lead Contract Manager in the Electricity CfD team, Low Carbon Contracts Company

Gareth Veal CEng PhD MSc MEI CEPH
Energy and Net Zero: Strategy, engineering, training, & delivery, Energy Institute

Mark Wilkins
Technologies and Training Director, Vaillant Group UK

Adam Williams
Head of Policy, Regulation and Business Development, Low Carbon Contracts Company

Liz Wood PhD MIEMA CEnv
Sustainability Manager and Principal Consultant, Beyondly

Öznur Yurt
Senior Lecturer in Operations & Supply Chain Management, The Open University

2024 Sponsors

• Beyondly
• Hitachi
• Manpower
• Mitsubishi
• Ramboll