UK conference gives an energy insight
May 1st 2010 Taking place during the Energy Event
2010, the Energy Insight conference
aims to provide directors, energy
procurement specialists and those at major
energy user organisations with an insight
into the energy market. The conference,
which consists of two half day sessions, will
be held at the National Motorcycle Museum,
Birmingham on the 8/9th September.
Chaired on both days by Jeremy
Nicholson, Director, Energy Intensive Users'
Group the headline topic on the first day of
the conference is 'The Energy Retail Agenda'.
This session will discuss energy generation
and consumption and assist in
understanding energy policy, combating
volatility and creating market opportunities.
On day one, Director of Network
Operations for National Grid, Chris Train
will present a paper entitled: 'Concerns over
the security of supply – A burden of the
times or not as bad as everyone makes out?'
it will cover how energy generation and
storage capacity has changed over the last
decade and whether LNG is a global solution
for capacity constraints.
A speaker from Ofgem will also put 'The
UK Winter in Perspective' and highlight how
other EU Member States affect each other
when things get tight.
Another paper to be delivered is entitled
'Procurement and you: Credit risk and
market constraints' and will cover trading
opportunities in the energy retail market and
life as an energy retailer, looking at cost,
competition and consumers.
The headline topic for the second day of
the conference is 'The Climate Agenda'. As
well as asking if government targets, business
compliance and a healthier environment are
realistically achievable, a keynote speech will
be delivered by Chairman of Shell UK and
President of the Energy Institute, James
Smith, which is entitled 'Stepping up to the
Energy Challenge'.
This will be supplemented with a
presentation from Senior Policy Advisor on
Climate Change for the CBI, Emma Wild on
'Implementing initiatives: Costs and benefits
of carbon reduction programmes'.
The sessions on both days are brought to a
close with a case study presented by a
practitioner from within the industry. On
the first day the case study will demonstrate
what tools and support the energy
procurement professional of the 21st
Century needs while on day two the case
study will look at integrating climate policy
into an overall business energy strategy.
The Energy Event 2010, sponsored by
M&C Energy Group is organised by Western
Business Exhibitions, other sponsors for 2010
include: EDF Energy, npower, powerPerfector
and The Utilities Exchange. The Energy Event
is carbon neutral with Carbon Clear acting as
the event's carbon offsetting partner.
For the full conference details, to register
and for more information on exhibitors and
the conference programme visit:
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