The UK Energy Summit 2011

CONFERENCE CHAIR: Roger Harrabin, Energy and Environment Analyst, British Broadcasting Corporation
Roger brings 20 years experience reporting on energy and environmental issues, plus his ability
to draw out interesting tensions and challenging questions as a chairman.

Simon Bransfield-Garth, Chief Executive Officer, Eight19
Simon’s company prints plastic, lightweight, flexible solar cells. He will talk about how companies like his will continue to open up inspiring new possibilities to deal with energy challenges.

 Sam Laidlaw, Chief Executive Officer, Centrica
Sam will give his opinions on the best way forward for UK energy, as one of the most influential
people in the industry.

Volker Beckers, Group Chief Executive Officer, RWE npower
Volker will put forward views on how new energy infrastructure should be funded, drawing on his
experience as an industry leader.

Philip Lowe, Director General, Energy DG, European Commission
Philip will outline how European energy policy will shape the future of the UK over the next 40 years.

CLOSING KEYNOTE: Richard Seymour, Director, Seymour Powell
Richard’s design company does not speculate about the future. It creates it. He will reveal how
some of the awe-inspiring projects that he is working on will shape the future and dramatically
change how we approach energy challenges.

Steve Riley, Executive Director, Europe, International Power
Steve will share his views on what energy infrastructure is needed and how it should be paid for, in light of his pan-European role.

Anthony Giddens, Professor, London School of Economics

Lord Giddens developed the “Third Way”, a political philosophy supported by Tony Blair and Bill Clinton. He argues against the idea that climate change is too big a problem for a democratic system to deal with, and suggests how current political approaches should change.

David Merkoski, Executive Creative Director, frog design

It is not easy to persuade consumers to do things that are inconvenient or selfless. How can energy companies get their customers to use less energy and accept rising energy costs? David will reveal how it is possible to persuade people to want to do things that are not easy or convenient.

Gabriele Riedmann de Trinidad, Senior Vice-president and Head of the Group business area for Energy, Deutsche Telekom
Gabriele is instrumental in forming partnerships with energy companies across the globe in order to implement next generation smart grid and smart metering services.

Caroline Bain, Senior Commodities Editor and Economist, Economist Intelligence Unit
Caroline is a senior member of the Global Forecasting team and leads the Economist Intelligence Unit's commodity forecasts and coverage. She manages an extensive base of analysts contributing to the Economist Intelligence Unit's World Commodity Forecast reports, on energy, hard and soft commodities.

“Interesting and challenging throughout”
Country Chairman, UK, Dong Energy

“Good level of participants”
CEO, Voith Hydro Wavegen

“Excellent speakers; excellent venue; excellent chair”
Programme Manager, The Crown Estate

Last year's summit was attended by over 150 delegates from across the sector including:

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