29th & 30th April 2025 | Olympia London

2025 Working Groups

Innovation Zero 2024 Main Stage

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Curated by Innovation Zero World’s event partners, the Working Groups Theatre will feature intimate, high-impact roundtable discussions, with topics ranging from encouraging value creation in a shifting landscape to climate tech’s role in promoting sustainability.

This is your opportunity to collaborate and network with the people shaping the future of net zero: investors, policymakers, sustainability leaders, and the brightest innovators. Please ensure you RSVP to the working groups you'd like to attend, so we can reserve your place.

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Driving Climate Solutions: UK-Middle East Innovations and Partnerships

Working Groups Theatre (1 & 2)

10:00 – 12:00

Hosted by: Sarah Russis, Host and Presenter 10:00 – 10:20 Keynotes by Event partners: • David Schiele, Energy Innovation Director, Energy Innovation Agency • Cordelia Begbie, UK Executive Director, Sa ...

Moderator

Sarah Russis, Presenter and Host

Confirmed Speakers

Arwa Al Balushi, Commercial & Investment Attache - The Embassy of Sultanate of Oman - UK

Cordelia Begbie, UK Executive Director - Saudi British Joint Business Council

Christopher Breeze, Vice Chairman - The British Omani Society

Alistair Donaldson, Chief Technology Officer - Levidian

Andrew Elia, Founder and Managing Director - Arishi

Steve Harding, Founder & CEO - ShowerKap Ltd

Alex Haynes, Head of Business Development, New Energies - Petrofac

Ian Henderson, Managing Director - The Vacuum Glazing Network Ltd

Owain Jackson, CEO - H2aU

Bradley Jones, Executive Director - UAE-UK Business Council

Steven Lua, Chief Executive Officer - Unitrove

Nikunj Panchal, Global Vice President of Energy, Infrastructure Transition - Ricardo

Jaymish Patel, CEO - Biofuel Evolution

David Schiele, Energy Innovation Director - Energy Innovation Agency

Amin Shahbazi, CEO & Co-Founder - Aviura
Canada Lunch

Working Groups Theatre (1 & 2)

13:00 – 15:00
Reconciling net zero and net profits – dss+

Working Groups Theatre (1 & 2)

15:30 – 17:00

With global affairs in flux, urgent action is crucial as we approach the midpoint of this decisive decade for climate action. Despite rising climate risks, progress on reducing greenhouse gases remain ...

Moderator

Paul McNeillis, Director - dss+

Confirmed Speakers

Dana Barsky, Global Head of Sustainability Strategy and Net Zero - Standard Chartered

Jay Ham, Group Director of Corporate Responsibility - FirstGroup Plc

Alan Matthews, Director - Earth Capital

Wessel Schevernels, Operating Partner - Patrizia Infrastructure

Lamé Verre, Director of Net Zero - The Crown Estate

Safe as Houses? Putting Local Leaders at the Centre of the Warm Homes Plan

Working Groups Theatre (3)

10:00 – 11:00

Britain's housing crisis demands urgent action, but who can deliver future-proof, affordable homes at the pace and scale required? Drawing on the evidence of place-based delivery, this interactive wor ...

Confirmed Speakers

Helen Burridge, Manager - Hertfordshire Climate Change and Sustainability Partnership

Stew Horne, Group Head of Sector Intelligence - Energy Saving Trust

Cllr Ryan Jude, Built Environment Programme Director / Cabinet Member – Climate, Ecology & Culture - Green Finance Institute / Westminster City Council

Emily O'Brien, Cabinet Member for Climate, Nature & Food Systems - Lewes District Council
Harnessing the Opportunities of AI for Europe’s Energy System

Working Groups Theatre (3)

11:15 – 12:45
Building Resilience: How Climate Tech Empowers Accountants to Drive Sustainable Change

Working Groups Theatre (3)

13:30 – 14:30

This session will bring together industry leaders, finance professionals, and sustainability experts to discuss how climate technology is transforming business strategy, financial decision-making, and ...

Moderator

Emmeline Skelton, Professional Insights, Head of Sustainability - ACCA

Confirmed Speakers

Nikhil Chouguley, Head of Sustainability Solutions - Reframe Capital

Maria Charash Koundina, Transaction Lead - Viridor

Tom Ogden, CEO & Co-Founder - Circlr
The Power of Collaboration in the Transition to Net Zero

Working Groups Theatre (3)

15:00 – 16:30

Innovate UK

Working Groups Theatre (1 & 2)

10:00 – 11:30
Catalysing Green Skills: Exploring a Collaborative Charter

Working Groups Theatre (1 & 2)

11:45 – 12:45

As the global economy accelerates towards a low-carbon future, the demand for connected green skills, talent, and training pathways is growing rapidly. Ensuring the workforce of tomorrow is equipped t ...
Scaling a flexible, consumer-focused grid

Working Groups Theatre (1 & 2)

13:00 – 15:00

Delivering Clean Power 2030 (CP2030) requires full electricity system mobilisation. The ‘big stuff’ is going well: expanding renewable energy generation, investing in energy storage, decarbonising pow ...

Confirmed Speakers

Laura Sandys CBE, Chair - Green Alliance

Mission-led economic policy: how do we get the public and private sector working together effectively for delivery?

Working Groups Theatre (3)

10:00 – 11:30

This Policy & Industry working group, delivered in collaboration with Aldersgate group, will discuss opportunities to galvanise private sector action behind the mission-led economic approach laid out ...

Chair

Rachel Solomon Williams, Executive Director - The Aldersgate Group

Confirmed Speakers

Professor Piers Forster, Chair - Climate Change Committee

Osian Jones, Head of Corporate Strategy - London Borough of Camden

Jill Rutter, Fellow - Institute for Government
Making new energy work for everyone

Working Groups Theatre (3)

11:45 – 12:45

The UK’s energy transition is well underway – but the move to a cleaner, smarter energy system gives rise to new challenges for how we think about vulnerable and less affluent consumers. If the necess ...
Regulating for Overshoot. How to Plan for a Post 1.5° World

Working Groups Theatre (3)

14:45 – 15:45

Confirmed Speakers

Jo Alexander, Advisory Board Member, Business Campaign - Climate Majority Project

Ed Collins, Director - InfluenceMap

Nick Hajdu, Business Campaign Team - Climate Majority Project