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Innovation Zero 2024 Main Stage

Main Stage at Innovation Zero World 2026

The Innovation Zero World Main Stage sets the strategic direction for the Future Economy.

It brings together governments, global industry, infrastructure owners and major investors to define how the transition is delivered at national and international scale. 

This is where: 

  • Energy security 

  • Industrial growth 

  • Infrastructure investment 

  • Defence, health and food resilience 

  • Climate adaptation and mitigation converge into a single systems conversation. 

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Innovation Zero World | 28th & 29th April 2026 | Olympia London

What You'll Gain

Visionary Insights
Hear directly from government leaders, financial institutions, and global innovators on the real-world trade-offs and bold strategies needed to deliver the UK’s Industrial Strategy and inspire international collaboration.

Practical Pathways
Explore how public–private partnerships, policy frameworks, and technological breakthroughs are driving progress across priority industries such as energy, transport, cities, food, water, health, and skills.

Strategic Opportunities
Discover investment, trade, and growth opportunities as global markets transition, and see how leadership success stories are reshaping industries and attracting international capital.

Global Collaboration
Join discussion on how nations can build bridges across borders and sectors, driving inclusive growth, ensuring a just transition, and advancing innovation in the UK for worldwide impact.

Who Should Attend

Policymakers & Government Leaders
Engage with counterparts from across the globe on how climate, trade, and industrial policy can strengthen national prosperity and resilience while delivering on net zero commitments.

Business & Industry Leaders
Gain critical insights into how innovation, competitiveness, and collaboration can unlock growth opportunities across energy, transport, cities, food, water, and beyond.

Investors & Financial Institutions
Identify investment-ready projects, understand shifting risk landscapes, and explore how capital can accelerate large-scale decarbonisation and inclusive economic growth.

Innovators & Change-Makers
Showcase transformative solutions, connect with partners, and contribute to candid discussions on the breakthroughs required to drive a just and globally competitive transition.

2026 Main Stage Speakers

Meet Our Confirmed Speakers

The Innovation Zero World Main Stage will play host to national and international climate leaders, who will share their vision for a decarbonised future economy.

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2026 Main Stage Agenda Overview

Why Attend the Main Stage?

This is the platform for national and global leaders shaping the policy, investment, and partnerships accelerating the transformation.

These critical conversations will paint a compelling picture of the low-carbon economy and explore how policymakers, funders, corporates, and innovators can work together to drive climate-positive progress.

What Will You Learn?

  • How national and international transition strategies are aligning 

  • How industry, capital and policy are accelerating delivery together

  • How resilience across energy, food, health and defence is being built

  • Where large-scale public and private investment is being deployed 

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    Climate change and nature loss are exerting unprecedented strain on the systems that underpin our global prosperity, stability, and human well-being. From disrupted economies and fragile supply chains ...
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    The net zero transition is the growth engine of our age with the potential to create jobs, revitalise industries, strengthen trade and investment. Yet, the public debate around net zero remains polari ...
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    Around the world, a new wave of industrial transformation is underway. Economies that embed net zero at the core of their growth strategy are attracting investment, accelerating innovation, and buildi ...
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    The global transition is on the move, but delivering global climate action at the pace and scale required demands far stronger coordination across corporate, political, civic, and financial spheres. A ...
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    Delivering a secure, affordable net zero energy system will require massive infrastructure investment, from new transmission lines and hydrogen hubs to heat networks and advanced nuclear. But who shou ...
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    The UK’s Industrial Strategy outlines the Government’s vision to accelerate economic growth, create hundreds of thousands of high-quality jobs, and drive prosperity across every region of the country. ...
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    The UK Government projects that the low-carbon transition could create over 400,000 new jobs across 31 priority occupations by 2030. Yet a widening shortage of skilled workers threatens to slow progre ...
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    Despite the politicisation of ESG and the broader sustainability agenda, businesses and investors continue to back low-carbon technologies and resilient infrastructure as core drivers of growth, innov ...
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    As climate-driven impacts grow in both frequency and severity, communities, businesses, and governments worldwide are facing escalating physical risks and financial losses. The need to place resilienc ...
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    Whilst global investment in clean technologies reached a record $2.1 trillion in 2024, nearly 90% of this capital flowed into mature solutions, leaving frontier technologies such as carbon removal, gr ...
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    From optimising energy grids and supply chains to accelerating innovation and improving manufacturing efficiency, artificial intelligence is already reshaping the path to a low-carbon future. Its tran ...
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    More than half of global GDP depends on nature, yet its degradation continues at alarming rates, threatening both economic stability and climate progress. Investing in nature is no longer an option fo ...
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    The global transition is not only an economic or technological transformation – it’s a race to preserve society itself. This closing session brings together leaders working at the intersection of publ ...
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BOOK YOUR TICKET

Innovation Zero World | 28th & 29th April 2026 | Olympia London

Why Exhibit or Sponsor

RWE Stand IZ World 2025

Achieve the highest-profile brand positioning at the event.

Sec-Gen Shirley Ayorkor-Botchwey

Direct association with national and international strategy.

Ed Miliband

Senior policy and investor exposure at scale.

Align

Leadership positioning at the very top of the transition economy.