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Innovation Zero World Congress 2026

Innovation Zero 2024 Main Stage

Main Stage
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  3. Main Stage
    Climate change and nature loss are exerting unprecedented strain on the systems that underpin our gl ...
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    The net zero transition is the growth engine of our age with the potential to create jobs, revitalis ...
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    Around the world, a new wave of industrial transformation is underway. Economies that embed net zero ...
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    The global transition is on the move, but delivering global climate action at the pace and scale req ...
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    Delivering a secure, affordable net zero energy system will require massive infrastructure investmen ...
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    The UK’s Industrial Strategy outlines the Government’s vision to accelerate economic growth, create ...
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    The UK Government projects that the low-carbon transition could create over 400,000 new jobs across ...
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Energy & Grid

 

Forum Partners
Energy UK The Association for Decentralised Energy

  1. Energy & Grid
     
  2. Energy & Grid
     
  3. Energy & Grid
    From grid expansion to hydrogen, offshore wind to CCUS, the UK is betting big on capital-intensive, ...
  4. Energy & Grid
    Nuclear is set to play a transformative role in the UK’s clean power mix, both via large-scale proje ...
  5. Energy & Grid
    The UK’s pathway to a resilient, decarbonised energy system depends not only on how much private fin ...
  6. Energy & Grid
     
  7. Energy & Grid
    Grid flexibility offers a cheaper, faster path to balancing supply and demand than traditional infra ...
  8. Energy & Grid
    From factory automation to AI-enabled energy planning, digital tools are essential for optimising op ...
  9. Energy & Grid
    Data centres are fast emerging as one of the most energy-intensive parts of the system. With innovat ...
  10. Energy & Grid
    As the power system electrifies at pace, green gases such as biomethane and low-carbon hydrogen are ...
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Finance & Emerging Technology
  1. Finance & Emerging Technology
     
  2. Finance & Emerging Technology
     
  3. Finance & Emerging Technology
    Heavy industries such as steel, cement, and utilities are essential to the global economy but remain ...
  4. Finance & Emerging Technology
    Procurement is one of the most powerful yet underutilised levers for scaling climate technologies. H ...
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  6. Finance & Emerging Technology
    Aviation accounts for 2-3% of global emissions, with the sector set to grow significantly over the c ...
  7. Finance & Emerging Technology
     
  8. Finance & Emerging Technology
    From forests and wetlands to oceans, nature underpins the stability, resilience, and prosperity of t ...
  9. Finance & Emerging Technology
    Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) solutions, from afforestation to carbon mineralisation, are critical to ...
  10. Finance & Emerging Technology
     
Built & Infrastructure


Forum Partner
UKGBC

  1. Built & Infrastructure
     
  2. Built & Infrastructure
     
  3. Built & Infrastructure
    Infrastructure is essential to achieving the UK’s net zero and growth ambitions, but delivering it r ...
  4. Built & Infrastructure
    Climate change is a global challenge, yet its effects are increasingly being felt at the local level ...
  5. Built & Infrastructure
    The built environment is one of the most resource- and carbon-intensive systems globally, responsibl ...
  6. Built & Infrastructure
     
  7. Built & Infrastructure
    Buildings account for nearly a quarter of UK emissions, with heating a key challenge. High-quality d ...
  8. Built & Infrastructure
    Responsible for around 5% of global emissions, the healthcare sector sits at the nexus of human and ...
  9. Built & Infrastructure
    Scaling up EV infrastructure is critical for accelerating transport decarbonisation and also has the ...
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Innovation Showcase

 

Showcase Partners
Cleantech Group Cleantech for UK

  1. Innovation Showcase
     
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  3. Innovation Showcase
    Innovators often struggle to demonstrate demand at the scale investors require. This session explore ...
  4. Innovation Showcase
    A showcase of next-generation energy and power solutions shaping the UK’s transition. Selected innov ...
  5. Innovation Showcase
    Corporate venture capital operates on a completely different rhythm from both traditional VC and cor ...
  6. Innovation Showcase
    A showcase of next-generation transportation and supply chain innovations shaping the UK’s transitio ...
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  8. Innovation Showcase
    Hardware-heavy cleantech faces the toughest path to market, with innovators often forced abroad to s ...
  9. Innovation Showcase
    A showcase of next-generation land & water innovations shaping the UK’s transition. Selected innovat ...
  10. Innovation Showcase
    From Innovate UK to public banks, to university ecosystems and angel syndicates, the innovation supp ...
  11. Innovation Showcase
    A showcase of next-generation built environment innovations shaping the UK’s transition. Selected in ...
  12. Innovation Showcase
     
Main Stage
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  3. Main Stage
    Despite the politicisation of ESG and the broader sustainability agenda, businesses and investors co ...
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    As climate-driven impacts grow in both frequency and severity, communities, businesses, and governme ...
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    Whilst global investment in clean technologies reached a record $2.1 trillion in 2024, nearly 90% of ...
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    From optimising energy grids and supply chains to accelerating innovation and improving manufacturin ...
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    More than half of global GDP depends on nature, yet its degradation continues at alarming rates, thr ...
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    The global transition is not only an economic or technological transformation – it’s a race to prese ...
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Energy & Grid

 

Forum Partners
Energy UK The Association for Decentralised Energy

  1. Energy & Grid
     
  2. Energy & Grid
     
  3. Energy & Grid
    Winning public support for major infrastructure and technology shifts requires a new narrative. This ...
  4. Energy & Grid
    Across the world, nations are rewriting the rules of their energy systems- from market design and gr ...
  5. Energy & Grid
    By 2026, local and regional authorities will take on new powers and responsibilities for energy plan ...
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  7. Energy & Grid
     
  8. Energy & Grid
    The energy transition must work for people and businesses- not just infrastructure. From tariffs and ...
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  10. Energy & Grid
    Decarbonising heating and cooling is critical to net zero. This panel looks at the technologies and ...
  11. Energy & Grid
    Industrial decarbonisation is core to the UK’s clean growth ambitions, but progress hinges on electr ...
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Advanced Manufacturing & Industry


Forum Partner
BEAMA

  1. Advanced Manufacturing & Industry
     
  2. Advanced Manufacturing & Industry
     
  3. Advanced Manufacturing & Industry
    The UK’s industrial strategy seeks to drive growth, create jobs and open new opportunities for Briti ...
  4. Advanced Manufacturing & Industry
    The clean energy transition depends not only on renewable power but also on how solar panels, grid e ...
  5. Advanced Manufacturing & Industry
    The battery manufacturing sector sits at the heart of the UK’s ambition to lead in sustainable, high ...
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  7. Advanced Manufacturing & Industry
    With 84% of the UK’s manufacturing jobs located outside London and the Southeast, investment in regi ...
  8. Advanced Manufacturing & Industry
    The defence sector has grown rapidly over the past decade, driving industrial growth while advancing ...
  9. Advanced Manufacturing & Industry
    The energy transition represents a transformative opportunity for the renewal of UK industry. Rapidl ...
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Resilient Supply Chains
  1. Resilient Supply Chains
     
  2. Resilient Supply Chains
     
  3. Resilient Supply Chains
    Critical minerals are the backbone of the clean energy transition, but surging demand and concentrat ...
  4. Resilient Supply Chains
    Tackling Scope 3 emissions remains one of the biggest challenges companies face, with complex suppli ...
  5. Resilient Supply Chains
    Water stress is emerging as a major risk to global supply chains, with sectors from agriculture and ...
  6. Resilient Supply Chains
     
  7. Resilient Supply Chains
    Forests are vital for climate stability, yet deforestation continues at a global scale, driving arou ...
  8. Resilient Supply Chains
    The food and beverage sector generates nearly a third of global emissions and remains highly resourc ...
  9. Resilient Supply Chains
    Opaque and complex supply chains – such as shipping, agriculture, and fisheries – hide major emissio ...
  10. Resilient Supply Chains
     
Innovation Showcase

 

Showcase Partners
Cleantech Group Cleantech for UK

  1. Innovation Showcase
     
  2. Innovation Showcase
    For climatetech founders, the leap from seed to growth capital remains one of the hardest to navigat ...
  3. Innovation Showcase
    A showcase of next-generation MRV innovations shaping the UK’s transition. Selected innovators will ...
  4. Innovation Showcase
    Banks are often hesitant to engage with emerging solutions, citing regulatory constraints, technical ...
  5. Innovation Showcase
    Transforming a great idea into a viable business requires more than technical brilliance. It takes s ...
  6. Innovation Showcase