Smart infrastructure, energy systems and cities

Session
Wednesday, 23 May 2018
14:23 - 14:23
Duration: 52 mins
Publication date: 04 Jun 2018
Location: Keynote Conference, NEC, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Part of event Utility Week Live - Keynote Conference

About the session

This panel will explore cross-cutting platforms to support the energy transition; address the role of electric vehicles in future cities; look at ways to balance supply and demand at all times; explore the potential of efficient locational management and development of the energy system; address system coordination and the institutional framework; assess the role of networks in shaping the energy transition; and identify the commercial opportunities for networks.

Keywords:: customer engagement

energy

low carbon

mobile

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Power

Speakers

Ellen Bennett

Utility Week, Editor
Tobi Babalola

OVO Energy, Smart electric vehicle manager
Katie Black

National Infrastructure Commission, Head of transport, energy and digital

Katie leads the transport, energy and digital policy team at the National Infrastructure Commission. Since joining the Commission in November 2015, she has worked on the Commission’s initial report into the energy sector, “Smart Power” and published a paper looking at the relationship between technological change and infrastructure systems. Prior to this, she worked in various roles across the Department of Energy and Climate Change (now BEIS) and undertook a secondment to an electricity retailer. She has a master’s degree in chemistry and conducted research looking at the chemistry of carbon capture and storage.
Stephen Hilton

Bristol Futures.Global, Director of futures,
Tony Sceales

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, 5G testbeds and trials programme lead

Tony Sceales is the sector coordination lead on the DCMS 5G Testbeds and Trials Programme. Tony has spent more than 25 years in the telecoms and technology industries, working on major projects at global firms including BT, IBM, Telstra, KPN, Swisscom, Prudential and China Gas, as well as with growth start-up innovators. He is an ambassador and former executive committee member of the TM Forum and collaborated on producing some of the key thinking around partnership business models and B2B2X trading. His role at DCMS is to drive engagement with key players across industry sectors to encourage successful 5G investment and adoption in the UK.

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