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Event
  • Session
  • Tuesday, 23 May 2017
  • 11:23 - 11:23
  • Duration: 43 mins
  • Publication date: 05 Jun 2017
  • Location: Keynote theatre, Hall 12, NEC, Birmingham, United Kingdom
  • Part of event Utility Week 2017

About the session

Keynote Theatre

Realising the benefits of a digital revolution in utilities

Driving innovation and improvements across digital and adjacent sectors

Paving the way for automation in utilities 

Cyber security - what are the threats & opportunities? 

Keywords:
  • Brexit
  • digital
  • electricity
  • power
  • smart infrastructure
  • smart meter
  • utilities
  • water sector

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Speakers

  • Jane Gray

    Jane Gray

    deputy editor, Utility Week

    Jane joined Utility Week in 2014. Over the past three years she has worked on the development of features and news for the energy networks and energy retail sectors and in 2016 was instrumental in the launch of Utility Week’s sister title Network magazine.Before joining Utility Week, Jane was editor of The Manufacturer magazine, an engineering and advanced manufacturing publication.Jane is also a trustee for the Design and Technology Association and takes a keen interest in industry skills and vocational talent challenges.
  • Alan Gooding

    Alan Gooding

    evp - channels and partners, Smarter Grid Solutions

  • James Robbins

    James Robbins

    Drax Group, chief information officer

    As CIO of Drax Group plc James is passionate about Innovation, Information and Improving the way energy is generated, supplied and used for a better future. He is comfortable with digital complexity having also previously led, as CIO, the development and implementation of Innovative Information Transformation strategies across several multi sector organisations including; Northumbrian Water Group, Abellio Transport Holdings and Your Housing.James is a frequent face on the CIO100 and Computing Magazines Top10 UK CIO’s. He has an MBA from Manchester Business School, is a Masters graduate from Liverpool John Moores University and is a big supporter of the UK IT industry’s ‘Byte Night’ Charity, Action for Children, please visit justgiving.com/winningciobytenight or @winningcio
  • Joseph Da Silva

    Joseph Da Silva

    Centrica, head of information security and risk management,

  • Julian  David

    Julian David

    Tech UK, Chief executive officer

  • William  Hewish

    William Hewish

    United Utilities, IT and business change director

    William has worked in the Water industry for 7 years, having been CTO at Severn Trent Water and now in his current role at United Utilities for 4 years.He has previously worked in a number of different customer focussed sectors ranging from retail, hospitality and a digital start-up company.William is the elected Chair of the water industry CIO Forum which was set up by MOSL as a way to bring together the technical leaders who are responsible for making the digital transactions flow in the new competitive Business Retail market.
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