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Transformation Leaders Interiew - Utilities of the Future: What does good look like?

Session
Wednesday, 24 May 2017
14:15
Duration: 50 mins
Publication date: 06 Jun 2017
Location: Keynote theatre, Hall 12, NEC, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Part of event Utility Week 2017

About the session

Driving Transformation & Flexibility in the Utility Sector

Digital disruption and changing consumer demands mean that transformation and flexibility are critical to utilities’ long-term success.

This paid-for annual two-day conference brings together forward-thinking leaders both inside and outside of the sector to explore new models of thinking and operating in a rapidly changing environment.

Keynote Conference 2017 (which takes place within Utility Week Live - ticket upgrade required) brings together forward-thinking leaders both inside and outside of the sector to explore new models of leadership and business strategies that are now needed to match the a rapidly changing environment.

Gain first-hand insight into how utility leaders are re-thinking their strategies to meet long-term challenges

Hear the latest updates on the progress of the smart meter rollout and lessons learnt from retail market opening in the water sector

Discuss the opportunities and threats of smart infrastructure and its impact on cyber security

Explore how utilities can apply learnings from the telecoms sector to capitalise on new business models

Find out what Brexit means for utilities going forward

Keywords:: AI

algorithm

cyber attacks

cyber security

digital

electricity

power

smart infrastructure

smart meter

utilities

Channels

Sectors

Sectors

Affiliates

Affiliates

IT

Power

Power

Speakers

Ellen Bennett

Utility Week, Editor
Dr Piers Clark

Isle Group, Founder and Chairman
Dr Simon Harrison

Mott MacDonald, Group Strategic Development Manager

Simon Harrison is group strategic development manager, at global engineering, management and development consultant Mott MacDonald, which gives him a pan-infrastructure perspective including energy, transportation, water, the urban and built environment, and the increasingly pervasive role of information and telecommunications in infrastructure systems.His career has been spent primarily in the electricity sector, where he has played a key role in developing renewable, thermal and nuclear power, and power transmission and distribution businesses, including opening a number of new geographic and sector markets. His active interest in energy policy has led to him directing a number of key studies in the UK and elsewhere. He has also taken a leading role in many privately financed generation projects as well as privatisations and acquisitions on five continents. Prior to this he undertook planning of national, regional and industrial electricity transmission and distribution systems.A former Vice President, he chairs the IET's Energy Policy Panel, and most recently the Future Power Systems Architecture Project, a collaboration for the UK government between the IET and the Energy Systems Catapult. He is IET representative and Council member of the Parliamentary Group for Energy Studies. He contributes widely to industry publications and broadcast media.He holds BSc and PhD degrees from Southampton University and is a visiting professor at the University of Southampton. He is a Fellow of the IET and of the Energy Institute.
Cheryl Latham

Brighter World Energy, Chief Executive
John Reynolds

Castle Water, Chief Executive
Dr Simon Harrison

Mott MacDonald, Group Strategic Development Manager

Simon Harrison is group strategic development manager, at global engineering, management and development consultant Mott MacDonald, which gives him a pan-infrastructure perspective including energy, transportation, water, the urban and built environment, and the increasingly pervasive role of information and telecommunications in infrastructure systems.His career has been spent primarily in the electricity sector, where he has played a key role in developing renewable, thermal and nuclear power, and power transmission and distribution businesses, including opening a number of new geographic and sector markets. His active interest in energy policy has led to him directing a number of key studies in the UK and elsewhere. He has also taken a leading role in many privately financed generation projects as well as privatisations and acquisitions on five continents. Prior to this he undertook planning of national, regional and industrial electricity transmission and distribution systems.A former Vice President, he chairs the IET's Energy Policy Panel, and most recently the Future Power Systems Architecture Project, a collaboration for the UK government between the IET and the Energy Systems Catapult. He is IET representative and Council member of the Parliamentary Group for Energy Studies. He contributes widely to industry publications and broadcast media.He holds BSc and PhD degrees from Southampton University and is a visiting professor at the University of Southampton. He is a Fellow of the IET and of the Energy Institute.