Thursday, 1 October
Time
Session
Description
Speakers
8:30 - 9:15
Registration, Refreshments, Innovation Showcase
Pick Up Your Badge, Coffee, and Explore the Dozens of Innovators on Display
9:15 - 9:30
Welcome & Opening Remarks
Oli Barrett, Master of Ceremonies
Alice Delahunty, Chief Technology and Innovation Officer, National Grid
9:30 - 10:15
Panel
Speed to Power: From Grid Queue to Growth Engine
Ram Rajagopal, Co-Founder & CTO, GridCARE
Anuja Ratnayake, Emerging Technologies Exec, EPRI
James Tyler, Managing Director, Equinix UK
Moderator: Steve Smith, UK Strategy and Policy, National Grid
10:15 - 10:45
Fireside Chat
Powering Britain's Next Decade: AI, Energy, and Resilience
Zoë Yujnovich, CEO, National Grid
Kanishka Narayan, Minister for AI, UK Government
Moderator: Oli Barrett, Master of Ceremonies
10:45 - 11:30
Networking Break & Innovation Showcase
Connect With Attendees and Experience the Innovation Showcase
11:30 - 12:15
Panel
Autonomous Networks Q&A: The Technologies Behind the Challenges
Mohit Mehta, Senior Vice President UK & Europe, Uniphore
Ayse Coskun, Chief Scientist, Emerald AI
Hemant Mardia, Chair, Nu Quantum
Moderator: Pradeep Tagare, Interim President, National Grid Partners
12:15 - 12:30
Keynote
Akshay Kaul, Director General for Infrastructure, Ofgem
12:30 - 12:35
Mid-Event Reflections
Alice Delahunty, Chief Technology and Innovation Officer, National Grid
Oli Barrett, Master of Ceremonies
12:35 - 14:35
Break
Enjoy Lunch, Networking, and Explore the Innovation Showcase
12:45 - 13:15 | Mezzanine A
Pitch Session
Strategic OEM Partners
Moderator: Kate Webb, Vice President Supply Chain Excellence, National Grid
Angelo Rizzo, President, CEO & Founding Member, Systems With Intelligence
Russell Berkeley, Director, Turner & Townsend
Vincenzo Li Vigni, Product Manager Electrical Monitoring Solutions in EOSS, Prysmian
Tim Page, Managing Director, FulcrumAir
12:45 - 13:15 | Mezzanine B
Pitch Session
Great Grid Partnership Pitches
Moderator: Isabelle Adams, Enterprise Director, National Grid
Adam Anyszewski, Co-founder & Director and Duncan Webford, Head of Technical and Geospatial Solutions, Continuum Industries
Mark Tiernan, GGP Enterprise Director, WSP
Ulys Sorok, CEO, GRAM Robotics
13:15 - 13:45 | Mezzanine A
Pitch Session
Strategic IT&D Innovation Partners
Moderator: Andrew Burns, Global Head of Data Strategy, National Grid
Lewis Richards, Chief Technology Officer and Danni Lara, Strategic Account Director, Microsoft
Sruthi Mohan, Principal Engineer, Energy & Utilities, Snowflake
Bhagwandas Jakhotia, General Manager, Wipro
Venky Rao, Global Client Partner for National Grid and Tanmay Bhole, Partner, IBM
Priscilla Li, Vice President, Frog, part of Capgemini Invent and Kieran Reynolds, Energy & Industrial Business Unit Lead, Cambridge Consultants
Arnendu Bose, Managing Partner and Global Head and Thomas Mueller, CTO, WIPRO
13:15 - 13:45 | Mezzanine B
Pitch Session
National Grid Partners Portfolio Companies
Moderator: Brett Chandler, Vice President, Business Development, National Grid Partners
Ram Rajagopal, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, GridCARE Inc.
Alex Houghtaling, Senior Vice President of Sales, LineVision
Ethan Tiao, Product Lead, Emerald AI
Ofri Lehmann, Chief of Product Delivery and UK Director, Exodigo
14:00 - 14:40 | Mezzanine A + B
Pitch Session
Reverse Pitching with National Grid Senior Leaders
Moderator: Neil McClymont, Head of Innovation, National Grid Electricity Transmission
Gavin Goodland, Chief Data Officer, National Grid
Claire Lund, Chief Sustainability Officer, National Grid
Dan O’Mahoney, Onshore Delivery Director, National Grid
Cathy McClay, Managing Director, National Grid DSO
14:50 - 15:05
Keynote
Dame Clare Barclay DBE, Chair, Industrial Strategy Advisory Council
15:05 - 15:35
Fireside Chat
Rewiring Delivery: How the Great Grid Partnership Is Delivering National Grid’s Capital Programme at Pace
Carl Trowell, President of Global Capital, National Grid
Phil Skegg, Managing Director, Taylor Woodrow
15:35 - 16:20
Panel
Networks Reimagined: Building the Customer-Centred, Flexible and Resilient System Britain Needs
Angela Needle, Director of Strategy, Cadent Gas
Marzia Zafar, Deputy Director of Digitalisation, Innovation and Decentralisation, Ofgem
Lars Hennecke, Chief Strategy & Sustainability Officer, BRUSH Group
Moderator: Cordi O'Hara, Executive President UK, National Grid
16:20 - 16:30
Closing Remarks
Alice Delahunty, Chief Technology and Innovation Officer, National Grid
