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Smart metering
Tuesday, 23rd March 2010
VENUE:Sixty One Whitehall, London SW1A 2ET
Eleanor Brooks
Guest of Honour: Eleanor Brooks, Smart Meters Team, Department of Energy and Climate Change
This seminar will examine the implications for homes and businesses of Government plans for smart-metering in every UK home by 2020. Discussion will focus on key themes emerging from the current consultation by the Department of Energy and Climate Change, and the agenda will include sessions on the practicalities of mass roll-out, the challenges and opportunities for the energy sector and the wider impact on householders - including vulnerable groups.
We are delighted to be able to include in this seminar keynote addresses from: Eleanor Brooks, Smart Meters Team, Department of Energy and Climate Change; Neil Barnes, Head of Smart Metering Policy, Ofgem and Simon Higgins, Smart Meter Solutions Architect, Arqiva.
Other speakers who have already agreed to speak include: Jon Bentley, Partner, Innovation, Energy & Environment and Leader, Climate Change Centre of Excellence, IBM Global Business Services; Jason Brogden, Director, Engage Consulting and Smart Metering Programme Manager, Energy Retail Association; Dr Sarah Darby, Research Fellow, Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford; Ian Rainbow, Senior Consultant, Irridian (UK); Paul Isgar, Lead Director for Smart World, Scottish and Southern Energy; Dafydd Elis, Consultant, Poyry Energy Consulting; Ian Stevens, Partner, Technology and Sourcing, CMS Cameron McKenna; Duncan Southgate, Business Development Manager for Smart Metering in the UK, Siemens; Ben Castle, Strategy Manager, Energy Saving Trust; Zoe McLeod, Principal Policy Advocate, Consumer Focus and Dr Gill Owen, Senior Research Fellow, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick.
Paddy Tipping MP, Chair, Parliamentary Group for Energy Studies and Christopher Chope MP, Member, Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology have kindly agreed to chair this seminar.
