The Ukraine war has sent shockwaves through Europe, raising urgent questions of energy security.  But does net zero have the answers? The green transition has been billed as a chance to secure clean and affordable energy. But how realistic is this vision – and is the energy industry doing enough to make it happen?

8.30am – 9.30am: Registration and breakfast

9.30am – 10.15am: Keynote session with The Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP, Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero

10.15am – 11am: Coffee House Live: Energy Summit edition

Speakers:

-Fraser Nelson, editor, The Spectator

-Katy Balls, political editor, The Spectator

-Kate Andrews, economics editor, The Spectator

-Dieter Helm, professor of economic policy, University of Oxford 

11am – 11.30am: Break

11.30am – 12.15pm: Fraser Nelson in conversation with Lord Browne of Madingley, chairman and co-founder, BeyondNetZero

12.15pm – 1.15pm: Can the UK win the global race for energy investment? In association with Offshore Energies UK

Speakers:

-Kate Andrews, economics editor, The Spectator

-David Whitehouse, CEO, Offshore Energies UK

-Sian Lloyd Rees, managing director, Mainstream Renewable Power

-Nick Butler, chair, Kings Policy Institute

-Peter Aldous MP, chair, APPG on British Offshore Oil and Gas Industry

1.15pm – 2pm: Lunch

2pm - 2.15pm: Kate Andrews in conversation with Dr Alan Whitehead, Shadow Minister for Green New Deal and Energy

2.15pm – 3pm: How can we secure the UK's hydrogen opportunity? In association with National Gas

Speakers:

-Cindy Yu, assistant editor, The Spectator

-Jake Tudge, corporate affairs director, National Gas

-Lord Callanan, Minister for Energy Efficiency and Green Finance

-James Richardson, chief economist, National Infrastructure Commission

- Vicky Parker, partner, PwC

3pm – 4pm: Are green technologies really the UK’s solution to boosting growth? In association with Drax

Speakers:

-Cindy Yu, assistant editor, The Spectator

-Clare Harbord, group executive director, Drax

-Dr Brenda Boardman, emeritus fellow, Environmental Change Institute at Oxford University

-Rachel Morison, energy and climate editor, Bloomberg UK

4pm – 5pm: Drinks reception

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