Canada UK Energy Summit, London

March 12, 2024 One Whitehall Place, London, UK

Details on the 14th annual Canada UK Energy Summit will be announced shortly. For questions related to the event please send your enquiry to: info@energyroundtable.org

London 2022

Wednesday, October 19th 1:00-5:30pm, Canada House, London, UK

The 13th annual Canada UK Energy Summit gathered Canadian companies with their UK counterparts to explore industrial decarbonization collaboration and business opportunities for low carbon electrification, hydrogen and carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS). One hundred pre-qualified company representatives participated, in addition to thirty Canadian and British government representative who are responsible for the advancement of policy and funding frameworks in the aforementioned areas. The Summit includes a business ‘mission’ of Canadian SMEs who will attend the event, some of whom presented during the afternoon innovators session.

A principal aim of the Summit is to expand export opportunities for Canadian firms into the UK market and strengthen bilateral commercial cooperation. The Summit addressed the following key themes:

  • Security and transition: Can a Canada UK energy partnership be a model for the world?
  • Industrial decarbonization
  • The role of electrification and hydrogen in a clean energy transition
  • Carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS)

Why attend?

  • Hear from sector leaders on developments in the UK and Canadian markets.
  • Learn about R&D and commercial opportunities, including for emerging technologies and applications.
  • Explore collaboration between industrial hubs in Canada and the UK, with a goal of improved commercial  and policy alignment.
  • Access dedicated business networking sessions.

The conference included an innovators session, where Canadian entrepreneurs discussed how their  technologies are solving real world business problems.

Summit Reception

A networking reception took place at the Canadian High Commission on Trafalgar Square following the Summit from 5:45-7:30pm.

If you are interested in attending future Summits, please send an expression of interest to: info@energyroundtable.org

Summit Co-Hosts

Summit Reception Host

Summit Sponsors
Knowledge Partners

Speakers

Satvinder Flore

Satvinder Flore

Executive Vice-President – Energy, Resources & Industry, WSP Canada
H.E. Ralph Goodale, P.C.

H.E. Ralph Goodale, P.C.

High Commissioner for Canada in the United Kingdom
Amy Ruddock

Amy Ruddock

Vice President, Europe and the Middle East, Carbon Engineering
Clive Mather

Clive Mather

Member of the Board of Directors, Emissions Reduction Alberta
Angela Hepworth

Angela Hepworth

Commercial Director, DRAX
Niall Mac Dowell

Niall Mac Dowell

Professor in Energy Systems Engineering, Imperial College London
Dr Bryony Livesey

Dr Bryony Livesey

ISCF Director – Industrial Decarbonisation Challenge, UK CCS Centre
Andrew Noseworthy

Andrew Noseworthy

Assistant Deputy Minister, Clean Technologies, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
Jason Langrish

Jason Langrish

President, The Energy Roundtable
Terri-Lee Oleniuk

Terri-Lee Oleniuk

Partner, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Grant Strem

Grant Strem

Chairman & CEO, Proton Technologies
Susannah Pierce

Susannah Pierce

President & Country Chair, Shell Canada
Dr. Michaela Kendall

Dr. Michaela Kendall

CEO, Adelan and UK Hydrogen Champion at Mission Innovation, BEIS
Kendall Dilling

Kendall Dilling

President, Pathways Alliance (Canada)
Joanna Whittington

Joanna Whittington

Director General, Energy Security, BEIS
Shekhar Sumit

Shekhar Sumit

Head of Energy Transition, EDF Sizewell C
Roberto Castiglioni

Roberto Castiglioni

Co-Founder & CEO, Ikigai
Diana Raine

Diana Raine

Managing Director, Smart Hydrogen Consulting
Travis Brookson

Travis Brookson

Strategic Account Manager, Svante
Jason Chadwick

Jason Chadwick

Vice President, Business Development, Entropy
Jeanne Milne

Jeanne Milne

Senior Government Relations Advisor, FuelPositive
Brandon Moffatt

Brandon Moffatt

Co-Founder, StormFisher Hydrogen

Print programme

Programme

Wednesday, October 19
Canada House, London
      MC Jason Langrish, President, The Energy Roundtable
      1:15 pm Opening remarks by H.E. Ralph Goodale, P.C., High Commissioner for Canada in the United Kingdom
      1:25 pm The unprecedented transformation of industry
Industry and government are working to advance the development of hydrogen and CCUS technologies and projects; notably, to decarbonize industrial sectors whilst protecting, and creating, jobs. The scale of the transformation is unrecognizable to what was happening only a few years ago. Panelists will discuss the frameworks, technologies and investments that will facilitate the transition to a low carbon industrial economy, including treatment of industrial ‘hubs’.The government view:

  • Andy Noseworthy, Assistant Deputy Minister, Clean Technologies, ISED (Canada)
  • Joanna Whittington, Director General, Energy Security, BEIS

The industry view:

  • Kendall Dilling, President, Pathways Alliance
  • Susannah Pierce, President & Country Chair, Shell Canada
  • Roberto Castiglioni, Co-Founder & CEO, Ikigai

Session Chair: Terri-Lee Oleniuk, Partner, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

      2:30 pm Industrial decarbonization: The role of hydrogen in the clean energy transition
Now is the time to scale up technologies and bring down costs to allow hydrogen to become widely used. But for hydrogen to make a significant contribution to clean energy transitions, it needs to be adopted in sectors where it is almost completely absent, such as transport, buildings, and power generation. Its production also needs to be decarbonized where possible, including through the use of low to zero carbon electricity sources. Demand for hydrogen, which has grown more than threefold since 1975, continues to rise – almost entirely supplied from fossil fuels. The production of hydrogen poses a challenge, as it is responsible for CO2 emissions equivalent to those of the United Kingdom and Indonesia combined. The panel will examine how hydrogen projects are evolving and scaling in Canada and the UK.

  • Shekhar Sumit, Head of Energy Transition, Sizewell C – EDF
  • Diana Raine, Managing Director, Smart Hydrogen Consulting
  • Satvinder Flore, Executive Vice-President – Energy, Resources & Industry, WSP Canada
  • Grant Strem, Chairman & CEO, Proton Technologies

Session chair: Dr. Michaela Kendall, CEO, Adelan and UK Hydrogen Champion at Mission Innovation, BEIS

      3:15 pm Networking break
      3:45 pm Carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) and carbon dioxide removal (CDR)
Strengthened climate goals and new investment incentives are delivering unprecedented momentum for CCUS, with plans for more than 100 new facilities announced in 2021. CCUS technologies will play an important role in meeting net zero targets, including as one of few solutions to tackle emissions from heavy industry and to remove carbon from the atmosphere. Although recent progress is encouraging, the planned pipeline of projects would fall well short of delivering the 1.7 billion tonnes of CO2 capture capacity deployed by 2030 in the Net Zero by 2050 scenario. The panel will discuss how to advance projects in Canada and the UK and explore the collaboration between the two territories.

  • Clive Mather, Member of the Board of Directors, Emissions Reductions Alberta
  • Dr. Bryony Livesey, ISCF Director – Industrial Decarbonisation Challenge, UK CCS Knowledge Centre
  • Angela Hepworth, Commercial Director, DRAX
  • Amy Ruddock, Vice President, Europe and the Middle East, Carbon Engineering

Session chair: Dr. Niall Mac Dowell, Professor in Energy Systems Engineering, Imperial College London

      4:30 pm Innovators session
Canadian entrepreneurs will discuss how their energy technology solutions are solving real world business problems.

  • Travis Brookson, Strategic Account Manager, Svante
  • Jason Chadwick, Vice President, Business Development, Entropy
  • Brandon Moffatt, Co-Founder, StormFisher Hydrogen
  • Jeanne Milne, Senior Government Relations Advisor, FuelPositive Corporation

Session chair: Andy Noseworthy, Assistant Deputy Minister, Clean Technologies, ISED

      5:15 pm Close by Jason Langrish, The Energy Roundtable
      5:30 pm Networking reception

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