UK Energy Policy Debate: Overcoming skills and supply chain challenges in decarbonising

This UK Energy Policy Debate will be exploring hard-to-fill areas in the current energy sector. Expert speakers will explore solutions on how skills migration will affect the short and long-term demand within sectors to tackle the ever-increasing demand for labour to power the energy transition.

With training time considered, will policy change be enough to meet demand?

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Hear industry leader’s insights on:

• How successful workforces have adapted to meet demand
• The employment trends that have emerged between traditional and renewable energy markets
• What strategies are needed for the energy industry, UK government and education sector to close the skills gap and prepare the next generation of energy professionals

Programme:

• 15:30: Registration and networking
• 16:00: Opening remarks from the chair
  Simon Virley CB FEI, Vice Chair and Head of Energy and Natural Resources, KPMG UK
   
• 16:05: Speaker introductions and thoughts     
   
• Renewable UK's work on supply chains, issues faced, and industrial growth plan
  Dan McGrail, Chief Executive, RenewableUK
   
• Challenges in preparing transmission and distribution grids built in time for the energy transition 
  Cordi O'Hara OBE FEI, President, National Grid Electricity Distribution, National Grid, and Vice President, Energy Institute
   
• The role of consumers in net zero, including demand-side response and grid flexibility
  Mary Starks, VP Policy, Regulation and Risk, OVO
   
• 17:00: Debate session
   
• 18:00: Closing remarks from the chair 
  Simon Virley CB FEI, Vice Chair and Head of Energy and Natural Resources, KPMG UK
   
• 18:05: Networking drinks reception
   
• 19:00: Event close