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MC	Caroline Saunders, British Consul General, Calgary

9:00 am	Opening remarks by H.E. Janice Charette, Canadian High Commissioner, London

9:05 am	Session 1: Government and private sector: frameworks to advance clean growth This panel will discuss how governments and the private sector are working together to advance the development of new technologies to combat climate change. Canada and the UK recognize the importance of creating the right conditions to foster and encourage investment into the transition to a low carbon economy and the panelists will examine recent initiatives to support this transition. Ian Simm, Founder and Chief Executive, IMPAX Asset Management Andrew Noseworthy, Assistant Deputy Minister, Clean Technologies, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada Mark Lesinski, President & CEO, Canadian Nuclear Laboratories Stephen Sheal, External Relations Director, The Oil & Gas Technology Centre Session chair: Caroline Saunders, British Consul General, Calgary

9:55 am	Session II: Oil & gas and heavy industry: the path to decarbonisation This panel will explore how companies operating in the oil and gas and heavy industry sector are approaching a changing energy market and adapting to the impacts of climate change policy. Companies are diversifying their asset base and investing in new technologies to reduce carbon emissions and increase efficiency. The panelists will discuss the different approaches being taken within the industry. Jo Coleman, UK Energy Transition Manager, Shell Richard Adamson, CEO, Industrial Carbon Solutions Inc. Steve Oldham, CEO, Carbon Engineering Julien Perez, Strategy & Policy Director, OGCI Climate Investments LLP Session chair: Jason Langrish, President, The Energy Roundtable
10:45 am	Networking break

11:05 pm	Session III: Transition to a clean energy economy: the future of the electricity grid system This panel will examine the ‘electrification of the energy system’. The transition to a low carbon economy is creating new demands on the electric grid system, for which new approaches and technologies are required. The panelists will discuss how they see the evolution of the grid and the opportunities, and challenges, associated with these changes. Siegfried Kiefer, President & Chief Strategy Officer, ATCO Hari Suthan, Chief Strategic Growth & Policy Officer, Opus One Solutions Mark Bailey, Chief Commercial Officer, Connected Energy Colin Taylor, Director of Engineering, SP Energy Networks Session chair: Frances Warburton, Director, Energy System Transition, Ofgem
11:55 am	Presentation on the Canada UK Power Forward Challenge by Amanda Wilson, Director General, Innovation and Energy Technology Sector, Natural Resources Canadaand Sally Fenton, Head of Smart Energy Innovation, Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
12:15 pm	Claire Perry, MP, Minister for Climate Change and Industry, Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
12:40 pm 1:30 pm	Networking luncheon Close by Jason Langrish, The Energy Roundtable
	*The Summit programme is subject to change