Speakers

Abdu Ahmed

Sustainability Compliance Officer, Equans UK & Ireland

Ahmad Mahmoud Kobeiter Abiad

Sustainability Specialist, New Wave Biotech

Al Little

UK Sector Head - Waste, EMR (European Metal Recycling)

Alanna Gluck

CReDO Engagement Lead, Connected Places Catapult

Aled Roberts

CEO, Dekiln

Alex Sparrow

Director, UK Hempcrete

Ali Morpeth

Co-founder at Planeatry Alliance

Alice Grant

Retrofit Project Architect, SY Ecofit

Amandeep Kaur Maan

Co-founder, EcoSikhUK

Andrew Ainsworth

Senior HSQE Manager, Triton Construction Ltd

Andrew Whitehead

Leeds College of Building

Ash Wray

Co-Founder, C3 Group

Asselia Katenbayeva

Sustainability Research Lead, The Alliance for Sustainable Building Products

Avalon Rawling

Co-Founder, HUDUS

Becks Wheatley

Programme Manager, NextGenLeaders UK

Ben Tongue

Greener Digital Lead, NHS England

Chloe Andrews

Customer Sustainability Manager, Lyreco UK & Ireland

Christina Thompson-Mountford

KTP Associate, Aquatrust Water & Ventilation Limited

Claire Shrewsbury

Director, Insights and Innovation, WRAP

Cressida Curtis

Group Sustainability Director, Wates Group

Dan Graf

CEO, Earthchain

Dan Newton

Founder, SETL (School Estates Thought Leaders) | Digital Strategy Consultant

Dan Wales-Hart

Policy and Economy Adviser, North East Combined Authority

Daniel Haley

Co-Founder, C3 Group

Danielle Heward

Founder, Optimo

David Hatton

Creative Director, Samara Studio

Edie Lewis

Regional Youth Climate Assembly

Ellie Symonds

Data Analyst, Everyturn Mental Health

Emma Fletcher

Low Carbon Housing Director, Octopus Energy

Emma Lower

Chief Executive, Lendology CIC

Emma Weaver

Climate Action Manager, Business in the Community

Emmanuel Matuka

Ambassador, Biteback

Eve Roodhouse

Director of Strategy and Policy, Local Government Association.

Farakh Masood

Founding Director, TGE* (True Green Energy Group Ltd.)

Femi Omoniyi

West Yorkshire regional project manager, North east and Yorkshire net zero hub

Fiona Bolam

Interim Chief Officer Economy & Skills, Leeds City Council

Georgia Halston

Group CEO, Halston Group

Gillian Wallace

Head of Service for Employment & Skills at Leeds City Council

Guy Phillips

Team Lead Business Development Hydrogen, Uniper

Habiba El-Gharably

Sustainable Materials Technologist, NuGreen Ltd

Hannah Montgomery

Campaigns Manager, The Vegan Society

Harrison Oates

Founder, SwitchDye

Helen Ellerton

Head of Transport Policy, West Yorkshire Combined Authority

Isabel Shanahan

Project Coordinator, Imageco

Jamie Saye

Executive Director, SAIL

Jane Barrett

Director, The Career Farm Ltd

Jay Harvey

Energy Sales Consultant, ENGIE B2B Supply UK

Jess Sewter

Chief Partnerships Officer, Generation UK&I

Jessica Herman

Group Head of ESG & Sustainability, Caddick Group

John Alker

Head of Sustainability - Capital Investments, Private Markets, Legal & General

John Hart

Strategic Stakeholder Manager, North East and Yorkshire Net Zero Hub

John Rastrick

CEO & Co-Founder, Flotilla

John Williams

CTO, Aquapak Polymers Limited

Jonathan Straight

Founder, Planet Straight Advisory

Jordan McKay

Associate Director, UK & Europe, Forum for the Future

Joseph Quinn

Director of Growth & Sector Development at SYMCA

Juan Ramon Candia

Climate Innovation Hub Manager, Priestley Centre for Climate Futures, U. of Leeds

Judi Greenwood

Strategic Partnerships Lead, Ecofit CIC

Kat Armstrong

Skills Lead, Yorkshire and Humber Climate Commission

Kate Gilmartin

Chief Executive Officer, British Hydropower Association

Kate Hutchinson

Founder and Director, The Sustainability Community LTD

Kate McGavin

Chief Policy & Strategy Officer, National Wealth Fund

Katie Reeves

Director, Sustainable Oceans Management

Konstantinos Tsavdaridis

Professor of Structural Engineering, City St George's, University of London

Laura Moffatt

Head of Supply Chain, ReFood UK Limited

Lawrence Dudley

Co-Founder, Parallax

Leah Robson

Managing Director, Your Energy Your Way

Lewis Evans

Programme Manager (Net Zero and Energy), North East Combined Authority

Lisa Hoerning

Chair of the Future Forum, SOS-UK

Liz Hunter

Director of Policing, Environment and Place, West Yorkshire Combined Authorty

Lord Deben

Member of the House of Lords of the United Kingdom

Lucinda Yeadon

Social Impact Manager, CEG

Lucy Meredith

Housing & Energy Transition Partner, Climate Action Leeds

Luke Prosser

Sustainability Manager, Chester Zoo

Mandy Ridyard

Mayor’s Business Advisor, West Yorkshire Combined Authority

Marc Mulligan

Senior Marketing Executive, ENGIE UK

Maria Ramadan

Student, University of Leeds

Mark Cunliffe-Lister

Director, Swinton Estate

Mark Mills

Chief Officer Asset Management and Regeneration (Interim), Leeds City Council

Mark Stevenson

Futurenaut, The Futurenauts

Mark Voss

Operations Director, ENGIE UK

Matilda Hansell-Upton

Volunteer, Teach The Future

Matt Wheeler

Digital Director, Made By Studio

Matthew Miller

Sector Growth & Skills Lead, Essex County Council

Matthew Usherwood

Founder, Good Growth Guide

Meshi Taka

Consultant & Innovator, MTaka Consulting Limited

Michael Gallagher

Director Climate Resilience and Green Growth, East Midlands Combined County Authority

Michael Hewitt

Marketing and Communications Manager, ENGIE UK

Mike Berners-Lee

International Keynote Speaker

Mukul Chauhan

Supply Chain Management Masters student at Leeds Beckett

Natalie Harris

Post Graduate Researcher, Bournemouth University

Natalie Sarabia-Johnston

Southgate & Sarabia Architects Ltd. & Constructive Futures CIC

Ned Gatenby

Community Climate Fund Senior Lead, Business in the Community

Nick Valenzia

Cofounder, Leafr

Olivia Hullah

Commercial & Marketing Manager, Trust Electric Heating

Oluwaseun Johnson

Climate Change Projects Officer, Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council

Pam Warhurst

CoFounder, Incredible Edible CIC

Paul Chatterton

Professor of Urban Futures, University of Leeds

Paul Dudley

Head of Sustainability & Engineering, AW Hainsworth

Paul Gilligan

CEO at Pure Leapfrog

Paul Howell

Founding Director, Arquella Ltd

Paul Oconnor

Director of Sustainable Solutions, ENGIE

Peter Holbrook

Chief Executive Officer, Social Enterprise UK

Phillippa Banister

Director, Street Space

Qamar Khan

Business Development Manager, Clean Power Hydrogen Group Limited (CPH2)

Rachel Swann

Director, Rachel Swann Ltd

Rebecca Heald

Founder of The Heald Method/Host of The Heald Approach Podcast

Richard Arnold

Policy Director, Marine Energy Council

Richard Clewer

Councillor, Wiltshire Council

Rick Stafford

Professor of Environmental Policy, Bournemouth University

Rob Saunders

Director, Net Zero Systems Integration, Innovate UK

Ross Lowrie

Principal Manager (Net Zero & Low Carbon Growth), North East Combined Authority

Samia Dumbuya

Founder, The People's Ark and COP29 Youth Delegate

Sarah Bowes

Head of Business, West Yorkshire Combined Authority

Saskia Roskam

Co-founder, The Biskery Ltd

Simon Dixon

Admin & Logistics Lead, Climate Action Leeds

Simon Middleton

Head Of Direct Sales, ENGIE UK

Sinead Desmond

Regional Projects Programme Lead, Greater South East Net Zero Hub

Steve Hall

Senior Industry Research Fellow, University of York

Tobin Harris

Managing Director, Pocketworks

Tom Elliot

Senior Advisor, Energy Systems Catapult

Tom Jarman

Director, Low Carbon Journey

Tony Lelliott

Managing Director, Tees Valley Motorsport

Tracy Brabin

Mayor of West Yorkshire

Vicky Heward

Director, Optimo

Vicky Wilding

Head of Sector Development - Green Tech & Services, Green Economy

Victoria Garcia

CEO, BindEthics

Wendy Ramshaw

Inclusion Consultant, Inclusivity First Ltd

Arran Taylor

Partner | Business Tax & Global Tax Accounting Group (UK), Deloitte LLP

Dr Nicky Rivers

Ecology Manager, Sheffield City Council

Emily Diamand

Advocacy Coordinator, Nature North

Haviour Xihui Chen

Associate Professor of Accounting and Finance, Keele University

Helen Todd

Community Engagement Lead and Director, SY Ecofit

Kate Josephs

Chief Executive, Sheffield City Council

Lorna Pimlott

Managing Director, Local Authority Advisory and Lending · National Wealth Fund

Michelle Robinson

Head of Business Development, Snugg

Natasha Nauth

Senior Director, Large Corporate Yorkshire & North East, Santander

Piers Forster

Chair, Climate Change Committee

Solomon Brown

Professor of Process and Energy Systems, University of Sheffield

Steve Turner

Director, 3Ci

Stuart Dawson

Chief Engineer (Hydrogen), University of Sheffield AMRC

Tim Frenneaux

Radical, Tim Frenneaux & Co

Tom Brind

Head of Security & Corporate Services, Holtec Britain

Toni Roberts

Senior Manager - Mortgage Propositions, Yorkshire Building Society

Wil Stewart

Director of Investment Climate Change and Planning, Sheffield City Council

Will Eadson

Professor, Sheffield Hallam University

Councillor Jonathan Pryor

Deputy Leader of Leeds City Council and Executive Member for Economy, Transport and Sustainable Development

Ed Gillespie

Co-Presenter Jon Richardson & the Futurenauts

Jon Richardson

Actor, Writer, Co-Presenter Jon Richardson & the Futurenauts

Kevin McCloud

Designer, Writer, TV Presenter

Mark Stevenson

Co-Presenter Jon Richardson & the Futurenauts

Mary Portas OBE

Businesswoman, Broadcaster, Author & Activist

Professor Nick Plant

Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Research and Innovation, University of Leeds, UK 

Abiola Ogunsami

Ambassador, Regeneration Brainery

Adam Ashman

Head of Strategic Planning, Yorkshire Water

Adam Bastock

Alistair Little

Regional General Manager , Yorkshire at Biffa

Andrew White

Senior Project Manager, Leeds City Council

Anna Ashford

Head of ALT Legal, ALT Legal

Caroline Jones

External Affairs Lead, C-Capture Ltd

Charlie Winstanley

Head of Regional Economic Change, CLES

Chris Smith

Lead Consultant – Resource Efficiency &amp Circularity, Beyondly

Claire Burns

People Director, Abraham moon

Claire Thew

Sustainability Consultant, Venture Zero

Dave Healy

Director of Geosolutions, University of Leeds

David Loseby

Professor, Leeds University Business School

David Nugent

Chief Executive, Canopy Housing

Dev Sharma

Youth MP & Food Activist, UK Youth Parliament

Dr Alan James

Founder, Expert Alliance

Dr Colm Bowe

Nature North Development Manager, Nature North

Dr Lynn Wilson

Director, Circular Design Synergy Limited

Dr Ruth Brown-Shepherd

Managing Director, Responsive Learning CIC

Emma Knight-Strong

Founder and Sustainability Adviser, Green Arch Consulting

Emmanuel Matuka

Youth activist, Biteback 2030

Erin McGurk

Founder, Girl Economics

Eve Roodhouse

Chief Officer, Culture and Economy at Leeds City Council

Fatima Garcia

Data Consultant, The Data City

Fiona Bolam

Head of Economic Policy, Leeds City Council

Fiona Conor

Managing Director, Trust Electric Heating

Fiona Ras Jones

Director, Mission Works

George Machin

Director of Engineering Apprenticeships, DN Colleges group

Helen Grayshan

Climate Change Programme and Partnerships Manager, Wakefield Council

Jennifer Brennan

Founding Director, Harlow Consulting

Jo Cutter

Lecturer in Work and Employment Relations and Unite the Union Equality and Inclusion Officer, University of Leeds

Joanna Hynes

Chief Operating Officer, Leeds Trinity University

John Burgess

Partnership Manager, Make It Wild

Jonathan Williams

Head of Development, FareShare Yorkshire

Jude Daniel Smith

Communications Specialist/Youth Social Action Campaigner, A Fleet for Change

Katy Longstaff

Technical Product Manager, Abraham moon

Kevin Allen

Head of Innovation & Partnerships, AI Tech UK

Lella Violet Halloum

Digital Changemaker, IBM

Liam Gillard

Senior programme manager, Salix Finance

Lucinda Yeadon

Social Impact Manager, CEG

Marcus Rafael

Customer Service Officer - Pharma & Nutrition, BTC Europe

Martyn Broadest

Director of Home, Connect Housing

Martyn Long

Director of City Strategies and Future Talent, Creaticity

Matt Wheeler

Co-Founder & Digital Director, madeby.studio

Michael Devlin

Deputy Chief Executive, Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust

Michaela Lindridge

Head of ESG, Severfield.

Naomi Timperley

Co Founder, Tech North Advocates

Natasha Nauth

Commissioner, YHCC

Nathan Atkinson

Co-Founder, Rethink Food

Neil Dewis

Director, WSP UK

Nicola Martin

Head of Sustainability, Transpennine Express

Nigel Banks

Technical Director - Zero Bills and Low Carbon Homes , Octopus Energy

Niki Roach

Honorary Vice President, CIWEM

Pete Tatham

Hyde Oark

Professor George Lodorfos

Dean of the Leeds Business School, Leeds Beckett University

Richard Bond

Innovation and Services Director , The Coal Authority

Richard Clarke

Managing Director, Highland Carbon Ltd

Richard Hore

Corporate Partnerships Manager , Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust

Richelle Schuster

Co-Founder, Creaticity

Rod Brown

Managing Director, Abraham Moon & Sons

Saj Greenall

Energy Strategy Manager, Northern Gas Network

Sam Perry

Green Bargaining Officer, Yorkshire and Humber TUC

Sean Coleman

Sustainability Consultant – Carbon Accounting, Beyondly and Energy Efficiency

Sharon Jandu

Director, NPH Ethnic Minority Business & Policy Forum

Stephen Crow

Clarion Solicitors

Susanna Jackson

Lead Consultant – Sustainability and ESG, Beyondly

Tony Gosling

Blast Furnace Shift Fitter and Community Union Branch Secretary, British Steel, Scunthorpe

Vickie Rogerson

Founder and MD, North PR

Vincent Walsh

Director, RegenFarmCo

Adanna Ugo Okoye

Grid Connections Engineer, Æge Energy UK LTD

Alan James

Partner, Expert Alliance

Alfie Erfan

Youth Sustainability Champion

Amy Mooney

Founder & CEO, Mutha Cuva

Amy Wanless

Corporate Partner, Square One Law LLP

Anastasiia Rudkovska

Convenor, Oxford Energy Nexus Series - ZERO Institute, University of Oxford

Andrew Ross

Director, Centre for Energy Equality

Boris Davis

Head of Business Development, Lhyfe

Dan Wales-Hart

Policy and Economy Adviser (Environment, Coast and Rural), North East Combined Authority

Dani Jackson

Tees Valley Regional Project Manager, North East and Yorkshire Net Zero Hub

Danielle Portsmouth

Future Skills Manager, Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult

Danielle Johnson

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Durham University

Debbie Trebilco

Chair Designate, North East and Yorkshire Net Zero Hub

Declan Williams

Head of Partnerships, The Sustainability Community

Ellie Grimes

Programme Manager, Net Zero North East England

Faye Tomson

Founder/Director, Tomson Consulting Ltd

George Ablett

Senior Sustainability Manager, Equans

Graham Dixon

Project Development Manager UK&I, Lhyfe

Harry Baross

Hull and East Yorkshire Project Manager, North East and Yorkshire Net Zero Hub

Hugh Goulbourne

Investment Director and General Counsel, CO2Sense CIC

Jenia Mezentseva

Lead energy analyst, Energy Exemplar

Jess Cook

Jess Cook

Jim Lee

Development Manager (Scotland), Energy4All Ltd

John Hart

Strategic Stakeholder Manager, North East and Yorkshire Net Zero Hub

Jonathan Oxley

Senior Manager / Exec Director, CBI / Humber Energy Board

Jonny Page

Clean Energy Infrastructure Lead, Green Finance Institute

Katie Privett

RESP Manager for the North East and Yorkshire, National Energy System Operator

Kevin McGee

Head of Geoenvironmental Engineering, Cundall

Kim McGuinness

North East Mayor, North East Combined Authority

Laura Marsiliani

Associate Dean Ethics, Responsibility and Sustainability, Durham University Business School

Lauren Kemp

Heat Network Zoning Lead, North East and Yorkshire Net Zero Hub

Marcus Saul

Managing Partner, Island Power

Marian Kempson

Programme Manager, NorthEast and Yorkshire Net Zero Hub

Martin Lawlor

Chief Executive, Port of Blyth

Natalia Zografou-Barredo

Research Associate in Energy Systems Company, Newcastle University

Neil Spann

CEO, PowerRoll

Paul Swinney

Chief Economist, The Data City

Phil Norval

Head of Group for Energy Efficiency, Renewables and Storage in the Built Environment, Decerna

Phil Witcherley

Director of Economic Growth and Innovation, North East Combined Authority

Philip Steele

Future Technologies Evangelist, Octopus Energy

Rhythima Shinde

Senior Sustainability Advisor, KLH Sustainability

Richard Dawson

Economic Advisor, Newcastle City Council

Rob Hamilton

Assistant Director of Innovation and Strategy, Economy Directorate, North East Combined Authority

Ross Howells

Senior Associate, Burges Salmon LLP

Sarah Jeffery

Head of Community Energy & Customer Engagement, National Grid Electricity Distribution

Sarah Knuth

Associate Professor - Department of Geography, Durham University

Sarah Tennison

Head of Clean Growth Strategy and Impact, Innovate UK

Shaun Fooy

North East Senior Manager, British Business Bank

Steve Foxley

CEO, Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult

Tamma Carel

Senior Environmental Consultant and Co-Founder, iCOR Systems Ltd

Tim Pick

Chair, Offshore Wind Growth Partnership

Tom Glyn-Jones

Senior Advisor Climate Change & Energy, Environment Agency

Tom Nightingale

Local Supply Chain Manager, Dogger Bank Wind Farm

Tony Hable

Managing Director - Head of Infrastructure and Project Finance, Lloyds Bank

Umberto Bizzaro

Market Manager - Sustainable Energy, Tensar - A Division of CMC

William Thompson

Executive Director of Governance & Sustainability, Advance Northumberland

Zenobia Sayed

Founder/ Host of At The Power Table Podcast and Strategy Consultant, Deloitte

Zoe Frogbrook

Head of Environment and Sustainability, Northumbrian Water Group

Helen Allister

Project Groundwater Northumbria Lead, Project Groundwater Northumbria

Lynn Thompson

STE(A)M and Comms Lead, Project Groundwater Northumbria

Paul Phare

Development Manager, Energy4All

Richard Bond

Innovation & Services Director, Mining Remediation Authority

Rob Moore

CBDO, Connected Energy

Colin Robinson

Business Manager UK & Ireland, Evides Industriewater

Faria Rafique

Materials Engineer Advisor, BioTwin Ltd

Peter Ramsden

Director, Burges Salmon LLP

Vicky Paley

Key Account Director, Protium Green Solutions