The Net Zero series - Sustainable Industry

UK Research and Innovation

The net zero series sheds light on the work already undertaken by UKRI’s flagship programme -the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund.

We live in a time of unprecedented change. The way we live our lives and do business is impacting the planet and driving environmental change on a scale unique in the Earth’s history. We are consuming our natural resources at unprecedented levels whilst polluting our environment, affecting our air, soils, water and biodiversity. This is increasing the challenges linked to extreme weather and a changing climate which can have devastating impacts on the environment and human life and hinder economic growth. To meet these challenges, and recognising our leadership potential, in 2019 the UK became the first major economy to commit to reducing greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050. The net zero series sheds light on the work already undertaken by UKRI’s flagship programme -the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund to address the key challenges that will help the UK build back greener. It will bring together world-renowned researchers and innovators across the breadth of our funding disciplines to discuss the need for innovative solutions to heat our homes, travel to work, develop and transform our industries, cater to our diet, enjoy our leisure time, and prosper from a cleaner, healthier environment in parallel with growing our economy.We will run a monthly webinar from April to November featuring ISCF challenges, UKRI councils and project leads, as well as renowned external experts from academia, industry and technology fields. This month we will be discussing Sustainable IndustryIndustry accounts for around one sixth of the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions. More efficient manufacturing practices, higher recycling rates, electrification, hydrogen, renewable power and carbon capture can together help cut industrial emissions by two thirds by 2035, and by over 90% by 2050. How do you decarbonise the energy and carbon-intensive industries that provide many of the building blocks for the modern world? What low-carbon technologies can increase the competitiveness of industry and contribute to the UK’s drive for clean growth? How can we decarbonise the industries in their journeys to net-zero? What role the industrial clusters can play in paving the path to zero carbon?

All topic and dates: <ul><ul><li>20 July - Sustainable Industry</li><li>21 September - <a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/147602740771" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Sustainable Supply Chains</a></li><li>19 October - <a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/147605061713" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Sustainable Materials</a></li><li>16 November - <a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/147605904233" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Sustainable Energy</a></li></ul></ul>

View recordings of previous topics on YouTube: <ul><li><a href="https://youtu.be/H6JZ9AaKC7o" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Sustainable Food </a></li><li><a href="https://youtu.be/aw1OxIQU-cM" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Sustainable Transport</a></li><li><a href="https://youtu.be/vTq1WB_lo6c" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Sustainable Buildings</a></li></ul>

<h3>Chair: </h3><ul><li>Dr Bryony Livesey, Challenge Director of the Industrial Decarbonisation Challenge, UKRI</li></ul><h3>Speakers: </h3><ul><li>Ben Tze Kek, BP, Deputy Project Director responsible for technical integration on the Net Zero Teesside (NZT) and Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP) project</li><li>Debbie Baker, Public Affairs Director, CF Fertilisers</li><li>Dr David Reiner, Senior Lecturer in Technology Policy, Cambridge Judge Business School</li><li>Katie Hedges, Director of Low Carbon Strategy, CATCH</li><li>Prof Niall MacDowell, Professor in Energy Systems Engineering, Imperial College London.</li></ul>

Dr Bryony Livesey is the Director of the Industrial Decarbonisation Challenge, which forms part of the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF) at UK Research and Innovation. IDC is a £210m programme with £261m match funding from industry, designed to deploy low carbon technologies and enabling infrastructure in heavily industrialised regions of the UK.

Ben Tze Kek, BP, is Deputy Project Director responsible for technical integration on the Net Zero Teesside (NZT) and Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP) project (<a href="https://www.netzeroteesside.co.uk" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">www.netzeroteesside.co.uk</a>). Net Zero Teesside will enable Teesside’s ambition to be the first net zero industrial cluster in the UK through CCUS, anchored by a dispatchable gas with carbon capture power station to complement renewables in further decarbonizing the electricity grid. Northern Endurance Partnership will aim to develop the UK’s largest scale offshore CO2 transportation and storage system serving both Teesside and Humber clusters, enabling industrial decarbonisation of the largest emitters in the UK via CCUS. Ben has been a core member in the conception of this project since early 2019, and is a Chartered Engineer (CEng IET) and a Project Management Professional (PMP). Ben is passionate about the role that the NZT/NEP project will play in the UK and BP’s net zero ambitions by 2050, as part of the global energy transition.

Debbie Baker, is Public Affairs Director at CF Fertilisers. She sits on the Council of the Chemical Industries Association and the Business Growth Committee at the Cheshire and Warrington Local Enterprise Partnership. Debbie is a Director of Net Zero North West and serves as a Non-Executive Director at Scott Bader Inc.

Dr David Reiner is Senior Lecturer in Technology Policy at Cambridge Judge Business School. David advises government, industry and non-governmental organisations on energy and environmental policy, with a particular emphasis on the politics of climate change and the social acceptability of low-carbon or net-negative mitigation options for achieving net zero targets including carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS), hydrogen, and other energy and carbon dioxide removal (CDR) options. David is Assistant Director of the Energy Policy Research Group, and a Research Associate of the Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research and the Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, both at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). David also serves on the UK CCUS Council chaired by the UK energy minister.

Katie Hedges is Director of Low Carbon Strategy at CATCH, an industry led partnership supporting the process, energy, engineering and renewable industries in the Humber region. She plays a significant role in the development of the Humberside Cluster Plan, funded by the Industrial Decarbonisation Challenge.

Prof Niall MacDowell is Professor in Energy Systems Engineering at Imperial College London. He is a Chartered Engineer, and a Fellow of both the IChemE and the Royal Society of Chemistry. His research is focused on understanding the transition to a low carbon economy. Niall has over a decade’s experience as a consultant to the public and private sectors. He has provided evidence to members of the Select Committee on Energy.

Our {communityGuidelinesLink} describe the sort of content we prohibit on Eventbrite. If you suspect an event may be in violation, you can report it to us so we can investigate.

To report other categories of prohibited or illegal content, submit {link}

The Net Zero series - Sustainable Industry

More events from UK Research and Innovation

Discover more events from UK Research and Innovation, from Science & Tech to other experiences you might love.

Still looking for the right event?

Explore all online events to browse and filter by date, category, and more.

The Net Zero series - Sustainable Industry

More events from UK Research and Innovation

Discover more events from UK Research and Innovation, from Science & Tech to other experiences you might love.

You might also like...

Browse more events with different dates, prices, and formats to find your next great experience.

Still looking for the right event?

Explore all online events to browse and filter by date, category, and more.