We are delighted to announce that the 10th BIEE Future of Energy lecture will be given by Lord Adair Turner
Achieving a net zero economy: technological possibilities and economic challenges
About the speaker
Adair Turner
Lord Turner chairs the Energy Transitions Commission, a global coalition of major power and industrial companies, investors, environmental NGOs and experts working out achievable pathways to limit global warming to below 2˚C by 2040 while stimulating economic development and social progress.
Amongst other roles, he chairs Chubb Europe; is an Advisor to the Board of Shanhai energy group Envision Ltd., and a board member of battery production company AESC Japan. In 2023, he became Advisor to the boards of Watershed Technologies Inc. and ReNew Power India, as well as Chairman of Oaknorth Bank (a UK start-up lending money to small and medium companies)
Lord Turner chaired the UK's Financial Services Authority from 2008 to 2013, overseeing the UK's policy and regulatory response to the Global Financial Crisis and playing a lead role in the post crisis redesign of global banking and shadow banking regulation.
During his public policy career, he was Director General of the Confederation of British Industry (1995-2000); chaired the UK Low Pay Commission (2002-2006); the Pensions Commision (2003-2006); and the UK Climate Change Committee (2008-2012) an independent body to advise the UK Government on tackling climate change. The recommendations set out in their first report "Building a low-carbon economy” were adopted in 2009. He became a cross bench member of the House of Lords in 2006.
Amongst his business roles, Lord Turner was at McKinsey&Co (1982-1995) and has served in several Non-Executive Directorships across a wide range of financial, business and not-for-profit boards, such as Merrill Lynch Europe (2000-2006), Standard Chartered plc (2006-2008), Prudential (2015-2019), Overseas Development Institute (2007-20200, Save the Children (2006-2008).
Lord Turner is the author of “Between Debt and the Devil” (Princeton 2015), and Economics after the Crisis (MIT 2012). He makes regular contributions in the printed press, in the UK and abroad.
He is a Trustee Emeritus of the British Museum, honorary fellow of The Royal Society, and received an Honorary Degree from Cambridge University in 2017.
Registration
BIEE member registration is free and BIEE members may bring a guest (subject to availability) providing they have registered their guest through Eventbrite.
The fee for non members is £20.00. If you have booked a place, but are unable to attend, substitutions can be made up to 24 hours before the event.
Past Speakers
2023 - Juliet Davenport OBE, Founder and Former CEO, Good Energy
2021/22 - Greg Jackson, Founder and CEO, Octopus Energy
2019 - Sinead Lynch, UK Country Chair at Shell
2018 - Steve Holliday, Former CEO, National Grid
2017 - The Rt Hon Greg Clark MP, Secretary of State for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy
2016 - Iain Conn, CEO, Centrica
2015 - Prof Dieter Helm, University of Oxford
2014 - Ian Marchant, Former CEO, SSE
Venue
The meeting will be held in the Dining Room on the lower ground floor at the Royal Society. Registration will start outside the meeting room at 17:00 and tea will be available on arrival. The lecture including Q&A will run for an hour and will be followed by a drinks reception at 18:30.
For directions to the Royal Society please click here
