ExeterEnergy: showcase event for practitioners and policy makers

Date: Monday 19 November 2018

Time: 16.00 - 19.00

Venue: Reed Hall, Streatham Drive, University of Exeter

Event information

ExeterEnergy is a new initiative that brings together over 130 experts engaged in energy research at the University of Exeter. We are holding an event on Monday 19 November in Exeter aimed at practitioners and policy makers from across Devon and the South West.

Come and find out about ExeterEnergy at this event:

• Learn more about the breadth of expertise available in ExeterEnergy;
• Develop better collaborative partnerships between your organisation and ExeterEnergy;
• Discuss specific opportunities for collaboration, including those linked to the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund and the Strength in Places Fund;
• Network with energy stakeholders from across the South West
• Participate in discussions about how to achieve a transformation in energy systems that is both feasible and fair.

About ExeterEnergy

Faced with the challenge of climate change, energy systems are changing rapidly in terms of technologies and their economics, behaviours and governance. The change in research and policy focus around renewable energy sources, from deployment to integration, is a key phase in this transition, requiring energy systems to be smart, flexible and increasingly decentralised, as well as low-carbon.

These challenges transcend disciplinary boundaries and conventional areas of expertise. They require step-changes in coordination of approaches and collaboration across the University and beyond in order to provide the whole-systems approach that is required to promote multiple technological and social innovations.

ExeterEnergy is an initiative that addresses this challenge. It brings together over 130 experts engaged in energy research at the University of Exeter to collectively make sense of and facilitate transformation and resilience in energy systems. Our expertise involves multiple disciplines, colleges and campuses, encompassing work across nine research themes and focused on a range of pertinent technological and social challenges. Together, and in partnership with industry, government and civil society, our aim is to better understand and address the challenges associated with changing energy systems.

ExeterEnergy was formally launched on the Penryn campus on 10 September 2018.

Programme

16.00 - Welcome and opening remarks from Iain Soutar and Professor Dan Charman

16.15 - Short presentations by researchers, practitioners and policy makers on 'The South West as a leading exemplar of sustainable transformation in energy systems'.

Chaired by Professor Patrick Devine-Wright, Professor in Human Geography, University of Exeter

Confirmed presentations:

• Dr Iain Soutar, University of Exeter - social sciences perspectives
• Tony Norton and Gavin Tabor, University of Exeter - engineering perspectives
• Mike Yearworth, University of Exeter - Business School perspectives
• Jon Rattenbury, SW Energy Hub (BEIS funded)
• Sonya Bedford, Stephens Scown Solicitors
• Johnny Gowdy, Regen

17.00 - Opportunities for collaboration and impact, led by Mark Briers, Innovation, Impact and Business, University of Exeter

17.15 - Round table discussion / Q&A session. Chaired by Professor Patrick Devine-Wright

18.15 - Closing remarks from Professor Patrick Devine-Wright followed by reception and networking

19.00 - End of event

Registration

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