Mansion House, LONDON EC4N 8BH
The fourth edition of The Duke of Edinburgh Future Energy Conference will be held on Tuesday 2nd December 2025 in the historic heart of The City, at Mansion House- the official residence of The Lord Mayor of The City of London.
Tickets are now available and may be purchased by clicking here
ABOUT THE CONFERENCE
HRH Duke of Edinburgh is the Patron of this biennial Conference- an initiative started by him, in his year as the Royal Master of the Fuellers.
The conference, curated as a combination of a number of key note speeches and high-level panel discussions and chaired by the Master Fueller addresses the most relevant forward-looking issues of the energy industry and is held under The Chatham House Rule. It attracts senior energy-finance and technology executives across the UK and internationally, members of other City Livery Companies and the members of the Fuellers. It is open to anyone who has an interest in Energy.
Speakers include senior professionals in industry and academia from across the disciplines of science, engineering, finance, and government policy involved in the transition to a sustainable global energy future. By bringing together diverse knowledge, interests and experience we will explore these key challenges in an open and frank manner.
We aim to stimulate debate: sharing differences and building new relationships. We hope to inspire the next generation of energy professionals. Experienced practitioners can network, while people new to energy can build new relationships.
For members of the Fuellers and other livery companies Early Bird and Concessionary tickets are available by clicking here
CONFERENCE AGENDA
The Duke of Edinburgh Future Energy Conference, 2nd December 2025
Venue: Mansion House
09:30 – Master Fueller, Introduction.
09:40 – Keynote Speaker 1 – Energy Outlook – A UK Perspective – Rt Hon Charles Hendry, Former Energy Minister and Immediate Past President BIEE
10:05 - Keynote Speaker 2 – Energy Outlook – A Perspective from the United States - Lucian Pugliaresi, Energy Policy Research Foundation, Washington DC, USA.
10:30 - Panel 1 The Challenges & Context Chair: Jon Clark**. Panel Discussion: The latest science on climate change – what new developments are we seeing? Political pressures (local and international - especially from the US), Economic Issues especially impact on the competitiveness of the general UK economy and the City specifically
- Rt Hon Chris Skidmore*, Author of the Independent Review of Net Zero -The Skidmore Report
- Mallika Ishwaren [Chair of BIEE, Shell Economist]
- Dr Carole Nakhle, Chief, Crystol Energy .
11:30 – Coffee & Networking
11:50 – Panel 2 Mitigation Technologies to assist the transition to Net Zero.
Chair – Martin Freer, CEO of the Faraday Institute [Battery Developments]
- Sam French, Head of Technology for MorGen [Hydrogen]
- Tim Lines, [Geothermal]
- Dr Mike Bluck, Imperial College, London [SMR]
13:00 – Networking Lunch
14:00 – Keynote 3 – Adaptation & Enablement Basil Scarsella, CEO, UK Power Networks “Incentivising investment”
14:25 – Panel 3 - Adaptation & Enablement
Chair – Basil Scarsella, CEO, UK Power Networks
Technologies and policies that addresses changes to how we need to live covering the range of measures needed to reduce our vulnerability to climate change impacts.. This would include dynamic demand, grid balancing management and infrastructure, finance and policy responses. [Some may also be suitable for Panel 4]
- Ben Wilson, National Grid, President of Ventures
- Jon Butterworth – National Gas, Gas Networks
- Richard Nicholls, Brook Green Supply
15:35 – Coffee and networking
15:55 – Keynote 4 – Opportunities - What the changing energy world means for The City? Dame Sue Langley (Lady Mayor 2025-26, subject to Election) *
16:30 – Panel session 4: Panel Discussion. Opportunities - What are the opportunities thrown up by the above for the UK and specifically the City and the Livery? Issues such as new markets in carbon, need for finance and insurance as energy systems change, need for new policies and processes, etc.).
Chair- David Whitehouse, CEO OEUK
- Adrian Topham, The Crown Estate
- Jonathan Thurlwell*, Head of AI at OFGEM.
- Parminder Kohli, Shell UK Country Chair,
16:50 – Keynote 5 – The Big Picture – Christof H. Rühl, Centre on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University
17:15 – Closing thoughts and call to action- Duke of Edinburgh or Master Fueller
17:30 - Drinks reception
18:05 Master Fueller short speech
19:30 – Close
| Early Bird | After September 20th 2025 | |
| Fuellers | £240 | £300 |
| Other Livery Companies | £300 | £360 |
| All Other Delegates | £390 | £450 |
*All Prices inclusive of VAT