Showcasing our students

16th - 17th September 2021

Imperial College London’s MSc in Sustainable Energy Futures is an internationally unique course from Energy Futures Lab which aims to develop the next generation of leaders in the energy sector. The course offers a multidisciplinary teaching programme, providing a grounding in the major features of global energy issues, sustainable energy technologies, and their interactions with economics, policy and the environment. Each year, the students undertake research projects on important energy issues. The Sustainable Energy Futures Annual Conference is a showcase of this research.

Agenda

September 16th 2021

All times are BST

12:00 Welcome

Session 1 | Low Carbon Living and Transportation: Lowering the carbon footprint of the domestic sector

12:05 Presentations

12:35 Panel Discussion, Chair: Dr Audrey de Nazelle, Co-Deputy Director of the Centre of Environmental Policy

Session 2 | Low Carbon Technological Development: Creating the next generation of energy technologies

13:05 Presentations

13:40 Panel Discussion, Chair: Ruslan Galimov, Global pricing leader, offshore wind, GE Renewable Energy

Session 3 | Policy, Markets and Governance: The sustainable evolution of future energy systems

14:10 Presentations

15:00 Panel Discussion, Chair: Mervin Azeta, Product & Service Delivery Manager, Schlumberger

15:30 Keynote Speech: Damilola Ogunbiyi,
CEO and Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All and Co-Chair of UN-Energy

15:50 Closing Remarks - Dr Fei Teng, Director of Education, Energy Futures Lab

16:00 End

September 17th 2021

All times are BST

12:00 Welcome

12:05 Keynote Speech: Stephen Lorimer, Partnerships and Community at Centre for Net Zero

Session 1 | Energy Systems Transition for Industry: How can legacy industries fit into the energy transition?

12:25 Presentations

13:10 Panel Discussion, Chair: Piotr Konopka, Senior Manager for Energy & Decarbonisation Programmes, DP World

Session 2 | Supporting the Grid: Smart and flexible energy networks

13:40 Presentations

14:10 Panel Discussion, Chair: Ajai Ahluwalia, Principal Strategy and Business Developer, Equinor

Session 3 | Energy for Development - "Meeting the sustainable development goals"

14:40 Presentations

15:20 Panel Discussion, Chair: Marine Lanet, Senior consultant in sustainable development, Nomadeis

15:50 Closing Remarks - Dr Fei Teng, Director of Education, Energy Futures Lab

16:00 End