Jens Zerbst, chief information officer at Vattenfall, has been announced as the opening speaker at this year’s Future of Utilities: Smart Energy, an energy digitalisation event.
The conference is set to take place on 1 and 2 December at Convene 133 Houndsditch in London. According to a statement, it is expected to bring together 900 industry leaders key topics in energy digitalisation, from the data and AI landscape, to flexibility, to grid modernisation.
Other speakers confirmed to join the lineup include: Matt Webb, chief information officer at UK Power Networks, Kine Årdall, chief information and digital officer at Scatec, James McLean, chief information officer at SSEN Transmission, Tone Thingbø, vice president cybersecurity at Statkraft, Philip Steele, future technologies evangelist at Octopus Energy, George Walters, chief home services officer at Utilita, Simon Evans, programme director – virtual energy systems at NESO, Katie Russell, data director at OVO Energy, Peter Stanley, chief executive officer at Elexon, and Christian Barba, director of energy storage for Europe and LatAm at EDP Renewables.
Rose Shohet, content lead at future of Utilities, said: “The reception to this year’s Smart Energy has been staggering. This is our most impressive speaker lineup to date. There is a clear appetite to learn from the energy companies that are leading in digital transformation. The ones that fail to adapt risk being left behind”.
Tickets can be purchased from the Future of Utilities: Smart Energy website.