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Smart Grids Chairman's Biography - Gavin Jones
Gavin Jones is Business Development Director for ElectraLink and is responsible for growing their commercial business in support of the UK Energy industry.
Gavin is involved in the UK Smart Energy arena at both customer and policy level, speaking, writing papers and meeting with policy makers across Europe. In the UK he is a member of the DECC and Ofgem’s Smart Grid Forum which is shaping the future UK policy in this area. He has been influential in setting up Smart Grid Great Britain and was its first chair. Gavin also chairs Intellect’s (the UK technology industry association) Utilities and Smart Metering and Smart Grids Working Groups.
Prior to moving to ElectraLink, Gavin was IBM’s Future Energy Leader for UK, Ireland and Nordics and had specific responsibility for leading the team selling Smart Grid solutions in the geography.
Cleanpower Chairman's Biography
Alan South is Commercial Director of Solarcentury, a leading UK solar supplier and supply chain developer.
Alan South is responsible for driving growth at Solarcentury through proprietary products and services. His role is to lead the team, to manage innovation as a portfolio, and to maintain a five-year vision and strategic roadmap. He joined the firm in the relatively early days of solar and has witnessed its growth into a mainstream asset. In 2011 Solarcentury won the Queen’s Award for Innovation.
Alan has over 25 years technical and leadership experience in innovation. Prior to Solarcentury Alan was European head of IDEO, a company that features regularly in top ten lists of innovative companies. He is respected thinker and spokesperson, and has delivered executive learning programmes on behalf of Harvard and Said.
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Conference Info & Speakers
Register here for excellent talks, networking and learning throughout the day at top value
This is one of the finest conferences on power and grids in the country. It has a joint exhibition for the two conference streams. Much is changing in these sectors as new technology and innovation, service design, pricing forces, and economic sluggishness cause major and smaller players to rethink their strategies.
Don't miss this extremely good value opportunity for an update and great networking.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
5th Smart Grids & Cleanpower Conference 2013 - 5 June
Cambridge University, Murray Edwards College
Conference info at http://www.cir-strategy.com/events/cleanpower
Buy tickets at http://www.cir-strategy.com/events/register
Days: 1, in two full-day parallel streams: grids & power
Room capacities: 140/70 Total talks=25; Panels = 30 mins * 7; Total Networking = 5hrs
Expo? Yes, up to 12 3m stands
Who? C-level, Heads of x, TD, marketing directors, SMEs/MNCs
Why? Business development, marketing, briefing and strategic capital.
Type: industrial, commercial, business, briefing, networking conference
Prices
£100 (full-time sme tech entrepreneurs, call 01223 303500)
£195 (investors, government)
£325 (executives)
£520 / £325 Year Passport including HVM & iWATER on 5 November.
Draft Speaker List
Philip Sellwood, CEO, Energy Saving Trust
Ian Ellerington, Head of Innovation, DECC
Fiona Harvey, Environmental Correspondent, The Guardian Newspaper
Adriana Laguna, Low Carbon Programme Manager, UK Power Networks
Dominic Emergy, Chief Development Officer, BP
Keith Clarke, Embedded Marketing at ARM
Richard Smith, Head of Energy Strategy, National Grid
Dora Guzeleva, Head of Network Policy, Ofgem
Steve Kaye, Head of Innovation, Anglian Water
Sam Bose, CEO, Intellisense
S&C Electric tbc
Sean Cochrane VP, Cyan Technology
Gavin Jones, ex-IBM & SmartGridsGB, now Electralink
Martin Ansell, CEO, FCL Ltd formerly VP GE Smallworld
Professor Kevin Hesketh, National Nuclear Labs
Douglas Cheung, Smart Grids & Future Cities, Hitachi Europe
Adam Cooper, Head of Regulatory Economics, Ofgem
Philip Osborn, Head of Energy, Sainsbury’s plc
Niall Mackenzie, Head of Industrial Energy Efficiency, DECC
Phil Proctor, Programme Manager, Energy Technologies Institute
Pilgrim Beart, Founder Director, AlertMe
Alasdair Young, VP, Buro Happold
Alan South, Commercial Director, Solar Century plc
Dr Phillip Grunewald, PostDoc, Oxford University CE
Martin Bloom, Chairman, Renesola & Emblem Ventures
Dr Aidan Rhodes, Assistant Director, UKERC
Professor Derek Pedley Oxford University & ESKTN
Chris Wright, Moixa Energy
Richard Parker, Principal, Adapt Commercial
Ali Lloyd, Principal Consultant, Pöyry
Graham Ford, Mansion Partners
Michael McCreary Senior HVM Consultant, CIR Strategy
Mike Halley, VP EMEA, Trilliant Inc
Dr Justin Hayward, Strategy Consultant, CIR Strategy
Sean Cochrane, Head Smart Metering, Cyan Technology
Russell Haggar tbc, Director, Xsilon
Ian Rose, tbc Director, PassivSystems
What about?
Year 2013: Coherent set of cleantech & HVM conferences covering key areas of the sector.
Conference Theme: Connected Intelligence & Energy Efficiency
Theme Smart Grids: Grids of Things - Embedded Connected Intelligence Everywhere
Smart meters / appliances; Automation via devices;Keeping it simple for Consumers; Responsive Regulation; Reducing need for capital expenditure; Reduction of net operating costs;Load management; Smart Demand & DSM; Water & gas.
Theme Cleanpower: Scenarios Debate & Transition Technologies
Realistic transition technology scenarios
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