Westminster Energy, Environment & Transport Forum

Next steps for developing EV rollout and charging infrastructure in the UK

Morning, Monday, 11^th December 2023
Online

Keynote Speakers: Karl Anders, Managing Director, Mer; Dr Bob Moran, Deputy Director, Decarbonisation Strategy, Department for Transport; Lorna McAtear, Fleet Manager, National Grid and Ian Plummer, Commercial Director, Auto Trader

Priorities for maximising offshore wind potential in the UK

Morning, Tuesday, 12^th December 2023
Online

Keynote Speakers: James Brabben, Senior Regulatory Affairs Manager, RWE; Helena Charlton, Deputy Director for Renewable Electricity Delivery, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero; Rebecca Sedler, Managing Director, Interconnectors, National Grid and Richard Crossick, Head of Public Affairs UK, Ørsted

Lilli Matson

Next steps for transport decarbonisation in London

Morning, Friday, 12^th January 2024
Online

Keynote Speaker: Lilli Matson, Chief Safety, Health and Environment Officer, Transport for London

Next steps for mitigating flooding and coastal erosion risk in England and Wales

Morning, Tuesday, 30^th January 2024

Keynote Speakers: Louise Webb, Principal Adviser, Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management, Natural England; Keith Davis, Director, DEFRA VFM, National Audit Office; Steven Tupper, Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Manager, Environment Agency and Professor Jim Hall, Commissioner, National Infrastructure Commission; and Professor of Climate and Environmental Risks, University of Oxford

Priorities for UK climate policy following COP28

Morning, Wednesday, 31^st January 2024
Online

Keynote Speakers: Kerry McCarthy MP, Shadow Minister for Climate Change and Chris Stark, Chief Executive Officer, Climate Change Committee

Natalie Prosser

The future for environmental standards, policy and regulation in the UK

Morning, Tuesday, 27^th February 2024
Online

Keynote Speaker: Natalie Prosser, Chief Executive Officer, Office for Environmental Protection

Next steps for the hydrogen industry in the UK

Morning, Thursday, 29^th February 2024
Online

Keynote Speakers: Clare Jackson, Chief Executive, Hydrogen UK and Katie Ostheimer, Deputy Director, Hydrogen Economy, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Core Sponsors

The core sponsor of the Westminster Energy, Environment & Transport Forum is Burges Salmon.

In Production

The Westminster Energy, Environment & Transport Forum is planning a very full programme for the next 12 months.

Please give us a ring on 01344 864796 or email email info@forumsupport.co.uk to discuss future conferences.

We'd be happy to share ideas on areas to focus on, speaker suggestions, and other ways of getting involved.

Parliamentary Patrons of the Forum

The parliamentary patrons of the Westminster Energy, Environment & Transport Forum are:

Peter Aldous MP

Baroness Blake of Leeds

Baroness Boycott

Jack Brereton MP

Lord Berkeley

Lord Bradshaw

Lord Brennan

Alan Brown MP

Dawn Butler MP

Ruth Cadbury MP

Rt Hon Alun Cairns MP

Sir Christopher Chope MP

Ronnie Cowan MP

Rt Hon Stephen Crabb MP

Lord Curry of Kirkharle

Geraint Davies MP

Lord Dubs

Clive Efford MP

Baroness Foster of Oxton DBE

Barry Gardiner MP

Andrew Gwynne MP

Stephen Hammond MP

Viscount Hanworth

Drew Hendry MP

Wera Hobhouse MP

Rt Hon the Lord Howell of Guildford

Lord Kirkhope of Harrogate

Rt Hon the Baroness Kramer

Rt Hon Dame Eleanor Laing MP

Ian Liddell-Grainger MP

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

John McNally MP

Rt Hon the Lord McNally

Rt Hon Caroline Nokes MP

Lord Oates

Mark Pawsey MP

Lord Ravensdale

Lord Redesdale

Baroness Scott of Needham Market

Baroness Sheehan

Alex Sobel MP

Alexander Stafford MP

Rt Hon the Lord Taylor of Holbeach

Lord Teverson

Derek Thomas MP

Lord Truscott

Baroness Verma

Claudia Webbe MP

Dr Alan Whitehead MP

Rt Hon the Lord Whitty

Note: parliamentary patrons take no financial interest in the Forum.