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Smart Metering Forum
4th Conference: Towards smarter customers and a smarter grid: a leading strategic event for the UK energy industry
2nd & 3rd December 2009, Radisson Blu Portman Hotel, London
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Speakers include:
Chris Harris
Head of Retail Regulation, RWE npower
Petter Allison
Director of Smart Metering, British Gas
Petter Allison
Director of Smart Metering, British Gas
Biography
Petter Allison is Director Smart Metering, leading the transformation programme to deliver smart metering across British Gas’ 16m energy customer accounts. This includes business design, technology and systems, process change, customer operations, and economics. Petter has held a range of roles in Centrica, including heading Metering & Payments, Head of Commercial in both Residential Energy and Home Services, Corporate Strategy & Development, M&A, telecoms and broadband development, and Commercial Director for BG Deutschland. Petter started his career as a project economist working in Africa and Asia for multilateral finance institutions.
Charles Hendry MP
Shadow Minister for Energy, Conservative Party
Charles Hendry MP
Shadow Minister for Energy, Conservative Party
Biography
Charles Hendry has been Member of Parliament for Wealden since 2001. He is currently Shadow Minister for Energy. Before this, Charles was Shadow Minister for Energy, Industry and Postal Affairs in the Business and Enterprise team and Energy Science and Technology in the former DTI team. Charles was the Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party (2003-05) and Shadow Minister for Young People (2002-05) and Shadow Minister for Industry and Enterprise (May – December 2005).
From 1992-97, Charles was Member of Parliament for High Peak, Vice-Chairman of the Conservative Party (1995-1997) and Chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Homelessness (1992-1996). Following the 1997 General Election, Charles was appointed Chief of Staff to the Rt Hon William Hague during his leadership of the Conservative Party, before establishing and leading the Business Liaison Unit at Conservative Party headquarters.
Charles’ business career has mostly been spent in Public Relations, working with the international communications groups Ogilvy & Mather PR and Burson-Marsteller. He was Special Adviser to the Rt Hon John Moore MP as Secretary of State for Social Services (1988) and to the Rt Hon Tony Newton MP as Minister of State for Trade & Industry and then Secretary of State for Social Security (1988-90). He was Founder/Chairman/Chief Executive of The Agenda Group (1999-2005), a specialist consultancy helping company Chairmen and Chief Executives with their corporate networking.
Derek Lickorish
Chairman, Fuel Poverty Advisory Group
Alistair Phillips Davies
Director of Energy Supply, Scottish and Southern Energy
Sarah Harrison
Senior Partner, Sustainable Development, Ofgem
Conference overview:
Not since privatisation or the switch to natural gas has there been a more transformational issue facing the UK energy industry, than smart metering. It has the potential to revolutionise the relationship between customer and energy supplier and deliver unprecedented progress in demand management, energy services, tariff innovation, smart grids, billing, customer services, micro-generation and electric vehicles.
With a predicted cost of £7-10 billion the scope and scale of investment over the next 10 years is vast. Guaranteeing a return and maximising potential of smart metering are of paramount importance and will be dependant on strong leadership and co-operation from industry, Government, regulator and of course energy consumers.
With a long and established legacy of energy conferences of the highest calibre, The Adam Smith Institute and Marketforce's Smart Metering Forum will unite the most senior thought leaders and decision makers from across the energy industry to discuss the impact smart metering will have on their business and debate the key challenges and opportunities going forward.
