Speaker Programme | EIC Connect UK & Ireland

Agenda

We are delighted to share  our Connect UK & Ireland 2025, please continue to revert back for regular updates to the programme as we seek to provide you with a wide range of topics relating to the event.

EIC Connect UK & Ireland

8:30 – 9:30

Registration and Networking Coffee Break

9:30 – 9:40

Welcome Remarks

9:40 – 10:20

UK & I road to NetZero - Where are we now?

10:20 – 10:40

Networking Break

10:40 – 11:20

Contractor Briefing: Unlocking Opportunities Across the UK & Ireland Energy Sector

This contractor-focused briefing at EIC UK&I Connect provides a strategic overview of upcoming project opportunities, supply chain needs, and collaboration pathways across the UK and Ireland's evolving energy landscape. Attendees will hear directly from key operators and developers about major capital projects, timelines, procurement strategies, and critical capability gaps. The session will also explore market trends in oil & gas, renewables, hydrogen, CCUS, and energy system integration.

Speakers:

Richard Chacksfield
Energy Transition Director – Capital Projects, Bilfinger
Majd Barbari
Business Development Manager, Petrofac
11:20 – 11:40

Networking Break

11:40 – 12:50

Speaker:

Craig Melville
Business Development Director, Wood
Roy Tonge
UK Head of Projects for Grid and Power, Siemens Energy
Kim Stephen
Regional Director, EIC
12:50 – 13:50

Networking Lunch

13:50- 15:10

Speakers:

Matthew Allan Project Manager, Technip Energies
Hugh Ferguson, Delivery Director, Balfour Beatty & Rachel Kaye, Head of Procurement, Balfour Beatty
James Collins
Head of Business Development, ITM Power
James Blanchard
Strategy & Business Development Director, United Living Group
Speaker TBC
15:10 - 15:30

Networking Break

15:30 - 16:35

Audience with Energy Operators & Developers: Exploring Opportunity Across the UK & Ireland

Speakers: TBC

16:35 - 18:00

One to one session