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Our events page covers seminars from the Energy Network and selected, energy-related events across Oxford University. Student-led energy events can be found by visiting the Oxford Energy Society page.

18 Sep

Fourth Edition – OpenAg Symposium

Dr Julius Maada

Wednesday 18 Sep 2024 | Said Business School
The fourth edition of the OpenAg Symposium will be held at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford on Wednesday 18th September 2024. From 12:00. Dr Julius Maada Bio, President of Sierra Leone will be delivering the keynote address. The theme for this year’s symposium is Power Plants: Transforming Food, Energy and Water Security through Agriculture featuring panels on Energy Security and [...]

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26 Sep

The race to accelerate renewables in the Global South

Thursday 26 Sep 2024 | Online
To achieve global net zero targets, we must act together. The Global South holds immense potential for renewable energy development, essential for a sustainable future no longer dependent on fossil fuels for economic prosperity. But how do we unlock this potential and learn from success? This webinar explores recent research from Oxford University investigating the critical challenges, insights and opportunities for [...]

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15 Oct

Energy Seminar – Week 1 MT24: Catastrophe or hope — which stories should we tell to motivate domestic energy retrofit?

Dr Yekatherina Bobrova, John Doggart

Tuesday 15 Oct 2024 | Dyson Perrins Building
THIS IS AN IN PERSON AND ONLINE EVENT Summary: Powerful narratives are increasingly seen as a key enabler to encourage societal transformation and break away from established values, norms and status quo. Which stories should we tell? The ones that emphasise the extent of the catastrophe in progress, in order to shift people’s priorities and facilitate action? Or the ones of [...]

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22 Oct

Energy Seminar – Week 2: Reconciling Land Uses on a Crowded Island to Achieve Net Zero and More

Thomas Oliver, Environmental Manager, DESNZ

Tuesday 22 Oct 2024 | Dyson Perrins Building
THIS IS AN IN PERSON AND ONLINE EVENT Summary: Pragmatic and strategic land use is crucial for addressing many of today’s pressing challenges, including achieving net zero, restoring biodiversity, and ensuring sustainable food, transportation, and housing for a growing population. Yet, current land use for energy production is somewhat ad hoc and often conflicts with these other land uses. This seminar [...]

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29 Oct

Energy Seminar – Week 3: The paradigm shift in fusion energy: How Kyoto Fusioneering is accelerating the path to commercialisation

Dr Richard Pearson, Co-founder Kyoto Fusioneering

Tuesday 29 Oct 2024 | Dyson Perrins Building
THIS IS AN IN PERSON AND ONLINE EVENT Summary: Over the past decade, the fusion energy landscape has transformed dramatically, driven by scientific breakthroughs, technological innovations, and an influx of private investment. This paradigm shift has ushered in a new epoch, marked by unprecedented public-private partnerships and a shared ambition to bring commercial fusion to reality within a decade. In this [...]

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05 Nov

Energy Seminar – Week 4: Innovation in the context of the energy transition

Dr Claudia Centazzo

Tuesday 05 Nov 2024 | Dyson Perrins Building
THIS IS AN INPERSON AND ONLINE EVENT Summary: In the future, the ESO will become NESO, the National Energy System Operator, an independent public corporation with new planning and advisory responsibilities across the whole energy system. The drive toward decarbonisation and net zero has never felt more acute, a responsibility ESO take seriously. The energy sector continues to evolve at pace, developing [...]

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19 Nov

Energy Seminar – Week 6: The cleantech revolution. How the energy system will be disrupted this decade

Kingsmill Bond

Tuesday 19 Nov 2024 | Dyson Perrins Building
THIS IS AN IN PERSON AND ONLINE EVENT Summary: Clean energy technologies have been enjoying exponential growth for decades, and are now causing disruption of the fossil fuel system.  Whilst the barriers are many, the drivers of change are more powerful and include falling costs, energy security, Chinese leadership, and the race to the top.  So we should expect exponential cleantech [...]

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03 Dec

Energy Seminar – Week 8: Gas in decline – what to do with the gas grid when we no longer need it?

Dr Jan Rosenow

Tuesday 03 Dec 2024 | Dyson Perrins Building
THIS IS AN IN PERSON AND ONLINE EVENT Summary: The use of gas will decline dramatically as part of the transition to net zero. Modelling at European level shows that by 2050 about 70% less gaseous fuels will be used. Significant regulatory reform is needed to deal with the impacts of this decline on the gas grid. Fossil gas today serves [...]

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