13th Oxford Energy Day – Energy & Data: Opportunities and Challenges for the Energy Transition

Event was on Wednesday 24 Sep 2025

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Programme details

September 24, 2025Morning session

08.00 – 09.00

The British Institute of Energy Economics (BIEE) will be hosting their two-day Research Conference at Worcester College 23 to 24 September. As part of the day two programme, POWERful Women will host an interactive EDI breakfast session on 24 September. Delegates attending the Oxford Energy Day 2025 are welcome to join this breakfast session at Worcester College to engage in the session and network with BIEE delegates. If you’d like to join this breakfast session, please register now.

9.30 – 10.30: Registration, refreshments, networking

10.30 – 10.45: Introduction to the day

Professor Jim Naismith,  Professor Paul Shearing and Dr Tina Fawcett –  University of Oxford.

10:45-12:45:  Plenary speakers

  • Professor Jan Rosenow, University of Oxford: Data: A turbocharger for the energy transition
  • Dr David Joffe, DESNZ: The crucial roles for data in achieving Clean Power 2030
  • Dr Jack Kelly, Open Fix Climate: Accelerating progress in applying AI to the energy transition
  • Juliette Sanders, Energy UK: From data to decarbonisation: AI’s role in the future of energy

 

Poster session and lunch

12.45 – 14.00 Lunch, poster session, networking

Parallel Session 1 - Science and Engineering - Chair Dr Ludmilla Steier

14.00 – 15.40

  • Dr Thomas Neuenhahn, Siemens Energy: Integrating data and despatchability: Siemens Energy’s roadmap to net zero power
  • Dr Enzo Liotti, Department of Materials, University of Oxford: Artificial Intelligence X-ray imaging for sustainable materials
  • Dr Sarah Sparrow, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford: NetDRIVE: A community approach for sustainable digital research infrastructure
  • Professor David Wallom, Oxford e-Research Centre, University of Oxford: Resilience, reliability & security in a distributed energy system
  • Rebecca Neill, Hygen: Low-carbon hydrogen

Parallel Session 2 - Social Science and Multidisciplinary - Chair Dr Marina Topouzi

14.00 – 15.40

  • Councillor Anna Railton, Oxford City Council: Energy, data and local government
  • Felippa Amanta, Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford: Beyond data centres: Rethinking energy impacts of AI
  • Professor Rajat Gupta, Oxford Brookes University: National research hub on net zero, health and extreme heat
  • Professor Gavin Killip, Nottingham Trent University: Developing a sector skills plan for housing decarbonisation
  • Robin Morris, Department of Materials, University of Oxford: Data insights from community energy

Tea break

15.40 – 16.10

Final Plenary Session

16.10 – 17.00

Chair Paul Shearing. Panel members: Dr Radhika Khosla, Dr Ludmilla Steier, Dr Marina Topouzi: Panel discussion on the day’s highlights

Paul Spence and Malte Jansen: Key highlights from the BIEE conference held in Oxford on 23rd and 24th September 2025

Poster competition winners’ presentation.

Poster session and drinks reception

17.00 – 18.30

Presenters, Panellists and Speakers

Programme & delegates

Please download a PDF of the full programme including the list of delegates attending.

Download programme - PDF (7.48 MB)