13th Oxford Energy Day – Energy & Data: Opportunities and Challenges for the Energy Transition
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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
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Jan Rosenow | Speaker
ECI, University of Oxford
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Tina Fawcett | Chair
ECI, University of Oxford
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Paul Shearing | Chair
ZERO Institute, University of Oxford
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Ludmilla Steier | Chair
Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford
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Marina Topouzi | Chair
ECI, University of Oxford
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Jack Kelly | Speaker
Open Climate Fix
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Rajat Gupta | Speaker
Oxford Brookes University
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Anna Railton | Speaker
Oxford City Council
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Felippa Amanta | Speaker
ECI, University of Oxford
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Sarah Sparrow | Speaker
Engineering Science, University of Oxford
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Juliette Sanders | Speaker
Energy UK
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Robin Morris | Speaker
Materials, University of Oxford
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Gavin Killip | Speaker
Nottingham Trent University
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Enzo Liotti | Speaker
University of Oxford
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David Joffe | Speaker
DESNZ -
Thomas Neuenhahn | Speaker
Siemens Energy
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David Wallom | Speaker
University of Oxford
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Radhika Khosla | Panellist
University of Oxford
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Jim Naismith | Speaker
University of Oxford
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Rebecca Neill | Speaker
Hygen Energy
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Programme & delegates
Please download a PDF of the full programme including the list of delegates attending.
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