BUILT AROUND THE PROBLEMS YOU ARE ACTUALLY SOLVING
Data and AI are changing how grids, power plants and utility operations are planned, run and maintained. But for most organisations, the hard part isn’t understanding the potential. It’s delivering it across ageing assets, complex regulation and organisations that were never designed for this pace of change.
That’s why this agenda focuses on implementation, scaling and return on investment, not future-gazing. The headline themes are set by our Advisory Committee of senior grid and energy technologists, and every delegate shares their priorities when they register, so you’ll spend your time in the sessions that matter most to your role.
The result is two days of discussion grounded in real programmes, real budgets and real constraints.
HEADLINE THEMES
Each theme is explored through small-group roundtables, peer-led challenge sessions, practical workshops and panel discussions. Sessions are kept intimate so every delegate can contribute, and conversations stay candid because the room is closed.
AI in Operations: From Pilot to Production
AI has moved from boardroom talking point to operational reality, but too many promising projects never make it past the trial stage. This theme looks at where AI and generative AI are delivering measurable value across grids, plants and customer operations, and what it really takes to scale them: the data foundations, governance, skills and culture that turn pilots into enterprise-wide capability.
- Where AI is delivering real value in grid, plant and customer operations today.
- Escaping pilot purgatory and building the business case to scale.
- Applying generative AI to engineering, planning and operational workflows.
- Aligning IT, OT and business teams around shared outcomes.
- Measuring and proving ROI to boards and regulators.
Capacity, Connections and Demand Growth
Data centres, electrified heat and transport, and industrial decarbonisation are bringing new demand onto networks faster than they were designed to handle. This theme explores how operators are using data and digital tools to release hidden headroom, speed up connections for new renewables, storage and demand and plan with confidence for the load that’s coming.
- Using real-time data and dynamic ratings to unlock existing network capacity.
- Speeding up connections through better visibility and smarter queue management.
- Forecasting and planning for data centre and electrification demand.
- Applying AI to CapEx prioritisation and long-term network investment.
Operating a Renewables-Led System
As renewables and inverter-based resources take a growing share of generation, running the system in real time is becoming more complex. This theme examines how grid operators and renewable generators are using automation, forecasting and digital twins to keep the system stable, secure and balanced.
- Building the control room of the future with automation and decision support.
- Improving renewables and demand forecasting with AI.
- Lifting availability and yield across wind, solar and storage portfolios.
- Managing stability, balancing and system security with less conventional generation.
- Using digital twins for operational planning and scenario testing.
- Strengthening coordination and data exchange between TSOs and DSOs.
Cyber Resilience for Critical Infrastructure
Every sensor, platform and connected device adds value to grids and plants, and adds to its attack surface. This theme examines how operators are securing increasingly digital, automated networks and renewable plants while meeting tightening regulatory requirements.
- Securing converged IT and OT environments.
- Managing cyber risk across distributed assets and third-party suppliers.
- Meeting NIS2 and evolving critical infrastructure regulation.
- Building resilience and response capability into grid operations.
- Governing AI safely in critical systems.
Predictive Asset Management
Much of Europe’s grid and generation fleet is ageing just as it’s being asked to do more. This theme explores how AI-driven predictive maintenance is helping operators reduce outages, extend asset life and cut operating costs.
- Forecasting equipment failures before they happen.
- Moving from time-based to condition-based maintenance.
- Prioritising asset replacement with data rather than age alone.
- Improving reliability, safety and regulatory performance.
- Case studies across transmission, distribution and renewables assets.
Flexibility, Storage and the Digital DSO
Distributed energy, storage, heat pumps and EVs are turning distribution networks into active, two-way systems. This theme looks at the digital platforms, data sharing and market mechanisms needed to orchestrate flexibility at scale across grids, generators and customers.
- Building the systems and data foundations for active network management.
- Procuring and dispatching flexibility across thousands of distributed assets.
- Optimising and trading battery storage alongside renewables.
- Turning smart meter and sensor data into operational insight.
- Creating visibility of the low-voltage network.
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