Energy Ireland 2023 Conference Programme

Towards an integrated, clean and secure energy system

11 & 12 May 2023 ∙ Croke Park, Dublin

Day 1 Thursday 11th May 2023

08.30 REGISTRATION AND MORNING COFFEE

09.00 Chair's welcome and introduction:
  • Tanya Harrington, Chair
    Renewable Energy Ireland


09.05 IRELAND’S ENERGY FUTURE: INTEGRATED, CLEAN AND SECURE
  • Secure, sustainable, and competitively priced energy for Europe
    Matthew Baldwin, Deputy Director-General
    DG Energy, European Commission
  • Ireland’s clean energy transition - the heat challenge
    William Walsh, Chief Executive Officer
    Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland
  • Green funding: Financing Ireland’s energy transition
    Linda Clarke, Associate Director
    Goodbody
  • Geopolitics of European Energy Policy: Russia-Ukraine war
    Caroline Kuzemko, Reader in International Political Economy
    University of Warwick
  • Question & answer session / Panel discussion

10.30 COFFEE/ EXHIBITION NETWORKING BREAK

11.00 THE NEW ENERGY LANDSCAPE
  • Accelerating towards a more secure and sustainable energy system
    Brian Ó Gallachóir, Associate Vice-President of Sustainability
    University College Cork
  • The outlook for the European gas market: implications for Ireland
    Anouk Honoré, Senior Research Fellow
    Oxford Institute for Energy Studies
  • Question & answer session

11.45 PANEL DISCUSSION: THE NEW ENERGY LANDSCAPE
  • Paddy Hayes, Chief Executive, ESB
  • Dave Kirwan, Managing Director, Bord Gáis Energy
  • Cathal Marley, Chief Executive Officer, Gas Networks Ireland
  • Klair Neenan, Managing Director, SSE Airtricity
  • John Reilly, Head of Renewable Energy, Bord na Móna

13:00 CONFERENCE LUNCH

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14:00 IRELAND’S ENERGY SECURITY

  • A regulatory framework for Ireland’s energy transition
    Jim Gannon, Chair
    Commission for Regulation of Utilities
  • Addressing energy security and the transition to a low carbon system
    Colm O’Neill, Partner
    KPMG
  • The future of low-carbon fuel production in Ireland.
    Niamh Callanan, Business Development, Energy Transition
    Irving Oil

    Michael Galvin, Director of Hydrogen and Sustainable Fuels
    Simply Blue Group

  • Financing energy projects: Managing the key risks
    Niamh McGovern, Partner
    Arthur Cox
  • Delivering a reliable decarbonised power system for Ireland
    Paul Deane, Research Fellow
    University College Cork
  • Question & answer session / Panel discussion

15.45 COFFEE/ EXHIBITION NETWORKING BREAK

16:00 PLANNING FOR ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE
  • PANEL DISCUSSION: PLANNING FOR ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE
  • CHAIR:
    Stephen Robb, Renewable Energy Editor
    Irish Farmers Journal

  • Muireann Lynch, Senior Research Officer
    Economic & Social Research Institute
  • Joanne Moran, Generation Director, Energy & Power
    Jacobs
  • Brendan Cooney, Senior Executive Scientist
    Wexford County Council
  • Neil Walker, Head of Infrastructure, Energy and Environment
    Ibec

17.00 ENERGY IRELAND DRINKS RECEPTION

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Day 2: Friday 12th May 2023

08.30 REGISTRATION AND MORNING COFFEE

09:00 PANEL DISCUSSION: Improving gender diversity in the energy sector
  • CHAIR:
    Caoimhe McLoughlin, Partner
    KPMG
  • Tanya Harrington, Chair, Renewable Energy Ireland
  • Mary O’Connor, Chief Information Officer, ESB
  • Catherine Sheridan, Head of Strategy, Green Rebel
10:00 SUSTAINABLE HEAT & RENEWABLE GAS
  • CHAIR:
    Úna Nic Giolla Choille

  • Decarbonising Ireland’s heat demand: the role of district heating and renewable heat
    Barry Quinlan, Assistant Secretary
    Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications
  • Power-2-Heat: emissions reduction for industry
    Paul Münnich, Project Manager
    Agora Energiewende
  • Liquid Gas: making the 'Just Transition' more sustainable for rural Ireland
    Philip Hannon, Director of Policy
    Liquid Gas Ireland
  • Question & answer session / Panel discussion

10:00 DEVELOPING IRELAND’S OFFSHORE WIND RESOURCES
  • CHAIR:
    Richard Murphy, Partner
    Pinsent Masons

  • For Ireland’s energy security; we’re 100% ready
    John Young, Head of Policy and External Relations
    SSE
  • Research supports to foster Ireland’s offshore goals
    Kerrie Sheehan, Head of Research and Technology
    Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland
  • Offshore wind: helping Ireland achieving its clean energy goals
    Angela Larkin, General Manager Ireland
    Ocean Winds
  • Question & answer session / Panel discussion

11.00 COFFEE/ EXHIBITION NETWORKING BREAK

11:30 ELECTRICITY NETWORK AND MARKET DEVELOPMENT
  • CHAIR:
    Úna Nic Giolla Choille

  • Energy networks for a cleaner future
    Andrew Hickey, Commercial Manager
    Hitachi Energy Ireland
  • Multi-purpose interconnector developments
    Andy Kelly, Director
    AFRY
  • Electricity market developments
    Ronan Lambe, Partner
    Pinsent Masons
  • Interconnection: Facilitating a renewable energy future
    Simon Ludlam, Chief Executive Officer
    MaresConnect Interconnector
  • Question & answer session / Panel discussion

13.00 LUNCH AND EXHIBITION NETWORKING BREAK

14:00 IRELAND’S FUTURE ENERGY ECONOMY
  • CHAIR: Catherine Sheridan, Head of Strategy
    Green Rebel

  • Scaling up the green hydrogen sector
    Samantha Jane Phillips, Chief Commercial Officer,
    Dynelectro, Denmark
  • Sinn Féin's energy policy priorities
    Darren O’Rourke TD
  • Providing Ireland with sustainable energy from renewable sources at scale
    Brendan Kelly, Commercial Manager
    Bord na Móna
  • Accelerating solar as a major energy source
    Peter Russell, Director
    Huawei FusionSolar & Storage Ireland
  • Question & answer session / Panel discussion

FIRESIDE CHAT

Supergrid, Super solution: The key to solving the energy crisis and decarbonising Europe
  • Kevin O’Sullivan, Environment Editor
    Irish Times
  • Ciarán Galway, Editor
    eolas Magazine

16.00 Conference close