Bringing brilliant minds together

The World of Wood House offers a space to spark and foster the conversation around net-zero and resilience during COP26. With curated events every day throughout the conference, it brings together thought leaders and influencers from industry, government and academia and offers a unique setting to share strategic thinking and inspire action against climate change.

Deanna Ahmed Speaker
Deanna Ahmed

Director of Strategy | Our Next Energy

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Alphie Aitken Speaker
Alphie Aitken

Director | Microsoft

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Andy Aitken Speaker
Andy Aitken

CEO & Co-Founder | Honest Mobile

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Susan Aitken Speaker
Susan Aitken

Leader of Glasgow City Council, Scotland

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Gianluca Ambrosetti
Gianluca Ambrosetti

CEO | Synhelion SA

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Ewen Anderson
Ewen Anderson

Co-founder & CIO | Px3

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Maddalaine Ansell
Maddalaine Ansell

Director Education | British Council

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Yifang Ban
Yifang Ban

Professor and Director of Division | KTH Royal Institute of Technology

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Jessi Baker MBE
Jessi Baker MBE

Founder & CEO | Provenance

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Omar Bedani
Omar Bedani

Manager of Commercial Operations | Wood

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Richard Bellingham
Richard Bellingham

Director, Institute for Future Cities | University of Strathclyde

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Minister Muhammad Musa Bello Speaker
Minister Muhammad Musa Bello

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory | Abuja, Nigeria

Kastalie Bougas
Kastalie Bougas

Associate Director in EU Environmental, Chemical Policy & Economics | Wood

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Stephanie Bourne Speaker
Stefanie Bourne

Business Director – Renewables & Offshore Wind, UK & Ireland | DNV

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Harry Bowcott
Harry Bowcott

Senior Partner, Sustainability Lead | McKinsey & Company

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Satya Brata Das
Satya Brata Das

The Digital Economist

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Emmanuelle Nasse Bridier Speaker
Emmanuelle Nasse Bridier

Head of Urban Resilience | Meridiam

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Jonathan Briggs
Jonathan Briggs

Project Director for Humber Zero | Vitol

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Birgitte Brinch Speaker
Birgitte Brinch

Board | Wood

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Baroness Brown Julia King DBE FREng FRS Speaker
Baroness Brown Julia King DBE FREng FRS

Chair | Carbon Trust

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Hakan Bulgurlu Speaker
Hakan Bulgurlu

CEO | Arcelik

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Iain Burnett Speaker
Iain Burnett

Master Chocolatier & CEO | Iain Burnett Highland Chocolatier

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Stuart Broadley Speaker
Stuart Broadley

CEO | EIC

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Luis Calzado Speaker
Luis Calzado

Senior Project Advisor | Global Sustainable Electricity Partnership (GSEP)

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Josh Carmichael Speaker
Josh Carmichael

Vice President Hydrogen | Wood

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Dan Carter Speaker
Beth Carter

Business Leader, Clean Hydrogen | Honeywell

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Dan Carter Speaker
Dan Carter

Global Director of Decarbonisation | Wood

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Andrew Cave Speaker
Andrew Cave

Head of Governance & Sustainability | Baillie Gifford

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Beena Chester Speaker
Beena Chester

Director of Operations and Communications | Resilience First

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John Chome Speaker
John Chome

Chief Executive Officer | Lilongwe City Council, Malawi

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Mark Coates Speaker
Mark Coates

Director of Strategic Industry Engagements | Bentley Systems

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Dave Cole Speaker
Dave Cole

Director of Project Solutions | KBR

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Phil Considine Speaker
Phil Considine

Director of Executive Education & Development | University of Strathclyde

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Jacquelline Corbelli Speaker
Jacqueline Corbelli

Founder, CEO | BrightLine

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Philip Cornell Speaker
Philip Cornell

Principal & Head of Americas | The Economist Group

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Stephanie Cox Speaker
Stephanie Cox

Executive President Operations | Wood

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Lucy Craig  Speaker
Lucy Craig

Director of Growth, Innovation and Digital, Energy Systems | DNV

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Graeme Crawford Speaker
Graeme Crawford

Global Client Service Partner | EY

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Emily Cromwell Speaker
Emily Cromwell

Climate Change and Sustainability Lead | Deloitte

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Dianne Dain Speaker
Dianne Dain

Co-founder | COPXX

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Simon Dale-Lace Speaker
Simon Dale-Lace

Associate Director – Water Management | Wood

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Diveena Danabalan Speaker
Diveena Danabalan

Head of EIC Consult | EIC

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Thierry Deau Speaker
Thierry Déau

CEO | Meridiam

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Psul Dickinson Speaker
Paul Dickinson

Founder Chair | CDP

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Peter Dickson Speaker
Peter Dickson

Partner | Glennmont Partners part of Nuveen Asset Management

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Matthias Dill Speaker
Matthias Dill

CEO & Managing Partner | EIP

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Paul DiPaola Speaker
Paul DiPaola

Vice President, Strategy & Innovation | AIG

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Sarah Dougan Speaker
Sarah Dougan

Founder | Slange Var

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Dariusz Dukaczewski

Institute of Geodesy and Cartography | Poland

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David Duke MBE

Founder and CEO | Street Soccer Scotland

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Laurent Durieux Speaker
Laurent Durieux

SDG Coordinator | Group on Earth Observations (GEO)

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Simon Earls Speaker
Simon Earls

Sustainability & Corporate Affairs Director | Bristol Airport

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Peter Elias Speaker
Peter Elias

University of Lagos | Nigeria

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Grant Ervin Speaker
Grant Ervin

Chief Resilience Officer | City of Pittsburgh, USA

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Stefanie Fairholme Speaker
Stefanie Fairholme

Director of Investments, Power and Climate | Rockefeller Foundation

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Naeem Farooqi Speaker
Naeem Farooqi

Global Director of Zero Emission Mobility | Wood

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Jacqui Ferguson Speaker
Jacqui Ferguson

Board | Wood

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Rodrigo Fernandes Speaker
Rodrigo Fernandes

Director of Empowering Sustainable Development Goals | Bentley Systems

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Paula Fitzpatrick Speaker
Paula Fitzpatrick

VP, Growth & Development Conventional Energy Americas | Wood

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Frederick Frank Speaker
Frederick Frank

Senior Consultant | Virtuosity, a Bentley Company

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Philipp Furler Speaker
Philipp Furler

CEO and Founder | Synhelion

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Joshua Gallo Speaker
Joshua Gallo

Head Investment Coordinator (consultant), Climate Policy and Partnerships Division | UNIDO

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Erik Giercksky

Head, Sustainable Ocean Business | United Nations Global Compact

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Chris Gilbert Speaker
Chris Gilbert

UK Decarbonisation Lead and Technical Manager | Phillips66

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Deborah Gilshan Speaker
Deborah Gilshan

Founder | The 100% Club

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Michael Girioni Speaker
Michael Girioni

Vice President Resilient Environments | Wood

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Barry Gleeson Speaker
Barry Gleeson

Technical Director | Wood

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Neil Golding Speaker
Neil Golding

Director of Market Intelligence | EIC

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Matthieu Goudreau Speaker
Matthieu Goudreau

Consultant, Zero Emissions Mobility | Wood

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Jennifer Waldner Grant Speaker
Jennifer Waldner Grant

Chief Sustainability Officer | AIG

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Duncan Grierson Speaker
Duncan Grierson

CEO and Co-founder | Clim8 Invest

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Richard Gwilliam Speaker
Richard Gwilliam

Head of Cluster Development | Drax

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Christa Gyori Speaker
Christa Gyori

CEO & Co-Founder | Leaders on Purpose

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Anthony Hadley
Anthony Hadley

Principal, Infrastructure Equity | AMP Capital

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Hooman Haghigi
Hooman Haghigi

Global Energy Transition Manager - Intelligent Operations | Wood

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Ana Hajduka Speaker
Ana Hajduka

CEO | Africa GreenCo

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Joanna Hall Speaker
Joanna Hall

Executive Director, Head of Product | SustainChain™

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Peter Hall Speaker
Peter Hall

Vice President & Global Director for Sustainable Infrastructure | Wood

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Mark Hannigan
Mark Hannigan

Hydrogen Systems Australia

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Emil Oliver Hamborgstrøm Speaker
Emil Oliver Hamborgstrøm

Co-founder | Bifrost / Gaming For Greater Good

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Fiona Haworth Speaker
Fiona Haworth

CEO | Octopus Electric Vehicles

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Andy Hemingway Speaker
Andy Hemingway

President, Energy, Optimisation & Innovation | Wood

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Amy Hepburn
Amy Hepburn

Chief Executive Officer | Investor Leadership Network

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Richard Hill
Richard Hill

Head of Knowledge & Learning | Møller Institute

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James Holbeach
James Holbeach

Global Director Energy Transition & Flow Assurance | Wood

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Anette Pjush Holm
Anette "Pjush" Holm

Bifrost white player | Bifrost

Karina Hollekim Speaker
Karina Hollekim

Mental coach and xRed Bull athlete

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David Howlett Speaker
David Howlett

co-lead Race to Resilience | UNFCCC’s High Level Climate Champions Team

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Susan Hunter Speaker
Susan Hunter

Partner in UK&I People Advisory Services | EY

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Sherena Hussain Speaker
Sherena Hussain

Global Thought Leader in Infrastructure, Lawyer | New Partnership and Sustainable Finance Models

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Greg Jackson Speaker
Greg Jackson

Founder & Chief Executive | Octopus Energy

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Naomi Jackson Speaker
Naomi Jackson

Global Lead, Advisory Marketing | Avanade

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Nick Jarritt Speaker
Nick Jarritt

Director of Sustainability Advisory Services | Wood

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Doug Johnston Speaker
Doug Johnston

Partner Climate Change and Sustainability | EY

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Shaun Johnston Speaker
Shaun Johnston

Director of Intelligent Operations | Wood

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Sabina Kadič-Mackenzie  Speaker
Sabina Kadič-Mackenzie

Partner | Charlotte Street Partners

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Argyro Kavvada Speaker
Argyro Kavvada

Earth Scientist, Lead for SDGs | NASA

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Dr Tania Kazakova Speaker
Dr Tania Kazakova

Chief Strategy Officer & Co-Founder | Leaders on Purpose

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Thomas Kemper

Scientific Officer | European Commission Joint Research Centre

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Sarah Kimpton Speaker
Sarah Kimpton

Vice President, Energy Transition & Innovation Development UK & Ireland | DNV

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Michel Klepper Speaker
Michel Klepper

Deputy CEO | Bifrost Esports

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Trond Riiber Knudsen Speaker
Trond Riiber Knudsen

Impact investor of Bifrost

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Tuan Anh Khong Speaker
Tuan Anh Khong

Coordinator | Youth Climate Action Network Vietnam

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Monika Kuffer Speaker
Monika Kuffer

Professor | University of Twente

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Thomas Leurent Speaker
Thomas Leurent

CEO | Akselos

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Anders H. Lier Speaker
Anders H. Lier

Founder | Bifrost and Gaming For Greater Good

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Ray Little Speaker
Ray Little

eMobility Specialist Siemens Canada

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Hugh Lim Speaker
Hugh Lim

Executive Director | Centre for Liveable Cities, Singapore

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Jeff Vander Linden Speaker
Jeff Vander Linden

COO | EQTEC plc

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Martyn Link Speaker
Martyn Link

Wood Chief Strategy Officer | Wood

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Sian Lloyd Rees Speaker
Sian Lloyd Rees

UK MD | Aker Offshore Wind

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Gillian Lofts Speaker
Gillian Lofts

Global Sustainable Finance Leader | EY

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Steven Lua Speaker
Steven Lua

Managing Director | Unitrove Group

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Professor Sir Jim McDonald Speaker
Professor Sir Jim McDonald

Principal and Vice-Chancellor | Strathclyde University

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Louise Macdonald OBE Speaker
Louise Macdonald OBE

National Director of the Institute of Directors | FRSE

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Jon Machin Speaker
Jon Machin

CTO | Subsea Micropiles

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Colin Maciver Speaker
Colin Maciver

Head of Offshore Wind Development | Crown Estate Scotland

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Dr Shona Mackinnon Speaker
Dr Shona Mackinnon

GP Registrar

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Marion Maloney Speaker
Marion Maloney

Head of Responsible Investment & Governance | The Environment Agency

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Karn Manhas Speaker
Karn Manhas

CEO | Terramera

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Darren Martin Speaker
Darren Martin

Group Chief Technology Officer | Wood

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Christel Mathieson  Speaker
Christel Mathieson

CEO and Co-founder | Energi.ai

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Craig Mathieson  Speaker
Craig Mathieson

Founder | The Polar Academy

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Jan Matthiesen  Speaker
Jan Matthiesen

Offshore Wind Director | Carbon Trust

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Peter Matthews Speaker
Peter Matthews

UK&I Advanced Manufacturing & Mobility Leader | EY

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Colin Mayor Speaker
Colin Mayor CBE FBA

Professor of Management Studies | Saïd Business School, University of Oxford

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Kevin McDonald Speaker
Kevin McDonald

Commercial Development Manager | EDF Energy

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Colin McKinnon Speaker
Colin McKinnon

Technical Director - Specialist Engineering and Consulting | Wood

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Professor Heather McGregor Speaker
Professor Heather McGregor CBE

| Heriot Watt University

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Florence Miller Speaker
Florence Miller

Director | Environmental Funders Network

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Rafael Monge Speaker
Rafael Monge

Ministry of Environment | Costa Rica

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Jillian Moore Speaker
Jillian Moore

Executive, Global Advisory Lead | Avanade

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David Morgan Speaker
David Morgan

Director of Flight Operation | Easyjet

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Rt Hon Jim Murphy Speaker
Rt Hon Jim Murphy

| former Secretary of State for Scotland

Paula Murphy Speaker
Paula Murphy

Chief Communications and Marketing Officer | Wood

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Dennis Mwaniki Speaker
Dennis Mwaniki

Data Expert | UN Habitat

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Tricia Nelson Speaker
Tricia Nelson

Managing Partner People Advisory Services | EY

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Paula Murphy Speaker
Lieutenant General (Retd) Richard E Nugee CB CVO CBE

Climate Change and Sustainability Non Executive Director, MoD and Chair | NAAFI

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Jamal Nureddin Speaker
Jamal Nureddin

Sr. Consultant, Zero Emissions Mobility | Wood

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Erik Nygard Speaker
Erik Nygard

Founder and CEO | KOFA

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Morgan Ann O'Donnell Speaker
Morgan Ann O'Donnell

Avanade

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David Palumbo Speaker
David Palumbo

CEO | EQTEC plc

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Adriana Pérez Speaker
Adriana Pérez

Enterprise Growth Accelerator Lead | Wood

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Patrick Peter Speaker
Patrick Peter

CEO | Circunomics

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Jimmy Paul Speaker
Jimmy Paul

Director | Wellbeing Economy Alliance (WEAll) Scotland

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Piero Pelizzaro Speaker
Piero Pelizzaro

Chief Resilience Officer | Milan Municipality, Italy

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Valahu Philippe Speaker
Valahu Philippe

CEO | Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG)

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Antonio Pietri Speaker
Antonio Pietri

CEO | AspenTech

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Bianca Pitt Speaker
Bianca Pitt

Co-founder | She Changes Climate

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Francesco Pomponi

Professor | Extantia

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Sunand Prasad Speaker
Sunand Prasad

Principal | Penoyre & Prasad

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Stephen Prendiville Speaker
Stephen Prendiville

Head of Sustainability, Ireland | EY

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Julia Prescott Speaker
Julia Prescott

Co-founder and partner | Meridiam

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Stella Psaropoulou Speaker
Stella Psaropoulou

Officer | Municipality of Thessaloniki, Greece

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Maheen Rahman Speaker
Maheen Rahman

CEO | InfraZamin

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Shakti Ramkumar Speaker
Shakti Ramkumar

Director of Policy & Communications | Student Energy

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Yair Reem Speaker
Yair Reem

VC Investor & Climate Tech Expert | Extantia

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Lavaanya Rekhi Speaker
Lavaanya Rekhi

Corporate Finance Manager – Renewable Energy & Infrastructure | EY

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Shakti Ramkumar Speaker
Lauren Riley

Managing Director Global Environmental Affairs and Sustainability | United Airlines

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Alex Robart Speaker
Alex Robart

Energy & Sustainability Strategy Leader | Microsoft

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Derek Robertson Speaker
Derek Robertson

CEO | Subsea Micropiles

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Malcolm Robertson Speaker
Malcolm Robertson

Founding partner | Charlotte Street Partners

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Anders Rodenberg Speaker
Anders Rodenberg

Chief Executive Officer | Denominator

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Gavin Rogers Speaker
Gavin Rogers

Vice President, Digital & Technology | Wood

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Mike Rooney Speaker
Mike Rooney

Chief Executive | Resilience First

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Ann Rosenberg Speaker
Ann Rosenberg

SVP for Sustainability Solutions | Wood

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Fleur Ruckley

Associate Director, Sustainability | Wood

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Rachel Ruffle Speaker
Rachel Ruffle

EMEA CEO | RES

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Navroop Sahdev Speaker
Navroop Sahdev

CEO and Founder | The Digital Economist

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Stewart Sarkozy-Banoczy Speaker
Stewart Sarkozy-Banoczy

Resilient Cities Network

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Joe Sczurko Speaker
Joe Sczurko

Executive President Consulting | Wood

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Marco Serena Speaker
Marco Serena

Head of Sustainable Development Impact | PIDG

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Craig Shanaghey Speaker
Craig Shanaghey

President Operations Services EMEA | Wood

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Isobel Sheldon Speaker
Isobel Sheldon

Chief Strategy Officer | Britishvolt

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Bryan Sherbacow Speaker
Bryan Sherbacow

Chairperson & CEO | Alder Fuels

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Preeti Sinha

Executive Secretary | The UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF)

Gavin Slater Speaker
Gavin Slater

Head of Sustainability | Glasgow City Council, Scotland

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Andrew Smith Speaker
Andrew Smith

Executive Director | Greenbackers Investment Capital

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Claire Smith Speaker
Claire Smith

Head of Fuel Management | Airbus

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Jarvis Smith

Co-founding Director | My Green Pod

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Maf Smith Speaker
Maf Smith

OWPRO Coordinator & Vice Chair - Floating Offshore Wind Task Force | GWEC

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Merryn Somerset-Webb Speaker
Merryn Somerset-Webb

Editor | MoneyWeek

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Richard Spires Speaker
Richard Spires

Director Of Technology Development | Wood

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Jayn Sterland Speaker
Jayn Sterland

Managing Director | Weleda

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Tracey Stone Speaker
Tracey Stone

Global Accounts Regional Sales Director | Bentley Systems

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Marjorie Strachan Speaker
Marjorie Strachan

Associate Partner | EY

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Payal Thadani Speaker
Payal Thadani

Process Engineer | Wood and Race to Resilience

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Nadia Terfous Speaker
Nadia Terfous

Managing Director | EoM Solutions

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Nathalie Thomas Speaker
Nathalie Thomas

Energy Correspondent | Financial Times

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Steven Thompson Speaker
Steven Thompson

UK Sustainability Manager | National Grid

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Neil Thurston Speaker
Neil Thurston

Technical Director | Wood

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Jane Toogood Speaker
Jane Toogood

Sector Chief Executive | Johnson Matthey

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Dr Laura-Marie Topfer Speaker
Dr Laura-Marie Töpfer

General Partenr | Extentia Capital

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Marsha Trant Speaker
Marsha Trant

Executive, General Manager, South Region | Avanade

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Robert Trezona Speaker
Robert Trezona

Head of Cleantech | IP Group

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Michiel Van Haersma Buma Speaker
Michiel Van Haersma Buma

Vice President for Customer Success | Akselos

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Natalie Vega-Berry Speaker
Natalie Vega-Berry

Founder and Creative Incubator | Global Brain Foundation

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Christian Velasco Speaker
Christian Velasco

Private Equity | Global Infrastructure Fund – AMP Capital

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Sreekanth Venkataraman Speaker
Sreekanth Venkataraman

The Digital Economist

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Antoinette Vermilye Speaker
Antoinette Vermilye

Co-founder | Gallifrey Foundation & She Changes Climate

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Robin Watson CBE Speaker
Robin Watson CBE

Chief Executive | Wood

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Daryl Wilson Speaker
Daryl Wilson

Executive Director | Hydrogen Council

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Tom White Speaker
Tom White

CEO | C-Capture Ltd

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Jey Williams Speaker
Jey Williams

Head of Engineering Integration - Fuel Systems | Airbus

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Iain Wintour Speaker
Iain Wintour

Tax Partner, Energy and Infrastructure | EY

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Christine Wissink

Technical Director Climate Adaptation and | Wood

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Nick Woolley

CEO and co-founder | ev.energy

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Jacky Wright Speaker
Jacky Wright

Chief Digital Officer | Microsoft

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Elizabeth Yee Speaker
Elizabeth Yee

Executive Vice President, Program Strategy and Chief of Staff | Rockefeller Foundation

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Kamlesh Yagnik Speaker
Kamlesh Yagnik

Chief Resilience Officer | Surat Municipal Corporation, India

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