RIIO-2 innovation at #ENIC21

9:30 Funding innovation in RIIO-2
Dr Geraldine Paterson, Innovation Manager, Electricity North West
Lucy Mason, Innovation Manager, Wales & West Utilities

9:40 Interactive session
The SIF process and future innovation funding

The SIF process: how it is working and a chance for innovators to feed back on the process
Alignment of funding: plans for co-funding of SIF projects
Flagging other funding programmes available for energy network innovations
David Richardson, Innovation Lead for Energy Systems, UKRI

9:55 Polling panel
RIIO-2 innovation strategies and planning

Gas and electricity network innovation priorities for RIIO-2
What solutions do we need from the supply chain?
Panellists:
Lucy Mason, Innovation Manager, Wales & West Utilities
Dr Geraldine Paterson, Innovation Manager, Electricity North West
Emily Seto, Senior Strategy Manager, Ofgem

10:45 How you can feed into the joint innovation strategy
Key themes for this year’s innovation strategy and how you can get involved in it.
Dan Clarke, Head of Innovation, Energy Networks Association

10:55 Wrap-up
Dr Geraldine Paterson, Innovation Manager, Electricity North West
Lucy Mason, Innovation Manager, Wales & West Utilities
11:00 Interactive session featuring:

Deep dive discussions
Moderated break-out discussion groups on hot topics including:

Hydrogen storage mediums
Discussion leader: Courtney West, Graduate Project Officer, Energy Futures, SGN
Flexibility: what is needed to create end-to-end ecosystem from asset visibility to settlement?
Discussion leader: Stuart Fowler, Innovation Engineer, Western Power Distribution
Digital strategies
Moving innovation into the BAU: challenges and successful strategies
Live interactive sessions on the exhibition stands