Towards a Sustainable Future: Accelerating the Energy Transition

Join us for an evening of critical discussions and collaborative exploration at Towards a Sustainable Future: Accelerating the Energy Transition — an event that brings together leading voices across industry, academia, and policy to examine the urgent shift from fossil-based energy systems to low-carbon, renewable, and sustainable alternatives.

About the event

Through two insightful panel discussions and a keynote address, this event will unpack diverse dimensions of the global energy transition, focusing on technological innovations, policy frameworks, economic incentives, and the human behaviours shaping our energy future.

Whether you are an industry professional, policy maker, researcher, student, or sustainability enthusiast, this is an opportunity to deepen your understanding, engage with pioneering ideas, and network with changemakers driving a more resilient, sustainable world.

Key themes

• Renewable Energy Integration

• Low-Carbon Fuels

• Energy Efficiency

• Electrification of Sectors

• Policy and Regulation

• Sustainable Finance and Investment

Agenda

17:30 - 18:00: Registration and refereshments

18:00 - 18:05: Welcome Address

18:05 - 18:45: Panel Discussion 1 - Technology and Policy as a Catalyst: Creating Enabling Environment for the Energy Transition

Panellists -

• Archibong Archibong (Moderator): Associate Professor
• Burak Ozsoylu, Business Development & MARCOM Enova.
• Naghman Ali Khan, Director Earthbot.io
• Lachlan Berry, Senior Associate, PwC Middle East.

18:45 - 19:30: Panel Discussion 2 - Financing the Transition: Driving Investment for a zero and Low-Carbon Economy

Panellists - 

• Sophia Hasnaoui (Moderator): Senior Business Development Manager, Yellow Door Energy
• Vijaypal Singh Group Chief Sustainability Officer, Group Head of ESG, Emirates NBD
• Sumit Agarwal, CEO ESG WEISE
• Dr. Kaiser H Naseem, International Development Banker

19:45 - 20:25: Keynote: Low-carbon shipped energy: a critical part of a net-zero world.
Grant Wilson, Co-Director Birmingham Energy Institute, University of Birmingham. 

Meet our panelists 

• Lachlan Berry, Senior Associate, PwC Middle East
• Burak Ozsoylu, Business Development & MARCOM, Enova
• Vijaypal Singh, Group Chief Sustainability Officer and Group Head of ESG, Emirates NBD
• Naghman Ali Khan, Director, Earthbot.io
• Kaiser H. Naseem, International Development Banker (IFC and World Bank)
• Sumit Agarwal, CEO, ESG WEISE
• Archibong Archibong, University of Birmingham Dubai
• Grant Wilson, Co-Director, Birmingham Energy Institute, University of Birmingham UK
• Sophia Hasnaoui, Senior Business Development Manager, Yellow Door Energy

This event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.

 Register here to join the event