Keith has worked across the energy industry, including 20 years at energy utility SSE where he was Policy and Research Director, and as advisor to UK and Scottish Government. He is Chair of UKERC and UKRIs Scientific Advisory Committee and was appointed to the NI Public Inquiry Team investigating the controversial Renewable Heat Incentive.

Keith is founding director of Providence Policy providing independent energy advisory services and has published a number of papers on decarbonising the energy system with a particular focus on the challenges of the heat sector. He was awarded an OBE for services to energy in 2017.

Gareth Fenney is head of heat decarbonisation strategy & heat networks at the Scottish Government. Gareth was previously head of strategy for Energy Efficient Scotland.

Nick has 30 years’ experience in the energy generation and energy management industries and is a specialist in technical and commercial development of energy solutions and ESCo schemes. His role within Vital Energi spans corporate and project strategy and sales across the Group’s activities in design, modelling, engineering, service development, energy procurement, operations and maintenance. Nick has been involved on a number of major heat network projects including the developments on the former Battersea Power Station site, Royal Albert Dock, Barking Riverside and the Leeds PIPES project.

Dave has been involved in renewable heat since 2008. Following over 30MW of industrial heatpump installations including the 14MW 90C system in Drammen in Norway, Dave was tasked with helping the UK’s largest refrigeration business form a new business unit to focus full time on renewable heat. Dave leads the unit and the opportunity of working in such an important segment at such an interesting time backed by the considerable technical and commercial resources of the main business made this an opportunity worth stepping into. Dave has an M.B.A. in Innovation and is a Board member of CeeD.

Morten is the Business Development Manager at DBDH (Danish Board of District Heating) in charge of all activities in Western Europe. DBDHs mission is “Promoting District Energy for a Sustainable City Transformation”. In this capacity Morten works with governments, cities and other stakeholders to strengthen the development of district energy across Europe.

Morten’s job is to provide value and insights that can further develop both the understanding of what district heating is and the value it can bring to the European society, communities and end users.

Prior to DBDH, Morten was Head of Secretariat at District Energy Partnership (DEP)