EmpowerCymru 2025 Programme

We are delighted to share with you the EmpowerCymru 2025 programme.

Monday 10th March 2025

Techniquest
Stuart Street, Cardiff, CF10 5BW

Agenda

09:30 Arrival, coffee and networking

Session 1: Building a Modern Industrial Strategy

10:00 Welcome from event host, Catrin Heledd

10:10 Welcome from Net Zero Industry Wales

10:40 Address from Rebecca Evans MS, Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning

10.50 Coffee

11:10 Panel 1: Building a Modern Industrial Strategy
The panel will explore the opportunity for Wales to be a leading clean energy transition hub and a cornerstone of the UK’s industrial base. Wales has a strong industrial foundation, which is based around key primary industries — these industries are sources of high-value employment in Wales, as well as being contributors to the UK economy. We aim to address the health of these primary industries and how this is critical to the security of the UK’s energy supply, and to the country’s long term industrial resilience.

11:55 Video address from The Rt Hon Jo Stevens MP, Secretary of State for Wales

12:00 Morning session close

Lunch

Session 2: Mobilising Wales for Delivery

13:00 Mini-hackathon | Fireside Chat (parallel sessions)
Attendees can choose to hear from our CEO, Ben Burggraaf, in conversation with Technqiuest and the Office of the Future Generations Commissioner about the legacy we want to leave for Wales in 2050, or they can take part in our mini-hackathon, in collaboration with Sweetmans & Partners, which will bring together people from across the decarbonisation and net zero space to problem solve and develop actionable solutions to the challenges facing us here in Wales.

14:30 Coffee

14:50 Panel 2: Mobilising Wales for Delivery
This panel will focus on how to facilitate deployment of various clean and low-carbon energy projects across Wales. We aim to look at those projects that are currently in the pipeline and already ongoing and identify what we can do to ensure the energy transition is a success here in Wales.

15:50 Address from Samuel Kurtz MS, Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and the Welsh Language

16:00 Round up and summary

The event will be followed by a drinks reception, sponsored by enfinium.

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