Tuesday 8th July 2014

Session 1 Chair: Nigel Gilbert
10.30: Registration and Coffee/Tea
11.00: Welcome and introduction to wholeSEM – Neil Strachan, UCL
11.15: Mapping UK energy modelling expertise – Marianne Zeyringer, UCL
11.30: Keynote, Long-term UK energy policy and modelling insights – Steven Fries, DECC Chief Economist
12.15: Focused presentations on energy modelling as applied in other major UK energy research consortia (UKERC and ITRC) – Jim Watson, UKERC; Jim Hall, ITRC
13.00: Lunch

Session 2 Chair: Neil Strachan
14.00: Modelling in DECC an Overview – Alec Waterhouse, Head of Modelling, DECC
14.30: Low carbon scenario critical issues: Technology – Birgit Fais, UCL
15.00: Low carbon scenario critical issues: Behaviour – Nigel Gilbert, University of Surrey
15.30: wholeSEM RA Poster Session and Coffee/Tea
16.00: Low carbon scenario critical issues: Environment – Julian Allwood, University of Cambridge
16.30: Low carbon scenario critical issues: Infrastructures (electricity and wider infrastructures) – Goran Strbac, Sheila Samssatli and Nilah Shah, Imperial College London
17.15: Brief wrap up and close – Neil Strachan, UCL
17.30: Drinks reception for all participants
19.30: Speaker and consortium dinner (by invitation only)

Wednesday 9th July 2014

Session 3 Chair: Julian Allwood
9.00-10.00: Panel Session 1 - Revisiting the long-term low carbon energy scenario critical issues. 5-10 minute contributions followed by open discussion

• Technologies revisited – Jo Colman, ETI
• Behaviour revisited – Jason Chilvers, UEA
• Environment revisited – Andrew Lovett, UEA
• Infrastructures revisited – Lewis Dale, National Grid

10.00-11.00: Panel Session 2 – Broader considerations on the long-term low carbon energy scenario critical issues. 5-10 minute contributions followed by open discussion

• Resources – Martin Haigh, Shell
• Macro-economy – John Barrett, University of Leeds
• Energy markets – Richard Green, Imperial College London

11.00: wholeSEM RA Poster Session and Coffee/Tea

Session 4 Chair: Nilay Shah
11.30: Interactive small group sessions on New Research Directions for Energy Modelling (participants to self-allocate)
    a) Linkages between modelling methodologies
    b) Data gaps and prioritised data improvements
    c) Suggestions for future stakeholder workshops
12.15: Final Discussion Session: Energy Modelling and Improved Policy Insights
Opening thoughts from Jon Saltmarsh, DECC and from David Joffe, CCC
13.15: Closing remarks – Neil Strachan, UCL
13.30: Lunch and close

wholeSEM Advisory Board meeting
14.40 – 17.00