Energy Unplugged
Connect with industry professionals and gain practical energy and sustainability cost-saving tips at our exclusive event.
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Have you secured your free place at Energy Unplugged, Inspired’s Flagship event?
Connect with industry professionals and gain practical energy and sustainability cost-saving tips at our exclusive event.
Date: Thursday 11th June 2026
Location: Albert Hall, Manchester, M2 5QR
Why attend?
- Hear from Tim Peake, renowned astronaut and keynote speaker, sharing his unique perspective on innovation and resilience.
- Uncover new commercial and cost-saving opportunities.
- Stay ahead of emerging regulation and policy changes that will impact your business tomorrow.
- Access practical, sector-specific insights across the energy value chain.
- Connect with Inspired’s experts and peers from across the industry.
Spaces are limited and filling quickly – reserve your complimentary place today. Keep scrolling for the full event programme.
Event Programme
| Timings | Agenda |
|---|---|
| 9:30am | Arrival for a 10.00am start |
| 10:00am | Tune in and turn down the noise Our compere Nathan Parker opens Energy Unplugged by setting the rhythm for the day, cutting through the noise, complexity and competing narratives around energy and sustainability. Nathan frames the challenge facing UK organisations today and talks about moving from overwhelm to clarity, and from intention to action. |
| 10:10am | Soundcheck – What really matters right now? With headlines, targets and competing opinions creating constant background noise, this session delivers a clear-eyed assessment of where the UK really stands on energy and sustainability. Are the UK’s ambitions achievable? What genuine progress has been made so far and what significant challenges remain? It focuses on the practical realities of decarbonisation, separating ambition from delivery and highlighting the barriers that still need to be overcome. |
| 10:40am | Finding the right frequency: Making energy & sustainability decisions pay In an era of ongoing price volatility, tightening budgets and rising sustainability expectations, organisations are under pressure to control energy costs today while still delivering long-term carbon reduction. This session reframes energy and sustainability as interconnected commercial priorities, showing how better consumption management, smarter buying and clearer decision-making can protect budgets and accelerate decarbonisation. Rather than treating cost control and sustainability as competing agendas, the session explores how leading organisations are aligning the two to drive resilience, confidence and measurable results. |
| 11.15am | Exclusive talk from Headline sponsor – EDF Energy |
| 11:30am | From reactive to resilient: What practical energy leadership looks like [panel discussion] With representation from manufacturing, retail, hospitality, education, social housing and healthcare, this panel brings together sector voices to explore how organisations are moving beyond short-term reactions to build long-term resilience. This discussion focuses on what sector specific energy and sustainability challenges, businesses are facing and how practical leadership in today’s energy landscape will help businesses embed energy and sustainability into everyday decisions. |
| 12.15pm | Lunch |
| 1.00pm | Breaking down the drivers of change [rotating seminars] – AI & Emerging Technologies – Energy Risk & Markets – ESG – Decarbonisation |
| 3.00pm | Coffee Break |
| 3.15pm | Tim Peake, astronaut A perspective from orbit: Innovation, resilience and the bigger picture Drawing on his extraordinary experiences in space, Tim Peake offers a powerful perspective on innovation and resilience. His keynote challenges audiences to think differently about risk, responsibility and long-term thinking, followed by an audience Q&A. |
| 4.00pm | Encore and next moves Nathan Parker returns to close the day, weaving together key insights, shared challenges and moments of inspiration into a powerful spoken-word summary – leaving delegates with clarity, momentum and a sense of shared purpose. |
| 4.20pm | Unwind Wind down with drinks, canapés and music as the event comes to a close. A time to chat, make connections and enjoy a few final conversations before heading off. |
| 6:00pm | Curfew |
Register your free place
Expect practical cost-saving insights and quality panels and workshops. It’s free to attend, but places are limited.
If this sounds useful for you or your team, grab a spot by filling in this form.