The need for action around air quality in London has never been more important. That’s why it’s essential that London’s future is electric, from the vehicles on our roads to the clean energy that powers them. More and more Londoners are buying electric cars as the capital steps up its gears to quit petrol by 2030 - but there’s still a long road ahead.
The Evening Standard’s Plug It In Summit, on 24 November 2022 at the Design Museum, is a one-day event that will bring together policy makers, business leaders, innovators and industry experts for a landmark series of roundtables and keynote speeches.
Hosted by Lucy Siegle, the Plug It In Summit will help to shape the narrative on a political level, with CEOs, experts and public figures, to deliver a realistic plan for London’s electric transformation. The Summit’s goal is to create a global electric city blueprint, supported by the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, who has pledged to deliver a Net Zero city by 2030.
Event Programme
9.30am – 10.15am: Registration & Breakfast
10:30am – 11:05am: Opening Keynote by designer Paul Priestman – The Vision for Cities of The Future & How Design and Transport intersect
11:10am – 11:45am: Panel 1 - EV take up: motivating and driving change
- Cllr Deirdre Costigan, Deputy leader and climate action Ealing Council
- Toddington Harper, CEO, Gridserve
- Lauren Pamma, Programme Director, Green Finance Institute
- Andrew Brem, UK General Manager, Uber
- Moderated by Ross Lydall, City Hall Editor and Transport Editor of the Evening Standard
12pm – 12.45pm: Panel 2 - Moving people and things: the challenges of E-mobility
- Tom Goodall, Deputy Assistant Commissioner for Technical & Service Support, London Fire Brigade
- Dominic Phinn, Senior Policy Manager, The Climate Group
- Niall Riddell, CEO and Co-Founder, Paua
- Moderated by Lucy Siegle, Environmental Journalist & Broadcaster
12.45pm – 2pm: Lunch
2pm – 3pm: Mini Keynotes on future tech and how it is changing the landscape:
- Jonathan Goodman and Fredrika Klarén of Polestar on car manufacturers’ responsibilities
- William Fitzhugh, CEO of Adden Energy, on EV battery technology breakthroughs
- Kai-Tse Lin, Co-founder and COO, Bellwether Industries Ltd, on electric air mobility
3.10pm - 3.40pm: Fireside chat
Lucy Siegle talks to Kaity Fischer, Director of Partnerships and Business Development, Wayve, about the future of autonomous EVs in London
3.40pm – Afternoon tea
4pm – 4.30pm: Panel 3 - What do we need to do to make London Net Zero 2030 a reality?
- Graeme Cooper, Head of Future Markets, National Grid
- Helena Bennett, Head of Climate Policy, Green Alliance
- Ade Thomas, Founder, World EV Day
- Christina Calderato, Director of Transport Strategy and Policy, Transport for London (TFL)
- Moderated by David Marsland, Head of Audio, Evening Standard
4.30pm – 5pm: Closing Keynote
5-7pm: Networking Drinks
Speakers and moderators
Cllr Deirdre Costigan, Councillor, Ealing Council
Paul Priestman, Designer
Ade Thomas, Founder of EV Summit
Niall Riddell, CEO & Co-Founder, Paua
Lauren Pamma, Programme Director of the Coalition for the Decarbonisation of Road Transport, The Green Finance Institute
Toddington Harper, CEO, Gridserve
Ross Lydall, City Hall Editor and Transport Editor, Evening Standard
Dominic Phinn, Senior Policy Manager, EV100
Lucy Siegle, Environmental Journalist & Broadcaster
Christina Calderato, Director of Transport Strategy and Policy, TFL
Graeme Cooper, Head of Future Markets, National Grid
Helena Bennett, Head of Climate Policy, Green Alliance
Tom Goodall, Deputy Assistant Commissioner for Technical & Service Support, London Fire Brigade
Kai-Tse Lin, Co-Founder / COO, Bellwether Industries
David Marsland, Head of Audio, Evening Standard
William Fitzhugh, CEO, Adden Energy
Jonathan Goodman, Head of Polestar UK
Fredrika Klarén, Head of Sustainability, Polestar
Kaity Fischer, Director of Partnerships and Business Development, Wayve
Andrew Brem, UK General Manager, Uber
