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Energy Transition Summit. March 10th. Sponsored by Softwire.
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AI and Energy | Energy Transition Summit 2025

This event took place on 10th March 2025

The UK has set its sights on becoming a global leader in AI with plans to invest heavily in innovation, research, and infrastructure. But as AI adoption accelerates, so do its energy demands—raising critical questions about sustainability. As businesses and governments drive both net zero goals and AI adoption, we need to ask: how do we extract AI’s potential without the environmental cost?

Join Rob Owen, Principal Consultant at Softwire, at the Energy Transition Summit on March 10th, where he’ll be speaking on a panel exploring AI’s energy impact.

The AI dilemma – can we have our code and compute it too?

This discussion will cover AI’s sustainability challenges, energy-efficient computing, and what businesses can do to mitigate the environmental impact.

Expert speakers:

  • Rob Owen, Principal Consultant at Softwire
  • Lucy Yu, Chief Executive at Centre for Net Zero
  • Jeffrey Donovan, Outreach and stakeholder involvement officer at Department of nuclear energy, International Atomic Energy Agency
  • Dexter Thillien, Lead Analyst, Technology and Telecoms at The Economist Intelligence Unit

Key discussion points

  • Can nuclear power provide the clean, baseload energy needed to sustain AI’s rise while keeping net zero within reach?
  • How can industries harness the combined potential of AI and data to optimise efficiency while mitigating their environmental impact?

Why attend the Energy Transition Summit?

  • Focus on energy transition through a technology lens
  • Network with leading clean energy technology stakeholders
  • Gain insights from industry experts on the latest innovations driving the energy transition
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Meet the speaker

Rob Owen

Technical Principal

Rob is a technology leader and consultant specialising in the energy sector. He is passionate about the technological challenges and opportunities presented by the energy transition and brings to the table deep expertise in cloud, data, AI, and green software. He has extensive experience building best-in-class technology platforms, such as Register To Vote, and currently works with Elexon to modernise and reform central electricity market systems.

Prior to his software career, Rob was a successful scientist reconstructing climate change on geological timescales, providing context he finds deeply relevant to current energy discussions.

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