Maximising Business Success through Decarbonisation: Technology Expo & Industry Talks

This free and informative morning event brings together local companies from key sectors including Advanced Manufacturing, Aerospace, Fintech, Quantum, and AI to explore practical ways to cut costs, improve energy efficiency, and build long-term resilience.

Focusing on energy use and commercial retrofitting, the event will showcase real-world steps businesses can take now to reduce overheads, manage risk, and stay competitive in a changing economy.

You will connect with exhibitors who are offering solutions such as solar panels, heat pumps, insulation, hydrogen technology, and energy management systems. Businesses include Future Leap Consultancy, Ecotricity, Herschel Infrared Heaters, Green Team One, Clade Engineering Systems, Pleo Energy, Not Impossible, Severn Wye, Building Energy Experts...

Event Agenda

8:00am – Networking and light breakfast

8:30am – 8:45am – Opening Session
Welcome and introduction from Eden Beadle, Consultancy Lead, Future Leap

9:00am – 10:00am – Session 1: Smarter Business Energy

• Paul Bowtell, Senior Sustainability Manager, Ecotricity – Actions organisations can take to reduce costs and optimise energy efficiency
• Kyle Arnold, Managing Director, HyHaul - Case Study: M4 hydrogen refuelling project with anchor site in Avonmouth
• Audience Q&A

10:00am – 10:30am – Networking and Exhibition

10:35am – 11:35am – Session 2: High-Performance Buildings & Green Skills

• Alex Benstead, Senior Manager of Partnerships and Programmes, UK Green Building Council – Overview of commercial retrofit actions businesses can take
• Skills and workforce transformation for net zero
• Sebastian Loyn, Director of Planning and Development, YTL Developments – Case Study of the Brabazon Enterprise Zone
• Audience Q&A

11:35am – 12:00pm – Networking and Exhibition

12:00pm – Event Close

Enjoy light breakfast, refreshments and network with other forward-thinking businesses as you explore new tools, funding opportunities, and local partnerships.

This free event is for South Gloucestershire businesses seeking hands-on strategies to improve performance and embrace future-ready practices. 

This event is funded and supported by South Gloucestershire Council, in partnership with Future Leap.

Opportunities, Suggestions and Conditions

South Gloucestershire Council collect your information to meet the funding requirements of the West of England Mayoral Combined Authority for organising business events, which allows us to continue to host free to attend events such as these. Your information will only be used for funding purposes and will not be shared with any other parties.

We will share your name, job title & company with the other event attendees for this event only. If you don’t want this information to be shared please let us know when you have purchased your ticket.

Future Leap and South Gloucestershire Council may reach out to attendees in relation to the event, but unless you have opted in for further marketing you will not receive any further marketing emails

We take photos at our events for marketing purposes, if you don’t want your picture taken please let us know in advance.

Please let us know at least one week in advance if you require closed captions or have any other accessibility needs.

If you require a complimentary carers/assistant ticket, please email events@futureleap.co.uk at least one week in advance and we will be happy to support you!

Agenda and speaker changes sometimes happen out of our control. We reserve the right to make these changes at any time.