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Dates and time When: Thursday, 10 July 2025 Time: 9:30 – 16:30 (17:00 inc. networking) Location: The Studio – 51 Lever St, Manchester, M1 1FN Overview Join us on 10 July for a showcase event in collaboration with the Carbon Trust, Innovate UK Business Connect, Jacobs, and the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. This event will highlight industrial energy and resource efficiency technologies developed through the Industrial Energy Efficiency Accelerator (IEEA). The IEEA addresses one of the UK's biggest Net Zero challenges: reducing energy and resource use in industrial processes. Funded by the Department and delivered by the Carbon Trust in partnership with Jacobs and Innovate UK, the programme supports the development of innovative energy and resource efficiency technologies with the potential for wide-scale impact across industry. About the event This showcase event offers a unique opportunity to hear first-hand about the technologies that have been demonstrated through the IEEA. We will offer insights into the technical, environmental, and commercial performance of solutions trialled in real industry settings. We will explore how these innovations can help industrial companies reduce carbon emissions and accelerate progress towards Net Zero. Expect to learn more about innovations in the food and drink, textiles, chemicals, metals, plastics, construction sectors and more. Technologies showcased will include:

• Industrial heat pumps
• Novel manufacturing processes
• Innovative materials
• Sensors and controls
• Large scale 3D printing
• Waste processing

You will hear the results from the IEEA projects and the potential uses for your company, as well as engaging in discussions with Government representatives on how uptake of innovative technologies can be accelerated. Why attend?

• Hear about innovative technologies that have been successfully demonstrated on-site and are available for uptake across industry
• Hear the latest thinking from Government on potential support for industrial decarbonisation initiatives
• Discuss what support industry needs to accelerate the uptake of innovative energy and resource efficiency technologies with policymakers and other Government representatives
• Network with like-minded industrial companies, as well as innovators and Government representatives

Who should attend*?

• Directors, managers and engineers from manufacturing and industrial sites aiming to reduce carbon emissions and increase energy and resource efficiency
• Energy and resource technology innovators
• Energy and resource efficiency experts
• Investors and funders interested in clean tech

*Please note - we will prioritise applications from industrial companies and may need to operate a waiting list if oversubscribed.

Discover how innovation can help industry meet the Net Zero challenge, through key note speakers, expert panel discussions and case studies

The UK's Net Zero target means a step-change in the ambition to decarbonise UK’s industry. In 2018, industry represented 16% of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions, being the third largest emitter after energy production and transport. Accelerating the deployment of innovative technologies will help cut carbon emissions, while maintaining a competitive and thriving sector. We have a clear destination, now let’s plot the journey.

In this event, you will:

• Understand the scope of the Net Zero challenge and the urgency for industry to meet it, with key note speakers such as Mark Taylor, Deputy Director Energy Innovation at BEIS and Julia King, Baroness Brown of Cambridge and chair of the Carbon Trust.
• Hear from a panel of industry leaders on how adopting innovative technologies can bring significant carbon and cost savings to businesses.
• Find out how corporations are overcoming the challenges faced when setting their own decarbonisation targets.
• Learn about the real energy and cost savings achieved by the innovative demonstration projects supported through the first and second phase of the BEIS Industrial Energy Efficiency Accelerator (IEEA).