7th of May, 2025

The Marcliffe Hotel Aberdeen

E-FWD Momentum Mornings

Wednesday 07 May 2025 | 07.30 - 11.30
Join E-FWD for an exclusive breakfast briefing to focus on the future of the energy sector in Aberdeen

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A community focused on outcomes
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Fostering Collaboration
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Broadcasting industry's requirements

Accelerating growth and investment in the North Sea

From ideas to influence

MOMENTUM MORNINGS

Wednesday 07 May 2025
The Marcliffe Hotel, Aberdeen

Aberdeen has been crucial to the development of oil and gas and has high hopes for new growth in offshore wind. However, windfall taxes on oil and gas have undercut investment plans. And the UK also has the some of the highest electricity prices in the OECD.

So, what comes next? What can - or should - change?

Hear from politicians and industry insiders onstage, through interviews and panel sessions, alongside high-level networking.

The energy landscape is evolving. E-FWD speaks for the businesses that will shape the future of UK energy. We connect industry and politicians with the aim of pushing energy forward, together.

Event hosts

Owen Wyatt

Chief Growth Officer

D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd.

SEPI GOLZARI- MUNRO

Broadcaster

Energy expert

Special Guest Speaker

Paul Addison

Director Policy and External Affairs

GB Energy

james reid

Senior Research Analyst

Wood Mackenzie

Workshop 1

Francesco Mazzagatti

CEO

VIARO ENERGY

ryan crighton

Senior Partner

True North Advisors

Jamie Robson

Partner, Corporate Tax

Pinsent Mason

The tents are back! Choose one!!
Workshop 1

Hosted by Ryan Crighton, True North Advisors

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What next for the North Sea’s fiscal regime?

The UK government is consulting on a successor regime to replace the Energy Profits Levy when it is finally phased out in 2030.

It wants a predictable fiscal response to future oil and gas price shocks. Should it be profit or revenue based? What about the oil-gas split? What even is a windfall? And, crucially, will there be anything left to tax by 2030?

Come along and be in the tent on May 7.

Workshop 2

Angus macrae

Director, Market Development,

SSE

SEPI GOLZARI-MUNRO

Strategist and writer

Energy Expert

Paul Cavanagh

Asset Director

Ocean Winds

Workshop 2

Hosted by Sepi Golzari-Munro, Strategist, Writer and Energy Expert

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How can we reform the electricity market while protecting offshore wind?

The future is electrified, but the UK has among the highest power prices in the OECD.

The UK government is on a mission to cut bills, but Scottish offshore wind developers are warning that a move to zonal pricing will jeopardise investment in new projects.

Is there a solution that pleases everyone as REMA moves to its conclusion? Come along and be in the tent on May 7.