Net Zero Workforce
HYBRID EVENT – FREE REGISTRATION
Thursday 30th March, 2023
In Person Event – 07:15 – 13:00 (BST)
Virtual Content – 08:00 – 11:45 (BST)
Join us virtually or in person at the Aberdeen Science Centre.
The energy transition presents huge opportunity but has also surfaced problems that could be blockers to progress. One of these areas is the need for the energy workforce to evolve rapidly by attracting new talent and reskilling existing workers.
Our Net Zero Workforce conference, presented from the Aberdeen Science Centre, will focus on the massive upskilling, reskilling and training required to harness the vast opportunities offered by the change underway in energy.
Together we will examine what new roles, skills and expertise are required for the Net Zero Workforce to emerge and thrive. Across multiple sessions and workshops we will look to find solutions to key problems around recruitment and skills with a view to generating actionable outcomes for our audience.
Session 1 – Skills in Transition
The keynote session will focus on the new mix of skills needed as the energy industry gears up for the massive transformation, and explore how upskilling, reskilling, training and educational support can help achieve decarbonisation and net zero goals. Proposed topics for discussion include:
· Upskilling, reskilling & training required for the transition
· Skills innovation
· Education and need for STEM
· Culture, diversity & inclusion
· Energy workforce of the future
· Why energy is a good career choice
Session 2 – North Sea Transition Powerhouse
The people currently working in the North Sea have huge talent and experience. What does the industry (and government) need to do to retain that resource and deliver a just transition? What is the jobs market like now? What are the challenges we need to solve to make the North Sea an attractive place to work in the future? How can we create new jobs and safeguard existing ones? Proposed topics for discussion include:
· Job creation & recruitment
· Utilisation of available human resource
· Enhancing creativity & productivity
· Supply chain
· Local content
· Offshore wind/hydrogen/CCS opportunities
Register now for free to attend in person or online.
For all event enquiries please contact Becky on becky.coe@dcthomson.co.uk.
Key Dates
| 30 Mar 2023 |
Itinerary
| 07:15 - 07:55: | Arrival, Registration and Breakfast |
| 08:00 - 08:15: | Welcome Remarks and Introduction |
| 08:15 - 09:45: | Session 1: Skills in Transition |
| 09:45 - 10:15: | Networking Break |
| 10:15 - 11:45: | Session 2: North Sea Transition Powerhouse |
| 12:00: | Plenary Sessions End |
| 12:00 - 13:00: | Exclusive Workshop for In-Person Attendees: Skills Innovation (email Becky Coe to sign up) |
| 13:00: | Event Ends |
Welcome and Introduction
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Ryan Stevenson
Head of Energy Voice, Energy Voice
Session 1 Speakers
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Moderator - Matt Jacobs
VP Operations and Partnerships, X-Academy
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Murray Edward Duguid
Founder, Energy Insider
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Stefan Horsman
Headmaster, Albyn School
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Margo Milne
Director, Developing the Young Workforce (DYW) North East
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Gayle Veitch
Director of IT, ISA
Session 2 Speakers
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Moderator - Nassima Brown
Co-founder and Director, Fennex
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Kevin Coll
Managing Director, Onboard Tracker
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Stuart Gardiner
Operations Director, Hydrasun Group
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Alf Martinez-Felipe
Senior Lecturer in Chemical Engineering, University of Aberdeen
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Amanda McCulloch
Chief Executive, TMM Recruitment
Partners
Albyn School, together with the TotalEnergies French School, is a thriving co-educational school for children and young people aged 2-18 in the heart of Aberdeen’s West End. Educating for over 150 years, the school has around 800 children in the Nursery, Lower and Upper Schools.
Albyn is the perfect size – a goldilocks school, not too big and not too small – a great environment for curious minds to benefit from the broad curriculum, smaller class sizes and an array of fantastic co-curricular activities.
Pupils are encouraged to select subjects and activities that they enjoy and gain fulfilment from which breeds a positive attitude towards learning. This was shown in 2022, with almost half of all S5 pupils gaining A grades at Higher. However, their great exam results are the by-product of an Albyn education, rather than the only objective.
The school has a modern, inclusive and progressive community built on kindness, respect and resilience. The school celebrates the wide diversity of ethnicities, languages and backgrounds that are to be found among our truly international pupil, staff, parent and former pupil community.
Visit Albyn School website
Developing the Young Workforce (DYW) North East plays a key part in the delivery of the Young Person’s Guarantee, making it easier for employers and education to connect and equip young people for the world of work. We work closely with employers and educators to facilitate meaningful relationships that will best support the needs of our young people. By engaging with schools, employers can help young people develop the skills they need to enter the world of work, while building a sustainable pipeline of talent. DYW North East also supports organisations who wish to offer apprenticeships by helping them to access the framework that is right for them.
Visit Developing the Young Workforce (DYW) North East website
Energy Insider is developing an engaging and immersive video streaming platform to attract people to work in the energy industry.
The content on the platform is designed to improve awareness of the energy industry and job opportunities.Visit Energy Insider website
Fennex is a multi-award winning technology firm based in Aberdeen, specialising in the development of AI-powered, cloud-based digital solutions to optimise efficiency and productivity in the energy sector. The company’s expertise lies in digitalising and automating complex HSE and policy assurance industry-business processes and workflows, turning them into streamlined, data-driven live platforms that enhance collaboration, visibility, and break down silos for faster and smarter decision-making.
Fennex is recognised for its flagship breakthrough BBSS technology, deployed across global offshore assets to empower teams to enhance compliance, improve safety performance, decrease operational costs, and cut emissions. Their solutions have been widely adopted by the industry across the globe, as they provide companies with the tools to achieve optimal efficiency and productivity while prioritising safety, compliance, and sustainability.
Visit Fennex website
Hydrasun is a recognised market leader in the provision of integrated fluid transfer, power and control solutions, focused on supporting the Energy Transition through our work in the oil & gas, renewable energy, general industrial & marine industries worldwide.
A core product offering is complemented by services including asset integrity management, installation & integration, design, engineering and project management.
The Hydrasun reputation for fast and reliable supply of products, services and solutions aligned with our innovative engineering & technology development has been a clear differentiator in the marketplace.
Our extensive experience of working with blue-chip customers on high profile projects in the oil and gas industry worldwide has in recent years transferred readily into the new emerging Hydrogen marketplace where we have established a significant track record of delivery & service excellence.
Headquartered in the UK with operational bases and sales representation in 10 strategic international locations, Hydrasun has over 400 employees committed to delivering service excellence & adding value to customers’ operations worldwide.
Visit Hydrasun website
Established in 1972, ISA is Scotland’s first international school. The school’s mission is to deliver excellence in education through a safe and caring learning environment and its strength is diverse intelligence, providing something different when it comes to private education.
At the heart of the school, there is a drive to support children to find their place in the world. The independent school provides students with a comprehensive university preparatory education using best practices in education from around the world. Students are challenged to reach their maximum potential through academic success and personal growth, becoming learners for life and socially responsible, active global citizens.
ISA is an inclusive school that meets the growing demand for local families to join the school to not only experience the quality of teaching delivered but also because they recognise ISA’s learning is wide, with no barriers. ISA ensures every graduate leaves the school confident living life and are as prepared as possible to succeed in an ever changing and complex global society, no matter what that path might be or where they may go.
Visit International School Aberdeen website
Onboard Tracker™ is the award-winning Crew Management Software for the Energy, Renewables and Marine sectors.
A scalable system, Onboard Tracker™ supports Operators, Service Providers and SME’s to maximise workforce utilisation for core, project and contractor crews, whilst keeping your people safe, compliant and informed.
Currently, the modular web-based Software as a Service (SAAS) supports crewing operations in over 100 countries and connects the crew planning, scheduling, training and competence of on and offshore mobile workforces moving and working all over the world.
The easy to use, lightning fast and globally available platform delivers real time data that empowers users to make efficient, informed and collaborative decisions in the often unpredictable world of crewing operations. Ongoing collaboration with clients, partners and crewing providers is not only shaping the software roadmap, but also solving real crewing challenges and shaping crewing industry standards.
TMM Recruitment is a team of recruitment experts who love helping people succeed.
We support employers and business owners attract and recruit the people their companies need and we’re a trusted advisor to professionals seeking assistance to find their next job.
We work with organisations from start-ups to international businesses based in Aberdeen and adopt a personal approach to understand our clients’ challenges, whether working collaboratively with in-house recruiters or assuming full-service support. Over 25 years we’ve helped thousands of people get the job they want and find work they enjoy.
Our specialisms are Accountancy & Finance, Engineering & Planning, Human Resources, IT, Legal, Office Support, QHSE, Supply Chain & Contracts and Technical & Industrial.
Visit TMM Recruitment website
Visit University of Aberdeeen website
SIGN PRINT AND ENGRAVING SPECIALISTS SINCE 1951 Lofthus Signs have been delivering engaging and impactful signage projects in Aberdeen for over half a century. Lofthus Signs are renowned throughout the North East and beyond for not only quality signage, but bespoke fabrication, print, design, branding, marketing, warehousing and fulfilment.
Visit Loftus Signs website
X-Academy is a world’s first energy transition skills organisation, focused on the professional development of people to deliver global net zero goals. We will deliver the skills needed for the energy transition by developing the capabilities of professionals working in the energy sector, creating projects that deliver value and are underpinned the UK Sustainable Goals, and working at pace to create pathways to skilled labour jobs in the energy transition. Led by Xodus and partnerships with ETZ Limited and the bp and EnBW joint venture Morven, X-Academy is a non-profit-making organisation, reinvesting profits into further skills development and the growth of the programme.
Our 2-year programme develops individuals technical, professional and behavioural skills sets, and our current cohorts include graduates, early years professionals and reskillers from a diversity of backgrounds. Following completion of this accelerated development program, ‘Xccelerators’ progress into their next exciting role in the energy industry.
Visit X-Academy website
Albyn School, together with the TotalEnergies French School, is a thriving co-educational school for children and young people aged 2-18 in the heart of Aberdeen’s West End. Educating for over 150 years, the school has around 800 children in the Nursery, Lower and Upper Schools.
Albyn is the perfect size – a goldilocks school, not too big and not too small – a great environment for curious minds to benefit from the broad curriculum, smaller class sizes and an array of fantastic co-curricular activities.
Pupils are encouraged to select subjects and activities that they enjoy and gain fulfilment from which breeds a positive attitude towards learning. This was shown in 2022, with almost half of all S5 pupils gaining A grades at Higher. However, their great exam results are the by-product of an Albyn education, rather than the only objective.
The school has a modern, inclusive and progressive community built on kindness, respect and resilience. The school celebrates the wide diversity of ethnicities, languages and backgrounds that are to be found among our truly international pupil, staff, parent and former pupil community.
Visit Albyn School websiteDeveloping the Young Workforce (DYW) North East plays a key part in the delivery of the Young Person’s Guarantee, making it easier for employers and education to connect and equip young people for the world of work. We work closely with employers and educators to facilitate meaningful relationships that will best support the needs of our young people. By engaging with schools, employers can help young people develop the skills they need to enter the world of work, while building a sustainable pipeline of talent. DYW North East also supports organisations who wish to offer apprenticeships by helping them to access the framework that is right for them.
Visit Developing the Young Workforce (DYW) North East websiteEnergy Insider is developing an engaging and immersive video streaming platform to attract people to work in the energy industry.
Fennex is a multi-award winning technology firm based in Aberdeen, specialising in the development of AI-powered, cloud-based digital solutions to optimise efficiency and productivity in the energy sector. The company’s expertise lies in digitalising and automating complex HSE and policy assurance industry-business processes and workflows, turning them into streamlined, data-driven live platforms that enhance collaboration, visibility, and break down silos for faster and smarter decision-making.
Fennex is recognised for its flagship breakthrough BBSS technology, deployed across global offshore assets to empower teams to enhance compliance, improve safety performance, decrease operational costs, and cut emissions. Their solutions have been widely adopted by the industry across the globe, as they provide companies with the tools to achieve optimal efficiency and productivity while prioritising safety, compliance, and sustainability.
Visit Fennex websiteHydrasun is a recognised market leader in the provision of integrated fluid transfer, power and control solutions, focused on supporting the Energy Transition through our work in the oil & gas, renewable energy, general industrial & marine industries worldwide.
A core product offering is complemented by services including asset integrity management, installation & integration, design, engineering and project management.
The Hydrasun reputation for fast and reliable supply of products, services and solutions aligned with our innovative engineering & technology development has been a clear differentiator in the marketplace.
Our extensive experience of working with blue-chip customers on high profile projects in the oil and gas industry worldwide has in recent years transferred readily into the new emerging Hydrogen marketplace where we have established a significant track record of delivery & service excellence.
Headquartered in the UK with operational bases and sales representation in 10 strategic international locations, Hydrasun has over 400 employees committed to delivering service excellence & adding value to customers’ operations worldwide.
Visit Hydrasun websiteEstablished in 1972, ISA is Scotland’s first international school. The school’s mission is to deliver excellence in education through a safe and caring learning environment and its strength is diverse intelligence, providing something different when it comes to private education.
At the heart of the school, there is a drive to support children to find their place in the world. The independent school provides students with a comprehensive university preparatory education using best practices in education from around the world. Students are challenged to reach their maximum potential through academic success and personal growth, becoming learners for life and socially responsible, active global citizens.
ISA is an inclusive school that meets the growing demand for local families to join the school to not only experience the quality of teaching delivered but also because they recognise ISA’s learning is wide, with no barriers. ISA ensures every graduate leaves the school confident living life and are as prepared as possible to succeed in an ever changing and complex global society, no matter what that path might be or where they may go.
Visit International School Aberdeen websiteOnboard Tracker™ is the award-winning Crew Management Software for the Energy, Renewables and Marine sectors.
A scalable system, Onboard Tracker™ supports Operators, Service Providers and SME’s to maximise workforce utilisation for core, project and contractor crews, whilst keeping your people safe, compliant and informed.
Currently, the modular web-based Software as a Service (SAAS) supports crewing operations in over 100 countries and connects the crew planning, scheduling, training and competence of on and offshore mobile workforces moving and working all over the world.
The easy to use, lightning fast and globally available platform delivers real time data that empowers users to make efficient, informed and collaborative decisions in the often unpredictable world of crewing operations. Ongoing collaboration with clients, partners and crewing providers is not only shaping the software roadmap, but also solving real crewing challenges and shaping crewing industry standards.
TMM Recruitment is a team of recruitment experts who love helping people succeed.
We support employers and business owners attract and recruit the people their companies need and we’re a trusted advisor to professionals seeking assistance to find their next job.
We work with organisations from start-ups to international businesses based in Aberdeen and adopt a personal approach to understand our clients’ challenges, whether working collaboratively with in-house recruiters or assuming full-service support. Over 25 years we’ve helped thousands of people get the job they want and find work they enjoy.
Our specialisms are Accountancy & Finance, Engineering & Planning, Human Resources, IT, Legal, Office Support, QHSE, Supply Chain & Contracts and Technical & Industrial.
Visit TMM Recruitment websiteSIGN PRINT AND ENGRAVING SPECIALISTS SINCE 1951 Lofthus Signs have been delivering engaging and impactful signage projects in Aberdeen for over half a century. Lofthus Signs are renowned throughout the North East and beyond for not only quality signage, but bespoke fabrication, print, design, branding, marketing, warehousing and fulfilment.
Visit Loftus Signs websiteX-Academy is a world’s first energy transition skills organisation, focused on the professional development of people to deliver global net zero goals. We will deliver the skills needed for the energy transition by developing the capabilities of professionals working in the energy sector, creating projects that deliver value and are underpinned the UK Sustainable Goals, and working at pace to create pathways to skilled labour jobs in the energy transition. Led by Xodus and partnerships with ETZ Limited and the bp and EnBW joint venture Morven, X-Academy is a non-profit-making organisation, reinvesting profits into further skills development and the growth of the programme.
Our 2-year programme develops individuals technical, professional and behavioural skills sets, and our current cohorts include graduates, early years professionals and reskillers from a diversity of backgrounds. Following completion of this accelerated development program, ‘Xccelerators’ progress into their next exciting role in the energy industry.
Visit X-Academy website