The keynote and future grid session set the strategic context for the conference, emphasising that the UK’s clean energy transition is fundamentally an economic and industrial opportunity. Speakers highlighted the critical importance of policy certainty, long-term system planning, and grid reform to unlock investment, reduce energy costs, and enable electrification at scale. The future grid discussion underlined that delivering Clean Power 2030 will require unprecedented expansion of grid infrastructure, faster connections, and whole-system planning to manage rising demand, integrate renewables, and maintain security and affordability.