Automotive Trends Strategist across both APC and Zenzic. Helena has worked as a market and competitive intelligence analyst since 2007, both in agencies and as internal market analyst, with the majority of her time as an automotive analyst. Judit Soria submitting on their behalf.

Ian joined the Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) as CEO in 2015 with over 25 years of automotive experience. During Ian’s tenure the APC has committed well over £1bn investment into zero and low carbon automotive innovation, with the resulting products reducing their carbon footprint and providing lasting economic benefits from jobs and inward investment.

A key objective has been to bring partners from industry, academia, and government together to spur collaboration and accelerate the delivery of green automotive technology. Ian and the APC team were instrumental in the development, launch and now delivery of the Automotive Transformation Fund announced in 2020. 

As well as his work at the APC, Ian played a key role in establishing the Faraday Battery Challenge and Driving the Electric Revolution where he is currently a board member for both and is also a director at the UK Battery Industrialisation Centre (UKBIC).  Ian’s ambition is to see a new generation electric vehicle supply chain, at scale, anchored in the UK.  

Ian is Technical Director of aHV Solutions - a Manchester based business that provides design and test services to companies developing the next generation of high voltage power electronic systems for electric transport. aHV has clients across the aerospace, automotive and marine sectors. Ian is also part-time Professor of High Voltage at The University of Manchester where he leads a team of researchers focused on developing an improved understanding of the ways we can deliver power dense yet reliable high voltage solutions.

Dr Isabella Panovic | Innovate UK – Programme Manager (Zero Emission Road Freight) Dr Isabella Panovic is a Programme Manager at Innovate UK, facilitating the delivery of the UK Government’s £200m Zero Emission HGV & Infrastructure Demonstrator programme. The programme aims to increase HGV operator confidence and government understanding of various zero emission HGV technologies and their infrastructure. Prior to joining the Land & Maritime Transport team at Innovate UK, Isabella has worked in R&D policy for several years to support development of other net zero technologies, such as offshore renewables and decarbonising heating and cooling. Isabella also completed a PhD at the University of St Andrews in Scotland, focussing on biorefineries and the chemistry of biomass.

Jacob has worked in the sustainable transport industry for over ten years, with a focus on enabling the transition to zero-emission vehicles. Beginning in local government, Jacob gained hands-on experience of local EV charging infrastructure delivery, before working for Energy Saving Trust, where he supported public and private sector organisations to reduce harmful emissions from transport. At REA, Jacob co-ordinated an industry group representing and advocating on behalf of the UK EV charging companies. At Cenex, Jacob now leads a team of specialists that deliver policy, strategy and implementation support to public and private sector organisations who are looking to offer electric vehicle charging infrastructure.

As South Wales Director for the High Value Manufacturing Catapult, Jacqui is working with partners to deliver a prosperous, productive and sustainable ecosystem across Wales. She is the current chair of £65m SmartNanoNI consortium. Previously the COO of the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland and Deputy Director of the £611m Faraday Battery Challenge with a background in the steel industry.

Jamie is Global Head of Regulatory & Public Affairs at Oxa. He leads work in Oxa to engage regulators and governments around the world, communicating the importance of safe autonomy delivering social good. Jamie also chairs techUK’s Self-Driving Vehicle Working Group, which seeks to promote the ADS developer industry and ensure autonomy achieves something for everyone. He previously worked in the UK Department for Transport's Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles where he led the team developing future legislation and regulation, including the Law Commission project and the Automated Vehicles Act.

John Curtis, Marketing & Operations Director at The EV Café and Chairperson of the UK’s Net Zero Club, is a leading authority on sustainability and transport with over a decade of experience championing  zero emission business. 

He leverages his policy expertise, gained with the Scottish Government, to deliver real-world net zero solutions across multiple sectors including energy, the built environment and transport. 

John has worked with major brands like AA, Europcar and Police Scotland on their sustainability plans, and as Chairman of the UK’s national Net Zero Club promotes the best of the private sector Net Zero solutions to 3,500 senior public policy leaders.

As well as  being a conference host, journalist and public speaker john uses his uniquely engaging personality to share insights on navigating the transition to a greener future.

John Phillips is a Senior Principal Application Engineer with Cadence Design Systems. Prior to joining Cadence John worked at many different companies covering such diverse marketplaces as high-end computer platforms and mil-aero.

During his career he acquired a broad knowledge of SI, PI and EMC at chip, board and system level. John holds an MSc. Degree form Bolton University, UK. His current interests are SI/PI co-simulation and modelling for both serial and parallel interfaces.

Worked for Intelligent Energy on the design and development of hydrogen fuel cells for automotive, stationary and aerospace applications for the past 24 years.

Jon has a varied industrial background in electronics, embedded control systems, and management across several sectors, predominantly in low-emission automotive (EV, HEV, FCEV, CleanICE). He has also worked at InnovateUK designing funding interventions to support UK automotive’s development of clean propulsion technologies, and ran the BEIS-funded Digital Engineering and Test Centre (DETC) within Loughborough University London.

Now at Cranfield University Jon supports the development of new pan-university e-propulsion opportunities including hydrogen. He is the Programme Director for the £69M Cranfield Hydrogen Integration Incubator (CH2i), Cranfield's largest funding win to date, which will enable construction of new gaseous & liquid hydrogen R&D facilities on campus including large experimental areas for LH2 R&D for civil aviation.

Jonathan has been delivering propulsion and power projects since 1998. From a technical engineering role within a leading international consultancy, he has experience of working with a diverse global customer base. Jonathan joined Hypermotive in 2022 and as Chief Strategy Officer is focused on driving sustainable transport and power technology transformation.

Joining CAM Testbed UK in 2020, Jonathan Eaton sits as independent chair of the organisation, having previously held roles as a member of the steering group for three years prior.

Josey Wardle is the Innovation Lead for ZEV infrastructure at Innovate UK. She specialises in the infrastructure required to enable zero emission transport, using experience gathered over 15 years working in the EV charging industry and PhD investigating the future of EV charging. Josey manages the EV charging and V2G/V2X innovation programmes and also supports maritime and heavy freight projects funded by UK Government. Innovate UK is part of UK Research and Innovation, a non-departmental public body, driving productivity and growth by supporting businesses to realise the potential of new technologies, develop ideas and make them a commercial success. Innovate UK provides connections and funds businesses and research collaborations in all economic sectors, value chains and UK regions to accelerate innovation.

Juliet is the Programme Director leading GFI’s Transport Team, looking after the GFI’s work on electric vehicles, charging infrastructure, HGVs and the UK battery supply chain. She leads on bringing a series of financial products including Utilisation Linked Finance and Residual Value Guarantees to market. She joined the institute from the Power, Utilities and Infrastructure Investment Banking team at Jefferies, where she worked on several deals within the green energy and energy transition sector, and was involved in the successful completion of several infrastructure transactions.