REGIONAL NET ZERO INVESTMENT FORUM, BIRMINGHAM

This Investment Forum will bring together city and business leaders, investors, and national government to accelerate financial flows into local net zero projects. It will showcase net zero projects at different stages of maturity and welcome an open dialogue about how early-stage projects can be shaped into compelling net zero investment opportunities.

For local authority professionals in Birmingham and beyond, this event will provide the opportunity to understand the ways local net zero projects attract investment and how 3Ci can help bring projects forward for financing.

For investors, this event will offer insight into local authorities’ projects and open a dialogue to ensure the right investment decisions are factored into both local projects and national programmes.

For professionals in business and national government the event will provide a chance to understand the opportunities that can be unlocked through net zero and help shape the agenda by sharing priorities and challenges.

In addition, all attendees will be invited to help shape 3Ci’s plans for a national technical facility to support local authorities access expertise in net zero project identification, design, and financing. This work is being developed in collaboration with the Green Finance Institute (GFI) and Jacobs.

The event will also provide the perfect opportunity to network and strengthen relationships with professionals involved in bringing net zero projects to life.

Speakers

• Prof Greg Clark, Chair of 3Ci
• Steve Turner, Director, 3Ci
• Zoe Jennings, Head of Engagement, 3Ci
• Cheryl Hiles, Director of Energy Capital, West Midlands Combined Authority

Agenda

12:50 – 13:30 Registration & Welcome Lunch

13:30 – 13:35 Chair’s Opening Remarks

Prof Greg Clark, Chair, Connected Places Catapult and Chair, 3Ci

13:35 – 13:45 Keynote Welcome

13:45 – 14:30 Panel Discussion - Local Experiences of Public-Private Financing of Net Zero Programmes

Chair: Prof Greg Clark, Chair, Connected Places Catapult and Chair, 3Ci

14:30 – 14:50 Birmingham Investment Strategy

14:50 – 15:15 Coffee Break and networking

15:15 – 16:45 Workshops: Shaping Bankable Local Net Zero Projects

Investors are invited to join presentations by local authorities to explore their pipeline of local net zero projects and help co-design them. Investors will have the opportunity to feedback and co-design the funding models for the projects.

Session A3 Local Authorities (3 x 10 mins presentations & 3 x 10 mins discussion with panel & audience after each presentation); Followed by general reflections from a panel after all 3 presentations 10x minutes

Chair: Steve Turner, Managing Director, 3Ci

Session B

3 Local Authorities (3 x 10 mins presentations & 3 x 10 mins discussion with panel & audience after each presentation); Followed by general reflections from a panel after all 3 presentations 10x minutes

Chair: Zoe Jennings, Head of Engagement, 3Ci

16:50 – 17:10 Reflections & Action Plan

Attendees will come back together to share reflections from the breakout sessions and discuss the action plan going forward.

Chair: Prof Greg Clark, Chair, Connected Places Catapult and Chair, 3Ci

17:10 – 17:15 Chair’s Closing Remarks

Prof Greg Clark, Chair, Connected Places Catapult and Chair, 3Ci

17.15 – 18:45 Drinks Reception

18:45 Event Close

Host or Publisher Connected Places Catapult