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Nigeria Energy Leadership Summit 2023
Theme: Unlocking new value with reforms, investments and technology
Relaunching West Africa's leading energy conference as "Nigeria Energy Leadership Summit." The high-level summit aims to gather all stakeholders involved in the value chain, including government leaders, gas companies supplying fuel to grid-connected plants, independent power producers, generation, distribution, and transmission companies, technology providers, and agencies facilitating the development of renewable and off-grid solutions.
The strategic conference will provide a platform for the public and private sector in Nigeria to engage with international energy leaders and investors, not only offering a stage to share knowledge but a platform for developing solutions and forming partnerships to meet Nigeria’s energy challenges.
By engaging the highest level of decision makers and international partners, Nigeria Energy will provide a blueprint for Nigeria’s power sector in the coming years to not only improve access to electricity, but also driving economic growth and creating jobs for Nigerians.
N.B - Agenda subject to change
Conference Agenda
- Day 1 | Tuesday, 19 September 2023
- Day 2 | Wednesday, 20 September 2023
- Day 3 | Thursday, 21 September 2023
Theme: Regulations, reforms, and policy updates – 2023 and beyond
10:30
Registration and Networking
11:00
Welcome by Emcee
11:10
Welcome remarks by Informa Markets
11:20
Opening Address
11:35
Official opening of the Exhibition
12:00
Keynote address
12:20
Keynote address
12:45
Opening panel: Power sector decentralization - New legislations and framework in Nigeria
The new power sector decentralisation bill, which was signed by the President, permits state governments to generate, transmit and distribute electricity in areas that are currently covered by the national grid. A historic move for the sector, that aims to expand national power generation capacity, revitalise industries, create jobs and drive economic growth.
13:45
Networking Break| Exhibition visit
14:45
State spotlight leadership keynotes
A glimpse of how prominent states in Nigeria are creating a framework of the electricity market plan, what makes their power plan unique, the proposal to integrate off-grid energy solutions, and the incentives in place for value chain partners.
15:45
Networking Break| Exhibition visit
16:00
Country spotlight: Ghana
Spotlight on how Ghana’s evolving power mix affects the energy trilemma - energy security, energy equity and environmental sustainability.
16:30
Emission trading – New reforms in Africa?
Carbon markets provide a fantastic chance to raise billions for the continent's countries' climate finance requirements while also increasing energy access, generating jobs, preserving biodiversity, reducing emissions, and promoting climate action. However, only a small portion of Africa's potential for carbon credits is currently produced.
17:30
End of day one
Theme: Finance & Investment: The catalyst to boost energy access in Nigeria
10:00
Registration and Networking
10:30
Welcome and recap of Day 1 by Emcee
10:40
Keynote address: Reducing the energy poverty gap
11:00
Funding opportunities – Are investments finally moving in?
Nigeria offers appealing investment options across various sectors including gas, hydropower, solar, biomass, wind, and more. Blessed with resources for both renewable and non-renewable energy, the nation offers workable solutions to address power shortages and support the Federal Government's ambition to dramatically enhance the nation's installed capacity by the year 2030 and beyond. Unlocking more finance remains key to Nigeria’s energy future. It requires stronger efforts on the ground that are backed by global support.
12:00
Registration and Networking
12:20
Role of Natural gas as a transition fuel in achieving a net-zero economy
Nigeria’s Energy Transition Plan (ETP) was unveiled last year which highlighted the important role of Natural Gas as a transition fuel to a net-zero economy. But several challenges remain to be addressed to meet the current needs including – gas supply issues, scattered demand centers, security of gas infrastructure, and an uncertain macro-economic outlook.
Investing in developing dual-use infrastructure and innovative technologies is crucial to push up supply.
13:30
Networking Break | Exhibition visit
14:30
Presidential Power Initiative - A beam of hope to increase Nigeria’s power generation
The Presidential Power Initiative, an ambitious electricity development plan with Siemens and the German government aims to increase the country’s generation capacity to 25GW by 2025. The project strives to place practical measures that improve the current situation and make the power sector sustainable moving forward. Being a three-phase initiative, it focuses on investments in transmission and distribution networks, centralized meter data management systems, and power system simulations. The session strives to talk about the developments of the plan, financing challenges, and the window of opportunities for the power sector.
15:30
CEO Leadership panel: What are the steps taken by DisCos to encourage climate-driven investments?
A must-attend session that will voice out the central challenges faced by DisCos, financial stability and the clean energy pathways adopted to encourage investments.
16:00
Networking Break | Exhibition visit
16:20
Nigeria’s Energy Transition Plan – How will it impact the power market?
Nigeria’s ETP was launched last year to showcase its commitment to achieving carbon neutrality, ending energy poverty, and driving economic growth. The key challenge is to transition to net-zero emissions while building sustainable power systems to drive economic growth.
17:10
Country spotlight: South Africa/Senegal
17:30
End of day two
Theme: Digitalisation and grids of the future
10:30
Registration and Networking
11:00
Welcome and recap of Day 2 by Emcee
11:10
Keynote Address
11:30
Leveraging the power of digital technology to deliver value to customers
Integration of digital technology in the power sector changes business models and transforms operations and delivers value to customers. Digitalization has the potential to save billions of power generation costs. The use of drones, smart metering driven by IoT, and remote monitoring solutions can keep them informed about energy usage and solving unfair billing challenges.
12:30
Networking Break | Exhibition visit
12:45
Latest updates on smart electricity metering
Hear the latest updates on the NMMP, efforts taken to strengthen the local meter value chain and how it is supporting Nigeria’s economy by eliminating erratic billing.
13:50
Hybrid models - Integrating smart grids and renewables
Digital technologies in particular IoT can help accelerate the transition to a sustainable, and renewable energy-powered economy. The technology possesses the ability to collect data at a breakneck speed resulting in new solutions for energy management.
Hear from leading technology and renewable sources players about smart grid technologies, the barriers to smart grids, how smart grids enable renewables, and what is required to integrate both.
13:45
Networking Break | Exhibition visit
14:30
Sustainability of grids
Given the widespread use of mini-grids across Nigeria, the emphasis on sustainability has assumed critical importance. The majority of the nation's mini-grids are financed by the federal government and development partners.
The sessions bring together perspectives from mini-grid developers, financiers, and agencies to share their thoughts on the financial and technical sustainability of mini-grids.
15:30
Decarbonisation projects in commercial and industrial space
The energy crisis is posing to be an urgent issue creating pressure on businesses across the power sector. This requires solutions that will reduce energy costs and carbon emissions.
Local developers to share their challenges, opportunities and how it can contribute to the clean and sustainable growth of Nigeria.
16:15
Networking Break | Exhibition visit
16:30
Day 3 closes
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