Two-day conference on North Sea energy trade between the UK and Norway, with a reception at The Deep and panel discussions on hydrogen, offshore wind and CO2 transport.
The Energetic Future Conference 2026 comes to Hull on Tuesday 17 November, and it's a bit more than just a single day of talks. It's a two-day affair that kicks off with an evening reception at The Deep, hosted by the Deputy Norwegian Ambassador to the UK, Mariam Naqvi. The following day, the main conference takes place at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel, with energy-focused panel discussions running throughout.
Between the reception and the conference, there's a full day of site visits around the Humber. The group will head to Catch in North Lincolnshire, RWE, Able UK, Saltend Chemicals Park, Ineos PX Group, Hull Docks, and Siemens Gamesa. It's a wide sweep of the region's industrial landscape, so you'll see the actual sites being discussed before the panels get going.
The whole thing is a partnership between the Hull & Humber Chamber of Commerce — the region's 'Voice of Business', representing over 2,000 companies across the Humber sub-region — and the Norwegian British Chamber of Commerce, which is bringing a delegation of Norwegian business leaders to the Humber to explore commercial opportunities. Among them are names like Equinor, Orsted, Drax, Centrica, Siemens Gamesa, and ABP.
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The theme is The North Sea: From Vision to Value, and it frames the North Sea as a shared industrial ecosystem linking the UK and Norway through hydrogen trade, CO2 transport, offshore wind, and maritime logistics, with the Humber Estuary at the heart of the UK side. The evening reception at The Deep is on Tuesday 17 November, the site visits follow, and the conference day at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel brings it all together with the panel discussions.
