Where the transition takes centre stage powering the shift to a net zero economy

Six stages driving the transition to a net zero, nature-positive economy. From corporate strategy and infrastructure transformation to capital mobilisation and breakthrough innovation, the 2026 programme brings together the leaders shaping sustainable growth at Excel London on 23-24 June 2026.

Net Zero Business Stage
Where climate ambition becomes measurable action. Senior sustainability leaders, innovators and industry pioneers explore practical pathways to systemic decarbonisation, regulatory readiness and long-term value creation. Sessions focus on embedding net zero strategies across operations, supply chains and governance to drive real business transformation. View programme.

Finance & Investment Stage

Mobilising capital to accelerate the transition. Investors, banks, asset managers and corporate finance leaders explore shifting regulations, emerging risks and new models of long-term value creation. Discussions cover risk mitigation, blended finance, impact-led investment and the innovations redefining responsible capital allocation. View programme.

Main Stages at Reset Connect London


 

Main Stages at Reset Connect London

Cities & Infrastructure Stage
Sponsored by Equans UK & Ireland

Reimagining urban environments for resilience, growth and climate security. Infrastructure leaders, developers and policymakers examine climate-smart planning, low-carbon systems and inclusive policy frameworks. The programme addresses the challenges of population growth, energy demand and adaptation while accelerating sustainable urban development. View programme.

Energy & Tech Stage

Powering the clean energy transition through innovation and investment. Energy developers, technology pioneers and policymakers share solutions tackling project financing, procurement and grid transformation. The stage highlights scalable technologies and collaborative models required to deliver secure, affordable and low-carbon energy systems. View programme.

Nature-Based Solutions Stage
Sponsored by Ecosystems Knowledge Network

Scaling climate and biodiversity action through nature. Environmental experts, businesses, land managers and financiers examine practical approaches to ecosystem restoration and protection. From regenerative agriculture and reforestation to wetland and coastal restoration, sessions demonstrate how nature strategies can manage risk, enhance resilience and create sustainable long-term value. View programme.


Pitch & Invest Stage

Where innovation meets capital. High-growth start-ups and scale-ups pitch market-ready solutions to a panel of leading investors across venture, private equity and family office networks. The programme spans Tech and AI, Engineering and Manufacturing, Energy, Food and AgriTech, Urban Regeneration, Corporate Sustainability, Female Founders and Retail, Fashion and FMCG.

The winning company will represent the UK at the Startup World Cup in San Francisco for the opportunity to compete for a $1 million grand prize. Explore the Pitch & Invest Programme

Show floor hubs

Alongside the six main stages, eight interactive show floor hubs provide deeper technical insight and peer-to-peer exchange. These spaces enable cross-sector collaboration, practical knowledge sharing and real-world case study exploration across the exhibition floor. View programme.

Show floor hubs at Reset Connect London

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Main Stage Programme

Day 1

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  1. Main Stage Keynote
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    The global and domestic political landscape is reshaping the path to decarbonisation. With Trump back in the White House, the UK under a Labour government, and Reform UK influencing domestic climate d …
10:00
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    20 mins
    Private capital, public finance and institutional investors are collectively being called upon to fund one of the largest economic transformations in modern history — the transition to a low-carbon ec …
10:20
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    30 mins
    The global energy transition is accelerating, with clean power and infrastructure at the heart of efforts to reach net-zero. But deploying new technologies at scale, integrating renewable sources into …
11:00
  1. Net Zero Business Stage
    60 mins
    With over 10,000 companies now having committed to science-based net-zero targets, evolving regulations are legally embedding climate action, making large corporations de facto leaders in the drive to …
  2. Finance & Investment Stage
    60 mins
    What began as the financial sector's most ambitious environmental initiatives ahead of COP21 in Glasgow has been systematically challenged by political and legal pressure, revealing the fragility of v …
  3. Energy & Tech Stage
    60 mins
    As clean electrification reshapes global power, a new class of nations, Electrostates, is emerging. Can the UK position itself as a leader in this low-carbon, energy-independent future, or risk fallin …
  4. Nature-Based Solutions Stage
    60 mins
    When it comes to the provision of nature-based solutions, farmland is the UK’s biggest provider. These ‘solutions’ are, first and foremost, for business – offering climate resilience, a path to net ze …
  5. Cities & Infrastructure
    60 mins
    Our cities and local authorities are at the forefront of the UK's decarbonisation efforts. Building sustainable, resilient urban environments requires more than just innovative design; it takes empowe …
12:00
  1. Net Zero Business Stage
    60 mins
    For big brands, creating a sustainable future is a two-way street: it requires both deep corporate transformation and authentic reconnection with consumers. This panel will explore how today’s most re …
  2. Finance & Investment Stage
    60 mins
    Financial institutions are increasingly accountable not just for the emissions they report, but for the real-world impact of the capital they deploy. Moving beyond measurement, they are developing str …
  3. Energy & Tech Stage
    60 mins
    As the UK transitions to a low carbon future, a more flexible grid is critical for balancing renewable energy and ensuring our energy security. This panel will explore the technologies, strategies, an …
  4. Nature-Based Solutions Stage
    60 mins
    From transport routes to housing and commercial property, built infrastructure faces considerable pressures due to climate change.   The way that land and water are managed can increase design life, r …
  5. Cities & Infrastructure
    60 mins
    This panel explores how sustainable transport can drive urban regeneration while making our cities greener and healthier. You'll learn how eco-friendly mobility solutions, from low-carbon public trans …
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    60 mins
14:00
  1. Net Zero Business Stage
    60 mins
  2. Finance & Investment Stage
    60 mins
    Banks are pivotal in the global drive to decarbonisation, acting as financiers, advisors, and influencers for both businesses and consumers. This panel explores how banks can accelerate the transition …
  3. Nature-Based Solutions Stage
    30 mins
  4. Cities & Infrastructure
    20 mins
    A session on grid capacity leading to the importance of demand management reduction in the built environment, including the role of digitalisation, while continuing to focus on decarbonisation.
15:00
  1. Finance & Investment Stage
    60 mins
    Private capital is now one of the most powerful forces shaping the global transition to a low-carbon, resource-efficient economy. Across private equity, infrastructure funds, private credit, and corpo …
  2. Energy & Tech Stage
    60 mins
    As the UK accelerates its decarbonisation efforts, energy needs and opportunities differ greatly across the country. Industrial hubs in the North and the Midlands face tough decarbonisation challenges …
  3. Nature-Based Solutions Stage
    60 mins
    This panel will examine the key pressures transforming food systems and supply networks. Speakers will discuss the impacts of climate change on crop yields, availability, and global food security, as …
16:00
  1. Net Zero Business Stage
    60 mins
    As corporate climate commitments accelerate, carbon markets are under growing scrutiny. While high-quality carbon credits have the potential to channel billions into climate mitigation and nature rest …
  2. Finance & Investment Stage
    60 mins
    As climate risk becomes investment risk, retail advisers are under increasing pressure to deliver portfolios that balance sustainability, growth, and regulatory compliance. Clients expect tangible out …
  3. Nature-Based Solutions Stage
    60 mins
    The global transition to clean energy is accelerating, and large-scale wind, solar, and heat projects are reshaping our energy landscape. This panel explores the opportunities and challenges of invest …
  4. Cities & Infrastructure
    60 mins
    The UK’s housing stock is one of the biggest sources of carbon emissions but it's also one of our greatest opportunities. Meeting our decarbonisation goals means upgrading millions of existing homes a …

Day 2

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  1. Main Stage Keynote
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10:00
  1. Net Zero Business Stage
    60 mins
    Supply chains are at the heart of the UK’s low carbon transition, affecting brands, multinationals, SMEs, and startups alike. This panel explores the practical, financial, and regulatory challenges of …
  2. Finance & Investment Stage
    60 mins
    Sustainability only succeeds when the board, and especially CFOs, truly buy in. This panel explores how finance leaders can balance profitability with environmental responsibility by integrating green …
  3. Energy & Tech Stage
    60 mins
    Decarbonising our economy by 2050 requires innovation at an unprecedented scale. Over a third of the emission reductions needed in the next two decades will come from technologies not yet commercially …
  4. Nature-Based Solutions Stage
    60 mins
    The UK’s natural landscapes from wetlands to woodlands face growing pressures from climate change and habitat loss. But they also offer opportunities for environmental restoration and economic growth. …
  5. Cities & Infrastructure
    60 mins
    Across the UK, plans for new housing and new transport infrastructure are afoot. Delivering this in ways that will be sustainable is a huge challenge. But intelligent use of nature-based solutions wil …
11:00
  1. Net Zero Business Stage
    60 mins
    The future of the Chief Sustainability Officer is at a crossroads. Is the role a permanent fixture in the C-suite, or will it become obsolete as sustainability becomes fully integrated? While some arg …
  2. Finance & Investment Stage
    60 mins
    Sustainability reporting is no longer a compliance exercise, it is a strategic capability.   As regulatory expectations tighten and stakeholder expectations intensify, investment firms must move beyon …
  3. Energy & Tech Stage
    60 mins
    Motorsports cutting-edge technology isn’t staying on the racetrack, some of it is expected to reach domestic driveways within just three years. This panel explores how electric innovation is shaping t …
  4. Nature-Based Solutions Stage
    60 mins
    As global demand for credible carbon removal and biodiversity restoration accelerates, nature-based solutions are moving from pilot projects to institutional-scale investment opportunities. Yet major …
  5. Cities & Infrastructure
    60 mins
    The UK faces growing flood risks, threatening homes, infrastructure, and local economies. Building resilience means everyone working together from government and insurers to utilities and communities. …
13:40
  1. Finance & Investment Stage
    20 mins
    Everyone’s naked. Universal connectivity coupled with powerful AI is making everything transparent and everyone vulnerable. Geoeconomic fragmentation, climate change and social inequality are worse th …
14:00
  1. Net Zero Business Stage
    60 mins
    Advertising shapes culture, consumer habits, and corporate priorities. As the world moves toward a sustainable future, how can we use that influence to drive real change? This panel explores how the a …
  2. Energy & Tech Stage
    60 mins
    The North of the UK is a prime location for the next generation of data centres and energy-intensive digital infrastructure. With abundant renewable energy, competitive land and grid capacity, and a c …
  3. Nature-Based Solutions Stage
    60 mins
    With over 80% of global wastewater discharged untreated, restoring the water cycle is not just an ecological imperative—it’s an economic opportunity. This panel explores how innovative financing, corp …
  4. Cities & Infrastructure
    60 mins
    A healthier planet means healthier people, and healthier patients mean less strain on healthcare systems. This panel explores how investment in green health initiatives can keep people out of hospital …
15:00
  1. Net Zero Business Stage
    60 mins
    As regulatory pressure, investor scrutiny and consumer expectations accelerate the transition to net zero, retail, FMCG and fashion businesses face a shared challenge: redesigning value chains to elim …
  2. Finance & Investment Stage
    60 mins
    Financial risk is measurable, immediate, and closely tied to profits — societal risk is broader, affecting reputation, stakeholders, and long-term license to operate. Yet in today’s interconnected wor …
  3. Finance & Investment Stage
    60 mins
    Financial risk is measurable, immediate, and closely tied to profits — societal risk is broader, affecting reputation, stakeholders, and long-term license to operate. Yet in today’s interconnected wor …
  4. Energy & Tech Stage
    60 mins
    The gaming industry is booming, but its growth comes with a significant environmental footprint. Gaming consoles, PCs, and server infrastructure consume massive amounts of electricity, and the product …
  5. Cities & Infrastructure
    60 mins
    The growth of plastic pollution is now three times faster than fossil fuels were at their peak, creating an escalating health and ecological emergency. This panel will explore the UK-wide impact of pl …
16:00
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    30 mins

Pitch & Invest Programme

The Pitch & Invest Programme offered start-ups and scale-ups the opportunity to pitch market-ready solutions to a panel of experts from the investment community across the full spectrum of capital. Together with an audience of pre-qualified funding partners, investors, corporate ventures and fellow innovators.

This is where groundbreaking ideas collide with the capital and expertise to scale. Interested in participating? Visit the full programme page below to find out more.

Pitch & Invest Stage Programme

Day 1

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    Technology and artificial intelligence (AI) are rapidly becoming indispensable tools for shaping the future across nearly every industry and niche. With such high demand and potential for growth, now …
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    55 mins
    Engineering and manufacturing incorporate a vast range of industries, all playing a crucial role in global economies while also contributing significantly to carbon emissions. As the push for sustaina …
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    Discover what makes a pitch truly stand out. Drawing on years of experience building, investing in, and mentoring startups, Anthony Rose will share practical tips on crafting a clear story, highlighti …
14:00
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    55 mins
    This session will put the spotlight on groundbreaking start-ups and scale-ups accelerating and scaling clean energy solutions in emerging markets across the globe. If you'd like a glimpse into the fut …
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    A major hurdle to achieving large-scale decarbonisation can be found at the intersection of people, mobility, and the built environment of the world’s major cities. Combined, the transportation and bu …
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  1. Pitch & Invest Stage
    55 mins
    As businesses face increasing pressure to align with sustainability targets and frameworks, innovative solutions are key to driving impactful change from the boardroom throughout. This session highlig …

Day 2

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  1. Pitch & Invest Stage
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    Consumer behaviours are a much talked about topic regarding sustainability because it is tangible. But when it comes down to it, incorporating sustainability into the clothes you wear, beauty products …
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    55 mins
    The Food and AgriTech sector, responsible for around a quarter of global GHG emissions, is rapidly evolving with groundbreaking solutions to enhance sustainability across the supply chain from field t …
12:00
  1. Pitch & Invest Stage
    55 mins
    Energy, in all its forms, is what makes the world go round. Without access to electricity, heating, and power, daily life would look very different. Energy is annually the most carbon-intensive sector …
13:00
  1. Pitch & Invest Stage
    55 mins
    Despite growing awareness of the disproportionate access to, and share of venture capital, investment in female founders has remained stagnant. This session highlights pioneering female-led startups i …
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    120 mins