Engage with ideas shaping tomorrow’s green economy

Located within the exhibition, the Innovation Hub and Finance & Investment Hub, offer hands-on learning, live demonstrations and networking opportunities focused on the core challenges and opportunities of the green economy.

Innovation Hub 📍 Exhibition Hall

Discover sector-specific tools and technologies to cut emissions, explore circular economy and sustainable supply chain solutions. Connect with experts driving scalable green business models whilst highlighting talent and training pathways for green jobs.

Finance & Investment Hub 📍 Exhibition Hall

Sponsored by FUNKLED

Explore how finance is driving the transition to a sustainable economy. Sessions examine impact investing trends, innovative financial instruments and the regulatory changes shaping responsible markets, equipping participants to future-proof portfolios and scale climate-aligned capital.

Innovation Hub Reset Connect North

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Innovation Hub

Day 1

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11:00
  1. Engineering Sustainable Futures: Rethinking Building and Infrastructure Design in The North
    Innovation Hub
    30 mins
    Speakers
    Speaker image for Amira Damji
    Amira Damji, Director - Additive Sustainability
11:30
  1. Leeds Beckett University
    Innovation Hub
    30 mins
12:00
  1. Harnessing Technology for Energy Optimisation
    Innovation Hub
    30 mins
    How the use of digital tools, smart systems and data-driven insights to reduce energy waste, improve efficiency and lower operating costs. By integrating technologies such as IoT sensors, AI‑powered a …
    Speakers
    Speaker image for John Swallow
    John Swallow, Managing Director - Test Consulting
12:30
  1. The Role of Consultants and Software in Corporate Carbon Accounting
    Innovation Hub
    30 mins
    As climate disclosures become mandatory and auditable, carbon accounting is rapidly increasing in complexity - particularly around scope 3, transparency and data assurance. While the market is crowded …
    Speakers
    Speaker image for Javier Mateos
    Javier Mateos, Sales Manager - Carbon+Alt+Delete
    Speaker image for Susanna Jackson
    Susanna Jackson, Sustainability Manager and Lead Consultant - Beyondly
13:00
  1. From Strategy to Delivery: the Innovation Gap in Sustainability Teams
    Innovation Hub
    30 mins
    Most sustainability teams are being asked to do more than ever: Scope 3, supplier engagement, assurance, reporting, governance, Net Zero planning, tenders, and internal change. The problem is not ambi …
    Speakers
    Speaker image for Jonathan Wragg
    Jonathan Wragg, Co-founder and CEO - Ltt Group
13:30
  1. Lunch
    Innovation Hub
    60 mins
13:45
  1. From Lambda-K to Loofahs and Long-Hauls: Making Sustainability Land Through Humour, Poetry and Lived Experience
    Innovation Hub
    30 mins
    Speakers
    Speaker image for Clare Townley
    Clare Townley, Eco-Poet & Creative Climate Communicator - Retrofits Of Laughter
14:30
  1. Sustainability Starts with the People You Already Pay
    Innovation Hub
    30 mins
    Speakers
    Speaker image for Vicky Heward
    Vicky Heward, Co-Founder - Optimo
15:00
  1. What every growth-focused clean tech team needs from its website
    Innovation Hub
    30 mins
    Too many clean tech teams are held back by websites that aren’t built for scale. Slow to load. Hard to update. It should be driving growth, cutting carbon and scaling with your ambition. In this sessi …
    Speakers
    Speaker image for Sam Taylor
    Sam Taylor, Co-Founder - madeby.studio
15:30
  1. Protecting Sustainable Inventions Cost Effectively
    Innovation Hub
    30 mins
    We will discuss how to best protect inventions in the environmental technology space, including software-based inventions. How do you keep associated costs down? The UK offers free acceleration under …
    Speakers
    Speaker image for Sam Giles
    Sam Giles, Partner - Meissner Bolte UK
16:00
  1. The Power of Events Schools Engagement Programme: Inspiring the Next Generation of Event Professionals
    Innovation Hub
    60 mins
    This in-person session provides a practical briefing on The Power of Events Schools Engagement Programme, designed to connect professionals from across the entire events industry with young people in …
    Speakers
    Speaker image for Sophie Beasor
    Sophie Beasor, Head of Operations and Engagement & Schools Engagement Programme - The Power of Events
17:00
  1. Small99's People, Planet, Pint™: Susty Meetup
    White Cloth Hall
    120 mins
    Join us for an informal end-of-day sustainability meetup for the Reset Connect North community with just People, Planet, Pint™. at the White Cloth Hall (27 Crown Street, Leeds, LS2 7DA)

Day 2

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11:00
  1. From Risk to Return: De-Risking Climate Mitigation in Emerging Markets
    Innovation Hub
    30 mins
    The global climate finance system is broken. Investors hold significant resources in climate capital, yet emerging markets, where the vast majority of the world's vulnerable people live, receive a fra …
    Speakers
    Speaker image for Jonathan Chibafa
    Jonathan Chibafa, Founder & Chief Legal Officer - Forge ESG
11:30
  1. An Introduction to Carbon Footprint Measurement – what’s it all about?
    Innovation Hub
    30 mins
    Still wondering how to get through the noise of carbon footprints? This introductory session is perfect for anyone starting out on their sustainability journey and will be equally valuable to those wh …
    Speakers
    Speaker image for David Humphreys
    David Humphreys, Director - Green Circle Solutions
12:00
  1. Enabling a data-driven circular economy with AI-powered material identification technology
    Innovation Hub
    30 mins
12:30
  1. Why software needs to go green
    Innovation Hub
    30 mins
13:00
  1. Driving Meaningful Decarbonisation Through Your Supply Chain
    Innovation Hub
    30 mins
    Speakers
    Speaker image for Emily Diamand
    Emily Diamand, Advocacy Coordinator - Nature North
13:30
  1. Lunch
    Innovation Hub
    60 mins
14:30
  1. Securing the Supply Chain: Navigating Resource Risks in GreenTech
    Innovation Hub
    30 mins
15:00
  1. So where's all the power coming from?
    Innovation Hub
    30 mins
    Speakers
    Speaker image for Ian Emberton
    Ian Emberton, Managing Director - Xerogrid
15:30
  1. Breaking Financial Barriers: Funding and Scaling Green Technologies
    Innovation Hub
    30 mins
16:00
  1. Connecting GreenTech Innovators: Collaborating to Accelerate Net-Zero Solutions
    Innovation Hub
    30 mins
16:30
  1. Innovate Me - What’s new in 2026
    Innovation Hub
    30 mins

Finance & Investment Hub

Day 1

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11:00
  1. A beginners guide to sustainable, responsible and ethical investment: principles and practice
    Finance & Investment Stage
    60 mins
    This will be an ‘open to all’ session on the main floor.   We will be aiming to give newcomers to the area a basic introduction – with plenty of time to ask questions This session will be in two parts …
    Speakers
    Speaker image for Julia Dreblow
    Julia Dreblow, Founder & CEO - SRI Services
12:00
  1. How to get investment ready, find investors, and close your next funding round
    Finance & Investment Stage
    30 mins
    Raising investment doesn’t have to feel like guesswork. In this session, Anthony Rose breaks down how to get truly investment-ready, attract the right investors, and run a funding process that builds …
    Speakers
    Speaker image for Anthony Rose
    Anthony Rose, Founder & CEO - Seedlegals
12:30
  1. Developing Ethical, Global Finance Professionals
    Finance & Investment Stage
    30 mins
13:00
  1. Sustainable Financial Planning
    Finance & Investment Stage
    30 mins
13:30
  1. Lunch
    Finance & Investment Stage
    60 mins
14:30
  1. Personalised Financial Planning for Long-Term Security
    Finance & Investment Stage
    30 mins
15:00
  1. Enhancing Investment Propositions Through Advisory Services
    Finance & Investment Stage
    30 mins
15:30
  1. Connecting Clients to Financial Advice Digitally
    Finance & Investment Stage
    30 mins
16:00
  1. Personalising the Investment experience
    Finance & Investment Stage
    30 mins
    Speakers
    Speaker image for Julian Parrott
    Julian Parrott, Partner - Ethical Futures
16:30
  1. Do’s and dont’s of AI in Sustainable Investment
    Finance & Investment Stage
    30 mins
17:00
  1. Small99's People, Planet, Pint™: Susty Meetup
    White Cloth Hall
    120 mins
    Join us for an informal end-of-day sustainability meetup for the Reset Connect North community with just People, Planet, Pint™. at the White Cloth Hall (27 Crown Street, Leeds, LS2 7DA)

Day 2

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11:00
  1. Exploring the intersection of wealth management and sustainable impact investment strategies
    Finance & Investment Stage
    30 mins
11:30
  1. The Power of Sustainable Private Markets: Investing in a Better Future
    Finance & Investment Stage
    30 mins
12:00
  1. Where’s Your Pension Going?
    Finance & Investment Stage
    30 mins
12:30
  1. How to talk to clients about ESG
    Finance & Investment Stage
    30 mins
13:00
  1. Jargon-free financial clarity for smarter decisions and sustainable investing
    Finance & Investment Stage
    30 mins
13:30
  1. Lunch
    Finance & Investment Stage
    60 mins
14:30
  1. Sustainable investment in 2026: what is it, how does it work and why does it matter?
    Finance & Investment Stage
    60 mins
    This will be an ‘open to all’ session on the main floor of the event. Content will be designed to help those new to this area to gain a basic understanding of sustainable investing – with the opportun …
    Speakers
    Speaker image for Julia Dreblow
    Julia Dreblow, Founder & CEO - SRI Services
15:30
  1. Embracing a New Economic Era
    Finance & Investment Stage
    30 mins
16:00
  1. Building a Sustainable Portfolio
    Finance & Investment Stage
    30 mins
16:30
  1. Sustainable investment - where next?
    Finance & Investment Stage
    30 mins

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