PUBLIC EVENT
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Join us for the Academy’s flagship lecture delivered by Lord Browne of Madingley FREng FRS, Chairman of BeyondNetZero, a former Chairman of the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering as well as a past President of the Royal Academy of Engineering.
The lecture will be chaired by Sir John Lazar CBE FREng, President of the Royal Academy of Engineering, and guests will have an opportunity to take part in a live Q&A session, which will be followed by a drinks reception.
Lord Browne's address will be on the topic of energy and climate change, with further details to be announced shortly. Both in-person and online audiences will be able to submit questions for the Q&A during the event.
Programme
*programme subject to change
| 6.00pm | Registration opens for in-person delegates |
| 6.30pm |
Welcome and introduction Sir John Lazar CBE FREng, President, Royal Academy of Engineering |
| 6.35pm |
Lecture Lord Browne of Madingley FREng FRS, Chairman of BeyondNetZero Followed by live Q&A |
| 7.30pm |
Close of lecture Drinks reception for in-person delegates |
| 8.30pm |
End of event |
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Lord Browne of Madingley FREng FRS
Lord Browne has more than 50 years of experience spanning energy, technology, and climate investing. He was the Chief Executive Officer of BP plc from 1995 to 2007 during the Company’s “golden period of expansion and diversification.” During this period, Lord Browne created the world’s first supermajor through a series of mergers and acquisitions, and oversaw the establishment of BP’s significant renewable and alternative energy business. After retiring from BP, Lord Browne joined Riverstone, where he was co-head of a $3.4 billion renewable energy private equity fund, the world’s largest at the time. He was subsequently Executive Chairman of L1 Energy, where he led the largest energy sector merger for over a decade to create Europe’s largest independent oil and gas company. Lord Browne is independent Co-Chairman of the Prime Minister’s Council on Science and Technology and Chairman of the Francis Crick Institute. He currently serves as Chairman of Windward, a global maritime predictive intelligence company, Chairman of Avathon, an artificial intelligence technology company, and Chairman of Carbonplace, a global carbon credit transaction network. He has previously served on the boards of Goldman Sachs, Intel, SmithKline Beecham, and DaimlerChrysler. Currently, he serves on the board of Venterra, a BeyondNetZero portfolio company. He is a member of the Advisory Board of the Tsinghua University’s School of Economics and Management and Emeritus Chair and current member of the Advisory Council of Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business. Lord Browne received an MA in Natural Sciences from St. John’s College, Cambridge, and an MS in Business from Stanford. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society and the Royal Academy of Engineering and an honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Lord Browne is the Chairman of the Courtauld Institute of Art and a past Chairman of Tate and the Donmar Warehouse. He also serves as a trustee of the Royal Opera House. He is the author of five books.