Keeping a step ahead of service disruption
21 May 2025
Customer, Culture and Workforce Stage
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Sharing best practice in minimising the likelihood of outages and pipe bursts and how to communicate to customers. Gain practical insights to minimise customer dissatisfaction when responding to unforeseen disruption and planned asset management.
Chair welcome and introductionAdam John, Deputy News Editor - Utility Week
Best in class experiences from incident and crisis management communications
Alex Williams, head of contact centre - UK Power Networks
SIF Blade Black Start Demonstrator - how new technology can enable wind farms to restore the grid following a blackout and minimise service disruption
Daniel Barlow, Future Network Technology Manager - SPEnergyNetworks
One size doesn't fit all: tailoring customer communications in times of disruption
Kathryn Salisbury, Head of Customer Contact - Welsh Water
Insights from rail: Predicting preventative maintenance and reducing outages through remote infrastructure monitoring and IoT
Gerard Donohue, Chief Technology Officer - Telent
Chairperson