Agenda – 5 October 2026
10:00 Registration
10:20 Welcome & Big Solar Co-op update
Jon Hallé (Big Solar Co-op)
10:50 Panel: The changing Community Energy landscape
Matthew Vickers (Community Energy England), Mary Gillie (Energy Local), Danielle Parker (Solar for Schools)
11:40 Coffee break
12:10 Whiteborough solar park: Doing groundmount right
Jackie Copley (CPRE), Matt Burnell (ReSolar), Richard Lane (Sharenergy)
13:00 Lunch break
14:00 Workshop #1: What next for the rooftop solar rollout?
Dean Hill (Big Solar Co-op), Jo Nicholson (Big Solar Co-op), Chris Rigby (Big Solar Co-op)
14:00 Workshop #2: Delivering local solar through a national co-op
Ben Cannell (Sharenergy), Jon Hallé (Big Solar Co-op)
15:00 Coffee break
15:30 Open space: Your discussion points
Attendees can submit questions throughout the day and we’ll group them into themes for the final session
16:30 Closing comments – Dean Hill (Big Solar Co-op)