DRAFT Agenda – 5 October 2026

10:00 Registration

10:30 Welcome & BSC update – Jon Hallé (Big Solar Co-op)

10:50 Panel: The changing CE energy landscape – GB Energy, local supply and what’s coming next?
Matthew Vickers (Community Energy England), Mary Gillie (Energy Local), Danielle Parker (Solar for Schools)

11:40 Coffee break

12:10  Panel: 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 Big Solar Co-op?
Dean Hill (Big Solar Co-op) & Jo Nicholson (Big Solar Co-op)

14:00 Workshop #2: Building solar skills – what does the sector need?
Vicki Orttewell (Sharenergy), Noel Lambert (Big Solar Co-op), Jon Hallé (Big Solar Co-op)

15:00 Coffee break

15:30 Open space: Ask us anything!
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)