9.30am – 9.40am
Welcome and Introductions
Tom Barton, Director of Supplier Relations, Edmundson Electrical Ltd

9.40am – 10.10am
What’s the outlook for wholesalers?
Margaret Fitzsimons, CEO, EDA
Anne Vessey, Head of Marketing and Communications, EDA

10.10am – 10.40am
How to get the best from your team
Tracy Hewett, Head of Education and Training, EDA
and introducing
Tom Jones, Kempston Controls
Adrian Harrison, 3 Line Electrical Wholesale

10.40am – 11.15am
Welcome to the EDATA data pool: free access to high quality product data that saves wholesalers time and money
Richard Appleton, Head of Digitalisation, EDA
Phil Stapleton, General Manager, Agathos Systems Ltd

11.15am – 11.30am
Refreshment Break

11.30am – 12noon
Why it makes sense for wholesalers to add heat pumps to their product offering
Iain Bevan, New Business Director – Renewable Heating, Daikin UK

12noon – 12.30pm
Demystifying Cyber: how to protect your business from online criminals
Presenter: Detective Inspector Chris White, Head of Cyber & Innovation, The South East Cyber Resilience Centre

12.30pm – 1.30pm
Lunch

1.30pm – 2.15pm
Enabling Net Zero and more: what contractors will need, and how you can help
Presentation followed by panel discussion with contractors
Gary Parker, Head of Technical Standards, ECA
Panellists: Chris Sadler, Kimbletech; Stuart Smith, Stromtech; Gavin Hyde, Sulis Electrical Services
Panel Host:  Paul Reeve

2.15pm – 2.45pm
Decarbonisation of heating and hot water: how legislation and the drive to net zero
presents an opportunity for electrical wholesalers
Elizabeth Wilkinson, Product Director – Domestic, Atlantic 

2.45pm – 3.15pm
Advances in EV charging and battery technology are driving ‘the decentralisation of energy’: buildings become less dependent on a central source of energy (the National Grid) and instead generate and store their own. This is creating expansion opportunities for wholesalers.
Mark Simpson, Wholesale Key Account Manager, Eaton

3.15pm
Final Questions followed by continued networking