Power It Up: EDA Industry Insight Conference 2026
Thursday 12 November, 9:00 am, 5:00 pm
This year's Power It Up Conference venue: Carden Park Hotel and Spa, a luxury 1,000-acre hotel, golf and spa resort set in the Cheshire countryside near Chester.
Power It Up 2026 - The Future is Electric - Speaker Programme
David Moore
EDA President
Director, Medlock Electrical Distributors Ltd
Margaret Fitzsimons
EDA CEO
The Construction Forecast
Professor Noble Francis
Economics Director, Construction Products Association (CPA) and Professor of Construction Economics at The Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction, UCL
Professor Francis's presentation will be followed by a panel discussion and Q&A
The RMI Sector
Brian Berry
CEO
Federation of Master Builders
Small House Builders
Chris Carr
Founder
Carr & Carr (Builders) Ltd and former President of the Federation of Master Builders
Speaker details coming soon
Speaker details coming soon
The 2nd Electrical Enlightenment: Larger, Faster, Stronger
The rapid changes happening across the electrical sector, global to local growth and the impacts on housing, businesses, society and the economy.
Professor Sean Smith
Chair of Future Construction, Director of Centre for Future Infrastructure, and lead UKRI Centre for Net Zero High Density Buildings
University of Edinburgh
Professor Smith's presentation will be followed by a panel discussion and Q&A
Moderator
Luke Osborne
Technical Director
Electrical Safety First
ECA, Excellence in Electrotechnical and Engineering Services
Mike Smith
Policy Lead - Competence
ECA, Excellence in Electrotechnical and Engineering Services
SELECT, the trade association for the electrotechnical contracting industry in Scotland
Robert McGoogan
Director of Technical Services
SELECT
Speaker details coming soon
From Ontario, Canada: Elaine Gerrie-Valentini and Heather Gerrie-Kwant, co-presidents of Gerrie Electric tell the story of how they took over the helm of the family's business in 2015, following in the footsteps of their father who started the company in 1957.
Heather and Elaine Gerrie's presentation will be followed by a panel discussion and Q&A
Heather Gerrie-Kwant
Co-President
Gerrie Electric Wholesale Ltd, Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Elaine Gerrie-Valentini
Co President
Gerrie Electric Wholesale Ltd, Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Chris Sadler
Owner, Kimbletech Ltd
David Budd
Director
Rapid Renewabled Ltd, part of Fegime UK
From Stockholm, Sweden: Our Miswired Worldview - get fascinating insights into "factfullness" - the stress-reducing habit of only carrying opinions for which you have strong supporting facts
Ola Rosling
President and co-founder of Gapminder Foundation
The conference will be followed by an evening networking dinner
With thanks to our conference sponsors for making Power It Up 2026 possible
Book your tickets here
Individual ticket sales are initially limited to two per EDA business. Please complete a separate form for each delegate booking. If you would like to enquire about purchasing more than two tickets please contact Nancy Adolpho on 020 3141 7355 or email nancy.adolpho@eda.org.uk
Power It Up 2026 Venue: Carden Park Hotel and Spa, Broxton Road, Chester CH3 9DQ
700 free parking spaces at Carden Park
Chester is the nearest rail station - it's c.14 miles away