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Please share this invitation widely - all are welcome. Please see the presenter biographies at the link below.
You, your colleagues, friends and all interested persons are cordially invited to a webinar on:
Data, Decisions and Disputes: Powering Energy-Intensive Users in a Liberalising Electricity Market.
Date: 25 March 2026
Time: 10h00 to 12h30 SA time (GMT+2)
Format: Hybrid event: In situ (Webber Wentzel Auditorium) and Online (Zoom Webinar 1000)
Cost: Free-of-charge, all welcome
Hosted by: EE Business intelligence
In association with: Samancor, Florion, Switch, Energy Partners and Webber Wentzel
Download the presenter biographies here
Register to attend the webinar here
(Note: The in situ event at Webber Wentzel Auditorium, Sandton, Johannesburg, is by separate invitation only.)
Presenters
• Welcome: Chris Yelland, EE Business Intelligence.
• Opening keynote: Willem Den Heijer, Samancor.
• Presenter 1: Robert Futter, Florion.
• Presenter 2: Andrew Murray, Switch.
• Presenter 3: Mila Vicquery, Energy Partners.
• Presenter 4: Tyron Theessen, Webber Wentzel.
• Wrap up and insights: Michael Udell, Florion.
• Q & A session moderator: Chris Yelland, EE Business Intelligence.
Synopsis
Energy-intensive and mining customers are facing a rapidly changing electricity landscape. Decarbonisation commitments, growing reliance on renewable energy, and the transition toward a more liberalised electricity market are fundamentally reshaping how electricity is planned, procured, managed and governed.
At the heart of this transition lies data – real-time, validated and decision-ready. As customers integrate on-site generation, batteries, wheeling arrangements and power purchase agreements, the ability to accurately measure, forecast and optimise both demand and generation becomes business-critical.
This challenge intensifies further in a market moving toward hourly trading, dynamic pricing and active portfolio management, where poor data quality or weak forecasting can translate directly into financial underperformance.
This hybrid event, hosted by EE Business Intelligence in association with Samancor, Florion, Switch, Energy Partners and Webber Wentzel, brings together technology, commercial strategy and legal insight to address these challenges head-on.
The event will explore how software and data solutions can support energy-intensive users across the electricity value chain – from real-time data acquisition and forecasting, to performance tracking, budget management and optimisation of renewable and conventional supply portfolios.
Importantly, it recognises that no single software platform can meet all client needs, and instead examines how complementary systems can work together to deliver meaningful business outcomes.
The programme concludes with a practical legal overview of the types of contractual complexities and disputes increasingly arising between generators, IPPs, traders, utilities and off-takers in this evolving market. It will highlight how robust data, clear contractual frameworks and informed risk allocation can prevent disputes – or resolve them efficiently when they occur.
Download the presenter biographies here
Register to attend the webinar here
(Note: The in situ event at Webber Wentzel Auditorium, Sandton, Johannesburg, is by separate invitation only.)
Format
An invited VIP will provide an opening address to contextualise the topics. Thereafter, four expert presenters will each have 20-minute slots to present on various aspects of the subject of the webinar, then a 10-minute wrap-up with some key insights from the webinar, followed by a 30-minute open discussion and Q & A session.
Target audience
• Policy makers, government officials, regulators and standards bodies.
• Leaders and decision makers in mining, industry, manufacturing and business.
• Mining and engineering managers, engineers, technologists and technicians.
• Development finance institutions, commercial banks, investment funds and financiers.
• Renewable energy consultants, developers, EPCs, construction companies and IPPs
• Technology providers and OEMs for renewable energy, BESS and microgrid solutions.
• Electricity generators, transmission system operators, market operators and distributors
• Municipalities, electricity utilities, Eskom and other state-owned enterprises.
• Economic, legal, financial, accounting, consulting and planning professionals.
• Organised labour, NGOs and civil society.
• Universities, researchers and academia.
Programme
10h00 – 10h05: Welcome and housekeeping: Chris Yelland, EE Business Intelligence.
10h05 – 10h15: Opening address: Willem Den Heijer, Samancor.
10h15 – 10h35: Presenter 1: Robert Futter, Florion.
10h35 – 10h55: Presenter 2: Andrew Murray, Switch.
10h55 – 11h05: Comfort break.
11h05 – 11h25: Presenter 3: Mila Vicquery, Energy Partners.
11h25 – 11h45: Presenter 4: Tyron Theessen, Webber Wentzel.
11h45 – 11h55: Wrap-up and key takeaways: Michael Udell, Florion.
11h55 – 12h25: Q & A session moderated by: Chris Yelland, EE Business Intelligence.
12h25 – 12h30: Thanks and closure.
Download the presenter biographies here
Register to attend the webinar here
(Note: The in situ event at Webber Wentzel Auditorium, Sandton, Johannesburg, is by separate invitation only.)
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