Areas for discussion include:

• priorities and challenges for sector decarbonisation
• enhancing international collaboration, and the UK’s leadership role as it prepares to host the UN COP26 climate conference later this year
• the role of technology in supporting wider industry to meet net-zero targets

The agenda

• Priorities for decarbonising the UK tech sector and securing  buy-in from industry leaders, supply chains and consumers
• Developing the tech circular economy - reusability by design, reducing waste, and meeting the challenge of proliferation of devices
• Innovation in hard-to-decarbonise settings - data centre management, use of heating and cooling systems, and improving energy efficiency across manufacturing
• COP26 and advancing international collaboration - sustainable supply chains, greater transparency on the sector’s carbon footprint, and fostering robust regulatory and legal frameworks
• The role of technology in supporting wider industry to meet net-zero targets
• Priorities for establishing UK leadership in decarbonising the tech sector