The Energy Poverty Research Network (formerly Fuel Poverty Research Network) invites you to attend and contribute to their 2026 conference, 27th and 28th October 2026 in Manchester and online with a parallel event in Sydney Australia. The event marks ten years since our first network meeting and is an opportunity to reflect on a decade of collaboration in the context of a rapidly developing field.
Whether you are researching energy poverty or housing, developing policy, or working directly with vulnerable people, this is an opportunity to meet others, share ideas and stories, and engage with the latest developments. We welcome contributions from people working on energy poverty issues anywhere in the world in any capacity, whether established or new to the field.
Programme
We are still firming up the programme. We are pleased to share this initial outline programme. More detail will follow in July.
Venue
- The Manchester part of the conference will be held at the Friends Meeting House, Mount Street, M2 5NS. This is near Central Library and St Peters Square Metrolink, and a short walk from Manchester Oxford Road (10 mins) and Manchester Piccadilly (19 mins) train stations. It is also possible to attend online.
- There are plenty of accommodation options within walking distance (pdf).
Pricing and registration
To accommodate people from different sectors and career stages, we are offering a range of ticket prices:
- Full price is £130, with an £100 Early Bird option until 8th July
- Students and early career can pay £70 (there are limited numbers of these)
- Online participation is free
- We also have a £200 ‘Pay it Forward’ ticket. Buying one of these includes your full price ticket and enables us to offer more places to students and early career.
Individual day tickets are also available (£70 full price, £40 student and early career). The schedule will be published by the end of June. You can buy for one day and swap it for another day.
