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Nominations now open for the techUK Smart Infrastructure Systems Council
If your organisation works across energy, heat, water or transport, this is your chance to help shape the future of UK infrastructure – and position yourself and your organisation as a recognised voice in your sector.
The Smart Infrastructure Systems (SIS) Council is techUK’s leadership body guiding the SIS programme. By joining, you’ll help determine strategic priorities, influence engagement with policymakers, and strengthen collaboration across sectors.
What the Council Does
The SIS Council:
- Sets the strategic direction for workstreams within the SIS programme
- Represents techUK members across energy, utilities, and transport as a united voice shaping major infrastructure policy decisions and holding Government and regulators to account
- Leads regular engagement with key stakeholders and decision-makers on sector-wide challenges and opportunities
- Enables businesses to build stronger cross-sector relationships, supporting commercialised and system-wide innovation
Why You Should Get Involved
Joining the SIS Council gives you the opportunity to:
- Shape the future of the UK’s infrastructure agenda – put your sector’s priorities and insights at the heart of techUK’s work
- Be seen as a thought leader in your industry – gain recognition among peers, stakeholders, and regulators as someone helping set the sector’s direction
- Engage directly with decision-makers – sit at the table with senior policymakers and regulators influencing your industry
- Amplify your organisation’s voice – ensure your perspective is heard in cross-sector strategic discussions
- Forge valuable connections – build relationships across energy, utilities, and transport that can spark innovation and new opportunities
This is your chance to actively influence the agenda, be a visible voice in your sector, and help drive system-wide change.
Who Should Nominate?
Any techUK member active in energy, heat, water, or transport can nominate a representative.
Nominees must be able to commit to attending and actively participating in Council meetings and activities as set out in the Terms of Reference (ToR).
techUK encourages nominations that reflect diverse perspectives and experiences, supporting a Council that is inclusive, representative, and innovative.
Key Dates
- Friday 20 March 2026 – Nominations close
- Friday 27 March 2026 – Elections open (if required)
- Friday 3 April 2026 – Elections close (if required)
- Chair and Co-Chair elected following the first Council meeting in Q2 2026
Robert Price
Robert Price
Robert joined techUK in January 2025 as our Programme Manager for Transport and Mobility.
He works on a wide range of areas across road, rail, aviation, and maritime, with an overarching focus on enabling, advocating, and championing the technological innovations that will build the transport systems of the future.
Prior to this role, Robert worked in the House of Commons for a Member of Parliament and in public affairs roles in both agency and trade association settings. He holds a Philosophy, Politics, and Economics degree from the University of Oxford as well as a Graduate Diploma in Law.
- Email:
- [email protected]
- Phone:
- 020 7331 2000
- Website:
- www.techuk.org
- LinkedIn:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/rjlprice/
Jade van Zuydam
Jade van Zuydam
Jade joined techUK in September 2025, leading our data centres work on energy and water. As Junior Programme Manager, she works with industry and government to shape policy and advance sustainability, resilience and the UK’s net zero goals.
She brings a background in research, journalism and advocacy. Prior to joining techUK, Jade worked at The Economist developing international conferences to debate the most important ideas of our time, before moving into freelance journalism for their daily newsletter, The World in Brief. Her writing explores the intersection of environmental and social justice issues, from climate litigation and energy grids to sustainable agriculture. As programme manager at Digital Leaders, she engaged a network of over 100,000 members on digital transformation and its implications for policy, public services and decarbonisation.
Jade holds an MSc in Environment, Politics and Development from SOAS University of London, and a BA (Hons) in History and International Relations from the University of Exeter.
Lucas Banach
Lucas Banach
Lucas Banach is Programme Assistant at techUK, he works on a range of programmes including Data Centres; Climate, Environment & Sustainability; Market Access and Smart Infrastructure and Systems.
Before that Lucas who joined in 2008, held various roles in our organisation, which included his role as Office Executive, Groups and Concept Viability Administrator, and most recently he worked as Programme Executive for Public Sector. He has a postgraduate degree in International Relations from the Andrzej Frycz-Modrzewski Cracow University.
- Email:
- [email protected]
- Phone:
- 020 7331 2006
- Twitter:
- @techUK
- Website:
- www.techuk.org
- LinkedIn:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucas-banach-50139650
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techUK champion the role of technology in driving positive outcomes in our built infrastructure; from hitting net zero goals to improving safety. In doing so, we also optimise the commercial and regulatory landscape to ensure innovation in infrastructure can flourish. Visit the programme page here
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