Prof. Weale is a highly sought-after and inspiring keynote speaker and moderator of conferences. He is particularly appreciated for his cross-country insights and ability to get to the heart of matters and confront his audience with inconvenient truths.
Over recent years he has been a keynote or guest speaker in Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, UK and US (California, Arizona and Washington DC). Engagements he has undertaken are listed below.
| Conference / Date | Title of Speech |
| Slovenian Energy Transitions Conference | Guest Speaker: European Backdrop to the Slovenian Energy Transitions |
| Chaire Electricité Université Paris Dauphine – 2019 | Reducing the consumer costs of electricity through maximum use of debt financing |
| France Stratégie (Prime Minister’s Strategic Planning Office) – 2019 | Optimal market design |
| Platts European Power Summit – 2018 | Risks in power sector and optimal market design |
| Ireland Energy Conference – 2018 | Guest Speaker: Energy Transitions – lessons from other EU and US States |
| Deutsche Energie Agentur – 2018 | Market-orientated design – power market fit for the future |
| Nuklearforum Schweiz annual meeting – 2017 | Guest Speaker: The limits of the wholesale market and the need for a new market design |
| Eurelectric conference on Market Design – 2017 | Future power market design – challenges and objectives |
| EuroChlor Annual Meeting – 2017 | Guest Speaker: The importance of robust policies for the future of the European chemicals industry |
| AREL (Leading Think Tank in Italy) – 2017 | The German Energiewende – a titanic battle between energy policies and markets. |
| Foratom (European Nuclear Power Assocation) annual meeting – 2016 | Refocusing the Clean Energy Package to prepare the way for Electrification |
| IEA Electricity Supply Advisory Project, Paris – 2016 | Ongoing importance of coal and gas in Europe |
| Wind Europe, Hamburg – 2016 | The relevance of LCOEs in the Energy Markets |
| Smart Energies Summit, Paris – 2016 | Keynote: The French Proejt de Loi compared with other Energy Transitions |
| IFRI (French Institute for International Relations), Brussels – Mar. 2016 | Keynote: Vital Policy Foundations for Future Electric Utilities |
| French Prime Ministers’ Office, Paris – 2016 | Guest speaker: EU and US Energy Transitions Compared |
| Real Instituto Elcano (Leading Spanish Think Tank), Madrid – 2016 | Guest speaker: EU and US Energy Transitions Compared |
| IHS New Year Briefing, Frankfurt – 2016 | Guest speaker: Relevance of Interest Rate Policy for the Energy Markets since 2012 |
| Handelsblatt Konjunkturgipfel (Economic Summit), Berlin – 2015 | Relevance of Interest Rate Policy for the Energy Markets since 2011 |
| European Power Generation Summit, Prague – 2015 | EU and US Energy Transitions Compared (Also conference moderator) |
| Wirtschaftsrat (German Conservative Part Economic Council), Düsseldorf Industry Club – 2015 | Chances and Risks for Energy Companies in Times of Transitions |
| Coaltrans Conference, Madrid – 2015 | The Ongoing Importance of Coal in Europe |
| GE Thought-Leaders’ Meeting, Berlin – 2015 | Innovation right along the utility value chain |
| St. Gallen University Workshop – 2015 | Uncertainty in the context of power companies |
| Chatham House (Leading UK Think Tank), London – 2015 | European State Aid Policy – Impact on Energy Industries |
| Energy Efficiency Global Forum, Washington DC –2015 | Energy Efficiency – The Dual Role for Utilities and Governments |
| Platts European Power Summit, London –2015 | Keynote: Energy Efficiency – Challenges and Opportunities for Electric Utilities |
| Flame Gas Conference Amsterdam – 2015 | Keynote: Energy Efficiency – impact on Gas Demand and the Utility Response |
| Université Paris-Dauphine (Chaire Eléctricité), Paris – 2015 | Guest Speaker – Lessons from the US Power Industry and the New York REV Plan |
| American Public Power Association CEO Meeting, Arizona – 2015 | Guest Speaker – Lessons from the German Energiewende for the US Power Industry |
| European Power Generation Summit, Amsterdam –2014 | Keynote: Will the Power Industry function based on Market Principles? |
| US Conservation Law Foundation, Washington DC – 2014 | The Germany Energiewende and the EU 2050 Roadmap – Industry Insights |
| Clingendael (Leading Dutch Think Tank) Master Class, The Hague – 2014 | European Energy Transitions – Challenges for Governments and Utilities |
| Wirtschaftsrat (Conservative Party Economic Council), Düsseldorf Industry Club – 2014 | Guest Speaker – The Energiewende after reform of the renewables law |
| IEA Electricity Supply Advisory Project, Paris – 2014 | Utility of the Future |
| Hearing before the French Senate, Paris – 2014 | Principal witness – The German Energiewende – objectives, difficulties and reforms |
| AREL (Leading Italian Think Tank; former Prime Minister presided) – 2014 | Guest speaker – German Energiewende |
| IFRI (French Institute for International Relations), Brussels –2014 | Diagnosis of today’s problems and solutions for the future |
| Flame Risk Management Conference, Amsterdam – 2014 | Keynote: Risks for the power sector – learning from the past and preparing for the future |
| Californian Public Utility Commission, Thought-leaders Meeting, San Francisco – 2014 | Who does it better – California or Germany? |
| OMIE (Spanish Grid) International Workshop, Madrid – Apr. 2014 | The German Energiewende and the Future of Market-based Approaches |
| Platt’s European Power Summit, Berlin –2014 | Keynote: Transition of the German Utilities: increasing emphasis on the service side |
| French Association of Energy Economists, Paris –2014 | Guest speaker – European Policy Perspectives: The Five Large EU Countries |
| IEFE Bocconi University – 2014 | Refocussing Europe’s Energy Agenda |