Meetings

3rd Meeting, 2026

08 September 2026

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. AI and its Impact on Scotland’s Economy
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• Heather Thomson
  Chief Executive Officer
  The Data Lab
• Rich Wilson
  CEO
  Gigged.ai
• Sandy Begbie
  Chief Executive
  Scottish Financial Enterprise
• Michael Rovatsos
  Professor of Artificial Intelligence
  University of Edinburgh
3. Pre-Budget scrutiny – approach

This is all meetings of Economy, Tourism and Energy Committee held in 2026. On meeting pages you can find agendas, meeting papers, minutes, and links to Official Reports and Scottish Parliament TV.

2nd Meeting

01 September

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Overview of Scotland’s energy sector
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• Professor Dieter Helm
  Professor of Economic Policy, New College
  University of Oxford
• Dr Simon Gill
  Director of Grid Innovation Strategy and Principal Knowledge Exchange Fellow
  University of Strathclyde
3. Work programme

1st Meeting

23 June

1. Declaration of interests
2. Choice of Deputy Convener
3. Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
4. Decision on taking business in private
5. Work programme
6. Work programme