2008 Programme
Key:
Conference Sessions |
Workshop Sessions |
Share Sessions |
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Case Study Sessions |
Think Tanks |
Table Top Presentations |
9:00 – 10:00
Registration, refreshments, networking and pre-arranged meetings
9:30 – 10:20
Choice of conference sessions, discussion groups or pre-arranged meetings
Share Session: What is the future for biodiesel in the UK?
Richard Ellis, Director, PS Transport
Conference Session: Legal Foundations of a Low Carbon Economy - Transforming the Business Landscape
Anthony Johnson, Senior Environment Associate, Stephenson Harwood
Share Session: Biomethane as a Transport Fuel
Steve Simmons, Environmental Health Officer, Sheffield City Council and
Andrew Whittles, Project Development Manager, Cenex
Share Session: Improving energy efficiency across Local Authorities: Piecemeal changes or large scale programmes?
Adrian Rimmer, Director, Eco Markets, ABN Amro
Share Session: CSR in the food industry: How to maintain an effective profile whilst keeping up environmental standards
Sandy Tucker, SHE Manager, SUMA Foods
Case Study: Energy-Efficient and Looking Good - Arcadia Group's Fashion Footprint
Joanne Watson, Purchasing Manager, Arcadia Group
Case Study: Bring your chips or choose your pellets - Rotherham Councils wood burning initiatives
Paul Maplethorpe, Senior Home Energy Advisor, Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
Share Session: The NHS Carbon Reduction Strategy
Roger Pollard, Director of Corporate Social Responsibility, Airedale NHS Trust
Share Session: Towards ISO14001 – achieving energy efficiencies in the factory environment
Barry Lockwood, Health, Safety and Environmental Officer, Francis W Birkett & Sons
Case Study: Energy Management Challenges Within A Global Organisation
Steve Sidebottom, Site Services Manager, Unilever UK
Case Study: Impact & Delivery - A report on the 100 ground source heat pump project
Andrew Ellis, Environmental Strategy Officer, Harrogate Borough Council
Share Session: How the Carbon Trust can help industry, commerce and the public sector to improve their carbon footprint and profitability
Dr Colin Sidaway, Customer Account Manager, The Carbon Trust
Share Session: Low carbon vehicles - what's the best route to take? Weighing up the pro's and con's of different alternative fuels and vehicle types and the practical problems that need overcoming in trying to introduce them on to the road.
Richard Crowther, Transport Policy, Leeds City Council
Share Session: How can your business help deliver the Yorkshire & Humber Climate Change Action Plan by helping people to make environmentally sound changes to their lifestyles?
Tim Godson, Team Leader - Climate Change, Government Office for Yorkshire & The Humber
Share Session: Planning to Survive: Success in Challenging Times
Anthony Day, Director, SUSBIZ: Sustainable Business Strategies
10:30 – 11:20
Choice of conference sessions, discussion groups or pre-arranged meetings
Conference Session: The truth about the CRC
David Metcalfe, Director, Verdantix Ltd
Sharing Best Practice in the Financial Services Sector
Simon Noon, Line of Business Manager, British Energy
Share Session: Developing a Carbon Management Plan in Local Government
Nathan Vear, Environmental Improvement Manager & Helen Jenkins, Assistant Environmental Management Officer, North East Lincolnshire Council
Case Study: Warwickshire's climate change strategy - thinking global, acting local
Jacky Lawrence, Senior Energy Manager, Warwickshire County Council
Case Study: Drax Power
Oliver Baybut, Environmental Manager, Drax Group Plc
Share Session: Effective Energy Monitoring
George Smith, Energy Manager, West Yorkshire Police
Share session: Sustaining energy and changing attitudes - the carbon return from biomass
George Sands, Lead Engineer & Sustainability Champion, City of York Council
Tabletop Presentation: Café Energy: The Carbon Reduction Commitment Explained
Shayne Rees, Marketing Communications Manager, EDF Energy
Share Session: Sustainability pay back periods for different sectors - what can we afford?
Steve Turner, Director and Tom Jordan, Project Engineer, Lorien Engineering Solutions
Case Study: 'Greening' your business through carbon offsetting - emerging legal and practical issues
Anthony Johnson, Senior Environment Associate, Stephenson Harwood
Case Study: The ‘little things’ that make a difference in reducing an organisations carbon footprint
Tony Parrish, Facilities Manager, Xscape Castleford Ltd
Case Study: Fuelling sustainable change: Barnsley MBC close the loop by producing their own fuel for biomass technologies
Richard Bradford, Principle Designer & Energy Engineer, Barnsley MBC
Share Session: Challenging perceptions in the built environment to reduce carbon emissions
Colin Robertson, Sustainability Manager, NG Bailey
Workshop: Heat and Power technologies for your business – a brief guide and some rules of thumb
Richard Lee, Programme Director, Future Energy Yorkshire
Case Study: Re-use/recycling construction site waste - the challenges and opportunities
Dave Thomas, Management Systems Manager at Kingspan Limited
Share Session: First actions taken in response to the Carbon Reduction Commitment
Neil Drake, Head of Market Insight, British Energy
Workshop: Introducing the Resource Efficiency Yorkshire Eco Buy initiative
Lorna Peacock, Procurement Project Manager, Resource Efficiency Yorkshire
11:20 – 11:50
Refreshments, networking and pre-arranged meetings
12:35 – 14:10
Lunch, networking and pre-arranged meetings
12:00 – 12:25
Choice of sponsored table-top presentation sessions or pre-arranged meetings
Tabletop Presentation: Building energy efficiency: a strategy for immediate and substantial reductions in energy use
John Harrison, Head of Building Controls, Enersol Corporation
Tabletop Presentation: Taking Advantage of Sustainable Legislation
Julie Allen, Energy Efficiency Manager, EDF Energy
Share Session: Enlightened energy management - introducing the npower m3 proposition
Jonathan Woodthorpe, Solutions Development Manager, npower
Tabletop Presentation: Discover next generation energy consumption, available today
David Newbould, Product Marketing EMEA, NEC Computers
Share Session: The value of metering, monitoring and targeting in reducing environmental impacts and risks, and offsetting increased energy and water costs
Richard Brown, Data Services Sales Manager, npower
Tabletop Presentation: How to Reduce the Waste and Cost of Office Printing
Steve Baxter, Channel Development Manager, Kyocera
Tabletop Presentation: Energy Data Collection in an NHS Hospital
Lyn Roberts, Managing Director, Coherent Research Ltd
Tabletop Presentation: Tackle Rising Energy Costs & Lower your Carbon Footprint
Jonathan Bates, Wind Energy Consultant on behalf of Proven Energy
Tabletop Presentation: Reducing your carbon footprint by introducing a smarter meeting culture - A case study
Simon Lindley, Sales Manager, BT Conferencing
Tabletop Presentation: Managing carbon through energy reduction
Peter Bennett, Sales Director, Sabien
Tabletop Presentation: Combustion management and control systems that achieve reduced Emissions and provide significant fuel savings. By improving combustion Efficiency
Gary Dowsett, Business Development Manager, Autoflame Engineering Ltd
Tabletop Presentation: Using the BS8555 Environmental Management System to Manage Your Carbon Footprint
Mick Whitaker, Environmental Advisor, Groundwork Yorkshire & The Humber
Tabletop Presentation: Turning your Excel spreadsheets into a carbon management system at half the cost 1/3 the time
Peter
Klein, Vice President, Supply Chain Consulting
Workshop: Preparing for the carbon reduction commitment … are you ready to trade?
Andy Johnston, Head of the Centre for Local Sustainability, Local Government Information Unit
Tabletop Presentation: Enviro-Fresh Customer Case Study: Saving energy through reducing water use
Michael Mynard, Business Development Manager, Enviro-Fresh
12:00 – 12:50
Workshop: The business advisor's view
Dean Harris, Director, KPMG LLP
Ben Wielgus, Sustainability Advisory Services,KPMG
Shelley Aggarwal, Manager. KPMG LLP
14:10 – 15:00
Choice of conference sessions, discussion groups or pre-arranged meetings
Question Time: An interactive session where you can pose your most challenging questions about Low Carbon Best Practice directly to a panel of experts. Click here for more details and a list of panellists.
Your chance to question the experts and challenge their views on Low Carbon Best Practice.
* Doubts about the science?
* Concerned about the legislation?
* Sceptical about government policies, corporate actions or greenwash?
Case Study: Our carbon reduction journey – Cummins Turbo Technologies Case Study
Allan Worsley, Environment Leader, Cummins Turbo Technologies
Case Study: How do you measure indirect carbon emissions across a large organisation?
Peter Howard, Best Practice Manager, Birse Civils Ltd
Share Session: Creating an eco-city - Bradford City environmental partnership
John Bibby, Senior Environmental Policy Officer, City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
Share Session: Low carbon vehicles that can help reduce your carbon footprint
Paul Clarke, Associate Director, RSK Group – Environmental Communication Division, and founder, Green-Car-Guide.com
Share Session: Working with the Carbon Trust - Carbon Management Programme
Colin Sidaway, Customer Account Manager, Carbon Trust
Share Session: Making a difference, single-handedly - the challenges that smaller organisations face with an environmental team of just one!
Janice Clark, Energy Manager, Scarborough Borough Council
Share Session: Carbon offsetting - mitigating what’s left
Adrian Rimmer, Director, Eco Markets, ABN Amro
Share Session: BIONIC - Developing sustainable biofuels for road transport
Andrew Leadbetter, Environmental Information Officer, Merseytravel
Tabletop Presentation: Café Energy: The Carbon Reduction Commitment Explained
Shayne Rees, Marketing Communications Manager, EDF Energy
Share Session: Carbon reduction through building design
Richard Jackson, Sustainability Advisor, Mott MacDonald Ltd
Case Study: Corus Engineering Steels - innovation and saving with energy teams
Chris Spenceley, Energy Services Engineer, Corus Engineering Steels
Case Study: Going carbon neutral – the Ashton Hayes Parish Council community wide carbon reduction journey
Gary Charnock, Parish Councillor, Ashton Hayes Parish Council
Share Session: Carbon reduction on an educational campus
Paul Morris, Director of Facilities Management, University of Central Lancashire
Case Study: Heating with Water - Reductions in electric usage and energy consumption
Jim Sharp, QE Manager, Rofin Sinar
Producing Display Energy Certificates ~ the lessons learned so far and the route towards the Carbon Reduction Commitment
John Bell, Energy & Environment Design Manager, Kingston Upon Hull City Council
Workshop: Managing Change and Engaging Executives on Sustainability Issues
Jack Shepherd, Principal Consultant, Faber Maunsell Ltd
Workshop: Resource Efficiency and Carbon Savings
Andrew Hartley, Programme Director, Resource Efficiency Yorkshire
Share Session: The amended Defra’s company reporting guidelines and their implications for purchasers of renewable power
Jamie Colquhoun, Head of Market, British Energy
Tabletop Presentation: Remote energy reduction through Windcrofting
Jonathan Bates, Wind Energy Consultant on behalf of Proven Energy
Share session: Environmental management across multi-site organisations: The challenges and how to overcome them
Oliver Gray, Development Consultant, A4e
15:00 – 15:30
Refreshments, networking and pre-arranged meetings
15:30 – 16:20
Choice of discussion groups or pre-arranged meetings
Discussion Group: Counting the Cost of Carbon – New Risks and Opportunities
Share Session: Sustainability versus low carbon initiatives
John Stockdale, Senior Environmental Consultant, British Glass
Share Session: The challenges of resource supply chain issues for wood fuel and biomass projects
Howard Duffield, Managing Director, Duffield Timber
Share Session: Beyond carbon reduction
Robert Babak Madadi Howard, Senior Commodities Risk Consultant, Advanced Commodities Consulting
Carbon Capture and Storage - Communication to gain public acceptance and political buy-in
John Simmons, Director, ON Communication and Visiting Professor of Earth Science Communication, Royal Holloway University of London
Share Session: A local planning authority’s experience of implementing sustainable building practices
Rachael Richardson, Planning Officer, Ryedale District Council
Share Session: Empowering staff to take action
Gareth Kane, Director, Terra Infirma
Sharing Best Practice in the Building & Construction Sector
Richard Jackson, Sustainability Advisor, Mott MacDonald
Case Study: Energy innovations at BUPA
Jeremy Rix, Energy Manager, BUPA
Share Session: Challenges with CSR
Sharon Ward, Project Manager, Logistik Limited
Share Session: Building capital for long term sustainability during a recession
Steve Atkinson, Health & Safety Manager, Greif UK Limited
Sharing Best Practice in the Food & Drink Sector
Vanessa O'Brien, Environmental Coordinator, Bettys & Taylors of Harrogate
Workshop: How does your company measure up? – Free environment benchmarking and gap analysis
Elizabeth Edgington, Environment Campaign Manager, Business in the Community
Share Session: The role of local authorities in promoting low carbon transport
David Cherry, Environmental Assessment Manager, Leeds City Council
Share Session: Developing professionalism in assessing the energy performance of buildings
Andy Lewis, Membership Development Manager, Energy Institute and Don Lack, Regional Director, Faber Maunsell
Case Study: Cycle Schemes: Inspiring Change
Aidan Moore, Green Commuting Officer, Commercial Ltd
Workshop: Climate Change Adaptation Workshop
Stephen Brown, Sustainable Development Manager, Yorkshire Forward
Workshop: The low carbon economy - the legal drivers
Becky Clissman, Solicitor, Eversheds LLP
Please note: The programme is subject to change and the Organisers reserve the right to alter the venue, session topics and/or speakers.