Low Carbon Best Practice Exchange Thursday 2nd April 2009, Marriott Hotel (Gosforth Park) Newcastle

Sponsored by One NorthEast, the first staging of the Low Carbon Best Practice Exchange in the region took place on Thursday 3rd April 2008 in Newcastle.

The event was a tremendous success, with 128 participants taking part in the Exchange to share best practice, foster professional networks and develop actionable ideas to reduce their organisation's carbon emissions.

This is how they described their experience:

“Well worth attending. The facilities for networking arrangements were first class and complemented the Information technology.”
Tony Turnbull, Sustainable Development & Communities Co-ordinator North Tyneside Council

“A fantastic way of meeting a wide range of people, covering a wide range of topics. The organisation of the event was outstanding.”
John Barton, Key Account Manager, Carbon Trust

“The organisation of this event was first class. The format is quite unique and gets everyone involved in the discussions. I left feeling inspired and motivated to act on new ideas.”
Alex Fowler, Energy & Environment Specialist Advisor, One NorthEast

“I found the organisation of the event to be innovative and environmentally friendly!”
Ray Sanderson, Environmental Sustainability Manager Gentoo Group (Sunderland Housing)

“A well organised, informative and highly successful event!”
Mark Burrows, Senior Consultant, TNEI Services Ltd

“The event was not only highly innovative, but very useful. The "structured networking" worked particularly well.”
Andrew Craig, Principal Resources Management Officer, Tees Valley Joint Strategy Unit

“The Low Carbon Innovation Exchange brings together the people that count and tackles practical sustainable issues.”
Ian Bloomfield, Environment Officer, Wear Valley District Council

“This event was a great learning opportunity, sharing of ideas and meeting new people, a well organised event.”
Taryna Peers, Safety, Health & Environment Officer, Hydratight

“The day was a fantastic idea connecting, proposal generating opportunity.”
Adrian Anderson, Environmental Project Leader, JN Bentley

“It gave me a great start to the process and lots of contacts to work with going forward.”
Simon Keogh, Management Accountant, Culpitt Ltd

"The exhibition gave ample opportunity to present the work of RE-KTN and resulted in several useful engagements."
Terry Lowdon, Innovation Manager, Resource Efficiency KTN

“Superb event - got people together to really discuss what can be done about reducing carbon in practical terms.”
Garry Evans, Sustainability Manager, University of Teeside

"The mechanics of creating such an event were wonderful, only by sharing knowledge and experiences can we ever start to reduce the global carbon footprint, it is not one person's dream, the sum of the factual parts are greater than one perceived ideal"
Peter Jameson, Health, Safety & Environment Manager, New Life Cleaning Systems Ltd

“The format of the day enabled people to network and exchange ideas far better than a standard conference.”
Kim Watson, Energy & Environment Specialist Advisor, One NorthEast

“These events are helping to erase the trace of any Carbon Footprint.”
Zac Aynsley, Health & Safety Manager, MEP Solutions Ltd

“The good thing about the day was, the excellent way the exchange was formulated, the presentations were well done, and the organisation, down to appointment reminders, was well done, the interaction of the people I met and had discussions with was very satisfactory, which allowed me to exchange views and learn some aspects which I had not considered, the day was well worth the effort to attend, Thank you.”
Jim Bannister, Premises Manager, Draka Comteq

“A valuable opportunity with no constraints where knowledge and experience can be freely shared.”
Ian Philipson, Senior Engineer Northumberland, Tyne & Wear NHS Trust

“The Low Carbon Innovation Exchange is worth every minute spent away from your desk. The chance to meet and share practice and ideas cannot be underestimated, and can save weeks of trial and effort.”
Grahame Pinches, E.F.M. Support Manager, North Cumbria Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

“An excellent opportunity to share best practice private and public sectors.”
Andrew Atkinson, Energy Conservation Team Leader, Sunderland City Council

“An innovative opportunity to exchange valuable low carbon information with a wide range of agencies all trying to achieve environmentally beneficial solutions.”
Claire Green, Project Coordinator, National Energy Action (NEA)

“The ability to talk to individuals employed in the private sector about climate issues of mutual concern was a real benefit.”
Simon Wilson, Area Co-ordinator, North Pennines AONB Partnership

“This is the way all business meetings should be - so much better than the traditional conference model!”
Simon Duval Smith, Group Editor, Ultima Media

“An excellent business structure. Not many events offer interactive access to a captive audience of key people over a full day.”
Bill Lowther, Director, North Energy

The next staging of the Low Carbon Innovation Exchange in the North East takes place in Newcastle on 2 April 2009. If you are interested in contributing to the programme for the next event, please send an email to martyn@carbon-innovation.com