Previous Programme
Newcastle, 3 April 2008
Key:
Seminar Sessions |
Share Sessions |
Case Study Sessions |
9:00 – 10:00
Registration & Networking
10:00 – 13:00: Seminar Options
Best Practice for Environmental Champions
Anthony Day, Director, The Climate Business
Green & Lean Supply Chain Management ~ squeezing out carbon from 'cradle to grave'
Bernard Auton, Principal, Supply Chain Footprint
Quick Wins on Energy Efficiency & Carbon Management
George Norrie, Consultant, GRN Associates
10:00 – 11:00: Discussion Groups, Case Studies and Share Sessions
Share Session: Economies of Scale - linking strategic planning to the delivery of One NorthEast’s quality standards in the built environment
Kirsteen Thomson, Sustainability Manager, One NorthEast
Case Study: How to achieve habit change at work
Cameron Scott, Head of Economic Regeneration, Tynedale Council
Share Session: Packaging reduction & optimisation - being green and saving money
Andrew Craig, Principal Resources Management Officer, Tees Valley Joint Strategy Unit
Share Session: The Impact of climate change on rural economies and communities: What action that can be taken to build sustainable communities
Ian Douglas, Director of Environmental Services, Tynedale Council
Share Session: Tackling Fuel Poverty
Jason Martin, Fuel Poverty Officer, District of Easington Council
11:00 – 11:25
Refreshments, networking and pre-arranged meetings
11:30 – 12:30: Discussion Groups, Case Studies and Share Sessions
Share Session: Strategic Economic Change - Energy & Environment Pillar
Alex Fowler, Energy & Environment Specialist Advisor, One NorthEast
Share Session: Empowering Staff to take action
Taryna Peers, SHE Officer, Hydratight
Case Study: Self-assessment of council service delivery/activity in identifying opportunities for reducing carbon emissions
Jonathan Elmer, Sustainability Manager, Durham City Council
Share Session: Carbon offsetting - mitigating what's left
Chris Ennis, Project Officer, University of Teesside
Case Study: Local Authorities leading by example to address climate change
Hugh Clearhill, Senior Environment Policy Officer and Philip Hornsey, Policy Assistant (Environment), Northumberland County Council
Case Study: Long term environmental strategy formulation
Adrian Anderson, Environmental Co-ordinator and Project Leader, JN Bentley
Share Session: Can businesses in the North East take advantage of climate change opportunities?
Simon Hanson, Policy Advisor, NECC
12:30 – 14:00
Lunch, networking and pre-arranged meetings
14:00 – 15:00: Discussion Groups, Case Studies and Share Sessions
Share Session: Developing a carbon management plan in local government
Simon Johnson, Energy Services Manager, Newcastle City Council
Share Session: Energy reduction approaches in the process industry sector
John Barton, Regional Manager, North East, The Carbon Trust
Case Study: The value of metering, monitoring and targeting in reducing environmental impacts and risks, and offsetting increased energy and water costs
George Norrie, Consultant, GRN Associates
Share Session: How can distributed energy and fuel cells deliver big carbon reductions?
Graham Hillier, Fuel Cell Applications Director, Centre for Process Innovation
Share Session: The Sustainable Office: Reducing carbon emissions from IT equipment
Alastair Scott, Researcher, Strathclyde University
Strategy Discussion Group: Developing carbon reduction plans
Garry Evans, Sustainability Manager, University of Teesside
Share Session: Down-to-earth fix for the carbon crisis. Introducing Biochar.
David Manning, Professor of Soil Science, School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences - Newcastle University
Share Session: Introducing the Northumberland Strategic Partnership
Lydia Speakman, Environment & Energy Sector Executive, Northumberland Strategic Partnership
Share Session: Carbon Management: Getting the approach right
Mark Burrows, Senior Consultant, TNEI Services Ltd
Share Session: Practical solutions to climate change and fuel poverty - technologies that actually work
Victoria Eynon, Project Coordinator (Technical Services), National Energy Action (NEA) and Ann-Marie Gibson, Regional Coordinator (North East England), National Energy Action (NEA)
Share Session: Economies of Scale - linking strategic planning to the delivery of One NorthEast’s quality standards in the built environment
Kirsteen Thomson, Sustainability Manager, One NorthEast
Share Session: Engaging and changing attitudes to climate change and carbon management
Charles Henderson, Director, Carbonneutral Newcastle
15:00 – 15:30
Refreshments, networking and pre-arranged meetings
15:30 – 16:30: Discussion Groups, Case Studies and Share Sessions
Share Session: Business Resource Efficiency / North East Productivity Alliance / MIDAS: The changing face of support to improve the efficiency of North East businesses
Ray Waters, Environment Senior Specialist, One NorthEast
Strategy Discussion Group: Empowering staff, capturing attention, changing behaviours
Ray Sanderson, Environmental Sustainability Manager, Gentoo Group (Sunderland Housing)
Case Study: Energy savings in the manufacturing and industrial sector: Identifying the quickest and biggest savings
Dan Smith, Principal Consultant, TNEI Services Ltd
Case Study: The challenge of energy management and sustainability in a large acute hospital
Ian Philipson, Senior Engineer, Northumberland, Tyne & Wear NHS Trust
Share Session: Why commute - The business case for home working
John Cargill, Manager, Remote Work Management
Case Study: Saving energy with variable frequency inverters at NSK Bearings
Malcom Waites, Plant Engineer, NSK Bearings Europe Ltd
Share Session: Leading the way on renewable technologies
Keith Melton, Director of Technology, NaREC
Share Session: An introduction to the CEN standards for wood fuel
David Clubb, 'Nothwoods' Project Director, Rural Development Initiatives
16:30 – 17:00: Seminar Options
Best Practice for Environmental Champions ~ Action Planning
Green & Lean Supply Chain Management ~ squeezing out carbon from 'cradle to grave' ~ Action Planning
Please note: The programme is subject to change and the Organisers reserve the right to alter the venue, session topics and/or speakers.