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Environment 2010
24 Nov 2010
The Environment Agency National Conference: Creating a better place, a sustainable future. To be held at Central Hall, Westminster
This year’s annual conference will focus on the state of our environment - from water to waste, farming to flooding. Experts from the UK and abroad will assess how we can best mitigate or adapt to our changing climate.
Programme
09:00
Interview:
Paul Leinster CBE, Chief Executive, Environment Agency
09:05
Interview:
Jane Davidson AM, Minister for Environment, Sustainability and Housing, Welsh Assembly Government Chief Executive
09:50
Roger Harrabin, BBC Environment Analyst
Conference Chair’s opening remarks
10:00
Rt Hon. Lord Smith of Finsbury, Chairman, Environment Agency
Welcome and introduction
10:15
Rt Hon. Caroline Spelman MP, Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Keynote address
10:35
Jane Davidson AM Minister for Environment, Sustainability and Housing, Welsh Assembly Government Chief Executive
Meeting our environmental commitments
10:45
State Of Our Environment QandA
Session 1 State of Our Environment QandA
10:50
Paul Leinster CBE, Chief Executive, Environment Agency
Tackling the challenges
11:00
Paul Monaghan, Head of Sustainability and Social Goals, The Co-operative
Improving the environment through responsible retail
11:45
Session 1 QandA 2 QandA with Paul Leinster and Paul Monaghan
Session 1 QandA
12:15
Kanat Emiroglu, Managing Director, British Gas Business Towards a low carbon society
12:30
Panel discussion: Driving sustainable, profitable businesses
Mark Elborne, President and Chief Executive Officer, General Electric (GE) UK, Ireland and Benelux
Melanie Leech, Director-General, Food and Drink Federation
David Whitehead, Director, British Ports Association
13:00
Lunch, exhibition and networking
14:00
Dr Nick Eyre, Jackson Senior Research Fellow in Energy, Oriel College, University of Oxford and Co-Director of the UK Energy Research Centre
Meeting the low carbon energy challenge
14:15
Panel discussion: Meeting the low carbon energy challenge
Paul Cowling, Managing Director, npower Renewables
Andrew Simms, Policy Director and Head of Climate Change and Energy, nef
Ravi Gurumurthy, Director – Strategy, Department of Energy and Climate Change
Solitaire Townsend, Co-Founder, Futerra Sustainability Communications
14:55
Graham Wynne, Committee on Climate Change Adaptation Sub-Committee
The challenges of a changing climate
15:05
Panel discussion: Adaptation
Peter Kendall, President, National Farmers Union
Julia Evans, Chief Executive, National Federation of Builders
Dr Mark Howden, Chief Research Scientist and Theme Leader, Adaptive Primary Industries and Enterprises, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
15:30
Refreshments, exhibition and networking
16:00
Interactive debate 1: Adapting to climate change
Chair: Sonia Phippard, Director, Water, Floods, Environmental Risk & Regulation, Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Cllr Gary Porter, Chairman, LGA Environment Board
Lisa Horrocks, Knowledge Leader in Climate Risk and Adaptation, AEA
Robert Barker, Founding Partner, Baca Architects
Pat Boyle, PWS Assurance Manager, Met Office
16:00
Interactive debate 2: Meeting our water quality targets
Chair: Ian Barker, Head of Water, Environment Agency
Dr Mike Clarke, Chief Executive, RSPB
Richard Aylard CVO, External Affairs and Sustainability Director, Thames Water
Peter Kendall, President, National Farmers’ Union
16:00
Interactive debate 3: E-waste
Chair: Ed Mitchell, Director of Environment and Business, Environment Agency
Michael Warhurst, Senior Waste and Resources Campaigner, Friends of the Earth
Gerrard Fisher, Programme Manager – Sustainable Products, WRAP
Andy Griffiths, Vice President, Samsung Electronics UK
16:00
Interactive debate 4: ENVIRONMENTAGENCY
Chair: DECC
Stewart Baseley, Executive Chairman, Home Builders’ Federation
John Wood, President, Institution of Mechanical Engineers
David Balmforth, Vice President, ICE
Andrew Simms, Policy Director and Head of Climate Change and Energy, nef
16:00
Interactive debate 5: Cleaner energy (coal/Renewables)
Chair: Tony Grayling, Head of Climate Change and Sustainable Development,
Environment Agency
Dr Alan Whitehead MP, Chair, Associate Parliamentary Renewable and Sustainable Energy Group
James P Leape, Director General, WWF
Dr Jim Watson, Director, The Sussex Energy Group, University of Sussex
17:00
Rt Rev James Jones, Bishop of Liverpool
Protecting our environment in a changing world
17:05
Lisa Jackson, Administrator, US Environmental Protection Agency
Closing lecture: Protecting our environment in a changing world
17:25
Chair's closing remarks, Lord Chris Smith Chairman, Environment Agency
Closing remarks
17:30
Environment Agency Environmental Pioneers Award and Reception
Guest speaker: Rt Hon. Chris Huhne MP, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
18:00
Awards ceremony
18:30
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