Environment Agency Annual Conference - held at the QEII Conference Centre, London. 09 Nov 2009
From Mon 9th Nov 2009 to Tue 10th Nov 2009
Live Feeds
10 Nov 2009 at 09:30 - 10 Nov 2009 at 16:00 Live coverage of all plenary sessions
Agenda: 09 Nov 2009
08:00 - 08:45
Helen Alexander, President, CBI
Business breakfast
08:45 - 09:00
Business breakfast: Question and answer
09:50 - 09:55
Elinor Goodman, former Political Editor of Channel 4 News and Board Member of the Commission for Rural Communities
Chair’s opening remarks
09:55 - 10:10
Lord Chris Smith, Chair, Environment Agency
Environment Agency Policy launch
10:10 - 10:20
Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary, UNFCCC
Copenhagen - Video Address
10:15 - 10:20
Richard LeBaron, US Embassy
10:20 - 10:35
Kunihiko Shimada, Principal International Policy Coordinator and Principal International Negotiator, Ministry of the Environment, Japan
Negotiating for 0ur and future generations
10:35 - 10:40
Jose Maria Figueres, Former President of Costa Rica and Conceptualiser of Global Observatory
Mobilising the public to create the political space needed
10:40 - 11:25
Panel discussion; International Ambitions
Lord Adair Turner, Chair, Climate Change Committee;
Lord Browne of Madingley, President, Royal Academy of Engineering and Former Chief Executive, BP;
Guy Shrubsole, UK Youth Climate Coalition;
Will Day, Chair, Sustainable Development Commission.
11:25 - 11:55
Refreshments and exhibition
11:55 - 12:10
John Cridland CBE, Deputy Director-General, The CBI
Business keynote
12:10 - 12:25
Jeremy Darroch, Chief Executive, BSkyB
Andrew Owens, Chief Executive, Greenergy International
Paul Spence, Director of Strategy and Regulation, EDF Energy
Maria McCaffery, Chief Executive, British Wind Energy Association
15:15 - 15:45
Refreshments, exhibition and networking
15:45 - 17:00
Interactive seminar 1: Sustainable Energy - What actions really make a difference to carbon emissions?
Chair: Julian Feasby, Head of Environmental Performance, Environment Agency
Professor David MacKay, Chief Scientific Adviser, Department of Energy and Climate Change
Tom Delay, Chief Executive, Carbon Trust
15:45 - 17:00
Interactive seminar 2: Energy for the future - cleaner coal and gas, safe nuclear
Chair Dan Lewis, Research Director, Economic Research Council
Dr Stephen Snowdon, Senior Energy Advisor, Shell International
Stephen Hale, Director, Green Alliance
Prof Catherine Mitchell, Energy and Policy, University of Exeter
15:45 - 17:00
Interactive seminar 3: Leading the renewables revolution
Chair: Maria McCaffery, Chief Executive, British Wind Energy Association
Stephen Ainger, Chief Executive, Partnerships for Renewables
Sarah Rhodes, Chief Executive Officer, Office for Renewable Energy Deployment, Department of Energy and Climate Change
Add Richard Laverick, Director of Corporate Responsibility, ADAS UK Ltd
15:45 - 17:00
Interactive seminar 4: Water for the future
Chair: Ian Barker, Head of Water Resources, Environment Agency
Walter Menzies, Chief Executive, Mersey Basin Campaign
Simon Boyland, Water Demand Supply Manager, United Utilities
Chair: Howard Pearce, Environment Agency
Nick Robins, Head of Climate Change, HSBC
Ian Simm, Chief Executive, Impax Environmental Markets
Bruce Jenkyn-Jones, Investment Director, Impax Environmental Markets
Will Oulton - Director of Responsible Investment and Environmental Indices, FTSE