Event Programme

Thursday 31 January 2008

Chair - TV Presenter and Broadcaster Wendy Gibson

Session One

8.30 Registration & Exhibition

9.00 Welcome and Introduction

9.10 Carbon Reduction Issues and Benefits for Business

Philip Douglas - Head of Carbon Reduction Commitment Team

DEFRA

9.40 Profiting from Carbon Emmisions Trading

Steve Parker - Director - CRED Ltd

10.10 The Business Case for Being Low Carbon

Jon Bolton - Managing Director Corus

10.40 Q & A

10.50 Refreshments & Exhibition

Session Two

11.30 Workshops (each workshop will run twice for 45 minutes)

1 Accessing Finance

Paul Miller & Roy Parsonage - ENTRUST & John Barton - Carbon Trust - Workshop will cover pre-competitive research funding, early stage technology development grant and equity funding, accessing debt and equity funding for seed, start up, early stage and development stages of commercialisation. With specific information on:

        Carbon Trust Funding
        DTI Grant Research and Development Funding
        Regional and national equity funding sources (including PoC)
        Regional Loan Fund
        Business Angels
        Venture Capitalists Debt funding

2 Profiting From Waste Management and Recycling

Christine Parry NISP - Since April 2005 NISP has generated £104 Million in sales for it's members and helped them to save more than £81 million and in the process, diverting more than 2.2 million tonnes of business waste from landfill and reducing CO₂ emissions by 2.1 million tonnes.

This speed-dating style workshop acts as a structured practical forum where companies can network and share business opportunities. The idea is simple and works very effectively. It draws upon the idea that resources are not just restricted to physical materiala(waste,by-products and raw material) but can inlcude anything that a business has to offer, warehousing, staff, logistics, waste water processing, energy/surplus heat, land, expertise etc., A few case studies and then the rest is over to you!

3 The Built Environment

Peter Loftus - Renew Tees valley

This workshop will explore the built environment in terms of current legislation, environmental commercial and technological issues.

4 Developing an Environmental Business - support, assistance, know-how

Paul Jackson - Renew Tees Valley & Peter Mc Naughton - BAXI

5 The Carbon Agenda Moving Forward

Ray Waters - One NorthEast & Chris Hayward - Renew Tees Valley

13.00 Lunch & Exhibition

Session Three- Case Studies

14.00 Return on Investment in a Low Carbon Future

Pete McNaughton - Baxi

14.30 Case Study - Waste to Resource to Profit - Eco Parks Commmitting to a Low Carbon Future

Michael Thompson & Keith Farmery - Graphite Resources

14.45 Case Study - Using Carbon Credits

Steve Parker - Director - Cred Ltd

15.00 Q & A

15.15 Closing Remarks

15.30 Refreshments, Exhibition & Networking

Environmental Industry Dinner & Energy and Environment Industry Awards 2008

6.30 Drinks Reception

7.15 Introduction - Paul Jackson - Renew Tees Valley

7.20 Welcome - Pete McNaughton - Baxi

7.25 Jeanette Wainwright

Opera siner Jeanette Wainwright has most recently appeared alongside the world famous singer Willard White. She has sung with many English opera companies and has performed all over the world. Her concert work has taken her to the Royal Festival Hall, The Barbican and the Aldeburgh Festival performing with orchestras such as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Opera North Orchestra and the Composer’s Ensemble.

7.40 Dinner

8.50 Awards - MC Paul Jackson

9.45 Steve Kindon

Steve Kindon is without question one of the funniest soccer characters you will meet and one of the most 'in demand' speakers on the circuit. A winner of international honours at Rugby Union, he decided to take up soccer professionally and commenced his career at Burnley FC. A powerful striker described as having “the Speed of a thoroughbred and the power of a hungry lion.” In 1972, Steve signed for Wolves for £100,000. The Molyneux fans affectionately nicknamed him “The Tank” and he was an unbelievably speedy player, who enjoyed the accolade of being the “fastest footballer in Britain” for seven years.

10.30 Closing remarks - Peter Ellis - Renew Tees Valley

Session Four - Friday 1 February 2008

Hosted by Paul Jackson - Renew Tees Valley

09.00 Registration & Exhibition

09.30 Renew - The Story So Far

Peter Ellis - Renew Tees Valley

09.45 Zero Carbon Development - The Business Case

David Francis - Sustainability Integrator for Middlehaven-Bioregional Quintain

10.00 Too Good to Dump - Re-using Tees Valley Building Materials

Lewis Herbert - Waste Wise & Chris Hayward - Renew Tees valley

10.20 Case Study

10.35 Launch of Built Environment Competition

Diane Roberts - NECIL

10.45 Break & refreshments

11.15 The LEGI Programme

Kath Taylor -Chair Redcar & Cleveland LEGI Programme

11.25 Launch of the Renew Legi Programme and Legi Project Competition

Marshall Grant - Sector Specialist - Renew Tees Valley LEGI Programme

11.35 LEGI - Case Study

James Humphries - Global Energy Audits Ltd

11.50 Embedding Carbon Culture Change Through Education

Clare Lowe Education Development Manager-Tees Forrest & schools

12.10 Schools Presentations

12.30 Key Note- The European Perspective

Fiona Hall MEP