Ten Alps Events' highly successful Energy and Environment 2008: Securing our Low Carbon Economy Conference and Exhibition provided an unique insight into the state of readiness in the UK for tackling the Climate Change agenda and securing our low carbon economy.
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09:00 - 11:00 Opening Plenary Session:
POLICY AND BEST PRACTICE - THE MARKET OPPORTUNITIES
FOR UK ENERGY
09:00 Chair's Welcome and Introduction
John Vidal, Environment Editor, The Guardian
09:10 Offshore Wind - the new North Sea oil
Maria McCaffery, Chief Executive, BWEA
09:30 Sustainable Energy Procurement: Myths and Legends
Shaun McCarthy, Founder Director
ActionSustainability and Chair of Commission for a
Sustainable London 2012
09:50 Accelerating the Move to a Low Carbon Economy –
Commercialising Low Carbon Technologies
Michael Rea, Chief Operating Officer, The Carbon Trust
10:10 The Green Gateway Initiative
Deane Flint, Divisional Sales Director,
Mitsubishi Electric Living Environmental Systems
Division
10:30 Climate Change and the Nuclear Industry
Part of the Solution
Keith Parker, Chief Executive, Nuclear Industry
Association
10:50 Question and Answer Session
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11:00 - 11:30 Tea/Coffee, Networking and Exhibition
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11:30 - 12:15 SEMINAR SESSIONS
A selection of interactiveSeminar Sessions, providing an opportunity for delegates to explore distinct aspects of key importance to this agenda.
Seminar Session A
Energy and Environmental Technologies - Envirolink Northwest
Seminar Session B
The Sustainable Workplace: Sustainable Technology and Better Working Practices - Kyocera Mita
Seminar Session C
Integrating Waste and Low Carbon Energy Solutions into New Developments - Nabarro
Seminar Session D
powerPerfector Voltage Optimisation gives UK businesses and government the opportunity to 'micro-manage' their electricty supply - powerPerfector
Seminar Session D
Don't just fix the boiler.... what it really takes to become a low carbon business - Green 500
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12:15 - 13:15 Lunch, Networking and Exhibition
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13:15 - 15:00 First Afternoon Session:
TARGETING OUR ENVIRONMENTAL OBLIGATIONS
13:15 Reframing Climate Change: From Long-term targets to
Emission Pathways
Professor Kevin Anderson, Director of the Tyndall Centre's
Energy Programme
Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
13:35 Achieving a Sustainable Economy and Environment
Merlin Hyman, Director, Environmental Industries
Commission
13:55 Responding to a Changing Climate - Integrating the Needs of
People and Nature
Andrew Wood, Executive Director of Operations, Natural England
14:15 Environmental Management - Delivering the Requirements for
Change
Russell Foster, Chief Executive, IEMA
14:35 Question & Answer/Panel Session
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14:45 - 15:15 Tea/Coffee, Networking and Exhibition
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15:15 - 16:35 Closing Afternoon Session:
DEFINING THE FUTURE CHALLENGES
15:15 Gregory Barker MP, Shadow Conservative Minister for the
Environment
15:35 Micro-CHP, a Present Day Reality
Martyn Coffey, CEO of Baxi Group
15:55 Tackling Climate Change: Going Local
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Council
Beacon Council Award Winners, IDeA
16:15 A Vision for the Future: Securing our Low Carbon Economy
Phil Woolas MP, Minister of State, DEFRA
16:35 Question and Answer/Panel Session _______________________________________________________________
16:45 Chair's Round-up of the Day and Conference Close
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Dowloadable Programme from the day:
RT. HON. PHIL WOOLAS MP, MINISTER OF STATE FOR DEFRA ADDRESSED THIS CONFERENCE. 
With the impact of Climate Change increasingly evident in erratic weather patterns and rapidly evolving environmental conditions, there is a renewed urgency to resolve crucial policy decisions and outstanding issues surrounding key energy and environmental targets in order to reduce the effects of rapid global economic expansion and the supply and demand needs of consumers.
This premier national conference will highlight the key strategies that aim to redress the current imbalance across policy and practice in the UK and to concentrate on those areas where we can make a difference.
Targeting senior decision-makers from across both the public and private sectors, Energy and Environment 2008 will provide a forum for discussion and a platform for sharing best practice, formulating new agendas and debating future requirements.
“Building our own local carbon economy offers us the chance to create thousands of new British businesses, hundreds of thousands of new British jobs and a vast new export market in which Britain can be a world leader.
Our vision has one overriding aim: holding the rise in global average temperature to no more than two degrees centigrade. This requires global greenhouse gas emissions to peak within the next 10 to 15 years and be cut at least by half by 2050.
The role of government from now on is transformed... it falls to this generation to show that we can meet and master the challenge of combining economic growth and environmental stewardship with social justice…we cannot afford to accept any less than this challenge.”
Rt. Hon. Gordon Brown, Prime Minister