Sustainable UK Cities: Glasgow 9th October 2008
Radisson SAS Hotel, 301 Argyle St, Glasgow
Agenda
2.30pm Registration
3.00pm Introduction and welcome
- David Green, Chief Executive, UKBCSE
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3.05pm The energy challenge
- James Smith, Chairman, Shell UK
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3.20pm Q&A session with James Smith
3.35pm The role of Local Authorities
- David Green, Chief Executive, UKBCSE
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3.50pm Case Study: Sustainable Glasgow Initiative
- Richard Bellingham, Programme Director, Sustainable Glasgow Initiative,
University of Strathclyde
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4.10pm The role of businesses
- Dr Stewart Davies, Managing Director, Serco Integrated Services
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4.25pm Panel discussion and Q&A
Chaired by David Green, Chief Executive, UKBCSE
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- Dr Stewart Davies, Managing Director, Serco Integrated Services
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- Brian Nixon, Director of Energy, Scottish Enterprises,
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- Jason Ormiston, Chief Executive, Scottish Renewables
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- Richard Bellingham, Senior Research Fellow, Strathclyde University and
Programme Director, Sustainable Glasgow Initiative
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- John Ferguson, Waste and Resource Strategy Manager, SEPA
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5.00pm Drinks reception
7.00pm End
Speakers Biographies
David Green OBE, FRSA FiE
Chief Executive, UKBCSE
David is Chief Executive of the UK Business Council for Sustainable Energy (UKBCSE) that he created in 2002, building on his past work as the Director of the Combined Heat and Power Association.
He was appointed by the Mayor of London to Chair the London Energy Partnership. He is a member of the UK Government delegations to the World Summit on Sustainable Development and in 2004 took part in the International Conference on Renewable Energy. He was a Commissioner for the LGA Climate Change Commission, which released its final report in December 2007. He is also a member of the high level Ministerial Advisory Group on Sustainable Communities. David Green was awarded the MBE in 1986 and the OBE in 2003.
James Smith
Chairman, Shell UK
James is the Chairman of Shell UK. He has been with Shell since 1983 and has worked in all the Group’s major businesses. Until the end of 2003 he was on the global board of Shell Chemicals as head of technology, strategy and sustainable development. He has also been head of resourcing, which principally involved ensuring there is a highly talented and diverse group of leaders for the top 200 jobs in Shell.
Much of James’ early career was in upstream oil and gas production, latterly in business development. He has been extensively involved in Shell business in a number of Middle Eastern countries and in the US. In addition, he was MD of Shell’s downstream business in Brunei and chaired Shell’s global catalyst business during a period of restructuring for profitability. James has a degree in physics and is a chartered accountant. Before joining Shell he worked with Accenture.
Dr Stewart Davies
Managing Director, Serco Integrated Services
Dr Stewart Davies is Managing Director of Serco Integrated Services. He has over twenty years experience in general management and strategy in industry including Managing Director roles in Corus and Rugby Cement. He was a founder member of the Corby Urban Regeneration Company and also of the British Cement Association’s Sustainable Development Task Force, formed in 2004 to set the industry's agenda for the future, and served as a Trustee of the BRE Trust.
Brian Nixon
Director of Energy, Scottish Enterprises
Brian is the Director of Energy at Scottish Enterprise. He leads the Energy Team which provides support and strategic advice to Scottish companies to help them grow and prosper within the energy industry through international and industrial diversification and commercialisation of research and technology developments.
Prior to joining Scottish Enterprise in 2001, Brian undertook an oil & gas industry secondment to the Commercial Section of the British Embassy in Luanda (Angola). His career in the energy industries spans both downstream and upstream sectors, working with engineering organisations including Motherwell Bridge and Wood Group.
Jason Ormiston
Chief Executive, Scottish Renewables
Jason Ormiston is the Chief Executive of Scottish Renewables, the green energy
trade body for Scotland. He started with Glasgow-based Scottish Renewables
in 2003 as Senior Wind Energy Officer and before that worked as a journalist.
Richard Bellingham
Senior Research Fellow, Strathclyde University, and Programme Director, Sustainable
Glasgow Initiative
Richard is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Strathclyde specialising in energy policy and sustainable energy issues. He joined the Fraser of Allander Institute in 2007 on secondment from the Scottish Government - where he was Head of Energy Policy. Working as a fast stream policy analyst he has experience in policy areas across government. He also has several years experience in IT, digital inclusion and e-government - working as Head of Corporate IS Strategy, and Head of e-Government policy. He is a member of the advisory board for the UK Energy Research Council, and a former member of the UK coal forum.
Richard is programme director for the Sustainable Glasgow initiative. This major feasibility study is assisting the development of low-carbon energy systems, homes and businesses - as well as sustainable transport systems - helping Glasgow become a sustainable city. The study is being led by the University of Strathclyde, with partners including Glasgow City Council, as well as major energy companies, Veolia and Scottish and Southern Energy. The study is expected to be completed in Spring 2009.
Early in 2009 Richard will also be a leader of one the first initiatives from the new Institute of Advanced Studies at Strathclyde. This research programme will examine public attitudes to energy, and how these might be changed to assist the development of secure and sustainable energy futures.
John Ferguson
Waste and Resource Strategy Manager, SEPA
John works for the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, formerly managing the Waste and Resources Strategy Unit. He has played a significant role in the development of the National Waste Strategy Scotland.
A graduate of the University of St. Andrews he first became involved in waste
management in 1990 working as a Recycling Officer in Perth. Prior to this
he worked in the offshore oil industry as a drilling fluids engineer. Through
his work with Perthshire he developed a growing interest in the management
of wastes as a resource. He passionately believes that the emphasis requires
a fundamental change from waste management to resource management, and that
this would serve the twin purpose of environmental protection and economic
efficiency. This would resolve much of the perceived conflict between the
needs of the environment and the need for economic growth. In the future,
progressive economies will be those that are resource efficient
John’s current areas of interest in SEPA are in the role of thermal
treatment as part of an integrated network of technologies to maximise the
recovery of value from waste and the development of the environmental technology
sector. He strongly believes that it is only by partnership working and bringing
together all interested parties that the difficult and complex problems faced
in bringing Scotland’s waste industry into the 21st Century can be overcome.
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