Friday Exhibition Talks in 2015
We are pleased to announce our speakers for Friday 12th June 2015. There will be three main seminar areas, with Seminar Area 3 being the home for our Innovation Zone Speakers.
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Seminar Area 1 - Panel discussions, policy & Energy Generation
10.00-10.30 Keynote: Where now post election?
Hear what are the likely impacts & opportunities for the environmental industries as a result of the General Election?
Matthew Farrow, Executive Director, Environmental Industries Commission
10.40-11.10 Energy management systems – the key to improving energy efficiency
Learn the benefits of a structured approach to implementing an energy management system
Andy Lewry, Energy Consultant, BRE
11.20-11.50 Renewable Heat – what are the solutions?
Find out how the RHI Schemes work and what are the most energy efficient solutions available
Patrick Allcorn, Head of Scheme, Domestic RHI, DECC
12.00-12.30 Case Study: Care without Carbon
Hear how one NHS Trust has developed a 7 step approach to improving patient wellbeing whilst reducing carbon emissions
Susie Vernon, Head of Environment, Sussex Community NHS Trust
12.40-13.10 Case studies: How to unlock the potential of rooftop solar?
With DECC policy being more favourable to rooftop solar than ground mounted, how do we unlock the potential of the 1.8M commercial properties in the UK?
Chaired by Panel Gaynor Hartnell, former Chief Executive, Renewable Energy Association
Adam Hewson, Co-founder and Director, ReEnergise Finance
Will Cottrell, Chair, Brighton Energy Co-op
Christopher Jackson, Director, the Solar Cloth Company
13.10-13.30 Lunch break
13.30-14.00 Case study: Benefits of Energy Performance Contracting
Find out why increasing numbers of organisations are using Energy Performance Contracting as a way of making energy efficiency improvements & paying for them through the savings that result
Alexandra Hammond, Associate Director, Sustainability, Essentia, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
14.10-14.40 Case study: District Heating – lessons from Denmark
Danish communities installed significant district heating in the 1970s as a response to the Oil Crisis, hear what the benefits are and what we can apply in the UK
Ian Manders, UK Policy Advisor, Danish Embassy
14.50-15.50 Panel discussion: Where now with energy efficiency?
Debate on what has worked in energy efficiency over the last 10 years, & how we can do things differently in the future
Panel Chaired by Caroline Lucas, MP, Brighton Pavilion
Matthew Farrow, Executive Director, Environmental Industries Commission
Mike Walker, Head of sustainable energy using product policy, DECC
Christoph Harwood, Director, Marksman Consulting
Alex Hunt, Director, The Green Building Partnership
Seminar Area 2 – Energy Efficiency & Retrofit
10:00-10:30 Energy Efficient Cooling Strategies – Trying to save the UK 1% on its electricity bill
Did you know over 1% of the UK’s electricity is spent on cooling? Evaporative cooling is an energy efficient alternative to air conditioning, which can reduce cooling costs by 90%. Find out about specific installations of evaporative cooling and where the low hanging fruit exists.
Alan Beresford, Managing Director, Eco Cooling
10.40-11.10 The Energy Express retrofit solution
Find out about the Energy Express solution which brings a 'Kwik Fit' approach to domestic retrofit
Philip Strong, Managing Director, Energy Express
11.20-11.50 Achieving part L and beyond in the face of regulatory uncertainty
Understand how to meet Building Regulations part L on the “Conservation of fuel and power” in a changing regulatory backdrop
Martin Russell Croucher, Consultant & ex Director Sustainability, RICS
12.00-12.30 Case Study: Prioritising and managing energy improvement projects to deliver maximum ROI
Understand the use of tailored software systems to create a holistic energy plan, and how to engage people in the process – from senior management to operational personnel
George Richards, Business & Innovations Manager, JRP Solutions
12:40-13.10 ISO 50001, the Energy Management System
What is a Management System, what is the certification process and how do businesses benefit?
Mark Gouldstone, UK Client Propositions Manager, Small Business Sector, BSI Group
13.10 – 13.30 Lunch break
13.30-14.00 A guide to ESOS – The Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme
Hear how this mandatory energy scheme can benefit your organisation and reduce your energy spend
Dr Kyle Crombie, Senior Consultant, Green Energy Consulting
14.10-15.10 Taiwan Green Products Presentation
We are pleased to have been chosen to feature some of the leading low carbon innovations coming from Taiwan including:
14.10-14.30 eTouch Technology - Versatile FPC (Fibre Particulate Composite) Products
14.30-14.50 Delta Electronics - Lightweight Qumi HD Pocket Projector
14.50-15.10 Paper Shoot Technologies – Creating a New Green Standard for Electronic Products Across the World
Members of the Taiwanese Green Products Delegation, Taiwan Trade Centre
15.20-15.50 Case Studies: The benefits of retrofitting domestic buildings
Speakers from the Eco Open Houses network will talk about their experience of installing energy efficiency measures in their homes
Members of Transition Town Worthing
Seminar Area 3 – Innovation, behavioural change & waste
10.00-10.15 Innovation solution – Planet Feed
The Planet Feed idea is simple: we’re going to take the food waste that we throw away every day in our communities and we’re going to transform locally it into fantastic, natural fertiliser products that will support better local growing. So could this actually be the most genuinely sustainable solution for our local food waste? We’ll explain why we think so…!
Charlie Clarke, Founder, Planet Feed
10.20-10.35 Innovation solution – EHTech
Discover the Obox and save up to 63% on your water heating bill through capturing the heat remaining in grey water
Hugo Durou, Director, EHTech
10.40-10.55 Innovation solution – Novagg
Hear how Novagg Limited have developed a new and highly sustainable or ‘green’ lightweight structural aggregate construction material - converting domestic, commercial and industrial wastes into a world-leading product suitable for use in iconic buildings.
Bert Bingham, Founder Director, Novagg Ltd
11.00-11.15 Taiwan Green Products Introduction
An introduction to some of the latest products to emerge from across Taiwan’s flourishing green industries.
Sam Palmer, Project Manager, Taiwan Trade Centre
11.20-11.50 Case Study: How to turn your idea into a high growth eco tech business
Hear strategies for growing your eco technology business based on 15 years’ experience of running SINC
Mike Herd, Executive Director, Sussex Innovation Centre
12.00- 12.15 Innovation speaker – Driving your business growth through innovation with China
The Lancaster China Catalyst Programme provides support worth £70,000 to help ambitious UK companies to grow and access international markets through R&D and commercialisation with Chinese partners.
Jing Lu, UK-China Project Officer, Lancaster University
12.20-12.35 Innovation speaker – "IP for Cleantech Companies" JA Kemp Patent Attorneys
One of the largest UK and European Patent and Trade Mark Attorney firms, with offices in London, Oxford and Munich. The breadth and depth of their technical knowledge relevant to patents is outstanding, with over 50 science and technology graduates in the firm including at least 25 PhDs. During the event J A Kemp Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys are offering free, informal one-on-one clinics, where delegates can have their questions about intellectual property matters answered. There is no charge to attend and no obligation to take further advice. To book your 20 minute session, please email [email protected]
Steve Unwin, Partner, Patent Attorney, J A Kemp
12.40-13.10 Case Study: The benefits of demand-led innovation networks
Hear how IfS acts as an ‘innovation broker’ in helping bring low carbon solutions to market
Emma Joy, Director, Innovation Networks, Institute for Sustainability
13.10-13.30 Lunch break
13.30-14.00 Moving to a circular economy - the link between waste & design
Understand how with improved product design downstream waste can be significantly reduced
Professor Rob Holdway, Founder, Giraffe Innovation
14.10-14.40 Smarter driving & greening your fleet
Hear about the actions you & your staff can take to be fuel efficient as well as reducing carbon emissions
Andrew Benfield, Director of Transport, Energy Saving Trust
14.50-15.20 Opportunities for export support
Find out about the ways that UKTI can help your business with it’s export ambitions
Stephen Goulding, International Trade Advisor, UKTI South East
15.25-15.40 Innovation solution – Waterblade
The ‘Waterblade’ is a water saving device for taps, designed to be fitted to virtually any tap. It efficiently wets and rinses hands at a flow rate near around 5-10 times less than a tap with no flow restriction.
Nigel Bamford, Founder, Waterblade
15.45-16.00 Innovation solution – OpenTRV
OpenTRV uses low cost, low power technology from the Internet of Things to cut carbon and save the planet. Find out how, with a smart, connected thermostatic radiator valve (TRV), the company aims to reduce the UK's entire carbon emissions by 10%, for £150 per house.
Damon Hart-Davis, CEO, OpenTRV
