DRAFT CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

9:30 - 10:00

Registration

10:00 - 10:10

Welcome

Conference Chair: Professor Jan Bebbington, Vice-Chair, Sustainable Development Commission

10:10 - 10:30

Keynote Address

Stewart Stevenson MSP, Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change

10:30 - 10:45

Local Government Perspective

Councillor Alison Hay, COSLA Regeneration and Sustainable Development Spokesperson

10:45 - 11:05

Impact of Climate Change on the Environment

Professor James C. Curran, Director of Environmental Science, Scottish Environment Protection Agency

11:05 - 11:25

Reducing Transport Emissions

Eric Ling, Lead Analyst, Surface Transport, UK Committee on Climate Change

  11:25- 11:45

  Refreshment Break

11:45 - 12:05

Industry Perspective I

Stuart Deed, Head of Business Partnering, Scottish and Southern Energy

12:05 - 12:25

Industry Perspective II

Steven Stewart, Director of Corporate Communications, Stagecoach Group

12:25 - 12:40

Q & A Session

12:40 - 14:00

Lunch and Exhibition

14:00 - 15:15

Facilitated Parallel Workshops

Programmes & Pilots

Stephen Hart, Technology Strategy Board

John Kilian, Glasgow City Council

Dr Martin Blake, Head of Sustainability, Royal Mail Group

New & Emerging Technologies

Paul Nelson, Allied Vehicles Ltd

Rebecca Trengove, Axeon Ltd

Tom Read, Scottish Hydrogen Fuel Cell Association

Benchmarking & Procurement

George Tarvit, Development Manager, Sustainable Scotland Network

Ian Murdoch, Energy Savings Trust

Irene McCulloch and Owen Paterson, Scotland Excel

Behavioural Change

Professor Stephen Stradling, Transport Research Institute

Dr Jillian Anable, University of Aberdeen

Crawford McGhie, East Dunbartonshire Council

Dave Gibson, Fleet Manager, South Lanarkshire Council

 

15:15 - 15:45

Refreshment Break

15:45 - 16:30

An Insight into the Future

Dr Ian Pearson, Futurologist with Futurizon

16:30 - 17:00

Panel Discussion with:

Dr Jillian Anable, University of Aberdeen

Stuart Deed, Scottish and Southern Energy

Professor James C. Curran, Director of Environmental Science, Scottish Environment Protection Agency

Professor George Hazel, Chairman of MRC McLean Hazel and Honorary Professor, Robert Gordon University

17:00

Chair’s Closing Remarks, followed by Reception sponsored by Glasgow City Council