Emissions Conference Programme

Reducing the Impact of Emissions from Aviation and Shipping

City Chambers, High Street, Edinburgh

Friday 9th September 2011 
 

DRAFT PROGRAMME

10:00 - 10:30

Registration and Tea/Coffee/Refreshments

 

10:30 – 10:45

Welcome and Introduction

 

10:45 – 12:30

 

First Plenary Session

 

10:45 – 11:20

Current and Future Climate Impacts of Transport Emissions

Jan Fuglestvedt

Center for International Climate and Environmental Research (CICERO), Oslo

 

11:20– 11:55

The Maritime Industry and Air Emissions – An Overview

John Aitken, SEAaT (Shipping Emissions Abatement and Trading)

 

11:55 – 12:30

Airline Strategies and Actions for Addressing Climate Change

Jonathon Counsell, Head of Environment, British Airways plc

 

 

12:30 – 13:40

Lunch Break, Sponsors Exhibition and Poster Display

 

13:40 – 16:00

 

Second Plenary Session

 

13:40 – 14:15

Regulating Air Emissions from Ships

Michele Acciaro, Det Norske Veritas (DNV)

 

14:15 – 14:50

Exploring the Feasibility of Climate-optimised Flight Routing

Emma Irvine, Department of Meteorology, University of Reading

 

14:50 – 15:25

Emissions to Air from Shipping and Future Abatement Techniques

Erik Fridell, IVL Swedish Environmental Research Unit, Gothenburg

15:25 – 16:00

Reducing Shipping Emissions through "Optimum Ship Routing" and "Virtual Arrival" Practices
John Blackwood, Aerospace and Marine International, Aberdeen

16:00 – 16:15

Refreshment Break 

 

16:15 – 17:00

Panel Discussion with Q & A

chaired by Andy Kerr, Edinburgh Climate Change Centre

 

17:00 – 18:00

Chair’s Closing Remarks and Drinks Reception

  

 

Sponsorship Opportunities: There are three different levels of sponsorship for the event, please follow the menu link on the left for information.