Programme
| * Subject to change 08:45 Registration and refreshments 09:30 Welcome and introduction by the Chair Keith Aitken, Broadcaster & Journalist Session One: The ECT Sector – Benefits, Context and Leadership Environmental and Clean Technologies have huge potential for Scotland. The economic benefits are set to be bigger than the renewables industry which is already capturing the imagination, funding and headlines. ECT is proving a more difficult egg to crack because it is a complex rethink of how we do business as a whole and with the ECT strategy straddling both environmental and economic ministerial responsibilities and with a large number of agencies affected and involved, it is a multi faceted approach which can sometimes appear daunting but the financial benefits and the legal requirements make ECT a strategy that can not be ignored. What will it mean for our communities, our economy and our environment? 09:35 Post recession: The opportunity for business transformation and a new green economy Peter Young, Chairman, Aldersgate Group and Strategy Director, SKM Enviros 10:05 Jump starting the clean-tech economy Mark Johnson, Chairman, Innosight 10:50 What ECT means for Scotland’s communities and environment Roseanna Cunningham MSP, Minister for the Environment, The Scottish Government 11:10 Questions and discussion 11:30 Refreshments Session Two: Creating a Clean Technology Renaissance in a Post-industrialising Scotland Scotland’s carbon reduction targets are incredibly ambitious but they can not be met by renewables alone and the key to meeting the targets is to shift the sole focus from developing individual technologies around renewables to creating whole new systems and structures for working that affect all businesses. The potential for ECT lies not just in confronting environmental issues but equally in its massive potential for boosting the economic and creating jobs potential. 11:50 Confronting the risks and opportunities Dr. Simon Slater, Executive Director, Sustainability West Midlands and author of the UK’s first regional low carbon economic strategy 12:10 The role of enterprise agencies in implementation Adrian Gillespie, Director, Energy and Low Carbon Technologies, Scottish Enterprise Case studies: This part of the session will feature a series of case studies from leading exemplars in some of the five key industries identified as part of the ECT strategy: Waste and Water Treatment; Recovery and Recycling; Environmental Monitoring and Instrumentation; Building Technologies and Sustainable Transport. 12:30 Recovery and recycling Jim Montgomery, Site Director, BPI Recycled Products 12:40 Sustainable transport: Carbon abatement and low carbon vehicles Steven Fraser, Senior Managing Consultant, Atkins 12:50 Building technologies Professor Sean Smith, Director, Institute for Sustainable Construction, Edinburgh Napier University 13:00 Water and waste treatments Peter Barratt, Director, Market & Product Development, Eco-Solids International 13:10 Making Scotland's national drink potentially zero carbon David van Alstyne, Managing Director, Scottish Bioenergy 13:20 Questions and discussion 13:35 Lunch Session Three: Working in Partnerships for Economic Growth that’s Good for the Environment The success of ECT depends on various agencies working together despite competing and sometimes apparently opposing aims and outcomes. The speakers in this session will discuss the roles of their own particular organisations in the development and implementation of Scotland’s ECT strategy. They will make the business case for change by ensuring that environmental and business objectives can be aligned and will talk about what they have brought to the process, the vital role and practical process of partnership working and the benefits to Scotland’s environment and economic development. 14:20 The benefits to the environment of ECT and why it makes business sense David Sigsworth, Chairman, SEPA 14:40 The potential impact on rural and remote Scotland Carroll Buxton, Director of Regional Competitiveness, Highlands and Islands Enterprise 15:00 The vital role of skills, education and research in creating a carbon literate workforce Willy Roe CBE, Scotland Commissioner, UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) 15:20 Questions and discussion 15:35 Refreshments Session Four: Making it Happen – Investment, Policy and Skills It is estimated that 4000 businesses across Scotland are already working in ECT and there are many opportunities for unprecedented further growth. Many of those existing industries have started in isolation and piecemeal unaware of the global strategies and political will already in place to guide and support them in the right direction. Making the shift to a low carbon economy and supporting “smart green growth” are at the very centre of the European Commission’s economic vision for the next 10 years with a recognition that to do this we require a coordinated package of measures. Without a coherent political plan, increased environmental regulation, investment and skills, the Scottish ECT industry could falter at the first hurdle. What can be done to address the risks? 15:55 The European Environmental Technologies Action Plan (ETAP) Prof. Jacqueline McGlade, Executive Director, European Environment Agency 16:15 The current and future potential for businesses in the economy Prof. Jim Baird, Director, Caledonian Environment Centre, Glasgow Caledonian University 16:35 Questions and discussion 16:45 Summary, conclusions and making it happen Mark Johnson, Chairman, Innosight 16:55 Closing comments from Chair 17:00 Close of conference |
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Keynote speakers
Minister for the Environment, The Scottish Government
Chairman, Innosight
Executive Director, European Environment Agency
Chairman, Aldersgate Group and Strategy Director, SKM Enviros
Executive Director, Sustainability West Midlands and author of the UK's first regional low carbon
economic strategy
Chairman, SEPA