Low Carbon Sustainable Business ConferenceSustainable thinking is the present and future of any successful business, and this event has been specially organised to inspire business leaders to embrace, master and importantly profit from sustainable practices. With speeches from experts in sustainability and business owners who have successfully adapted how they work to reduce both carbon emissions and costs, delegates will find plenty of inspiration to take away with them.

If you want to get ‘hands on’ you can take part in workshops and discuss key issues around sustainability, describe the challenges and opportunities your business faces, and probe the government’s role in supporting the low carbon economy.

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You will also hear about three European funded projects delivered by Ngage Solutions that have had a significant positive effect on carbon outputs in the South East of England, highlighting just what is possible when the means and the will for change meet.

Sustainability is written large across this whole event, right down to the venue, 15 Hatfields, named the UK’s most sustainable conference and event venue. Typical of a venue that pursues a zero waste to landfill policy, has a strict ‘no bottled water’ policy, and is committed to halting the decline of bees. We are also pledging to offset any carbon footprint produced by this near paperless event.

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Agenda

9.00 am Registration & Exhibition

10.00 am Welcome

Heather Dean Head of Business Support, Ngage Solutions

10.10 am Keynote

Prof Robert HoldwayDirector, Giraffe Innovation

10.30 am Simple Changes that make a Real Difference Rowan Wallis Director, Sustainable Business Partnership

11.30 am Refreshments & Exhibition

12.10 pm The Future of Energy in the UK - prices and the impact on business

Russell ParkCustomer Solutions Manager, British Gas Business

12.30 pm New Construction Technologies - Building a Greener Future

Tim FennManaging Director, Green Factory

10.50 am Introduction to Sustainable Routes Q&A

Prof Robert Holdway Director, Giraffe Innovation

11.10 am Smart Cities Brian Matthews Head of Transport Innovation, Milton Keynes Council

11.50 am Introduction to Low Carbon Workspaces Q&A

Prof Robert Holdway Director, Giraffe Innovation

12.50 pm Introduction to Grants for Eco Innovation Q&A

Prof Robert Holdway Director, Giraffe Innovation

1.10 pm Buffet Lunch & Exhibition

2.00 pm Breakout Sessions Innovation – Water Room

Alison Hyland Community Manager, 2degrees / RBS Innovation Gateway Prof Robert Holdway Director, Giraffe Innovation Facilitated by Luke Faulkner Project Manager Grants for Eco Innovation

3.00 pm Key Messages from Breakout Sessions

3.30 pm Future Programmes & Close Heather Dean Head of Business Support, Ngage Solutions

Smarter Transport Solutions – Earth Room

Ian Featherstone Knowledge Manager at Energy Saving Trust

Louise Skipton-CarterSmarter Choices Coordinator for Sustrans

Matt KitchingAnalyst at The Carbon Trust

Facilitated by Sam HamptonProject Manager of Sustainable Routes Programme

Low Carbon Workspaces – Air Room

Russell ParkCustomer Solutions Manager, British Gas Business

Chantalle ThomsonAnalyst at The Carbon Trust

Facilitated by Clare Jackson Project Manager of Low Carbon Workspaces Project

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Speakers

Heather DeanHead of Business Support, Ngage Solutions Ltd

Heather joined Ngage in April 2005 having built a wealth of knowledge from having worked at a senior management level in the private, public and not-for -profit sectors. Her current role as Head of Skills and Business Support requires the need to work alongside businesses of all sizes and from all sectors to design innovative programmes and projects which will directly support businesses to grow and diversify.

Prof Robert HoldwayDirector, Giraffe Innovation

Rob is a familiar media face in design and sustainability issues, best known for presenting Channel 4’s Dumped TV programme where 11 unsuspecting contributors signed up for an eco-challenge only to be told they would live of a landfill for 3 weeks!

Rob co-founded the award winning environmental consultancy Giraffe Innovation Ltd in 1998 specialising in eco-design and life-cycle assessment - described by The Guardian newspaper business pages as ‘one of the UK’s top green businesses’ and by The Manufacturer Magazine as ‘Britain’s leading eco-design consultancy’. Rob has worked internationally on eco-design projects and Giraffe’s work with Virgin Atlantic recently won a DBA Gold Design Effectiveness Award. Rob was project director for the RSA WEEE Man at the Eden Project and the ‘Changing Habbits’ project focussing on pro-environmental behaviours. Rob is a London Sustainable Development Commission - London Leader, a Davos World Economic Forum YGL and Professor Associate, Brunel University School of Engineering & Design.

Rowan WallisDirector, Sustainable Business Partnership CIC

Rowan regularly speaks at industry and wider business events, covering a range of topics from quick-win resource efficiency initiatives to embedding sustainability into an organisation’s wider strategy.

Tim FennManaging Director, Green Factory Ltd

Tim has worked in sustainability masterplanning since 1984. He has been involved in the Bicester Ecotown and has prototyped and developed new building systems to Passivhaus standards.

Brian MatthewsHead of Transport Innovation, Milton Keynes Council

Brian leads on the development and delivery of the council’s programme of smart transport innovation, building on his experience of managing the delivery of MK’s Electric Bus Project (UKs first fully electric bus service) and the introduction of city wide electric vehicle charging infrastructure. Brian also worked alongside the Automotive Council and the Transport Systems Catapult to help develop the Low carbon Urban Transport Zone (LUTZ) initiative, which provides the foundations for the Autonomous Pods (pathfinder) project and driverless cars initiative (UK Autodrive) both currently active projects in the city.

Chantalle ThomsonAnalyst at The Carbon Trust

Chantalle helps to facilitate the exchange of best practice within the Carbon Trust’s customer communities. She currently manages the Carbon Trust’s online SME Network directly helping SMEs share knowledge, gain insight and exchange useful resources relating to the technical, behavioural and regulatory issues SMEs face as they strive to lower their carbon footprint.

Matt KitchingAnalyst at The Carbon Trust

Matt manages the Carbon Trust Accredited Supplier scheme and associated Green Business Directory. In 2015, Matt leads the Carbon Trust’s delivery of ESOS compliant fleet audits, each providing a detailed fleet footprint and energy saving recommendations.

Louise Skipton-CarterSmarter Choices Coordinator for Sustrans

Louise manages the European Regional Development Fund project across the South East.

Ian FeatherstoneKnowledge Manager at Energy Saving Trust

Ian ensures the Trust’s transport team is kept up to date with low carbon developments in car and van operations, ensuring transport publications are accurate from a financial and technical perspective. He writes and manages monthly newsletters and webinars aimed at SMEs including articles for Fleet News, Public Sector Review, Environment Industry Magazine and the Electric Car Guide. Ian is the technical lead for the Trust’s Plugged- in Fleets Initiative (PIFI), a programme which supports organisations in the uptake of plug-in vehicles.

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Russell ParkCustomer Solutions Manager, British Gas Business

Russell is a key member of the newly formed customer solutions team responsible for working in partnership with customers to develop and implement effective energy strategies. With over 20 years’ experience in energy management, Russell has worked with some of the leading international energy and environmental organisations, including Veolia, EDF and GDF, leading projects across EMEA and Asia.

Alison HylandCommunity Manager, 2degrees / RBS InnovationGateway

Alison works with RBS to deliver the RBS Innovation Gateway; the banks ongoing search for cutting edge solutions to improve resource efficiency across their estate of 2,500 buildings and accelerate access to market for SMEs and innovators.

Exhibitors

Ngage Solutions is an innovative not-for-profit deliverer of publicly funded services and economic development projects. We develop and deliver a range of projects that aim to add value to the economy, ‘make markets’ and improve people’s lives. At this conference we will be celebrating the successful delivery and outcomes of three of these projects.

Low Carbon Workspaces Air RoomLooking at the barriers to energy efficiency and generation for SMEs. What more could be done to reach and encourage SMEs.

Facilitated by Clare Jackson Project Manager of Low Carbon Workspaces ProjectSmarter Transport Solutions

Earth RoomExploring and discussing smarter transport solutions for businesses and how to encourage behaviour change.

Facilitated by Sam HamptonProject Manager of Sustainable Routes Programme

Innovation Water RoomLooking at how eco-innovation SMEs can bridge the gap between economic growth and environmental sustainability and exploring the barriers & challenges hampering development.

Facilitated by Luke FaulknerProject Manager Grants for Eco-Innovation

Breakout Sessions

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