Morning Keynote Address: Transformational Government and Sustainable IT Management

• The Transformational Government Agenda
• Public sector flex - the environmental benefits
• Local Authority funding options
• Green IT and the public sector
• Green solutions that reduce cost and lessen environmental impact
• In partnership with the UK technology industry
• What is the government doing to encourage a change in attitude?
• Reduced travel miles and mobile technology
• Invest to save
• The future for green technologies and the public sector

Tom Watson MP, Minister for Transformational Government (CONFIRMED)

The Ministry of Defence - Meeting the Green IT Challenges

• SOGE and procurement achievements in the MoD
• Through life assessment of Green IT
• Sustainable Procurement Operations Board
• The MoD Disposal Services Agency
• MoD and the CTO Council - Green IT delivery and objectives
• Achieving Green IT on an international scale
• Managing multi-supplier conglomerate Green IT

Sir Ian Andrews CBE TD, Second Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Defence (CONFIRMED)

Supplier Relationship and Management, and the Efficient Use of Existing Technologies

• How to deliver Green IT - the DWP example
• How to get the business interested in Green IT
• DWP's experience in working with Service Providers to deliver the green agenda

Frank Tudor, Director of Supplier Relationship and Management, Department for Work and Pensions (CONFIRMED)

11:45

• The Recycling and re-use of electrical equipment
• WEEE one year on – how has the public sector responded?
• Implications for business users
• WEEE regulations, commercial negotiations and procurement
• Local authorities and the WEEE Directive
• The WEEE Advisory Body
• Are we shifting the burden of recycling onto poorer countries?
• New technology for waste disposal

Malcolm Wicks MP, Energy Minister, BERR (CONFIRMED)

Reducing the Environment Agency's Carbon Footprint

• What is green IT?
• Creating a sustainable IT strategy
• Benchmarking the agency
• Innovative technologies to reduce our carbon footprint
• Working across government and industry

Simon Redding, Senior Technology Exploitation Consultant, The Environment Agency (CONFIRMED)

Panel Discussion – The Chief Technology Officers Council, Green IT Delivery Unit, Cabinet Office Simon Redding, Senior Technology Exploitation Consultant, The Environment Agency

Confirmed Panel Members:

Catalina McGregor, MoD, Chair Cabinet Office Green IT Delivery Unit

Simon Redding, Senior Technology Exploitation Consultant, The Environment Agency

Philip Secretan, Head of Sustainable Computing, HM Revenue and Customs

Emily Holmes, Assistant Director, Transformational Government, Cabinet Office

Bob Crooks, Head of Business Relationship Management and Sustainability, DEFRA