Seminars

A series of six one-hour seminars running in the morning and afternoon of the event will allow delegates to understand complex areas of specific interest. The sessions will then open up into an interactive discussion on the key issues raised, giving you the chance to contribute to the debate as well as be updated on hot topics of the day. Some of the seminar areas that will be covered are as follows:

Seminar A: TBC

Seminar B: TBC

Seminar C: TBC

• Flooding: prevention and protection
• Waste regulation: resource, recovery and reuse
• Achieving Sustainable Development through behavioural change
• Water Management & Sustainable Drainage Systems
• Cutting Carbon Emissions through Solar Panels, Micro-generation Technologies and Sustainable Energy Solutions
• Delivering Rural Communities
• Transport Change to reduce carbon output

• The Role of Innovative Technology to Harness the Sun's Power through Solar PV Cells

• Cleaner, Greener Energy - Innovation and best practice
• Green Cars - Electric & Hybrid vehicles for public sector
• Ensuring the UK’s food security in a globalised world
• How do food safety and nutrition impact on the health of the UK?
• Zero emission vehicles - how to achieve a green friendly fleet
• Exploiting the full potential of energy from waste
• Anaerobic digestion as a means of generating energy from waste
• Clean technology offers considerable business opportunities
• Planning for sustainable rural communities
• Climate change and the risks and opportunities to businesses
• Integrating low carbon solutions
• The contribution women scientists and engineers are making to sustainable development and climate change
• Maximizing the impact of low carbon transport technologies
• Locally generated renewable energy schemes
• Delivering a programme for green homes
• Sustainable procurement strategies that support sustainable communities
• Food procurement and carbon foot-printing
• How can sustainability be incorporated into procurement decisions
• Driving sustainable procurement in construction
• Datacentre and client device baseline power assessments
• Implementing new working practices for business benefits and sustainability
• ICT and sustainability in the public sector
• Energy saving technologies and smart temperature controls
• The business risks of not taking decisive action to reduce emissions
• How to review current server environments to find potential savings
• Flexible and mobile working technologies to reduce travel emissions