15 June 2010 - Programme
Welcome Address - 09:55
Steve Lee, Chief Executive, The Chartered Institution of Wastes Management
Barry Dennis, Director General, Environmental Services Association
Session 1 - 10:00 - 12:00
How Global & European Environmental Waste Policy Shapes UK Action
Waste and resource management is an important part of the battle against climate change. Against the backdrop of the progress made in the Copenhagen, key ministers, government advisors and industry spokespeople will outline the bigger policy picture and explore the contribution that this industry can make both in the UK and across Europe.
Chair: Dr Caroline Jackson, Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP)
Peter Ainsworth, Chair of the Conservative Environment Network and Vice President of the UK Business Council for Sustainable Energy
Karolina Fras, Acting Deputy Head of Unit - Sustainable Production & Consumption, DG Environment, European Commission
Christophe Cros, President FNADE; Chairman and CEO SITA
Peter Kurth, President & CEO, BDE (Federation of German Waste, Water and Raw Materials Management Industry); Vice-President, FEAD (European Federation of Waste Management and Environmental Services)
14:00 - 14:15
Ministerial Keynote Speech
The Rt Hon Caroline Spelman MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
This special conference session will be the first time that the new Minister has addressed the UK waste industry since taking up the post last month, and will provide delegates with a chance to hear about the coalition government's plans on the environment.
Session 2 14:15 - 16:15
Zero Waste: aspiration or reality?
In one form or another, the concept of 'zero waste' now underpins waste strategies throughout the UK. But what does this concept really mean? Is it achievable or aspirational? Is it zero waste to landfill or does it involve eliminating waste much higher up the supply chain? This session will give Ministers and policy makers a platform to explain and debate the definition and scope of 'zero waste'.
This second session of the conference is dedicated to exploring the developing resources and wastes strategies from Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. These strategies recognise the importance of sustainable resources management and we would like to use this high profile conference to explore what we should be striving for and how changes in the economy and environmental expectations will affect these strategies in the future.
Chair: Ian Goodfellow, Managing Director, Shanks Waste Services
Dr Stephen Pathirana, Head of Zero Waste Delivery, Scottish Government
Jasper Roberts, Head of Waste Policy & Local Environment Quality Division, Welsh Assembly Government
Edwin Poots MLA, Department of the Environment Northern Ireland
Ronan Mulhall, Principal Officer (Waste Policy), Environment Division Department of the Environment, Heritage & Local Government (ROI)
15 June 2010
