Events

Upcoming Events

Supply Chain Resilience and the Environment, In partnership with the Associate Parliamentary Sustainable Resource Group and Carbon Connect

Round Table: Future Cities - Fostering Low Carbon Urban Regeneration

16 June 2013, 13:00 - 15:00

Chair:
Clive Betts MP - Chair of the Communities and Local Government Select Committee

Speakers:
Greg Clark MP - Financial Secretary, HM Treasury (portfolio includes cities) (tbc)
Mark Prisk MP - Minister responsible for Cities at DCLG (tbc)
Joe Montgomery - Chief Executive, Urban Land Institute (ULI) – Europe (tbc)


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Past Events

 
Round Table: Policy Shifts for Sustainable Construction

18 April 2013, 10.00am – 12.00pm

Chair: 
Adrian Bailey MP – Chair of the Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee
 
Speakers:
Iain Wright MP – Shadow Minister for Business, Innovation and Skills with responsibility for Construction and the Low Carbon Economy
Peter Hansford – Government Chief Construction Adviser (tbc)
Lynne Sullivan – Co-founding partner of Sustainable BY Design LLP and Member of the UK Government’s Green Construction Board

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Round Table: Towards Sustainable Public Procurement

12 March 2013, 10.00am – 12.00pm

Chair:
Rt. Hon Margaret Hodge MP – Chair, House of Commons Public Accounts Committee
 
Speakers:
Lord de Mauley – Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State responsible for Sustainable Procurement, Defra
Barbara Morton – Director, Sustainable Procurement Limited
Paul Worland – Director of Business Development, EMCOR

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Water Round Table: Government Leadership for the UK’s Future Water Security

25 February 2013, 4.00pm – 6.00pm

Co-Chairs:
Anne McIntosh MP – Chair, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee
Joan Walley MP – Chair, Environmental Audit Select Committee
 
Speakers:
Andrew Beaver – Director of Strategy, Ofwat
Michael Norton – Global Water Director, AMEC
Rob Cunningham – Head of Water Policy, RSPB

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Round Table on Water Security and Future Business Risks

13 December 2012, 10.00am – 12.00pm

Chair:
Andrew George MP – Chair, Liberal Democrat Committee on Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Energy and Climate Change
 
Speakers:
Gavin Shuker MP – Shadow Minister for Water
Chris Preston – Head of Water Supply, Availability and Infrastructure, Defra
Professor Denis Peach – Chief Scientist, British Geological Survey
Duncan Wardrop – National Mineral Resources Manager, Lafarge Aggregates


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Leaner and Greener: One Year On

20 November 2012, 10.00am - 1.00pm

Chair:
Barry Sheerman MP – Chairman, Policy Connect
 
Speakers:
Leona Patterson – Project Manager, Capital and Asset Pathfinders Team, Department for Communities and Local Government
Sherin Aminossehe – Head of Regional Strategy, Government Property Unit
Duncan Johnson – Assistant Director, Corporate Property, Suffolk County Council
Nalin Seneviratne – Director of Property, Sheffield City Council

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Water Report Launch
Sustainable Solutions: Raising the water mark

5 November 2012, 4.000m - 6.00pm

Chair:
Gavin Shuker MP – Shadow Minister for Water
 
Keynote Speakers:
Lord Smith – Chairman, Environment Agency
Mary Creagh MP – Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Round Table on Energy Efficient Buildings – Behaviour Change and Performance Gaps

24 October 2012, 2.00pm – 4.00pm

Chair:
Laura Sandys MP - PPS to Greg Barker MP as Minister of State for DECC
 
Speakers:
Dr Laura Haynes – Head of Policy Research, Behavioural Insights Team in the Cabinet Office
Simon Sturgis – Managing Director, Sturgis Carbon Profiling LLP
Professor Robert Lowe – Deputy Director, UCL Energy Institute and Professor of Energy and Building Science

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Leaner and Greener II Round Table: Reviewing the Recommendations

Chair:
Matthew Hancock MP - Leaner and Greener II Enquiry Chair

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Parliamentary Conference: Safety, Skills and the Green Deal

Chair:
Barry Sheerman MP – Co-Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Gas Safety Group

Speakers:
Greg Barker MP – Minister for Energy and Climate Change
Luciana Berger MP – Shadow Minister for Climate Change
David Thorne – Chief Executive, Gemserve
Ann Robinson – The Ascertiva Group

This event was sponsored by Ascertiva
This event was run in partnership with the All Party Parliamentary Gas Safety Group

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WSBF Summer Dinner: Sustainable Construction and Building Design

Chair:
Adrian Bailey MP - Chair of the Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee

Speakers:
Iain Wright MP - Shadow Minister for Business, Innovation and Skills (responsible for construction)
Stephen Hodder - President Elect of the Royal Institute of British Architects
Miles Keeping - Partner and Head of Responsible Property Investment, Drivers Jonas Deloitte

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National Planning Policy Framework: Breakfast Seminar

16 May 2012, 8.30am - 10.30am

Chair:
Heather Wheeler MP - Member of Communities and Local Government Select Committee

Speakers:
Roberta Blackman-Woods MP – Shadow Minister for Planning and Procurement
Ruth Stanier – Deputy Director of Planning, Department for Communities and Local Government
Marnix Elsenaar – Head of Planning, Addleshaw Goddard
Shaun Spiers – Chief Executive, Campaign to Protect Rural England
Adrian Penfold – Head of Planning and Corporate Responsibility, British Land

This event was hosted by Addleshaw Goddard

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Water Seminar: Policy for a Sustainable Future

8 May 2012, 4.00pm - 7.30pm

Chair:
Anne McIntosh MP - Chair of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee

Speakers:
Lord Chris Smith - Chairman of the Environment Agency
Gavin Shuker MP - Shadow Minister for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Regina Finn - Chief Executive, Ofwat
Pamela Taylor - Chief Executive, Water UK
Michael Norton - Global Water Director, AMEC

Break-out Session Chairs:
Ian Barker - Head of Water, Land and Biodiversity, Environment Agency
Jon Ashley - Head of Market Reform, Ofwat
Jacob Tompkins - Managing Director, Waterwise

This event was run in partnership with the Natural Environment Research Council and the Water Security Knowledge Exchange Programme

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Green Investment Bank Panel Discussion
Priorities for Investment

17 April 2012, 5.00pm - 7.30pm

Chair:
Nicky Morgan MP

Speakers:
Oliver Griffiths - Executive Director, Green Investment Bank Team, Department of Business, Innovation and Skills
Gaynor Hartnell - Chief Executive, Renewable Energy Association
Michelle Davies - Head of Clean Energy and Sustainability, Eversheds
Mark Denmark - Director of Corporate Finance, PwC
Peter Jones - Independent Waste Expert and Policy Connect Director

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Green Deal Round Table
Non-domestic Applications of the Scheme

22 March 2012, 9.00am - 11.00am

Chair:
Barry Gardiner MP

Speakers:
Baroness Smith - Opposition Spokesperson for Energy and Climate Change
Dan Monzani - Deputy Director and Head of Green Deal Legislation, DECC
James Napier - UK Energy Manager, Honeywell

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Enterprise Zones New Year Dinner

10th January 2012, 7.00pm - 9.30pm

Chair:
Laura Sandys MP

Speakers:
Andrew Levi - Managing Director, Business Group, UK Trade and Investment
Dr Ann Limb - Chair, South East Midlands Local Enterprise Partnership

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Water Round Table Discussion: Water consumption and demand management

22nd November 2011, 3.00pm - 5.00pm

Chair:
Anne McIntosh MP

Speakers:
Richard Benyon MP - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Natural Environment and Fisheries
Robert Napier - Chairman, Homes and Communities Agency; Non-Executive Director, Anglian Water Services
Martin Baggs - Chief Executive, Thames Water
Jacob Tompkins - Managing Director, Waterwise

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Report Launch
Leaner and Greener II: Putting buildings to work

7th November 2011, 3.00pm - 5.00pm

Chair:
Matthew Hancock MP

Speakers:
The Rt Hon Eric Pickles MP - Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
Cllr Tony Samuels - Cabinet Member for Assets and Regeneration Programmes, Surrey County Council

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Leaner and Greener WSBF Report Conference

20th October 2011, 10.00am - 12.30pm

Chair:
Peter Jones - Director of Property, Birmingham City Council

Speakers:
Matthew Hancock MP - Chair of the Leaner and Greener: Delivering Effective Estate Management Inquiry
Rosie Seymour - Head of Local Government Productivity Team, Department for Communities and Local Government

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Draft National Planning Policy Framework Consultation: Member’s evidence session

Green Investment Bank Round Table Discussion: 2011 - 2015 Effective investment in the early years

28 June 2011

Chair:
Nicky Morgan MP

Water White Paper Round Table: 

Innovation and efficiency in a changing climate 

Sustainable Schools: Design and development for new build and retrofit

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Report Launch
Leaner and Greener: Delivering Effective Estate Management

02 February 2011, 12.30pm - 3.00pm

Chair:
Matthew Hancock MP

Key note speaker:
The Rt Hon Eric Pickles MP
Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

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Valuing the Natural Environment: Parliamentary Round Table Discussion

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 Chair:
Clive Betts MP - Chair of the Communities and Local Government Select Committee

Speakers:
TBC