| PROGRAMME |
| Morning Plenary | |
| 08:30 | Delegate Registration: Coffee Break in the Networking Surgery |
| 09:30 | Chair and Keynote Speaker - Jonathon Porritt, Programme Director of Forum for the Future and Chairman, Sustainable Development Commission (confirmed) • Sustainable development: the 21st Century's "big idea". • Climate change and beyond: not forgetting the rest of the agenda. • Government responses: corporate responses; citizen responses. • The role of the Sustainable Development Commission: "critical friend" to Government. • "Take Stock": the importance of addressing existing housing. |
| 09:55 | Keynote Speaker, Jill Rutter, Director of Strategy and Sustainable Development Directorate, DEFRA (confirmed) • Review of progress on the UK Sustainable Development Strategy • Are we doing enough? • Priorities for the future |
| 10:20 | Questions & Answers Session |
| 10:30 | Coffee Break in the Networking Surgery |
| 11:00 | Keynote Speaker, Yvette Cooper, Minister for Housing and Planning, DCLG (confirmed) |
| 11:20 | Rachel Crisp, Assistant Director Emerging Energy Technologies, Department of Trade and Industry (confirmed) • How the Low Carbon Building Programme (LCBP) can help us to achieve sustainable development objectives • Priorities for the second phase of the LCBP • Reaching the UK¹s 60% reduction target • Combining energy efficiency measures with micro regeneration technologies |
| 11:40 | Clare Shuttleworth, Sustainability Bureau Manager, White Young Green (confirmed) • The Reality - Current approach to sustainable design and construction • The Barriers and Opportunities |
| 12:00 | Questions & Answers Session |
| 12:15 | Morning Workshop Sessions |
| 13:00 | Lunch in the Networking Surgery |
| 14:00 | Afternoon Workshop Sessions |
| 14:45 | Coffee Break in the Networking Surgery |
| Afternoon Plenary | |
| 15:15 | Chair, Roy Ayliffe, Director of Professional Practice, The Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply • Organisations (public and private) are crucial to public good • Organisations need to act responsibly so responsible prosperity is key • Supply chains add value and innovation but create risk • Management of supply chains is a leadership, cultural and skills issue |
| 15:25 | Amanda Farrell, Client Services Director - Interface Sustainability (confirmed) • Improve awareness & understanding of sustainable development • Explore the role of business in responding to the challenge of sustainable development • Examine how companies are 'managing for sustainability' • Provide examples of the possible benefits & ongoing challenges for companies pursuing greater sustainability |
| 15:45 | Dr Liz Goodwin, Director of Construction & Manufacturing, Waste and Resource Action Programme (WRAP) (confirmed) • A brief overview of WRAP • Discussion of the role of recycling in sustainable development • The importance of sustainable procurement in making recycling and the markets for recycled materials work • Some of the challenges for the future for sustainable procurement and for recycling |
| 16:05 | Stephen Heard, Director of Customer Relations, OGC Buying Solutions (confirmed) • Sustainable Procurement is Good Procurement • Exploration of the Government Sustainability targets with practical solutions on how to achieve them • Other practical solutions. |
| 16:25 | Questions & Answers Session |
| 16:30 | Chairs Closing Remarks and Close of Conference |
