Day Two programme

Thursday 25 May

OPENING PLENARY SESSION - Fleming Auditorium

Where will our electricity come from in 2020?

Our plenary session will reflect the discussions taking place due to the Energy Review. Speakers representing the gas, nuclear, coal and renewable energy industries will be asked to explain how much electricity will come from their source and why. Presentations will be strictly timed and, in the belief that they will be passionate and convincing, the audience will be asked to vote prior to their presentations; and then again after. We will ask them – and you – to come back in 2020 to see how accurate their predictions were!

Time	Speaker
09.15	Chairs: Rt Hon Brian Wilson, Former UK Energy Minister Jeremy Cresswell - Chairman, AREG - Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group; and Editor ‘Energy’ Initial audience vote
09.30	Scene setter: Threats and opportunities - power politics - Nick Goodall, Chief Executive, Energy Networks Association
09.40	Gas: Gearoid Lane, Director of Gas and Power Procurement, Centrica Energy
09.50	Nuclear: Dr Paul J A Howarth, Director of Research, Dalton Nuclear Institute
10.00	Coal: Christine Copley, Senior Manager, World Coal Institute
10.10	Renewable Energy: David Still, Renewables Advisory Board and Managing Director, Clipper Windpower Europe
10.20	Chairmen’s summing up
10.25	Audience vote
10.30	Close

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ONSHORE WIND - CONFERENCE B

11.00	Chairs: Alan Mortimer - Head of Renewables Policy, ScottishPower UK plc Chris Tomlinson - Head of Onshore, British Wind Energy Association
11.05	An update from British Wind Energy Association and Scottish Renewables Forum looking at projections for 2010 and 2015 and other key issues Chris Tomlinson, Head of Onshore, BWEA – ‘Onshore Wind: Powering Ahead’ - BWEA’s robust analysis of onshore wind to 2010 in Scotland and UK-wide Jason Ormiston, Senior Wind Energy Officer, Scottish Renewables - Working with the Scottish Executive: determination to determine
11.35	Where now? What next? - Julian Chafer FRICS, Head of Safeguarding, Defence Estates
11.50	The government view - Alan Smith, DTI
12.05	SPP6 – a review of national planning policy for RE in Scotland Panel: John McNairney, Assistant Chief Planner, Scottish Executive Professor Jeremy Rowan Robinson, Consultant - Planning & Environmental Law Unit, Paull & Williamsons Marcus Trinick, Partner, Bond Pearce Anne McCall MRTPI, Head of Planning and Development, RSPB Scotland
12.45	Lunch break
14.00	Chair: Elaine Hanton, Head of Renewables, Highlands & Islands Enterprise
14.05	Hearts and Minds - panel discussion Alison Hill, Head of Communications, BWEA Grant Thoms, Press & Parliamentary Officer, Scottish Renewables Allan Taylor, Business Development Manager, 2010 Target Team, DTI Dr Charles Warren, Senior Lecturer, School of Geography and Geoscience, University of St Andrews Dr Claire Haggett, Lecturer in Sustainable Development, University of Newcastle
1515	Tea break

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SKILLS, OPPORTUNITIES AND SHORTAGES

Time	Topic and speaker
16.00	Chair: Phil Burnett, Head of Strategy, Energy & Utility Skills Ltd
16.05	Installer initiatives The Renewable Energy Installer Academy - Trevor Johnston, Project Manager, Action Renewables Inverness College Installer Initiative - Angus Macleod MBE, Head of School of Construction, Inverness College UHI
16.25	Education and Training for the Marine Renewable Industry: transfer of knowledge and skills from the offshore oil and gas industry - Dr Robert L Allwood and Dr John V. Sharp, Cranfield University
16.40	The role of the engineer and science within the renewable energy sector Jim Cockram, Chief Executive, North Scotland Industries Group Brian Humphreys, SEMTA
17.00	Renewable energy: skills for Business Network in Action - Jo Knight, Strategy Development Manager, Renewable Energy, Energy & Utility Skills
	The role of the engineer in the renewable energy sector - Paul Gartshore, SEMTA Sector Skills Adviser, Highlands & Islands, Grampian and Tayside
17.15	Discussion and Q&A
17.30	Close

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WAVE AND TIDAL - CONFERENCE A

11.00	Chairs: Ian Gallett, Executive Secretary, The Society for Underwater Technology Mike Hay, Marine Renewables Development Manager, BWEA
11.05	Marine Renewable Energy, aspirations and abilities to meet the opportunities Professor Ian Bryden, University of Edinburgh
11.20	Environmental impact - UK strategy for development DTI - Giles Sibun, Head of Wave and Tidal Energy Consenting Policy Crown Estate - Dr Carolyn Heeps, Head of Offshore and Environment Scottish Executive - James Thomson, Renewables and Consents Policy EMEC - European Marine Energy Centre - Jennifer Norris
11.50	Quick fire technology update Tidal device - Dr Ian Masters, Swan Turbine Wave device - Mark Draper, Ocean Power Technologies Tidal barrage - David Kerr, Sir Robert McAlpine
12.05	ROC banding for wave and tidal - to band or not to band Scottish Executive - Neal Rafferty, Deputy Head, Renewables & Consents Policy, with Chris Bronsdon of Estrata Ltd Developer – Max Carcas, Ocean Power Delivery
12.35	Q&A
12.45	Lunch break
14.00	Chairs: Dr Robin Wallace, University of Edinburgh John Griffiths, Technical Director, EMEC Ltd
14.10	Testing, testing, testing….. panel Neil Kermode, Managing Director, European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) and developers (OPD – Max Carcas and OpenHydro – CEO, James Ives) to answer questions Andrew Mill, Chief Executive, New and Renewable Energy Centre (NaREC) and developers (SMD Hydrovision – Ralph Manchester; and OPT – Paul Jordan) to answer questions
14.40	Case histories - finance and moving forward Wave Dragon: UK consents process for wave energy converters - Iain Russell, UK Manager Marine Current Turbines - Martin Wright
15.15	Tea break

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INNOVATION FROM NORWAY

16.00	Chairs: Jeremy Cresswell, Chairman AREG and Editor “Energy” Håvar Risnes, Innovation Norway
16.10	OWEC Jacket Quattropod - a new substructure for offshore wind turbines - Per Bull Haugsøen, Managing Director, OWEC Tower AS
16.25	Low cost renewable energy by Tidal Sails - Are Borgesen, Managing Director, Tidal Sails AS
16.40	Innovation within large-scale offshore renewable energy - Nicolai Løvedal, Research Fellow, Centre for Renewable Energy/Norwegian University of Science and Technology
16.55	Geoenergy - the best renewable solution for heating and cooling - Göran Hellstrom Dr.Sc – Geoenergy Specialist, Geoenergy Ltd
17.10	Hammerfest Strøm tidal power technology - Bjørn Bekken, Project Manager, Hammerfest Strøm
17.25	Q&A
17.30	Close

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FINANCE AND FUNDING - ROOM 18/20

	Funding for technologies
11.00	Chair: Alan Wilson, Chief Executive, Scottish Council for Development and Industry
11.05	Funding and developing commercially driven technology - from early stage ideas through to successful commercialisation - Roger Gill, Commercial Director, ITI Energy
11.20	Support from The Carbon Trust - Garry Staunton, Head of Low Carbon Research, The Carbon Trust
11.35	The Research Councils’ Energy Programme – Opportunities and Priorities - Dr Filomena La Porta, Research Portfolio Manager, EPSRC
11.50	A clinic where innovators looking for sources of funding can get advice from the panel Speakers plus Iain Todd, Aberdeen Renewable Energy Champion, Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group
12.30	Lunch break
	Funding for companies and projects
14.00	Chair: Adrian Scholtz, Ernst & Young
14.05	Private equity, trade investment and stock market listing - David Scaysbrook, Executive Director, Novera Energy
14.20	Making project finance work for the developer - Alan Baker, Chief Operating Officer, Airtricity, Scotland
14.35	Community finance - can it work? - Andrew King, Chairman, Energy4All
14.50	A clinic where companies looking for sources of funding can get advice from the panel Speakers plus Amit Dewan, Director, Energy and Utilities, Bank of Scotland; and Mark Draper, Ocean Power Technologies
15.15	Tea break

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UK HYDRO – FLOWING POTENTIAL

Workshop organised by British Hydropower Association

16.00	Chair and opening remarks: Prof. David Williams, CEO, BHA – Hydropower in context
16.10	Opportunities for hydropower in managing variability – Tim Foster, Business Development Manager, Smartest Energy
16.25	Hydro developer’s view – Alasdair Macniven, npower renewables
16.40	Barriers to development – Kieron Hanson, Hydroplan
16.55	Discussion: The future for hydro development in the UK
17.30	Close

HYDROGEN AND FUEL CELLS – THE OPPORTUNITIES - ROOM 23

Session organised by SHFCA - Scottish Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association

11.00	Chair: Dr Andrew Cruden, University of Strathclyde
11.05	Large scale fuel cell combined heat and power systems, natural gas and AD gas, international experience trends, national an d regional strategies - Michael Vukovinsky, Director, Products and Services, Onsite Power, UTC Fuel Cells
11.25	Q& A
11.30	International activity trends and strategies in micro CHP systems - Jon Slowe, Director, Delta Energy & Environment
11.50	Q& A
11.55	Technical breakthroughs in micro CHP systems design, fabrication and performance - Bob Flint, Commercial Director, Ceres Power
12.15	Panel discussion
12.30	Lunch break and exhibition visit
14.00	Chair: Dr John Bingham, Business Manager, TUV NEL Ltd
14.00	Work on energy biosources and fuel cells in Wales - Richard Dinnsdale, Glamorgan University
14.25	Production Electrolytic Hydrogen for Methane Supplementation for Residential Space Heating - Pertti Naskali, President & CEO StART Corporation
14.50	Utilisation of carbon from biomass and waste in fuel cells. Advanced research and proof of concept work - Dr Sneh Jain and Prof John Irvine St Andrews University
15.15	Tea break and exhibition visit

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INTEGRATED PROJECTS

Session organised by SHFCA

16.00	Chair: Keith Anderson, Renewables and Major Projects Director, ScottishPower
16.05	Report and Interpretation of the work of UK Sustainable Hydrogen Energy Consortium (UKSHEC) - Nick Hughes, Research Officer, Policy Studies Institute, London
16.35	Integrated renewables, hydrogen and fuel cell projects in the Tees Valley Region, Dr Graham Hillier, Director FC Applications, Centre for Process Innovation, Tees Valley
17.05	Q&A and discussion
17.30	Close

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