All-Energy '08

The All-Energy ’08 conference provided updated information from home and overseas on all key sources of renewable energy and on the challenges and opportunities facing the industry. Even after the event it continues to play an important role. Wherever conference presentation titles are in orange, you can click to see the presentation given by the author, an orange speaker name means you will click through to his or her biographical notes.

The grids below give you information on when sessions were held; and details of every session – who spoke and on what. Just click on anything orange in order to delve deeper!. The conference is free-to-attend for all with a business/professional interest in renewable energy.
 

21st May: Opening plenary session 09.00-10.30

• Chair: Maria McCaffery, CEO, BWEA
• Lord Provost of the City of Aberdeen
• Ian Marchant, Chief Executive, Scottish and Southern Energy plc [ presentation ]
  
• John Westwood , Executive Chairman, Douglas-Westwood Ltd 'Energy - Beyond $100 oil - prospects for the global energy industries
• Jim Mather MSP,  Minister for Enterprise, Energy & Tourism, Scottish Government  [ presentation ]

 Note: Malcolm Wicks MP, Minister of State for Energy, UK spoke in the Policy - countdown to EU 2020 targets session [ speech ]

 

2020 targets	Offshore wind	Low carbon buildings	Bioenergy – biomass	Renewables for communities
Peak oil	Offshore wind	Low carbon buildings	Bioenergy – biofuels	H208 – spotlight on Scotland 1
Skills	Offshore wind	UK's renewables solutions	Farming	H208 – International activity

• 11.00-15.15 - Health and Safety (Wind) Workshop held in association with BWEA –  included an update on key issues and “share your experiences” session (held under Chatham House Rules)
• Country briefings by Canada and Denmark were a feature of the All-Energy '08 Exhibitor Seminar Theatre (Hall 2 of the exhibition)

22nd May: Plenary session 09.00-10.30

• Chair: Jeremy Cresswell, Chairman, Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group
• Dr David Clarke, Chief Executive, Energy Technologies Institute [ presentation ]
• Anne Quinn, Managing Director, Riverstone Holdings LLC
• Dale Seymour, Deputy Secretary - Energy, Resources and Major Projects, Department of Primary Industries, State of Victoria [ presentation ]
  
• Kenichi Suganuma, Consul General of Japan  - Japanese initiatives on climate change [ presentation ]
• Tavish Scott MSP, Convener, Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee, Scottish Parliament - Determining and delivering Scotland's energy future

The Power Industry’s reaction to …. (IPA session)	Wave and tidal	Supply chain issues	The road to commercialisation (sponsored by The Carbon Trust)	Hydro (BHA session) From rain to gain
Carbon capture and storage	Wave and tidal	Onshore wind	Grid and network issues	H208 – international Activity
Powering the built environment - non residential	Wave, tidal and osmotic power	Onshore wind		H208 – Spotlight on Scotland: Developments in Hydrogen and Fuel Cells in Scotland - 2

• Country briefings by Inward Mission countries - these took place from 10.30 onwards on Thursday 22 May
• Click here to see the programme for the All-Energy '08 Exhibitor Seminar Theatre