13.45 Thursday 22 May

Session 1 - Planning reforms north and south of the Border - and in N. Ireland

Chair: Chris Tomlinson, Director of Programme Strategy, BWEA

• Implementation of SPP6 and sreamlining S36 consents in Scotland; implementing the 9-month target - Colin Imrie, Head of Energy Consents Unit, Scottish Government
• The Planning Reform Bill - Julian Boswall,  Partner, Eversheds LLP
• A new planning policy for renewables in Northern Ireland - but can it deliver?- Jan Matthiesen, Head of Onshore, BWEA
• Q&A

15.45 Thursday 22 May

Session 2 Issues for development

Chair: Jason Ormiston, CEO, Scottish Renewables

• MOD wind farm policy and air defence upgrades - Julian Chafer, Head of Safeguarding, Defence Estates
• Good practice during windfarm construction - Brendan Turvey, SNH
• Wind farms and tourism - Dr Geoff Riddington
• Carbon paybacks from wind farms built on peat - Dr Jo Smith, Reader in Soil Organic Matter and Nutrient Modelling, School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen
• Q&A