BASELondon Programme - May 27 2010

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08.30 - 9.20:	Registration, Exhibition and Refreshments
09.20: 10.00 -10.30:	Rory Bremner, political satirist and impressionist Boris Johnson, Mayor of London, outlines his plans for London to become a world-leading sustainable city. Introduced, and in discussion with Steve Norris, former transport minister and mayoral candidate.
10.30 - 10.55:	Exhibition and Refreshments
10.55 -11.40:	Panel Session: What are the practicalities of getting from here to where we want to be? Chair and scene setting: Peter Head, chair, Institute for Sustainability and global head of planning, Arup Tim Smit, founder and managing director, Eden Project Andreas J Goss, chief executive, Siemens UK Roger Madelin, joint chief executive, Argent David Kennedy, chief executive, the Committee on Climate Change
11.40 - 12.05:	Andrew Altman, chief executive, Olympic Park Legacy Company on London 2012 as a catalyst for London’s sustainability ambitions. Introduced by, and in discussion with Ian Barlow, chairman, Think London

12.10 - 13.00: BASELondon Breakout Briefing Sessions (click on the red link for details)

B1.1 Food security
B1.2 Retrofitting homes
B1.3 Smart London
B1.4 Skills gaps in the low-carbon economy

13.00 - 13.50:	Lunch and Exhibition
13.50 - 14.15:	Ian Marchant, chief executive of Scottish & Southern Energy, outlines the challenge for London in developing a secure, lower carbon energy supply; in addition he puts the case for why it is important that London becomes a leading sustainable city. Introduced by, and in discussion with Baroness Jo Valentine, chief executive, London First
14.15 - 14.55:	Mayor Bloomberg, Mayor of New York (pre recorded video address) President Jose Maria Figueres, chairman of the Carbon War Room, former president Costa Rica and former chief executive World Economic Forum (live video link from Madrid)

15.05 - 15.55: BASELondon Breakout Briefing Sessions (click on the red link for details)

B2.1 Low carbon capital and green finance
B2.2 Securing London’s energy supply
B2.3 Retrofitting commercial buildings
B2.4 Olympics and its legacy as a catalyst for change

15.55 - 16.15: Exhibition and Refreshments

16.15 - 17.05: BASELondon Breakout Briefing Sessions (click on the red link for details)

B3.1 London's new Green Enterprise District
B3.2 Waste as a resource
B3.3 Adaptation and greening the urban landscape
B3.4 Cleaner, greener transport

17.05 - 17.45

Lord Browne of Madingley, president of the Royal Academy of Engineering on the role of engineering in enabling London's transformation to a low carbon economy. Lord Browne will then join the closing panel debate:
Panel Session: What are next steps for London in its transition to a low carbon economy? Do we have the skills and resources to deliver and what role does engineering and a renewed urban infrastructure play in London’s sustainable future?
Chair: Peter Sharratt, director of sustainability and climate change, WSP
Lord Browne, president of the Royal Academy of Engineering
Sue Riddlestone, executive director, Bioregional and member of the Mayor’s London Sustainable Development Commission
Isabel Dedring, the Mayor's sustainability advisor