15.05 - 15.55 BASELondon Breakout Briefing Sessions

B2.1 Low carbon capital and green finance

What can be done to position London as a global centre for green financial services and which new investment models are emerging that will enable money to flow, as we transform to a low carbon economy?

Speakers include:

Debbie Jackson, programme director, London Development Agency
Jo Rowbotham, assistant director, Ernst & Young
Jon Miles, director, RBS
Steve Podmore, founder, GSC

B2.2 Securing London’s energy supply

What is London doing to secure its future energy supply? In particular, this session will examine the Mayor’s plans to ensure that a quarter of London’s energy comes from decentralised sources by 2025. With a number of major pilot projects already in the pipeline, the focus here will be on the rollout of London’s future energy plans.

Speakers include:

Peter North, head of project delivery, London Development Agency
Richard Derry, chief operating officer, Cofely
Jeremy Leggett, founder, Solar Century
Paula Kirk, associate, Arup Energy Consulting

B2.3 Retrofitting commercial buildings

The occupancy of offices accounts for a fifth of the UK’s carbon emissions. What can be done to make existing offices lower carbon through improving their fabric, facilities management and ultimately the behaviour of occupiers?

Speakers include:

Sumeet Manchanda, principal strategy manager, design, development and environment, London Development Agency
Katharine Deas, commercial director, Low Carbon Workplace
Erin Karsten, technical sustainability consultant, Jones Lang LaSalle
Matthew Tippett, director, upstream sustainability services, Jones Lang LaSalle
Kevin Wardell, Matrix Energy Solutions

B2.4 Olympics and its legacy as a catalyst for change

This interactive session will be the first public presentation of the Commission for Sustainable London 2012’s latest annual review. Find out how the chair of the Commission, the organisation set up to provide independent assurance over London’s pledge to be the most sustainable Games ever, rates results to date, including an opportunity to review the findings and inform the Commission’s future work programme.

Speakers include:
Shaun McCarthy, chair, Commission for a Sustainable London 2012
CSL facilitators: Jane Durney, Jonathan Turner, Deborah Morrison

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