16.15 - 17.05 BASELondon Breakout Briefing Sessions

B3.1 London's new Green Enterprise District

What is the Mayor’s Green Enterprise District and what needs to happen to turn the new zone into a thriving hub of green jobs and innovation? How will it benefit London and the wider UK economy and why should businesses locate their activities there?

Speakers include:
Ian Short, chief executive, Institute for Sustainability
Rob Whiteman, chief executive, London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
Chris Dow, managing director, Closed Loop Recycling
Etienne Pollard, associate director, Good Energy
additional panel member: Mark Bradbury, deputy director of development, London Thames Gateway Development Corporation

B3.2 Waste as a resource

London produces nearly 7M tonnes of commercial and industrial waste a year, nearly double the amount that Londoners’ householders produce. Less than half is recycled and we’re running out of landfill space. The session assesses the resource potential of waste, highlighting a number of pioneering schemes in London including BA's proposed bio-waste jet fuel farm, and looks at the wider infrastructure London developing to support carbon positive waste treatment and disposal methods?
Speakers include:
Andy Holdcroft, chief operating officer, London Waste and Recycling Board
Peter Jones, the Mayor’s independent advisor on waste
Charles Perry, partner, Second Nature
Jonathon Counsell, head of environment, BA

B3.3 Adaptation and greening the urban landscape

Even if the world were to cease all greenhouse gas emissions tomorrow, we would still face many decades of climate change, due to inertia in the climate system. Find out how London is starting to adapt its assets, infrastructure and services to cope with the unavoidable long term impacts.

Speakers include:
Chair: Charles Secrett, sustainability advisor
Peter Bishop, group director of design, development and environment, and deputy CEO, LDA
Simon Mills, head of sustainable development, City of London Corporation

B3.4 Cleaner, greener transport

Air pollution affects the quality of life of a large number of Londoners. What is the potential for low emssion transport and what is London doing to promote cleaner and greener modes of transport?

Speakers include:
Mark Evers, Office of the Commissioner, Transport for London
Neil Cunningham, European head, Connect
Ian Liddell, head of development planning, WSP
Olivier Paturet, general manager Zero Emission Business Unit, Nissan Europe

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