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LEADING THE WAY for sustainability in business
Encompassing everything from energy efficiency and energy recovery, to water and wastewater management, Sustainability Live, taking place at the Birmingham NEC from the 1st-3rd April, comprises NEMEX, Energy Recovery and IWEX, as well as a free keynote and seminar programme. Electrical Engineering magazine takes a closer look
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ustainability Live will be launching its first Keynote Stage this year, situated
in the heart of the exhibition and featuring expert speakers who will cut through the jargon to debate and discuss the latest sustainability policy and practice affecting business. Over 250 companies will showcase their latest innovations and services at Sustainability Live, enabling visitors to develop new business relationships, and find the best products to suit their organisation’s requirements. This will also see and extended CPD accredited seminar programme featuring panels of leading experts who will put the spotlight on the practical issues and feature the latest advice and case study examples.
NEMEX The NEMEX @ Sustainability Live seminars will present a number of case studies that will provide visitors with the opportunity to learn how to make their organisation more energy efficient. One of the highlights will be a speaker panel session entitled ‘What will it take to keep the lights on?’ Chaired by Ellen Bennet, editor of Utility Week. The panel includes Tom Greatrex, MP, shadow energy minister; Lawrence Slade, COO of Energy UK; Gaynor Hartnell, former chief executive of Renewable Energy Association; and Keith McLean, policy and research director at Scottish Southern Energy. Discussing the panel’s line-up, Bennet
commented, “It’s great news that the shadow energy minister will be joining our panel to discuss keeping the lights on. All too often the focus is on scare stories about the lights going off. We want to talk about how politicians, regulators and industry can work together to avoid that scenario.”
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Right: exhibitors at Sustainability Live will showcase the latest products and solutions for energy efficiency
Below: the exhibition will also feature an extended CPD accredited seminar programme featuring panels of leading experts who will put the spotlight on the practical issues and feature the latest advice and case study examples
ENERGY RECOVERY Energy Recovery is centred on EfW, bioenergy and anaerobic digestion. The seminar programme at Energy Recovery 2014 includes a number of case studies that will provide visitors with practical insights on how to develop waste to energy (WtE) solutions, as well as the options available for turning residual waste into a useable form of energy. One of the panel sessions at Energy Recovery is ‘Resource Revolution: Turning resource efficiency into competitive gain’. It is being chaired by Dustin Benton, head of resource stewardship, Green Alliance, and will feature Susanne Baker, senior climate and environment policy advisor, EEF (The Manufacturers’ Organisation); Dr Liz Goodwin, chief executive, WRAP; Chris Sherwin, head of sustainability, Seymourpowell; and James Walker, head of innovation, Kingfisher Group. Energy Recovery’s seminar programme
will include over 30 industry speakers from across the country in a new three- day seminar programme within the Energy Recovery Theatre.
will feature Dan Rogerson, parliamentary under secretary of state for water, forestry, rural affairs and resource management. The panel session will also include exclusive insights from Lord Moynihan, former parliamentary under secretary of state responsible for water privatisation, Defra; Jonson Cox, chairman of Ofwat; Sir Ian Byatt, former UK water regulator; and Colin Skellett, executive chairman of Wessex Water.
AWARDS Taking place alongside Sustainability Live this year are the Environment and Energy Awards and the Water Industry Achievement Awards. The Water Industry Achievement
Awards takes place on 1st April at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole and celebrates and rewards outstanding innovation in the UK water industry. The Environment and Energy Awards
IWEX HIGHLIGHTS The key event for water and wastewater management, IWEX will be having a special event to mark the 25th anniversary of the water sector. A speaker panel session, ‘The Water Industry: 25 years since privatisation’,
take place on 2nd April at the National Motorcycle Museum and is widely regarded as one of the highest accolades for sustainability in the corporate sector. It recognises excellence and innovation in sustainable business practices.
Sustainability Live
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